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?

sank in. Plenty in the crowd had heard it

calling her

the audience, the tone shifting from outrage to

had struck her nerves and left her

in her wildest thoughts had she expected Sadie to strike with such

most public way. Acknowledging that the “Noah” she

would unravel in front of everyone. Her cheeks flushed

𝖀ρ𝓭α𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝗇ɩү 𝗈𝗇 ɢ𝖺ⅼ𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀․ⅽ𝑜𝗆

like a desperate cover-up—it would reek

if to trap the shame from spilling out. Her entire body burned with the

saying a word, she turned abruptly and shoved through the crowd, as if she couldn’t escape fast enough. Behind her, Sadie slowly relaxed her hand, her fingers unfurling with

husband” line had been no accident—it was a