Forget About Love, She's Now Ms. CEO

Sadie has loved Noah for ten years. On their second anniversary, he leaves their bed the moment Kyla calls, and a news alert confirms his first love is back. Two years ago, after Kyla disappeared, Noah needed an obedient wife. Sadie, from a bankrupt family and known to love him, became the ideal candidate. Now she is pregnant and dreads telling him, afraid he will demand an abortion. Overhearing Noah tell Alex that he feels only a faint stir of guilt after two years of marriage, and that he would hand her off, Sadie accepts the divorce when Kyla returns.

At Wall Group, where the marriage is hidden, Noah calls Sadie just an employee while Kyla stands beside him. Colleagues brand her a seductress when photos surface. Kyla taunts her openly, and Noah's gaze holds reproach, not defense. Sadie hides her pregnancy behind cold water on her face and closed bathroom doors. She rents her own apartment, draws a line, and demands the divorce be finalized within a month.

Noah's indifference twists into possession the moment he sees her with Alex. He punches his friend, kicks down Sadie's door, and drags her back to their former home. He cooks for her, calls a doctor, and carries her—yet when Kyla's name flashes on his phone, he leaves without hesitation. In a taxi, Sadie overhears him tell Kyla that Sadie put herself in this mess. His tenderness is a reflex, his cruelty the truth. Now, with her resolve hardening and a child to protect, Sadie stops looking back. And Noah, for the first time, realizes she might not return.