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

Chapter 1081:

He couldn’t bring himself to imagine it, but he was fairly sure that a gruesome fate awaited him in the hands of his boss.

As if sensing his panic, Samuel cast a sympathetic glance at him. This was bound to happen the moment Jack decided to withhold the truth. Sadie had whipped around at some point and was now glaring at Jack. Although she said nothing, he could feel the overwhelming pressure coming from her direction.

Jack shuddered in fright and gave in to his survival instincts by shifting the blame away from himself.

“Ms. Hudson…” he sputtered in a trembling voice. “This—this was all Mr. Noel’s idea! I just—I was just following his orders…”

Sadie had long since lost her patience. She cut him off with a derisive snort, then turned away and strode out of the funeral home. Jack and Samuel exchanged a look before hurrying after her.

Jack broke out in a cold sweat when he noticed the angry resolve in Sadie’s stride. He hastened his pace to catch up to her, then stepped in front of her to block her path. “Ms. Hudson, please let me explain!” Jack said desperately, his tone and expression pleading. “Mr. Noel truly cares about you! Please never doubt that. He has his own reasons for doing this—please don’t misunderstand his intentions.”

His boss had gone to great lengths to keep this matter under wraps, all to protect Sadie. He couldn’t just stand by and let her misunderstand his boss’s good intentions. Besides, if his boss found out that he had not only botched the job, but had also made him look bad in front of Sadie, the consequences would be very dire indeed.

Sadie paused in her tracks and slowly raised her eyes to meet Jack’s.

“Reasons?” She let out a mocking laugh, and her next words were laced with sarcasm and disappointment. “He told me Sharon is dead, then used an unidentified corpse to further the deception. Did I misunderstand that, Jack?”noveldrama

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Her tone wasn’t particularly sharp, but every word that came out of her mouth stung.

Jack’s throat worked, but no sound came out. His face alternated between pale and flushed. He knew that no matter what he said now, it would just sound like a hollow excuse.

Sadie took a deep breath and shifted her gaze to somewhere past him. She told herself to stay calm. It wasn’t the time to dwell on something like this. Her priority was finding Noah and getting answers, once and for all.

“Where is your boss right now?” she asked in that same icy voice.

The question caught Jack off-guard. He had been so focused on making sure everything at the funeral home went well that he hadn’t kept track of his boss’s whereabouts. He shook his head, his brows furrowed in confusion. “I—I don’t know… Mr. Noel instructed me to stay here. He was supposed to keep you company at the hospital…”

Sadie’s eyes flickered. She turned to look at Samuel, and a silent question passed between them.

Samuel gave her a slight shake of the head.

The hallways had been empty when they left the hospital. There had been no sign of Noah.

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