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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 fr
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Sarah’s pov.Wesley stood in my office, shifting awkwardly from foot to foot. His usually confident, swagger-filled stance was nowhere to be found. Good. About time he felt uncomfortable. He cleared his throat and tried to meet my eyes, but I wasn’t making it easy for him. I wasn’t about to let him weasel his way back in with his charm and that fake sincerity he pulled out for special occasions. “Sarah,” he began, voice low and cautious, like he was testing the waters. “I just... I really need to explain.”I crossed my arms and leaned back in my chair, keeping my face as neutral as possible. “Go on then,” I said, my voice flat. “Explain.”Wesley took a deep breath like he was about to dive into some deep emotional well, but honestly, I wasn’t holding my breath. “I know I’ve messed up,” he started, “but I need you to understand. When I first got involved with you, it was... yeah, it was about getting to Richard.”Right. “But it wasn’t all that. You’re... you’re different, Sarah. I
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Sarah’s pov.Richard was getting desperate. I could feel it in the way he kept showing up. It was like every event, every networking dinner, and every conference somehow had him lurking in the background. Coincidence? Yeah, right. The man was a master of accidentally being wherever I was.I was at this gala for my company’s expansion into Europe—big deal, lots of investors, very important faces. I had on my favorite black dress, the one that made me feel like I owned the whole room, and for a while, I did. Until, of course, Richard appeared like a bad plot twist.I’d see him across the room, talking to someone important, his eyes constantly scanning until they landed on me. Then, there it was: that small smile, like we shared some private joke. Newsflash, Richard: the joke’s over, and it wasn’t funny to begin with.“Sarah!” His voice cut through the mingling hum of the crowd. My heart did that stupid little leap thing it always does when I hear his voice. Annoying. I turned to f
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Sarah’s pov.I sat there, staring at my phone for a good fifteen minutes. Just staring, no calls, no texts, just pure silence. My mind was racing, bouncing between the two people I knew I had to call—Richard and Wesley. This was going to be awkward, painful even, but it was necessary. I had spent days reflecting, mulling over everything. I had forgiven them, sure. That part was done. But now I had to tell them what came next.I picked up the phone and dialed Wesley first. Of course, he answered on the second ring.“Sarah?” His voice had that hopeful edge to it, like maybe I was calling to give him another chance. Spoiler alert: I wasn’t.“Hi, Wesley,” I said, keeping my tone neutral. “I wanted to talk. About everything.”There was a pause on his end, but I could hear him shifting, probably adjusting himself in whatever fancy leather chair he was sitting in. “Yeah, of course. I’ve been waiting to hear from you.”I let out a slow breath, gathering my thoughts. “I’ve had a lot of tim
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Sarah’s pov.Sitting in my office, I stared at the email that just came through. “Congratulations, Sarah Williams. The deal has been approved. Looking forward to working with you.”It was official—my company had just landed the biggest deal of its career, a partnership that would launch us into a whole new level of success.I sat back in my chair, letting the weight of it all settle in. This was the moment I’d been working toward for a year now. The validation that every late night and stressful meeting had been worth it. I should have been over the moon. And I was—at least, on the surface. But why did I feel like something was missing?Before I could dwell on it too much, my phone buzzed. It was Emma.“Hey, superstar!” Her voice was bright and cheerful. “Just heard the news. How does it feel to be on top of the world?”I laughed, but it came out a little forced. “It feels… surreal. I mean, I knew we had a good chance, but seeing it in writing makes it real, you know?”“That’s becau
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Sarah’s pov.I didn’t think much of it when Richard first started sending those messages. At first, it was a simple “Congrats on the deal!” or “Hope the expansion’s going well!” I’d glance at my phone, roll my eyes, and go back to my emails, telling myself that it was nothing. But slowly, those little check-ins started to pile up, and I couldn’t ignore them. “Why is he doing this?” I muttered to myself one evening, staring at another message from Richard that read, “Heard about your new office space! Sounds exciting!” My thumb hovered over the reply button for longer than I’d care to admit, but I put the phone down instead. I wasn’t about to start up a casual text relationship with my ex-husband like we were long-lost friends.Emma’s voice played in my head. “You’re not a robot, Sarah.” Right, not a robot. But still, I was trying to move on, and Richard’s friendly little notes weren’t helping.Days passed, and it didn’t stop. It was always something small, nothing intrusive, but i
