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.

***

office buzzed with its usual chaos when I arrived. Phones ringing, keyboards clacking, the

tried to immerse myself in the noise, hoping it would drown out

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

my office, I threw myself into a pile of emails

blurred into the next, making it impossible to focus. I

and Zoe poked her

up, forcing a smile. "Yeah, just

of coffee. "I figured. I saw the look on your face when you came in. Thought

her,

plopped down in the chair across from me. "Want to talk about it? Or is this

of lightening the

stuff?" she asked, raising

ever have that feeling where you think you know someone, but then something comes out of

"Yeah, it's called finding out your ex has been DM-ing your

on

unbothered. "Yep. Happened last year. Family reunions have

a knack for taking

to him about it. You're a smart woman, Sarah. If something feels off, it

dusting off her hands. "I'll let you get back to work. But if you need me to dig up some dirt on him, I know

a little lighter.

Laughter is the best medicine," Zoe

her a report I wanted her to work on. "You're lucky

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

keep telling yourself that," I teased, feeling lighter for the first

meeting with one of our clients,

big one. My team gathered in the conference room, ready to go, when I realized something wasn't right. "Wait, where's the report?" I asked, scanning the materials in front of

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

rise in my chest. "Mark, I needed that report