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."

set. You'll be fine," she assured me, and then added, "And no, I didn't let Richard and Wesley in. Wesley left

exaggerated seriousness. "More like

me before I could stop it. "Persistent pigeon, that's

wink and disappeared down the hall,

The fact that they kept showing up-sending texts, emails, flowers-wasn't my problem

recurring spam calls you block, only to have them pop up with a slightly different number. Maybe

blouse, feeling the responsibility settle on my shoulders,

company, my vision, my work. And I was going to make it happen. No

me with smiles and the energy of a group that knew they were on the verge of

person in that room had helped make

flew by, filled with talk of

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

lingered, watching my team file out. Zoe stayed behind, flipping through

say anything, just waited, sensing that I had something

my arms.

year now," she

ever known me to

an eyebrow. "You mean aside from the whole Richard and

fine. Yes,

said, shrugging. "You're a force of nature. They

I repeated, liking the way it sounded. "Well, I'm done

smiled faintly. "I

like you believe

how feelings work, Sarah. They're messy, unpredictable.

handle them like you handle everything else-with grace

and sarcasm," I said with a chuckle.

have about thirty minutes before

tranquilizer

see

into my chair and allowed myself a moment

weight of dealing with Richard's endless

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