Filed to story: Watch Me Win Alpha (Olivia & Ethan)
She looked to Richard and Gai for backup, but their eyes were glued to their menus. Olivia turned back around, a sense of defeat washing over her like a tidal wave.
Olivia stared unseeingly at the menu, just wanting this horrible dinner to be over with.
Then, Ava walked into the crowded restaurant. She spotted Olivia and her brother but froze in shock when she noticed that Alexander was sitting at the table behind them.
Alexander saw Ava before Olivia spotted her, and he didn’t know what came over him, but he lifted his hand and smiled at Olivia’s friend.
“Ava!” he greeted her. “Why don’t you join us?” He gestured to his table. “I can have our server get another chair.”
Naomi’s eyes widened, and her lower lip trembled. She looked down at her red dress that she had spent hours choosing for tonight. As jealousy flowed through her, Naomi watched as Alexander flirted with a woman who was dressed in jeans and a plain white shirt. It felt like her heart was cracking down the middle as a server brought over a chair, and Alexander engaged the newcomer in conversation.
Ava completely ignored Alexander and instead turned to Richard. “Hi, there. I just puked my guts out from drive-thru coffee. But I’m feeling much better now. I’m starving.”
Naomi’s mouth dropped open. She couldn’t believe a woman as crass as this had caught Alexander’s attention.
Alexander chuckled at Ava’s bluntness. “I’m glad you’re feeling better now.”
She turned to Alexander and narrowed her eyes at him. “I don’t care about your opinion. You’re the one here on a date with someone else.” Her eyes cut meaningfully to Olivia and then back to Alexander.
“No, I am not,” Alexander said calmly.
Ava gave him a skeptical look, but she seemed willing to hear him out. Alexander quickly explained how Olivia had heard from the grapevine that he was coming to Luceland to meet a woman when that was simply not true.
Ava nodded her head as she listened and seemed to understand. Her cool demeanor immediately thawed, and she leaned in to whisper in Alexander’s ear.
“So, you’re messing with Olivia tonight for her believing that you would go on a date with another girl?” Ava asked.
Alexander smirked and winked.
Over at the next table, Naomi’s despair was growing like a well watered flower. Her eyes filled with tears once again as she watched Alexander and this newcomer whisper and laugh with each other. She wished that they would just get a room and put her out of her misery.
The final straw was Alexander winking at the woman. Naomi burst into tears and ran out of the restaurant as sadness and hot shame made her heart ache. Her friend, Tanya, immediately stood up and went after her.
Tanya caught up with Naomi, who had made it outside and was crying on a bench in the hotel’s small garden. One streetlight illuminated Naomi’s beautiful face.
Tanya put her arm around Naomi, whose shoulders were shaking as she cried. She rubbed her arm comfortingly, and for a while, the only sounds were Naomi’s sniffles and Tanya muttering soothing words. Then, Tanya took out her phone.
“I think I might know something that will cheer you up,” Tanya said with a mysterious smile.
She showed her friend an online gossip blog about Alexander Green sleeping with his secretary, Olivia.
Naomi’s eyes widened. She had just come back from living in England for a year and didn’t know much about all the drama surrounding Alexander and Olivia that this blog wrote about.
As she dried her tears using a tissue that Tanya had given her, she handed the phone back to her friend. Tanya had been wrong. That blog hadn’t cheered her up at all.
“Olivia and Alexander really seemed to have a connection,” Naomi admitted. “It seemed like everything that he had done tonight was just to get Olivia’s attention because it seemed like she had been on a date with that younger guy she was with. Did you see the way Alexander and Olivia looked at each other? They have actual chemistry.” Naomi sighed and wrapped her arms around herself. “I never even had a chance with Alexander Green in the first place.”
Tanya snorted as she looked down at the gossip blog that had posted a flattering picture of Olivia. “All this skank is to Alexander is a body to keep his bed warm at night. Olivia is a vixen who uses her looks to con rich men into buying her thing. They don’t have a deep connection. Those two are surface level.”
*Author*
Back inside the restaurant, Ava and Alexander were still in the middle of a conversation.
