Filed to story: Watch Me Win Alpha (Olivia & Ethan)
Why was he so angry that there was a guy with us? He was the one who was going to Luceland to meet a woman. And it wasn’t even like I was romantically interested in Aiden. He was Ava’s brother and not even old enough to legally drink. Did he really think I’d be interested in a college student?”
“Olivia, why is Alexander going to Luceland, too?” Ava asked. “Didn’t we decide not to tell him about our plan for now?”
“What plan?” Aiden questioned.
“Mind your business and focus on the road,” Ava snapped.
Which made the two siblings quip back and forth for a few minutes.
I turned away from the window so I wouldn’t have to look at Alexander anymore.
Because of their sibling banter, I thought I had gotten out of answering Ava’s question, but when she had finished bickering with Aiden, she turned and raised her eyebrows at me.
“Why is he going to the same place as us?”
“He’s here to meet….a woman. The same one he went on a blind date with that he made me join. Her name’s Naomi Wright.”
I had to force myself to say the name of the woman Alexander was meeting out loud. It just made it even more real.
My friend spun around, and she lifted her chin. “Are you kidding me?”
“No,” I muttered, wishing it was all a joke.
“What an asshole!” she raged “How dare Alexander play with your feelings. I’ve seen the way he acts around you! No man who has platonic feelings for a woman stares at her the way Alexander looks at you.”
A lump developed in my throat. “He…he looks at me a certain way?”
Ava’s eyes softened. “You haven’t noticed? Alexander’s always looking at you no matter who’s in the room. He looks at you with such burning intensity, I can’t believe a fire hasn’t started between you guys.”
That made a small laugh burst past my lips despite everything.
“Let’s ditch this loser,” Ava said, glaring at Alexander’s car. “Take this exit.”
She pointed at the exit before our stop, and Aiden s car. ved the
My stomach jolted, but Ava’s brother seemed to know what he was doing as he smoothly drove down the exit ramp.
I turned around, and my shoulders slumped when I didn’t see Alexander’s car anymore.
As Aiden navigated through the busy traffic, my phone chimed with a text message from Gai. My head tilted when I read the message. It only consisted of five words: ‘Everything is fine with Alexander.’
I looked out the window, lost in thought. After a few moments, I shrugged. I guess I had just overreacted, and Alexander hadn’t been following us. Maybe I had misinterpreted his facial expressions, too. Maybe he wasn’t pissed. He had simply just been on the same highway.
Twenty minutes later, Aiden pulled into the parking garage across the Luceland Hotel. Ava bribed him with five dollars to carry most of our luggage.
“Gotta love how broke college kids are,” she joked as we walked into the fancy hotel.
Ava took care of the check-in process, and we quickly got our room keys. As we walked to the elevators, my eyes widened when I saw the woman who was already in the elevator.
The woman who Alexander had traveled all this way to meet.
Naomi Wright, heiress of the Wright Group.
Aiden
Ava and Aiden were already in the elevator, so I had no choice but to step on. As the doors slid closed, I stood bel and Ava, hoping that I wouldn’t have to talk to her.
Thankfully, Naomi was already engaged in a conversation with her friend.
“You know that your whole thing with Alexander is completely backward, right?” Naomi’s friend said. “Since he’s the oldest of the Green’s sons, he’s supposed to be courting you. Not the other way around.”
Naomi smiled and shrugged. “Honestly, I don’t mind. Alexander is worth chasing after.”
The backs of my eyes pricked with emotion.
Wow.
Naomi actually cared about Alexander. Hot guilt shot through me from the uncharitable things I’ve been thinking about her. Silently, I wished her well, and I hoped she would find happiness. Even if it was with Alexander.
Naomi and her friend exited the elevator one floor before ours, and I watched her walk away, hypnotized by her perfect blonde ponytail swinging back and forth.
As soon as the doors were closed, Ava turned to me.
“So, that’s the woman Alexander has come all the way here to meet?” Ava asked.
“Yeah, she seems to be dating him for the right reasons.”
My friend opened her mouth to argue, but then shut it. “She actually does. But Alexander is still scum for the way he has been blatantly flirting with you.”
My cheeks heated as we walked out of the elevator. “Keep your voice down,” I hissed. “There is nothing between Alexander and me. He’s my boss and he can date whoever he wants.”
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Ava crossed her arms and rolled her eyes. “Alexander is a two- timer. I don’t care what you tell me about him not having feelings for you. Anyone can see that he does. I bet you that if you called Alexander right now and asked him to meet you in a hotel room for a quickie, he would drop everything even though he is here to meet another woman.”
“Ava… stop,” I said, glancing at her brother walking down the hallway in front of us.
She blushed and immediately dropped it. It was true that Ava sometimes didn’t think before she spoke, but she could always, recognize when she had gone too far
When we walked into the large suite, Arden whiested appreciatively. “Wow,”
That one word pretty much summed up this massive room, complete with three bedrooms, a fully stocked cap a flat won TV, and a stunning view of the city below vs.
Ava instructed Aiden where to put down the bags
For some reason, a dark cloud seemed to side over me as ! walked to the window. The view of the busting cty was breathtaking, but I couldn’t appreciate the beauty
My stomach lurched when I spotted Alexander’s car pulling up to the hotel. Of course, he would splurge on wallet.
Ava came up next to me to look out the window.
“Um, maybe we should switch hotels. This one feels too… crowded,” I said.
Ava gave me a look and put one hand on her hip. “Girl, you are not hiding from him. I refuse to let you.” She nodded at Alexander as he got out of the car way down below. “You have just as much of a right to be here as him. We actually have a better reason to be here than him.” She lowered her voice. “We are trying to solve an old murder case, unlike him, who is just here for a date.”
I nodded along, her words reminding me of why we way. ne alll this
“You’re so right,” I said and straightened my shoulders. “Now, let’s go over the plan.”
*Olivia*
“What plan?” Aiden asked as he walked into the room.
