Watch Me Win, Alpha

Chapter 12

| looked down at Chole, my eyes cold and sharp. She looked so smug in my chair, like she owned it all.

“Why do you think you're so special, Chole?” | asked quietly. “Is it because you were too stupid to beatat the

Sil- ver Moon Toss? Or because you managed to pick up the man | dumped? Or maybe it’s because you got the

job I didn’ t want anymore?”

Her smile faded a little. | kept going, calm and slow. “We're not the sand you don’t know me,” | said. “You

and Ethan, you go well together. You can have each other.”

My voice was even, but the bite in it was clear. | saw her eyes flash with fury. She pushed herself up from the

chair and bared her teeth, her wolf showing in the sharpness of her gaze.

“Shut your mouth, Olivia,” she hissed as ccloser. “I'll tear you apart myself if | have to.”

Yve stirred inside me, her own low growl echoing in my chest, but | didn’t let it out. | picked up the stack of

papers I’ d been holding and threw them right in Chole’s face. She flinched back, startled.

“I'm done here,” | said simply. “Watch how you destroy the Hawthrone Group. I'll be watching too.” | turned and

walked out the door, not bothering to look back.

| could hear her behind me, her voice shaking with rage. “I won't leave you alone, Olivia! You're going to pay for

this!”

Let her try. | didn’t care anymore.

A few minutes after | left the office, Lily caught up to me. She looked flustered, her eyes darting nervously

around the hallway. “Ms Olivia,” she said softly, holding out a small stack of things she'd pulled from the

wastebasket. “I thought you'd want these back.”

My heart warmed a little. | took them from her hands and nodded. “Thank you, Lily.”

The project team walkedto the elevator. Lily stayed close, her hand brushing my elbow in quiet support.

“Be careful, okay?” | said as we waited. “If the ‘princess’ screws up the project, let Alpha Ethan know. He can’t af

ford to lose billions of dollars because of her.”

Lily met my eyes and gavea faint smile. “I will. And, please don’t worry about us. You have taught us

enough.”

| got a little emotional at Lily’s statement. But | didn’t want to say anything right now, and just nodded to her

beauti- ful, warm remark.

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As the elevator doors opened, | turned to her. | stepped in close and wrapped my arms around her shoulders,

hugging her tight. “Stay in touch,” | said softly.

Lily nodded and headed back to the office. | also left.

As | drove away from the Hawthrone building, rain started to fall. It tapped against the windshield, steady and

calm. Ten days left, | thought. Just ten days. After that, | would be free, completely.

By the t| got home, the rain was a light drizzle. | changed into something more comfortable and was just

about to sit down when my phone rang. It was Rose.

“Olivia. I've got a little something for you.”

“Oh?” | leaned back in my chair, smiling faintly. “What's that?”

“I heard that Paul Thomas and Alexander Green from SilverFang Group are playing golf at Moonfell Club

tomorrow afternoon,” she said. “It’s going to be a small group. Mr. Paul invitedalong, and | told him I'd bring

someone with me.”

My lips curved up. “You're amazing, Rose,” | said. “I knew | could count on you.”

She laughed. “You'd better thankproperly later. But | trust you know what to do?”

“Of course,” | said, making a kissing sound over the phone. “You're the best, Rose. Truly.”

Rose chuckled. “See you tomorrow, darling.”

| ended the call, setting my phone on the table. The thought of meeting Alexander Green, of seeing him in a

place where | could actually talk to him, made my stomach flutter in a way | hadn't felt in a long time. Not

excitement, ex- actly. More like... anticipation. Or maybe hope.

It was a good feeling.

| went into the kitchen and made myself dinner - a simple pasta, with a little extra parmesan because | felt like

it. | sat down at the table, fork in hand, and for the first tin a long time, | actually felt hungry. Really hungry.

The rain outside, the warm lights in the kitchen, the promise of tomorrow... it all felt like a small bit of comfort |

hadn't had in weeks.

So | ate. Bite after bite, letting the food warmfrom the inside out.

At midnight, | was in the gym. I'd been there for a while, doing slight stretches and lifting a few weights.

That's when my phone rang.

It was Ethan. He didn’t chagain. | was used to that. But why was he callingso late?

| hesitated before picking up. “Hello?”

At first, | didn’t hear anything. Then | heard it - moans. A woman's voice, high-pitched, breathless. Then a man’s

low grunt. My stomach turned.

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A woman laughed into the phone. “Oh, Ethan,” she gasped, her voice slick with pleasure. “You're so good... I'm

get ting there, baby... I love it.”

| froze. My fingers went numb, and |

couldn't breathe. | felt something

claw up my throat. Lpeny oyecand

weer retching until my

stomach was empty. My phone

slipped from my hand and crashed to

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| stood up slowly, wiping my mouth with the back of my hand. My head spun. | didn’t even bother to pick up the

pieces of the phone.

Somehow, | made it back to my room. | collapsed onto the bed, too exhausted to think. | thought | would be a

mess that I'd cry myself to sleep.

But | didn’t.

| just lay there, staring at the ceiling in the dark. My heart beat slow and steady, not as emotional as | thought |

would be. I felt hollow, but calm.

After a while, my eyes closed, and | slept.

When | woke up, the first light of

dawn was peeking through the

window. | pushed has) outof Bed.

yd bod @s sf) ut I'was steady. |

took a long shower, washing the

sweat and stink of last night off me.

Then | cleaned up the gym, put away

the weights, wiped everything down.

I made myself breakfast eggs and

toast, nothing fancy. | needed oe

something warm ing tomath,

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After | finished eating, | went out and got myself a new phone.

In the afternoon, I drove to Moonfell Golf Club.