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

Chapter 87

Sarah's Pov.

I took a deep breath, clutching the steering wheel as I pulled up in front of the small cafe where I was meeting Susan.

My mind was still reeling from the encounter with James, the way he dropped hints and threats so casually.

And now here I was, facing another ghost from our past. Susan had been circling around us like a shark, but something in me said I needed to face her myself, away from Richard, to truly understand what she wanted. As soon as I walked in, I spotted her at a corner table, swirling her coffee with a thin smile that didn't reach her eyes.

She looked different from how I remembered-still polished and poised, but something in her eyes was colder, sharper.

This wasn't the same Susan from back when Richard and I first got married. She'd changed, or maybe she'd always been like this, and I'd been too naive to see it.

"Sarah," she greeted, her tone oozing a false warmth. "So brave of you to come meet me."

"Susan," I replied, keeping my voice steady as I slid into the chair across from her. "Let's skip the small talk. You called me here, so let's get to the point."

She laughed softly, her fingers tapping against the coffee cup. "Oh, I like this new version of you. Less innocent, more... bold."

Her gaze fixed on me, eyes sharp and unyielding. "But you're still clinging to Richard, aren't you? Hoping he'll love you enough to protect you."

forced myself to stay calm. "You didn't ask me here to talk about my marriage, Susan. So

replaced by something much colder. "Fine. I want you to understand just how

whether you like it or not. And unless he complies with certain expectations, I'll make sure his past

that he chose me again. But dragging up his past just to hurt him? Isn't that a

think I care about him leaving me?

needed someone, when his entire world was falling apart. And then you come in, and suddenly, he's all devoted to you? As if I

just revenge then?" I asked, my voice low. "You're trying to punish him for falling in love with

inches from mine. "Revenge?" She let out a cold laugh. "It's not that simple, Sarah. This is about showing him-and

run down my spine. "Susan, this isn't a game. What you're doing could ruin people's lives, people who don't deserve it. Richard's past... whatever mistakes he made back then, he's paid for them. Why drag it all up now?" "Because," she

do this, Susan. If you want

smile icy. "You're the reason he turned away from me. You're the one he's willing to risk everything for, the one he's so desperate to protect. And that makes you the perfect target." Her words hit me like a punch to the gut. She was right-I'd

exactly are you planning to do?"

her voice cold

than you realize, I'll make sure every little detail about his past comes out. The shady deals, the mistakes, the secrets he's kept even

anger. "You think that'll bring him back to

bringing him back. This is about making him regret ever walking away from me. And if you're so desperate to protect him, you'll tell him to comply. Because believe

I'd known she

ready to destroy Richard just to make

raging inside me. "If you think I'm just going to let you ruin