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Richard’s pov.You want Sarah back, Richard, but it’s not going to be easy. This is what I keep telling myself. I should be used to challenges—my life has been full of them—but Sarah? She’s different. A different kind of challenge, one that leaves me feeling like I’m walking on eggshells around her.But maybe that’s my punishment. After all, I did mess things up pretty royally the first time around.It all started with coffee. Simple, harmless coffee. I don’t even drink the stuff, but there I was, meeting Sarah every week, pretending to care about things like her preferred roast or how many sugars she liked.“Black, no sugar, right?” I asked one morning, sliding her cup across the table like I had memorized the most crucial detail of our entire history.She gave me a look, the kind that says, ‘Really, Richard? You think that’s going to win me points?’ And, well, she was probably right.“Yes, black,” she replied, but there was a hint of a smile. Small victories. I’d take what I could
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Richard’s pov.She blinked, and for a moment, it was like I was seeing her consider my words. But then she shook her head, almost like she was brushing them off. “It doesn’t change anything,” she said quietly. “You didn’t even try, Richard. Not once.”She was right again. I never tried. And now I was sitting here, a year later, trying to fix something I’d barely bothered to build in the first place.The truth was, I never let us have good memories. I didn’t give us a chance. When I married Sarah, I wasn’t interested in building a life with her—I just wanted my inheritance and Susan—but it turned out to be something empty. And it took losing her to realize just how badly I had screwed it all up.Now, every time we met for coffee or a quick lunch, I could feel the weight of all the things I should have done. Every conversation, every smile she gave me now, it was tinged with the bitterness of what could had been if I hadn’t been such a fool.We talked about her business a lot, and I
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Sarah povThe morning sunlight poured in through the kitchen window, warm and bright, spilling across the table as I sipped my coffee, feeling everything that had happened begin to ease. It was finally quiet. No more threats lurking in the background, no more lies or secrets tugging us apart. Just Richard and me, sitting together in the home we’d fought to protect.I glanced over at him, watching the way he seemed so at ease, leaning back in his chair with his coffee mug in hand. There was a hint of a smile playing on his lips, a calm I hadn’t seen in him for what felt like ages. I wondered if he could see the relief in my own face, the peace that was finally settling inside me. “We did it,” he said softly, almost like he was still trying to believe it himself.I nodded, a small smile spreading across my face. “Yeah. We really did.” The words felt light, almost surreal. After everything—the fear, the betrayals, the constant looking over our shoulders—it was hard to grasp that we
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Richard pov.Facing the network had been a long time coming. Sarah and I stood outside a grand, old building where the leaders had gathered. Holding the incriminating evidence we’d collected over months, I took a deep breath. I glanced at Sarah, her eyes narrowed with determination, her chin set in that way that told me she wasn’t backing down. She’d come so far, and I couldn’t help but feel a surge of pride mixed with the fear of what we were walking into. But this was our only shot at freedom.“Ready?” I asked though it was more for me than for her.She nodded. “More than ready.”Inside, the room was crowded with the high-ranking figures of the network. Their stares held nothing but cold, steely indifference, like they were sizing us up, wondering what two individuals thought they could do against them. But we had something they didn’t: proof, cold and solid, that could bring down every last one of them. The leader, a man with silver hair and a smug smile, eyed us with disdain.
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Sarah’s pov.The past few weeks had pushed me further than I ever thought I could go. Sitting in the dimly lit room with Richard beside me, a file of secrets splayed across the table, I felt something strange—a calm I hadn’t felt in ages. Maybe it was because, for the first time, we were moving as one. Whatever came next, we’d face it together.James hovered at the edge of the room, his presence reminding me of how far we’d come, how we’d gone from fearing him to needing his help. I still didn’t trust him fully, but in this fight, he was an essential piece. He’d been our link to the network, revealing things we’d never have known otherwise.“Here it is,” James said, pointing to a creased map on the table. “They keep their ledger, the core of their operations, here.” His finger rested on a small, out-of-the-way warehouse marked on the map.Richard leaned over, studying it with narrowed eyes. “So all their dirty dealings, the whole network’s transactions… it’s all stored in this one
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Richard pov.The anger hit me fast, followed by a wave of regret. “I should have known,” I muttered, my jaw clenching as I dropped the paper onto the table. “I should’ve seen this coming.”Sarah stepped closer, her hand resting on my arm. “Richard, you couldn’t have known. You trusted him because… well, because he was family to you.”“Family,” I echoed, the word tasting bitter. “Some family he turned out to be. He was there through everything, and now… now he’s part of this mess, trying to tear us down.”I turned away, trying to calm myself. This betrayal cut deep. But standing there, feeling Sarah’s gaze on my back, I felt something else—something that was stronger than anger or regret. Trust. She’d trusted me enough to tell me, to show me this evidence, even when it could have blown up in both our faces.“Sarah,” I said, my voice low, turning back to her. “Thank you. For telling me.”She looked surprised, like she hadn’t expected me to say that. “I just… I knew I couldn’t keep it f
