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.

***

with its usual chaos when I arrived. Phones ringing,

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

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

my office, I threw myself into a pile of

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

door, and Zoe poked her head in. "You okay in here,

smile. "Yeah, just one of

saw the look on your face when

took the mug from her,

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

Zoe had a way of lightening the mood, even

boy, Relationship kinda stuff?" she asked, raising

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

in her chair, nodding. "Yeah, it's called finding out your ex has been DM-ing your cousin for

choked on my

Happened last year. Family reunions have been super weird

for taking the most awkward situations

him about it. You're a smart woman, Sarah.

up, dusting off her hands. "I'll let you get back to work. But if

feeling a little lighter. "I'll keep

the best medicine," Zoe said

a report I wanted her to work on. "You're lucky you have a good sense

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

keep telling yourself that," I teased, feeling

day, I had an important meeting with one of our clients, and I forced myself to push everything else

well; this deal was a 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

of my team members, Mark, looked up sheepishly. "Uh, it's not ready yet. We're missing some numbers from the finance

felt a rush of frustration rise in my chest. "Mark, I needed