Chapter 51

Sarah's

pov

If you'd told me a year ago that I'd be waking up to a message from her of all people, I'd have laughed in your face.

Susan. Richard's ex-lover. The woman I once called the devil in high heels. The same one who pranced into my life and nearly tore my marriage apart.

And now, out of nowhere, she was texting me? Of course, my first reaction was to laugh. It was either that or scream.

I'd barely had time to make coffee, and there it was, my phone buzzing from the kitchen counter.

When I saw her name flash on the screen, I swear my stomach twisted into knots.

I hadn't heard from Susan since I came to Mexico, leaving me with the broken pieces of my life after Richard chose her over me.

Yeah, Richard didn't love me, but it hurt the same. Now she had the nerve to message me?

The first text was like a punch.

"Hey Sarah. Long time."

I nearly dropped my mug. My heart pounded. Why was she even messaging me?

After all these months, why now? I stared at the screen for a good minute before typing back.

"What do you want, Susan? Thought you'd be too busy wrecking lives in the States."

Yeah, I was mad. I had every right to be. She hadn't just ruined my relationship-she'd strutted into my life, into our home, and practically made herself queen of the place.

to look at my couch without

gripping the edge of

I heard her name was when she was splashed all over national TV-as Richard's fiancee. And now she was

pulling

out like this, but you need to know

delete it and move on with my day, but curiosity

and read the message

have to say to me? Didn't get enough when you stole

good to say it. Susan had already torn

buzzed within

changed, well... I thought you should know

hit somewhere deep. The truth? What the hell was

a ring on her finger before the ink on the papers had permanently

to watching their engagement on TV like it was some sort of victory lap. But Richard had

message hung over me like a bad omen. Even in the office, while I tried to focus on work, my thoughts kept circling back to her words. Richard had been making efforts, trying to show me he wasn't the same man who left me. But Susan... She

in ways I didn't, or

wanted me to doubt him. But why

half-watching the news, when my phone buzzed again. Another

to see you get played the same way I was. You think Richard's back for good? Think again." I rolled my eyes but

me. She knew how to twist the

of a

last month? The one he didn't tell you

one Richard had been weirdly vague about. The one where he

paranoid. But now, Susan

over the screen, trembling as I

are you

Her response came quickly.

weekend together. He came down to the USA to

the screen, my heart pounding.

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