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

Chapter 37

Chapter 37

Sarah's

pov.

I stared at the list of investors on my screen, scrolling through the names, the firms, and the potential for expansion. Europe.

It was finally happening. Months of strategy meetings, long nights, and that little voice of self-doubt constantly whispering.

"Can you really do this?"-all of it was leading to this moment. And for once, the voice had nothing on me.

I was doing it. I was expanding my company into Europe, and no one was going to stop me. Not even me.

As I adjusted the strap of my watch, I glanced at the time. Another hour until my meeting.

I felt the familiar pulse of excitement and nerves-a cocktail I'd come to savor. My phone buzzed, and I glanced down at the screen. Richard. Again.

I shook my head, letting out a short, sharp breath through my nose. He just didn't get it. It's been weeks since I told him-no, ordered him to leave me alone.

I guess the man had always been persistent, but this was just... irritating. I pressed ignore, and his name vanished from the screen.

"I don't have time for this," I muttered to myself, refocusing on my work. Europe. France, Germany, Spain.

I had it all mapped out in front of me. Contracts, deals, all of it. My team had been incredible, working tirelessly to help bring this vision to life.

Zoe was indispensable, as usual, handling every chaotic moment with her ever-present clipboard and calm demeanor.

The door opened slightly, and as if on cue, Zoe's head popped in, clipboard in hand. "Sarah, the meeting room is ready. Do you need anything before we start?"

"Just a miracle," I replied dryly, though I couldn't hide the smirk tugging at my lips.

Zoe gave me one of her rare smiles. "We've survived worse. Remember the time the PowerPoint crashed mid-pitch?"

I groaned at the memory. "Don't remind me. I still have nightmares about that."

I didn't let Richard and Wesley in. Wesley left but Richard is still

with exaggerated seriousness. "More like a very

me before I could stop it. "Persistent pigeon,

wink and disappeared down the hall, leaving

that they kept showing up-sending texts, emails,

block, only to have them pop up with

responsibility settle on

And I was going to make it happen. No man, no past, no lingering guilt was going to get in my

and the

every single person in that room

with talk of logistics, market entry

the time. By the end, I could feel the buzz in the room,

lingered, watching my team file

didn't say anything, just waited, sensing that I

my arms. "Zoe, you've known me a long

a year now," she replied without looking

you ever known me to let a man derail my

eyebrow. "You mean aside from

fine. Yes,

no," she said, shrugging. "You're a force of nature. They

anomaly," I repeated, liking the way it sounded.

faintly. "I

like

unpredictable. You're focused now, but

like you handle everything else-with grace and maybe a

said with a

"You have about thirty minutes before

a tranquilizer

smirked. "I'll see what I

she left, I sank into my chair and allowed myself a moment to breathe. This was

the emotional weight of dealing with Richard's endless apologies or Wesley's

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