Between Ruin And Resolve: My Ex-Husband’s Regret

Chapter 1007:

An invisible thread of tension pulled tight as Sadie let go. A moment passed—and then she smiled. Slight. Measured. Sharp enough to prick.

“Ms. Burgess, if I caught that right…” Sadie’s head tilted ever so slightly, her voice cool but curious. “Did you mention Noah’s name just now? Noah… my late husband?”

The name landed like a blow to Hailey’s chest.

Hailey froze. Her throat tightened. Not a single word made it out.

What had Sadie just said?

From every corner of the cafe, stunned silence spread like a ripple. People looked to one another, eyes wide with disbelief. Noah? That Noah? The man who used to run Wall Group—Noah Wall?

soon as the name sank in. Plenty in

calling her husband “Noah?” What exactly was going on

of doubt rippled through the audience, the

place, like lightning had struck her nerves

her wildest thoughts had she expected

scene, yet now she found herself exposed in the most public way. Acknowledging that the “Noah” she spoke of was that Noah, Wall Group’s

have been more disastrous. One slip, and everything she’d worked for would unravel in front of everyone. Her cheeks flushed scarlet, a mix of humiliation

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only look like a desperate

the shame from spilling out. Her entire body burned with the weight of

shoved through the crowd, as if she couldn’t escape fast enough.

husband” line had been no accident—it was a deliberate, strategic