Winning Back His Ex's Wife's Broken Heart by Hayley

Chapter 05

Sarah's

POV

It's been one week. One week since I told Susan off and three days since I set my eyes on Richard. E would stay away from home before but this was worse. Then he would pop back in after a day or two but now he had been gone for seven days and I had no doubt this was some kind of revenge for the way I spoke to his girlfriend. But what did he expect me to do? She had been very rude to me, had he been expecting me to just take it all quietly and do everything she said? I was his wife, not a slave she had hired on a payroll. Somehow, a part of me wished I could take back everything I did - and said - while another part of me wishes she could have spoken up for herself sooner.

I rolled on my side and slipped out of bed. The day had just begun but I didn't feel like doing anything. There was nothing to do and most of the time, I spent my time playing on my phone, scrolling through Twitter, checking emails and playing music. I watched a movie or two sometimes but I didn't like using my phone for that. I preferred going to the cinema for that or watching it on the Plasma screens Richard had installed in all the rooms in this house. I made my way into the bathroom to freshen up and decided to soak for a while in the tub. Usually, I would read a book or watch a movie but not today. Today I was alone with my thoughts, my jumbled and conflicted thoughts. I must have fallen asleep because when I opened my eyes, the water had turned cold and I was now shivering.

Making my way out of the bathroom, I padded across the room naked in search of my towel. Just as I wrapped it around my body, the sound of the doorbell rang through the house and I frowned. Who could that be? It couldn't be Richard ringing the doorbell because he had a key, the same thing applied to Desmond. I wasn't expecting any visitors and apart from my mother, no one in my life knew the location of this house.

I ran out of the room, taking the stairs two at a time so I could get to the door in time before the person on the other end broke the doorbell. I unlocked the door and blocked the way, glaring at the man standing in front of me. What was he doing here?

the first thing he said as soon as our eyes met and I

let him through. Martins Stan was Richard's best friend and the family's lawyer. His father, Luke had been Richard's father's lawyer and friend before he died so it was a no-brainer that after he died, the role would be passed on to his son who was already Richard's friend at the time. As far as I could remember,

slumped on the couch noisily and nodded. "I know

it out to me. My heart sank to the pit of my stomach and I didn't have to open it to guess what it contained. Richard was asking for a divorce. "He really doesn't care about me," I scoffed, pulling the papers out of the envelope. I was right, of course I was. "I hate to be the bearer of bad news but it's one of the hazards of the job." He continued speaking and I tuned him out, staring at the papers in my hand. "At least now you can finally be free to do whatever you want with your life. He was right, I was going to be free to

hefty sum of money

forward and dropped the papers on the centre table. "You tell Richard that if he wants me to sign this, he'd have to come and hand them over to me himself." I was being difficult, maybe but I didn't care. I deserved

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today?" Susan hissed as she walked into the house, Richard behind her. Martins had only been gone for two hours so I guessed

papers? Aren't you tired of this life?" Richard asked

you

purpose to make me tired so I would divorce him. "I can't

was the same thing Martins