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

Chapter 1174:

Relief and confusion warred within Sadie as she drew a steadying breath, forcing her racing pulse to slow.

As long as he was willing to help Noah, everything else could be negotiated, adjusted, or overcome.

She gave a casual shrug, though her voice required conscious effort to maintain its relaxed tone.

“That’s fine. If you can save Noah, we can discuss compensation—provided your demands remain within the realm of possibility.” Her gaze locked onto his, searching for any hint of his true intentions.

Her words seemed to trigger something deeper within him, and he turned toward the expansive window, his attention drawn to something beyond the glass.

His profile revealed the tension he’d been concealing—jaw muscles tight, eyes reflecting emotions too complex for Sadie to interpret with certainty. The silence stretched between them before he faced her again, wearing a smile that concealed more than it revealed.

“We have an agreement.”

crashed through Sadie’s chest, though she fought to keep the emotion from showing on

weighing each word before they left

curious about the depth of

as she tried to decode the underlying meaning of his

investigation she had commissioned on Stuart had yielded frustratingly little information, as if someone had systematically erased

managed to gather painted a picture of exceptional brilliance in neuroscience, combined with an almost

in all her research—a twin brother whose existence seemed

had vanished so completely that it suggested deliberate erasure, as if someone with considerable resources had methodically eliminated his digital footprint from

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Sadie found herself staring into eyes that