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Sarah’s Pov.I sat at the edge of the couch, staring at the news report on TV, my heart sinking as Richard’s face flashed across the screen. The scandal was everywhere—headlines blaring accusations, journalists picking apart every move Richard had ever made. They were talking about him as if he were some kind of villain as if he were guilty without question. I couldn’t pull my eyes away from the screen, even though every word felt like a punch to the gut.The phone calls had started early. Friends, family, even reporters calling for statements. I ignored them all, feeling helpless, a pit growing in my stomach. I knew Richard hadn’t done what they were saying. But I also knew that the damage to his reputation was happening in real time, and there was nothing we could do to stop it.Richard had been gone since dawn, trying to get ahead of the chaos. He’d called a few times, each time sounding a little more exhausted, a little more defeated. He was trying to keep it together for both
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Richard's pov.I couldn’t breathe. Not because I was scared—though I was—but because everything felt like it was crashing down all at once. The phone call came in the middle of the morning when everything should’ve been calm. But that was never how it worked anymore, was it? The network had found its way into my life, into everything I cared about, and now they were making their move.“Mr. Wright,” the voice on the other end of the line was cold, too cold for comfort. “We have information that suggests your business dealings aren’t as clean as you claim.”I barely heard the rest of the words. My mind was already racing, already trying to figure out who had leaked what. What had they found? What were they planning to do with it?I ended the call quickly, staring at the phone screen. My thoughts were a blur, but one thing stood out clearly: they were targeting me. My business. My reputation. It felt like everything I had built was suddenly crumbling, and I couldn’t stop it.I didn’t h
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Sarah’s pov.It is another day. I had barely gotten out of the car before Richard was already a few steps ahead, his focus fixed on the building in front of us. Martins had set this up. A “hidden ally” with insider knowledge. Someone who could help us navigate the network and, hopefully, get us out of the mess we’d found ourselves in.I couldn’t help but think about the last few days. We were making progress, but every move we made felt like we were playing a dangerous game, and I wasn’t sure how much longer we could keep this up without someone getting hurt.I glanced at Richard’s back. He was so sure of himself now, so determined. I had to admit, it was hard to ignore the fire in his eyes when he was focused. He wasn’t the same man I used to know—not the one who was always playing it safe and never got his hands dirty. But he was still my Richard, the man I’d known long before everything spiraled out of control.And yet, the more we worked together, the more I realized how little
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Richard povJames introduced us again with his usual smug look, like he was pulling all the strings here. I wanted to wipe that look off his face, but right now, we needed him, and he knew it. “This here’s Monty and Kit,” James said, nodding toward the two men across from us. “They’re… experts in keeping things quiet.” He gave a low chuckle, clearly pleased with himself.Monty leaned back, studying me with narrowed eyes. “So, you two want a way in?”As if he didn't ask Sarah the same kind of question.I nodded, keeping my voice calm. “We need information. Something we can use.”He shrugged, glancing at James. “And why should we trust you?”James shot me a look, a warning. “Because Richard’s good at keeping secrets. Isn’t that right, old friend?”“Let’s get something straight,” I said, looking him dead in the eye. “This is about staying a step ahead. Nothing more.”But even as I said it, I could feel Sarah watching me, as if she was looking for cracks in my confidence. I knew she had
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Sarah’s pov.The air in the car was thick as Richard drove us toward the meeting spot. I sat there, fiddling with the cuff of my sleeve, trying to keep my breathing steady, trying to look like I wasn’t on the edge of running. I glanced at Richard, his jaw tight, his hands gripping the steering wheel a little too hard. He caught my gaze and softened, giving me a slight smile that was supposed to be comforting. But there was nothing comforting about this. Not when we were about to walk into a room with James and a few of his “network contacts.” Just saying the word made my stomach twist. And James… Well, trusting him felt like trying to trust a snake. You just couldn’t be sure he wouldn’t bite.“So, are you ready?” Richard asked, his voice low and calm. Too calm. He knew this was a big risk—maybe even our biggest so far. “Ready as I’ll ever be,” I replied, trying to sound steady. But my mind was spinning. I knew we had no choice but to work with James. He had the connections, the
