Watch Me Win, Alpha

Chapter 2

Olivia's POV

| recognized the blonde girl sitting close to Ethan it was Chole Windsor, the daughter of the Alpha of the second-

largest pack in the United States.

She didn’t even pretend to be subtle. Her eyes found mine across the lot, but she made no move to step away

from Ethan. Instead, she draped her arms over his shoulders, leaned in, and whispered something in his ear. He

didn’t stop

her.

| looked away. Got into my car, turned the engine, and drove off without sparing them a second glance.

| hadn’t been hfor long. After slipping off my shoes at the entrance, | made my way upstairs to the walk-in

clos- et, the quiet of the pack house settling around me.

| was standing in front of the wardrobe, picking out a necklace- something simple to go with tomorrow’s blazer -

when | heard a car pull into the gravel driveway outside.

1 didn’t need to look to know who it was.

A moment later, | smelled someone behind me.Ethan.

| didn’t turn around. Just clasped the necklace and set it back in its place.

“Are you upset?” he asked.

“Obviously,” | said, still not looking at him. “You should be careful next time.”

He didn’t respond right away. | heard him exhale through his nose. “The Windsor pack’s Alpha wants to

collaborate with us. I've been talking to Felix, their eldest Alpha-in-line. Chole is his sister.”

| nodded slightly and turned to face him. “So to secure the alliance, it's necessary to wrap your arms around his

sister in public?”

His jaw flexed. He didn’t answer immediately. For a moment, he just looked atlike he didn’t expect to be

ques- tioned. Then his voice hardened.

“I'm trying to explain, Olivia. Watch your tone when speaking to your Alpha.”

| stared at him for a second.

“You don’t need to explain anything to me,” | said. “If you're tired ofand ready to nsomeone else as

Luna, say so. I'll leave.”

His face darkened. “What did you just say?”

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| didn’t flinch. “I said we can get a divorce and break the bond.”

| stepped past him, but he grabbed my arm. His hand shot up to my chin, gripping it just enough to holdstill

with- out bruising.

“Don’t ever say that again,” he said, voice low.

| didn’t respond. Just met his eyes for a beat too long before pulling away.

But inside, | already knew | wasn’t saying it for effect.

I'd been thinking about divorce for weeks. Preparing for it in quiet ways. | didn’t want him anymore.

Ethan stayed hthat night. Sat in the Alpha’s private office most of the evening, didn’t eat dinner. It was well

past midnight when he finally got a phone call that made him leave. | wasn’t close enough to hear everything,

but | caught a woman's voice on the other end- crying.

The next morning, my phone lit up with a message from my friend Ava - a lawyer. She had senta screenshot

of Chole’s latest post.

It was a photo taken at sunrise, from the top of smountain trail. Two hands clasped together, fingers inter-

locked. The caption read: “Enjoy the sunrise, feel your heartbeat.”

| stared at the photo.

One of those hands was Ethan's. I'd know that scar near his thumb anywhere.

| sat holding my mug for so long the water went cold. Only when | set it down did it make a sound.

The following days, Ethan didn’t return home.

At work, we saw each other only during meetings. He sat at the head of the table, and | stayed on the side with

the ex- ecutives. We barely made eye contact. | didn’t go upstairs to his office, and he didn't cdown to mine.

In the evenings, | started browsing house listings - somewhere small, outside the city. | also started clearing out

the closet. Anniversary gifts. Jewelry. Even the wedding ring. All of it went to resell platforms or donation. They

didn’t mean anything toanymore.

One evening around 11 p.m., Luna Kate from SilverFang pack textedout of the blue, invitingto join her at

a club. We were not very familiar-I'd only met her a few times when | attended the Pack Summit with Ethan. She

was very good at greeting anyone with her fake smile. Her Alpha husband was frequently caught up in scandals,

and now she started to be a social butterfly as well.

I almost said no. But then | remembered

if | really left the Hawthorne Group, I'd have to build something on my

own. Might as well start moving.

“Sure,” | texted back.

When | got to the Moonfell, Kate metnear the entrance. She linked her arm through mine like we were best

friends.

“Glad to see you Olivia,” she kissed my face. No one but our inner circle knew Ethan and | were married. They al-

ways calledOlivia and thought we were just a rumored couple with mate bond.

too,” | tried to fake smile.

She ledupstairs and into a large room that was divided by a decorative wooden screen.

but Kate broughtto this side, quieter,

There were people on the other side laughing, drinking, talking loud with just one woman sitting alone. |

recognized her vaguely. Mate of someone in Ethan's circle. She smiled at- tight, awkward.

| took off my coat, sat down, and Kate disappeared a moment later.

| picked up a drink, sipped it once, and then | heard it.

My name.

From the other side of the screen.

“She hasn't been seen with Alpha Ethan much lately, huh?”

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There was a pause. Then a chuckle.”Shame. She wasted her best years. I'd still take a go at her, though.”

The cup froze in my hand.

| recognized the voices. Two of them belonged to the sons of the Gamma and Delta.

The woman besideshifted uncomfortably.

| stood up. She looked startled, maybe thinking | was going to leave.

Instead, | cleared my throat, picked up my drink, and stepped around the screen.

The laughter faded when they saw me.

| leaned casually against the edge of the divider, my drink in hand. | looked at the one who'd spoken last.

“Isn't it a bit unfair?” | asked. “You make it sound like I've been living off him.”

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Silence. The whole room had gone still.

Most of them just stared- and then widened when they looked at someone behind me.