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

Chapter 15

Chapter 15

Richard pov.

Weeks passed, and it was the same thing every time Susan and I went out.

People always found a way to bring up Sarah, to compare them. It was grating on my nerves.

Why did they have to pick on Susan? It wasn't her fault that I didn't love Sarah. If anything, Sarah was the other woman. Susan was the one I'd loved from the start. I stood outside our bedroom door, listening to her muffled cries. We had just come back from another event, and it had happened again.

Someone had called her 'the other woman.' My hands balled into fists. Why couldn't they just let it go?

Taking a deep breath, I pushed the door open. Susan was on the bed, face buried in her hands, her shoulders shaking.

I walked over and sat beside her, reaching out to touch her back.

"Susan," I said softly.

She jerked away from my hand. "Don't," she snapped. Her voice was raw. "You just stood there, Richard. You just watched while they called me the other woman."

I felt a knot in my stomach. "I... I didn't know what to say," I muttered. "You know it's not true. They don't know our story."

She lifted her head, her eyes red and puffy. "But they keep saying it! Every single time!"

She wiped her nose with the back of her hand. "It's like... it's like I'm some kind of villain. And you... you just stand there."

I felt the sting of her words. "That's not fair," I said quietly. "You know it's not fair."

your sweet, perfect wife. And you say

"Or... or at least tell them it's not true. Tell them that you love me, that you always did. That it was

do tell them," I said, feeling helpless. "But it doesn't matter to

streaming down her cheeks

away, anger and helplessness mixing in my gut. "I know you're hurting," I said, my voice low. "But... this

while I get called names. I'm the one who has to listen to it. And you... you don't defend

trying my best here,"

Not easy is being looked at like

ran a hand through my hair. Susan would never

time. "We'll figure it out. I'll talk to them

away. "You

I insisted. "I'll make them see

she nodded, but I could see

whispered. "But next time, if it happens again... you

the tightness in my chest grow. "I

sure if it was a promise I

what I had to do. I couldn't keep standing by while people

No, we didn't deserve that. So I decided to go big,

good. That's how I ended up

the whole city,

me with that calm expression of

said

"Propose? Richard, that's-" He shook his head. "It's too soon.

care what people think!" I

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