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?

name sank

not forgotten. So why was Hailey calling her husband “Noah?” What exactly was going on

the audience, the tone shifting from

in place, like lightning had struck her nerves and left

she expected Sadie to

herself exposed in the most public way. Acknowledging that the “Noah” she spoke of was that Noah, Wall Group’s deceased CEO, was

she’d worked for would unravel in front of everyone. Her cheeks flushed scarlet, a mix of humiliation and panic

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now would only look like a desperate cover-up—it would reek of

her head, she clenched her jaw as if to trap the shame from spilling out. Her entire body

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

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