Filed to story: Watch Me Win Alpha (Olivia & Ethan)
“Amelia haslosther damn mind!” she exploded, pulling out her phone and slamming it on the counter. “Have you seen what that woman said? No? Here-read this!”
I hesitated, grabbing her phone. A tabloid headline popped up with Amelia’s smug face under it. The article started with her public statement-calm, polished, and brimming with venom.
Claiming I seduced Ethan, sought money, tried to destroy the Windsor family’s honor… all dressed up as concern for her
“future daughter-in-law’s safety.”
I felt the heat crawl up my neck. “She’s actually insane.”
“She’sunhinged,” Ava snapped. “Do you know what the worst part is? She gave that statementwhile I was in court!I stepped out to grab coffee with a client and by the time I checked my phone-boom. Full PR circus.”
She was pacing now. “I swear I will file a harassment case. Or defamation. Or both. She wants a war? I’ll bring fire.”
I stayed silent for a second, pressing my lips together. “We should respond.”
“Damn right, we should!” Ava huffed. “I have an entire statement ready. Want to know the title? ‘Lady Windsor or
Lady Viper?””
Despite everything, I snorted. “That’s awful.”
“It’sfactual,” she said, pulling out her laptop and slamming it open on the dining table. “We’ve got everything, Liv. Your marriage certificate. The footage of Ethan crashing your workplace. His doctor’s record when you had your miscarriage.
Want me to pull the emotional damages lawsuit too?”
I hesitated again. “If we do this… Ethan and I won’t be able to compromise.”
Ava froze. “You still don’t get it?”
I looked away.
“No, Liv,” she said flatly. “Donotstart that. You think Ethan didn’t know what was going on? You think he’s some sad little puppet under Amelia’s strings? That man stood silent while his mother dragged you in front of the whole damn city!”
“I know Ava,” I muttered. “But-“
“Butwhat?” Ava nearly shouted. “You still think divorcing him would be as easy as walk into court and sign papers? Just that?”
“I know he won’t let me that easy. If he were sane, things wouldn’t have reached here already! My voice was low now, and cold. “But I also have to see for the reputation of the Green group and my family”
Ava stared at me, her jaw clenched.
“Okay,” I stepped forward, pushing the phone toward her. “Let’s do it. Full-on statement. Burn it all down if we have to.”
“Finally,” she breathed. “You’ve got fire in your voice again.”
We pulled out notebooks, our phones, scribbling talking points, arranging what evidence to present and in what order. Ava was already muttering lines like a war strategist -“We’ll open with the timeline. Then move to the receipts and record everything from now onwards.”
My heart thudded fast with every bullet point.
Just as I opened the photo album on my phone to start gathering screenshots, the doorbell rang.
I froze.
Ava stood, crossed the room to the door quietly, and peered through the peephole.
She looked back at me, deadpan. “It’s him.”
My stomach dropped.
Without a word, Ava flipped on her phone camera and pointed it at the door. “Recording”
She turned to me, calm but sharp-eyed. “Open it.”
Olivia’s POV
The moment I opened the door, Ethan barged in like a storm front. No apology. No hesitation.
“Olivia, I swear to God, I had no idea what my mom was going to say today,” he started breathlessly.
I stepped back, crossing my arms. “And yet you stood by and let her do it.”
“She didn’t tell me! I woke up with a hangover, I didn’t even have my phone-Reed had to come drag me out of the hotel. By the time I saw it, it was already everywhere.”
I stayed still. My voice didn’t rise, but it didn’t soften either. “So, what are you planning to do? Hold a press conference?
Apologize for the lies? Or maybe admit you cheated on your wife with Chole Windsor?”
Ethan flinched. “I can’t… I mean, it’s not that simple.””
“Oh, it’s simple,” I snapped. “Your mother lied. You let her lie. And you still sleepwalk through the fallout like it’s not your mess to clean up.”
“I didn’t let her lie-“
“You didn’t stop her either.”
“I didn’t know, Olivia!” he shouted, dragging a hand through his hair. “You think I want you being dragged like this? You think I liked hearing what she said about you on live television? My own damn mother!”
“You have a mouth, Ethan. Use it for something other than excuses!’
Ava entered from the kitchen, holding her phone low at her side. “Then tell the truth,” she said calmly. “Go on. Say it. Say that your mother lied, and say Chole probably baited her into it.”
Ethan hesitated. “I-” He looked between us, chest rising and falling. “She’s not well, Olivia. You know she’s been off for months. And with the Windsors pressing her, and everything going to hell-“
“You’re still doing it,” I said. “Making her the victim. Like I’m not the one with my name splashed across gossip columns as a whore and a thief.”
Ethan took a step closer. “We can fix this. I’m serious. If we go back to how it was-“
“Don’t,” I cut in. “If you’re about to suggest that we get back together to make the rumors die down, just don’t”
“I just meant… if we’re seen together, people might stop believing the story. I’m trying to help.”
“Then help by telling the damn truth.” I looked him straight in the eye. “Either clear my name or shut up. You made this mess when you cheated. Your mother poured gasoline on it. You don’t get to offer me silence as charity.”
Ethan’s jaw tightened. “I can’t publicly say I cheated, Olivia.”
“No?” Ava crossed her arms. “But you can say the accusations were fake. That your mother wasn’t in her right mind. That
Chole’s influence was involved.”
“She was,” Ethan muttered. “I’m not denying that Chole has… manipulated things. My mom wouldn’t have gone this far without someone pulling her strings.”
“You think Chole blackmailed her?” I asked. “Or was it bait?”
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