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Connor didn’t hesitate. “Ten million.”
Pack members began turning their heads to observe the competition. Connor maintained his usual composed expression while Adrian remained equally calm.
“Eleven million,” Adrian countered.
Connor’s lips curved in a cold smile. “Fifteen million.”
Olivia’s annoyance was reaching its breaking point.
“Sixteen million,” Adrian continued competing.
Connor calmly raised his paddle. “Twenty million.”
Adrian thought to himself that if Connor wanted to be foolish with his wealth, he could have the bracelet. The color was too mature anyway, not suitable for someone of Olivia’s age.
The jade bracelet was ultimately purchased by Connor for twenty million dollars.
Olivia was on the verge of losing her temper completely. She showed little interest in the next three auction items, knowing that the necklace she desired most was coming up soon.
She pulled out her phone and called Connor.
Seeing her call, Connor felt overjoyed. It had been so long since Olivia had taken the initiative to contact him. His lips curved upward and his ice-blue eyes filled with pleasure.
However, as soon as he answered, a stream of angry words came through the phone.
The smile on his face froze instantly. He realized he had made a terrible mistake – he had bid on those items to make Olivia happy, but instead had made her furious.
Connor fell a pang of regret in his heart.
He lowered his voice and spoke soothingly. “I was wrong, Livy. I won’t bid recklessly anymore.”
“Shut up.” Olivia said angrily. “Who gave you permission to call me that?”
“You’re my intended mate,” Connor replied gently.
The line went silent. Olivia hung up directly.
Connor obediently refrained from bidding again. Adrian noticed Connor’s sudden change in behavior and turned to look at Olivia.
Sitting diagonally in front of her, he could clearly see her expression – she looked very angry. Was it because their competitive bidding had disrupted the auction?
Connor’s bidding behavior had indeed been unusual. Realizing this, Adrian wisely put away his bidding paddle and stopped participating.
Olivia finally won the necklace she wanted.
The auction ended, and Olivia stood up and walked straight toward the exit.
Connor quickly chased after her. “Liv, please wait.”
Olivia didn’t stop, walking out of the hall into the open-air parking lot outside.
Adrian followed behind but stopped at a distance when he saw Olivia confronting Connor.
“Connor Rivers, when did you become so childish?” Olivia’s amber eyes flashed with anger. “Do you have to compete with Adrian? He’s already made it very clear that he doesn’t have romantic feelings for me!”
Adrian stopped where he stood, a complex expression crossing his features as he overheard this declaration.
(Connor’s POV)
My ice-blue eyes were deep, and my tone was low as I faced Olivia in the auction house parking lot. “Livvy, you don’t understand men too well. Adrian’s eyes for you are full of undisguised love, can’t you see his intentions towards you?”
The words came out harsher than I intended, but my wolf was still snarling from watching that calculating lawyer compete with me all evening.
Olivia suddenly smiled. The expression caught me off guard – it wasn’t the warm smile I remembered, but something cold and bitter.
“You’re questioning my understanding of men?” she asked, her amber eyes glinting with dangerous amusement. “That’s rich, coming from you.”
Her smile widened, but there was no warmth in it. “Tell me, Connor, what kind of man tells the woman he claims to love that she’s nothing but a replacement? That she’ll never measure up to his first love?”
My blood turned to ice. Those words – the cruel things I’d said during our breakup when I was drowning in grief and anger.
“What kind of man,” she continued, her voice gaining strength, “looks into a woman’s eyes and tells her she’s convenient? That she’s just filling void left by someone better?”
(Olivia’s POV)
I watched Connor’s face drain of color as I threw his own words back at him. The pain I’d buried for months came rushing back with crystal clarity.
“You told me I was pathetic for thinking you could ever love me,” I continued, my voice steady despite the tears threatening to fall. “You said I was delusional to believe I meant anything to you.”
Connor stepped forward, his ice-blue eyes filled with anguish. “Livvy, those weren’t my true feelings. I was-“
“You were what?” I cut him off. “Honest? Because that’s what it felt like. Pure, brutal honesty.”
“I was hurting,” he said desperately. “I was angry and grieving and I lashed out at the person closest to me. But I never stopped loving you.”
I laughed, the sound hollow and bitter. “Love? You call that love?”
“Yes,” he said firmly. “Even when I was cruel, even when I pushed you away, I loved you. I’ve always loved you.”
“Your love feels like poison,” I whispered, the words cutting through the night air like silver blades.
Connor flinched as if I’d physically struck him. “Livvy, please-“
“No.” I turned away from him, walking toward my car. “I’m done with this conversation.”
He followed me, his footsteps/quick on the asphalt. “Wait, please. Let me explain-“
I spun around, my hand raised to stop him. “Don’t touch me.”
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Connor froze, his hand halfway extended toward me. The pain in his eyes was almost unbearable, but I couldn’t let it affect me anymore.
“I gave you everything,” I said quietly. “My heart, my trust, my future. And you threw it all back in my face.”
I pushed past him, my shoulder connecting with his chest as I headed for my Glacier Blue Bentley.
“Livvy!” he called after me, but I didn’t turn around.
I climbed into my car and started the engine, my hands shaking on the steering wheel. Through the windshield, I could see Connor standing alone in the parking lot, his powerful frame somehow looking broken and defeated.
I drove away without looking back, leaving him in the darkness.
The next day, I was reviewing case files at Moonstone Legal Partners when my assistant knocked on my office door.
“Miss Winters, there’s a Mr. Frank Langley here to see you. He says he has a delivery from Alpha Connor.”
