Filed to story: Watch Me Win Alpha (Olivia & Ethan)
“You know, it’s good that you came with Alexander,” Rose said as she sipped her champagne.
“Why?” I asked.
“Everyone automatically respects you because you’re with one of the most respected businessmen in the country.”
I leaned against the railing and took a small sip of the bubbly drink. “We aren’t a couple.”
“Could have fooled me,” she said
My face flushed, and I averted my gaze.
Below us, there were people milling around the beautiful garden that was complete with a water fountain.
“Did you see who was on Alexander Green’s arm tonight?” a woman’s loud voice floated up to us.
I froze, and Rose widened her eyes and looked at me.
“I know,” another woman’s voice replied in a judgmental tone. “I couldn’t believe he would waste his time with used goods like her.”
“Oh, he’s only using her for one thing,” the loudmouthed woman said flippantly. “Once he tires of her warming his bed every night, Alexander will move one. Men like that always do.”
“He’ll never take a divorced woman seriously,” the other woman said nastily. “The Green family would never allow a marriage that would stain their prestigious reputation.”
The two women laughed, and they moved on to other guests to gossip about.
Rose stared down at them with an outraged look on her face. She opened her mouth to yell at them, but I laid a hand on her arm to stop her.
“Let them talk,” I said. “They’re only gossiping about me because they’ re bored with their own pathetic lives.”
We looked back down as another woman ran out to the garden to join her friends.
“Did you guys see who Alexander Green is here with?” the woman asked.
The other two women nodded.
“I heard that Olivia has bribed him with sex day and night in exchange for higher social status,” the woman said in a scandalous tone. “My friend Kathy told me that she has it on good authority that Alexander’s been late to work on numerous occasions because he’s too busy rolling around the sheets with her.”
The other two women gasped, and they immediately began to gossip about me again.
This untrue rumor made my blood boil, but-to my complete shock- Rose giggled to the side of me.
I wanted to yell at those three gossiping women, but I managed to control my temper.
“Are you and Alexander going to disappear into the bathroom for a quickie tonight?” Rose teased me, trying to lighten the mood.
I rolled my eyes. “Our relationship is nothing but professional,” I replied dryly.
“Sure it is,” Rose said playfully.
I turned away from her and looked out at the bright city lights.
I had no idea that ever since I became Alexander’s secretary, everyone thought that I only had the position because I was sleeping with him.
No one seemed to believe me that our relationship was innocent. Not even my friends.
*Olivia*
My hands tightened on the railing as I stared down at the three women who continued to gossip about Alexander and me. Annoyance washed over me like a tidal wave, and I wanted to go down there and give the ladies a piece of my mind.
“Come on, girl,” Rose said and tugged my arm to lead me away from the woman’s voices. “You don’t have to listen to this nonsense.”
We went back into the party, and whispers kept following me wherever I went.
“Ignore them,” Rose muttered under her breath.
But that was hard when the large room seemed to fill with gossip about me. The rumors kept getting more extreme by the second. People seemed to think that I was trying to trap Alexander by becoming pregnant with his baby. Or they thought that part of my job duties involved me being on my knees for the majority of the work day.
I got so fed up with it that when I saw those three women who had been gossiping about me in the garden over in the corner pointing at me and whispering, I stormed over to them.
“What are you doing?” Rose whispered as she followed after me.
I glared at the three women, who quieted down when I got close.
“You might not know that I’m also a fortune teller on the side,” I said, put my hands on my hips, and glared at all three of them. “I’ve spoken to the fates, and they told me that gossips like you are in for a week full of pain and suffering,” I said in a low, dangerous voice.
One of the women squeaked in fear, and the other two gripped each other as their eyes widened with anxiety.
I spun on my heel and left them to shake with fright. Rose followed after me, and she couldn’t stop laughing.
“That was hilarious!” she said. “You totally got them back! That will show them to spread rumors.”
I became distracted as I watched Felipe talk with a pretty blonde woman who I assumed was his wife. I looked around the crowded ballroom, but I didn’t see Alexander anywhere.
“Are there any other important businessmen in attendance tonight?” I asked Rose.
She shook her head no. “Alexander is the most important one.”
I crossed my arms as I thought about that. Hmm, that must mean that there was another VIP guest here who couldn’t be seen in public that Alexander was in a meeting with. That person was probably the reason why Alexander wanted to attend tonight. My curiosity went into hyperdrive as I wondered why Alexander had to go through Felipe to meet with that person.
Rose and I walked around the party for a while, and I tried to network, but no one would take me seriously because they thought I was just Alexander’s plaything. My stomach grumbled, but I didn’t like any of the appetizers they offered.
“This party’s boring,” Rose said as we stood in the corner.
“It is,” I agreed. “When we came in, I saw a little restaurant in the hotel. Do you want to grab a bite to eat there? Who knows how much longer Alexander will be.”
“That sounds a lot better than this,” Rose said and gestured around the room.
We went back down to the lobby, and right before we entered the restaurant, I looked at my phone and frowned. Ava hadn’t answered my message about needing to reschedule. I told Rose that I’d meet her in the restaurant in a second and called Ava to make sure that she was alright.
“Hey, Olivia,” Ava said when she answered the phone.
“Hi, is everything alright?” I asked.
“Yeah! I was actually just going to call you,” she said with excitement in her voice. “I got a call from my good friend who’s a lawyer-Lucy. She told me that she found sufficient evidence that could actually bring down Chole for good this time.”
“Really?” I asked, shock seeping through my voice.
“Yes! I can’t say more right now, I have to go,” Ava said hurriedly. “I’ll
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Then, the line abruptly went dead.
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