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

Chapter 29

Sarah's

Pov.

The morning light gushed through the curtains of my apartment but I didn't feel any warmth.

I lay in bed, staring at the ceiling, my mind still buzzing with last night's events. The party. Richard.

Richard! Noone told me he was going to be at the event. I didn't see his name amongst the list of businessmen. My mind hadn't crossed it to ask if he would be attending.

I sat up, running a hand through my hair. The argument with Richard had left a bitter taste in my mouth.

Seeing him again had stirred emotions I thought I'd buried. He looked more tired than I've known him while we were together.

And the things he said... I couldn't stop hearing his voice, accusing me, and blaming me.

But there was more to it. His eyes. The way he looked at me, like I was someone he'd lost.

I didn't want to think about him, yet here I was, unable to shake him from my thoughts.

You both are divorced. He had moved on. He has a fiancee now. I tried speaking sense to myself.

But then if he was happy and moved on, why did he say, 'I should never have divorced you?'

I sighed and got out of bed, wrapping my robe around myself as I made my way to the kitchen. I needed coffee. Something to clear my head.

As I poured the steaming liquid into a cup, my phone buzzed on the counter. I glanced at the screen and saw Wesley's name.

Wesley: Hey, are you okay? I didn't get to see you after the party last night. Just wanted to check on you.

I bit my lip. I hadn't told Wesley that I'd run into Richard. I'd left the party in such a rush after our argument, I didn't even say goodbye to anyone. My fingers hovered over the keyboard, unsure of what to say.

Me: Yeah, I'm fine. Just needed some air. It was a bit overwhelming.

later, the phone buzzed

you want to grab lunch today? We can talk, if you

had been so kind to me. Ever since we started spending more time together, he'd been nothing

wasn't like Richard-he didn't carry our past on his shoulders. With Wesley, things

that was part of the problem, wasn't it? He wasn't

couldn't bring myself to. There was something comforting about him. Something that made me feel... safe even when he

See

down, the heat of the coffee cup

wanted to focus on my business and Wesley on the present, but my mind kept

had looked at me last night. The anger, the jealousy,

several months since our marriage fell apart, and I'd thought I

something loose inside

to manipulate me, to

myself. I didn't want to think about Richard. I wanted to move forward. Wesley was my

***

a little before one, choosing a

but here, it felt calm and peaceful. I needed that right now.

me. He walked over, his

soft smile, sitting down. "I'm glad

to match his

for a while, we made small

something we hadn't fully addressed. And I

after the waiter left, "I've been

stomach twisting slightly. Here it was. The conversation I'd been dreading, but also

care about you, Sarah," Wesley continued, his

but I want to be clear. I see a future with you. I know things have been... complicated, with

to hear. Wesley was offering me stability, a

it feel so hard to

said, my voice quieter than I intended. "I do,

You deserve someone who's going to be there for you, who sees you for who you really are." I looked down

in the back of my mind, Richard's face kept creeping in. The way he'd looked at me last night, the

my hand away gently. "I've been through a lot.