Alexander picked up his wine and glared at the young man that Olivia was eating dinner with. He couldn’t ignore the way his insides burned with jealousy when he looked at them.
“What is Olivia’s relationship to that boy?” he asked Ava, then took a sip of wine.
Ava’s eyes widened with realization. She looked away from Alexander on the fake pretext that she was thinking his question over. Ava secretly smiled to herself at how hard Alexander was gripping the stem of his wineglass. She was surprised that it didn’t shatter. Ava immediately understood that Alexander was extremely jealous and was misinterpreting Olivia’s friendly dinner with her brother for a romantic date.
In only a matter of seconds, Ava decided to play into Alexander’ s wrong assumption. Maybe then Alexander and Olivia would admit their true feelings for each other. Ava knew that there was nothing like a healthy dose of jealousy to help move a relationship along.
Ava leaned in like she was telling Alexander a secret. “It’s Olivia’ s first date with this guy,” she muttered. “I’ve come along to supervise and make sure that the college boy is the perfect gentleman to my friend.”
When Alexander’s face turned the color of a tomato, Ava had to bite her lip to keep from laughing. Thankfully, she managed to keep a serious expression on her face.
After a brief moment, when Alexander allowed his anger to show, he arranged his expression to one of cold indifference. Tampering down his emotions was the only way that he was going to get through this night.
“How did Olivia meet the boy?” Alexander asked and took another sip of his wine. Next, he was planning on ordering a shot of straight whiskey. up a good story. “He pparently, he has been waiting for the reamy far away look
Ava’s eyes flashed. She had always loved t is the younger brother of one of Olivia’s In had a crush on Olivia for the longest time and perfect opportunity to ask Olivia out.” Ava had a in her eye as she reached for a piece of freshly baked bread in the middle of the table. “Isn’t that just the most romantic thing that you’ve ever heard? Don’t you long for a sweet love story like that?”
Alexander scoffed. “If this is their first date, I don’t think that the two are in love.” His jaw clenched. “I would wait until at least their second date before you offer to plan their wedding.” There was a sarcastic edge to his voice.
But even just the thought of Olivia marrying someone else made his whole body tense up, like he was preparing himself to be punched in the gut.
“Are you guys whispering about Olivia’s new boyfriend?” Richard muttered.
“Yep,” Ava answered confidently, loving how affected Alexander seemed to be by the very thought of Olivia dating anyone else
Even though Alexander could be a jerk sometimes, she still thought Olivia and Alexander were meant to be together. It was just a matter of time.
At the other table, Olivia heard Richard say her name. She turned around and gestured for Ava to join them, but her eyes found Alexander’s as if by a magnetic force.
Olivia’s stomach jolted when her eyes met Alexander’s cold, hard gaze
“I need to speak with you, Olivia,” Alexander said in a firm voice and stood from the table. “Alone.”
Olivia thought about refusing his order after the appalling way he had treated her tonight, but sighed and told A back. She knew that Alexander would n that she would be right cene if she refused
“Do you want me to come with you?” Aiden assed and stood to follow after Olivia.
But after an intimidating stare from Alexander, the younger man’s face paled, and he immediately sat back down.
“Don’t scare him like that!” Olivia scolded Alexander
This only enraged Alexander further. Anger surged through him, and he was so mad that he could flip a table.
As Olivia followed Alexander out of the restaurant, she noticed the way his body was tense.
Alexander turned around to make sure that Olivia was still following after him. At the door, he gestured for her to exit first, and as she walked through the doorway, she shivered from his intense gaze.
Back at the table, anxiety coursed through Aiden as he watched Ava leave the restaurant with the intimidating, angry man. He turned to his sister.
“Aren’t you going to go after your friend?” he asked Ava. “It seems like she could use some backup with that crazy guy.”
Ava reached for another piece of bread. “Olivia can handle herself. This is an adult situation. Aiden. You wouldn’t understand.”
Aiden crossed his arms. “Damn, you really are heartless.”
“You know that I was voted Most Cold-hearted in high school.” Ava joked and took another bite of her bread.
When she looked up, Ava noticed that Gai and Richard were s her with wide eyes. “This is Aiden. He’s my brother,” she expla at
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