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Chapter 246
| left without looking back, my heart heavy but my purpose clear. | would protect my daughter, whatever the
cost.
(Olivia's POV)
| sat silently in Lucas's car, watching Connor's dejected departure from Rosewood Haven. His shoulders were
slumped, his steps heavy with the weight of his discoveries.
"He didn't believe us," | murmured, disappointment settling in my chest.
Lucas's gray eyes remained fixed on Connor's retreating figure. "He will. The seed of doubt has been planted."
| nodded, hoping he was right. Despite Connor's past actions against me, |
couldn't help feeling sympathy for him. Victoria had
manipulated him just as she had manipulated everyone else.
"My men will follow him," Lucas assured me. "Make sure he doesn't do anything rash."
The tension of the evening washed oversuddenly, leavingexhausted. The confrontation with Connor, the
evidence of
Emma's abuse, Victoria's cruelty-it was overwhelming.
"Thank you," | said softly, leaning back against the headrest. "For everything."
Lucas turned to me, his expression softening. "You don't need to thank me, Olivia."
My eyelids felt heavy, the events of the day catching up with me. | fought to stay alert, but exhaustion was
winning.
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"I should get back," | murmured, my words slurring slightly. "Ethan will be wondering where | am."
"Let him wonder," Lucas replied, his voice a comforting rumble in the quiet car.
| meant to respond, to insist he takehome, but my eyes closed of their own accord. The last thing |
remembered was the
gentle weight of Lucas's jacket being placed overas | drifted into sleep.
| don't know how long | slept, but | awoke to the sound of voices-one calm and measured, the other sharp with
anger.
Lucas sat beside me, his body tense but his expression controlled. He was watching someone through the
window, his gray eyes
narrowed.
"lI won't ask again, Blackwood," ca familiar voice, cold with fury. "What are you doing with my mate?"
Ethan. My heart lurched as | blinked away sleep, immediately grasping the tense situation.
A sharp knock on the car window madejump. Ethan stood there, his amber eyes blazing with anger, his face
a mask of barely controlled rage.
"Get out of the car, Olivia," he commanded, his voice carrying even through the closed window.
| straightened, pushing Lucas's jacket off my shoulders. "I should go," | whispered, not meeting Lucas's eyes.
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Lucas caught my hand. "You don't have to."
His touch was warm, comforting. For a moment, | was tempted to stay, to let him drive away withstill in the
passenger seat.
But my mother's face flashed in my mind. Her treatment at the medical center depended on Ethan's goodwill.
"I do," | replied softly. "But thank you."
Ethan's knuckles rapped against the glass again, harder this time. "Now, Olivia."
| squeezed Lucas's hand once before releasing it. "You should go. This will only escalate if you stay."
Lucas's jaw tightened, but he nodded. "Callif you need anything. Anytime." Then he was gone, taillights
disappearing around the corner.
| pulled my arm from Ethan's grasp and walked toward the building without acknowledging him. My apartment
was on the third
floor-if | could just get inside and lock the door...
Ethan followed silently, his anger a palpable force at my back. In the elevator, he stood too close, his breath hot
against my neck.
When we reached my door, | fumbled with the keys, my hands shaking slightly.
Before | could insert the key, Ethan's palm
slammed against the door, keeping it closed.
"What were you doing with him?" he demanded, his voice dangerously soft.
| kept my eyes on the door. "Nothing that concerns you."
"Everything about you concerns me," he growled, turningto face him. "You're my mate."
"In nonly," | replied coldly.
His eyes flashed with anger and something else-hurt, perhaps? "Is that why you were with Blackwood? Looking
fora
replacement?"
| laughed bitterly. "As if you haven't replaceda hundred times over with Victoria."
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Ethan's jaw tightened. "That's different.”
"Of course it is," | said sarcastically, turning back to the door.
This t| managed to unlock it and step inside, but Ethan followed before | could
close it. With one swift movement, he pinned
"Kiss me," he demanded, his amber eyes burning into mine.
| turned my face away. "Get out of my apartment, Ethan."
His hand caught my chin, forcingto look at him. "Kiss me," he repeated, his voice softer but no less
commanding. "Like
before."
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My heart stuttered at his words. Like before. When | had loved him desperately. When | had tried so hard to
please him, to keep him, despite his growing indifference.
"Your mother's treatment at the medical center is quite expensive," he murmured, his thumb tracing my lower
lip. "It would be a shif there were... complications with the billing.
The threat was clear. My mother's health hung in the balance.
Painful memories flooded back-all the times | had swallowed my pride, suppressed my hurt, and tried to win back
his affection with desperate kisses and eager compliance.
| closed my eyes, surrendering to the inevitable. "Fine."
| leaned forward and pressed my lips to his, trying to ignore the familiar electricity
that sparked between us. His arms wrapped around me, pullingcloser as his lips claimed mine.
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