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.

***

usual chaos when I arrived. Phones ringing, keyboards clacking, the

myself in the noise, hoping it

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

pile of emails that

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

and Zoe

a smile. "Yeah, just one

of coffee. "I figured. I saw the look on your

mug from her,

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

of lightening the mood, even when

stuff?" she asked,

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

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

on

unbothered. "Yep. Happened last year. Family reunions

but laugh. Zoe had a knack for taking the most awkward situations and turning them

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

work. But if you need me to dig up some dirt on him, I

feeling a little lighter. "I'll keep

the best medicine,"

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

never fire me. I'm the

telling yourself that," I teased, feeling

an important meeting with one of

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

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

chest. "Mark, I needed that report for this