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

Chapter 30

Sarah's pov.

The sun was up when I woke up. I sat on the edge of my bed, phone in hand, rereading Richard's message over and over.

"Wesley's been using you, Sarah. He's my rival. That's the only reason he got close to you."

It didn't make sense. Wesley? My Wesley? The man who had been there for me when I needed support the most?

The same man who helped me launch my business, who believed in me? My stomach twisted as the doubt began creeping in.

I replayed everything Wesley had said, all those times he praised my work. Was it all just a ploy?

I got up and started pacing, trying to make sense of it. Richard and Wesley had never crossed paths in front of me.

I hadn't known they were rivals, though Richard was always private about his business dealings.

But now that I thought about it, I remembered asking Wesley months ago why he was so interested in helping me.

He'd just smiled and said, "I see potential in you, Sarah. You've got something special."

I never questioned it at the time. I was so grateful for his help that I didn't see any reason to doubt him. But now...was Richard right?

I shoved the phone in my bag and stood up, pacing the length of my apartment.

My brain couldn't stop spinning. Richard was being petty, right? He couldn't handle that I was doing well without him.

That had to be it. But the seed of doubt was planted, and it was growing faster than I could push it away.

I need to focus. Work will take my mind off things.

***

chaos when I arrived. Phones ringing, keyboards clacking, the low hum

immerse myself in the noise, hoping it would drown out my

at her desk, talking animatedly on the phone, and I gave her

my office, I threw myself into a pile of emails that had been waiting for me

sentence blurred into the next, making it impossible to focus. I sighed, rubbing my

a knock on the door, and Zoe poked

a smile.

balancing two mugs of coffee. "I figured. I saw the look on your face when you

her, grateful for the distraction.

in the chair across from me. "Want to talk about it? Or is this one of those 'Zoe, leave me alone and let me

chuckled. Zoe had a way of lightening the mood, even when everything felt heavy.

kinda stuff?" she asked,

know someone, but then something comes out of nowhere and

nodding. "Yeah, it's called finding out your ex

on

last year. Family reunions have been

Zoe had a knack for taking the most awkward situations and turning them into comic

feeling weird about something, maybe it's worth talking to him about it. You're a smart woman, Sarah. If something feels off, it probably is." I nodded, though I wasn't ready to admit

back to work. But if you need me to dig up some dirt on

laughed again, feeling a little lighter. "I'll keep that in

is the best medicine," Zoe said with

chuckled, handing her a report I wanted her to work on. "You're lucky you have a good sense of humor, or I'd fire you for wasting my

gasp. "You'd never fire me. I'm the glue that holds this place

feeling lighter for the first

through the day, I had an important meeting with one of our clients, and I

one. My team gathered in the conference room, ready to go, when I realized something wasn't right. "Wait, where's

looked up sheepishly. "Uh, it's not ready yet. We're missing

my chest. "Mark, I needed that