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.

***

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

myself in the noise, hoping it

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

I threw myself into a pile of

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

and Zoe poked her head in. "You okay in

smile. "Yeah, just one of those

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

her, grateful for the distraction.

the chair across from me. "Want to talk about it? Or is this one of

the mood, even when everything felt heavy. "It's just...

boy, Relationship kinda stuff?"

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

"Yeah, it's called finding out your ex has

choked on my

year. Family reunions

taking the most awkward situations and turning them into

smart woman, Sarah. If something feels off, it probably is." I nodded, though I wasn't ready to admit that out loud

off her hands. "I'll let you get back to work. But

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

medicine," Zoe said with a

"You're lucky you have a good sense

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

yourself that," I teased, feeling lighter

one of our clients, and I forced myself to push

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

it's

my chest. "Mark, I needed that report for this meeting.