Between Ruin And Resolve My Ex-Husband's Regret novel Chapter 19

Chapter 19 A Business

Dinner

Like sand slipping through his fingers, Noah felt something essential drifting away from him.

Without hesitation, he buried the unsettling feeling deep inside.

With an indifferent glance at Kyla, he said in a flat, unyielding tone, “Alright, I’m heading back to the office.”

Kyla gave a small, compliant nod, her expression docile.

Yet, as she watched Noah’s imposing silhouette recede down the corridor, her lips twisted into a smug, victorious smirk.

In her eyes, it was clear–she still had a firm grip on his heartstrings.

With just a touch of her cunning, she had ensnared him once again.

But beneath that triumph, a bitter seed of resentment towards Sadie, Noah’s legal wife, sprouted. Kyla’s thoughts darkened.

If only she hadn’t left for overseas, Sadie wouldn’t have had the chance to wedge herself into Noah’s life.

Now was the perfect moment–Kyla was dead set on making sure Sadie ended up divorced and discarded.

With a scheme brewing in the depths of her twisted heart, Kyla’s heels clicked authoritatively against the floor as she entered the secretarial office.

Her eyes sparkled with manipulative delight as she addressed the room, her voice dripping with condescension. “There’s an important dinner tonight, and I need two of you to join me. Who’s coming with me?”

She scanned every face with a predatory grin.

“So, who would like to do me the favor?” Her tone, laden with arrogance, left no doubt

that refusing her request was not an option.

As Noah’s rumored girlfriend, Kyla was someone that many sought to ingratiate themselves with.

Her voice barely carried over the crowd when a flurry of volunteers sprang forward, vying for her attention.

“Miss Wade, allow me to accompany you!”

Kyla’s lips curled into a knowing smirk, her satisfaction palpable.

Yet, with a shrewd glint in her eyes, she ignored the eager faces and fixated on Sadie, who remained nestled in the solitude of the corner.

“You, Sadie,” Kyla declared, her voice laced with a provocative undertone as her red lips parted slightly.

Sadie’s head snapped up, her eyes locking with Kyla’s chilling stare.

The message was clear.

As if on cue, the room’s attention swiveled towards Sadie, spotlighting her with an intensity that felt almost palpable.

“Why so quiet? Don’t tell me you’re unwilling to do me this favor.” Kyla’s voice was sweet, yet beneath the honeyed tones lay an unmistakable edge of coercion.

Fists tightening subtly at her sides, Sadie wrestled with the urge to. decline. Now more than ever, with her pregnancy, keeping away from such dinners was the wiser choice.

But before Sadie could voice her objection, Kyla’s attention snapped to another male colleague.

“Mack, why don’t you join us as well?”

Her voice was smooth and undeniably enticing as she addressed the male colleague