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

Chapter 1023:

Sadie didn’t move. Her hands stayed at her sides, clenched so tightly the blood fled her knuckles. His warmth still lingered on her skin—unwelcome, yet stubbornly present. She couldn’t explain it—why her body betrayed her silence, why she hadn’t recoiled from his grasp. Without a word, she eased back down onto the bed, the mattress sinking beneath her weight and uncertainty. Noah turned without another glance, leaving only the soft click of the door behind him.

Sadie stared after him, her face blank but her thoughts churning beneath the surface—guarded, tangled, unreadable. A buzz from her phone jolted her from the quiet.

It was Samuel. She grabbed the phone from the nightstand and answered. “Hello?” Samuel’s voice filtered through, calm and deliberate.

“Ms. Hudson, I’ve located the owner of the number. The woman is safe. We can move her discreetly to Jazmah tomorrow.”

A rush of air escaped Sadie’s lips—half relief, half disbelief. At last, a thread of order in the chaos.

tone calm once more—authority flowing back into her voice like the return of a tide. “For now, settle that person in Rosehill Apartments. And ensure, without exception,

final words cut clean and quiet—controlled, but

creak. Noah entered, a doctor a step behind. He paused, catching her last sentence midair. No one finds out? Finds out what? The words lingered like the tail of smoke after a

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hand, breaking the tension with a courteous nod. He launched into the examination—routine questions, a check of Sadie’s vitals, the stethoscope cool against her skin. Noah remained to the side, arms folded across his

completely broken. No complications. Just make sure she rests and sticks

gave a distracted

he surfaced from his spiraling thoughts, the doctor was

fixed out the window—quiet, unmoved, as if Noah were no more