Filed to story: Watch Me Win Alpha (Olivia & Ethan)
There wasn’t a single trace of panic in her body language. In fact… there was a faint trace of satisfaction on her lips.
My brows furrowed.
“What is she… smiling about?” I muttered under my breath.
Gai sat beside me, equally stunned. “She’s not upset.”
“She should be,” Mike said from the passenger seat. “That was brutal.”
“She looks like she knew exactly how this would go down,” Gai added, pulling out his phone. “Also… you should see her latest post. Here-look.”
He angled the screen toward me. Olivia’s most recent upload was still fresh. A photo with Ethan’s silhouette in the background and a cheeky caption that said:”Trying to enjoy my post-trauma vacation… but some people just won’t take a hint.
Anyone know how to remove emotional parasites? Asking for a friend. #NotSoEx #StillObsessed #DramaFreePlease”
My jaw tightened. So it wasn’t just a coincidence. The timing, the setup, the performance in front of the crowd-she had baited Ethan and Chole perfectly. And made it public.
“She posted this on the plane?” I asked.
Gai nodded. “Right after Ethan followed her onboard like a lost mutt.”
I sat back, connecting the dots. Her behavior, her restraint, her outburst at the airport… Even Chole showing up now felt too convenient. I was beginning to understand what Olivia was really up to.
“Should we go help her?” Mike asked. “She’s still sitting there alone.”
Gai agreed. “We can’t leave her like that. You should go.”
I was about to open the door when someone else beat me to it.
A woman in a tailored red dress-heels clicking, stride confident
-appeared at the curb and made her way straight to Olivia. She looked like she belonged in a boardroom, not an airport pickup zone. Her long hair was tied in a tight braid, and her expression screamed competence and authority.
“I think that’s Olivia’s friend she talked about,” Mike pointed out.
“I think so too,” Gai murmured, narrowing his eyes. “Olivia seems to know her quite well.”
The woman bent down, said something quietly to Olivia, and
Olivia chuckled before letting the woman help her into the back of a waiting car. No tension. No confusion. It was smooth.
Effortless.
Planned.
I turned my werewolf hearing toward the car as the engine started. Their conversation slipped into range just enough to catch it.
“-Chole will definitely go crazy now. Once she finds out Ethan was on the plane and you were the one posting, she’ll lose it again.”
“That’s the point,” Olivia replied, unbothered. “They want drama. I’ll give them one they can’t swallow.”
“You are a genius, Liv.”
“I don’t know about being a genius. But I will make sure to return the favor.”
My jaw clenched as realization dawned.
This wasn’t Olivia acting out of emotion. She wasn’t lashing out like some wronged, impulsive ex-wife.
She was Strategic. Deliberate.
And it turns out… she was using Chole, on purpose.
Olivia’s POV
“Ava, would you stop turning your head like we’re being hunted by a rogue pack?” I said dryly as she checked the rearview mirror for the fifth time in two minutes.
“There’s a freaking Bentley behind us, Olivia! A Bentley! And it’s been trailing us since the hospital. You seriously want me to just pretend it’s normal?” Ava hissed.
I sighed, resting my elbow against the car door. “It’s normal. It’s mine.”
Ava almost slammed the brakes. “Excuse me?”
“My new boss,” I said casually, scrolling through my phone. “He also lives in the same building.”
Ava stared at me like I had sprouted antlers. “That’s your boss’s car? The Alpha billionaire? He’s literally babysitting you now?”
“He’s being polite. Don’t romanticize it.”
“I’m not romanticizing anything,” she muttered. “But if my boss followed me home in a luxury car looking like a magazine spread, I’d have questions.”
“He’s not following me. He lives at the top story of my building.”
I corrected Ava.
“Whatever. He could have gone earlier than you if did not want to follow you, you know!”
I wanted to reply to Ava on her remark, but it did seem a little true to argue.
After a while, we pulled into the housing complex, and sure enough, the Bentley parked a short distance away. Ava got out and helped me into the wheelchair, still casting suspicious glances over her shoulder.
“Okay, now that-” she nearly choked as Alexander stepped out of the car, suit sharp, eyes sharp, posture sharper. “Oh my goddess. That’s him, isn’t it? The guy who stood up for you at the charity dinner? The one everyone kept whispering about?”
“Oh gosh! Why are you acting like you don’t know him?”
“Yeah, I do,” she muttered under her breath. “But I never knew you two had a thing. I am really happy for you!”
“Ava. Can you just focus on the wheelchair? Please.”
Gai and the pilot walked up with my bags, and the six of us crammed into the elevator. The small space was not made for this many people and a wheelchair.
“Sorry!” Ava said, trying to maneuver the chair. She bumped into Gai, muttering another apology.
“Whoa-watch it-“I leaned forward suddenly as the chair caught on the elevator groove. In an instinctive move to stop myself from falling, I threw my hands up-
And smacked right into Alexander’s thigh.
I froze. My palm was flat on his leg. His thigh. The firm one.
A full two seconds passed before I yanked my hand back like I’d been burned. My eyes widened. His jaw twitched..
The air turned painfully awkward.
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