Watch Me Win, Alpha

Chapter 24

Amelia turned to Chole like she'd been slapped.

“You-what are you talking about?” Her voice trembled. “That's not what happened!”

2

Chole’s eyes were wild, rimmed red with tears that hadn't fallen. “It is what happened!” she shouted. “You said

you couldn't pay Olivia that much! That she was milking the Hawthorne family for everything they had!”

“I never said-" Amelia faltered, her voice dropping as the crowd leaned in.

| crossed my arms and said nothing. Watching them collapse into finger-pointing and self-preservation was

almost surreal. These were the people who had once controlled my life like | was just another pawn on their

polished chess- board. Now look at them-turning on each other like cornered rats.

“She raised the amount from $150 million to $250 million,” Chole sobbed, her tone sharp and rehearsed. “You

said she was extorting the family! That if | really cared about Ethan, | would help fix it!”

“You approachedfirst,” Amelia snapped, face flushed. “You said you knew how to get her signature! That she

didn’t deserve that money!”

“And then you said not to leave any evidence behind!” Chole cried. “You said | could contact someone to make

her ‘understand’ her place!”

Each word hit harder than the last. And with every accusation, every pathetic denial, more heads turned. More

whis- pers stirred the air.

| glanced at Ethan.

He stood still, like stone, but I could tell by the sharpness of his jaw and the fire behind his eyes that he was

unravel- ing inside. This was the reputation he'd spent years building-crumbling under the weight of the very

people he trust- ed most. His mother. His mistress.

That's the price of betrayal, | thought. It always collects interest.

“I didn’t want it to go that far,” Chole whined. “I just wanted to scare her-get her to sign, not... not this!”

Her voice cracked, and she looked straight at me.

“I'll pay for your hospital bills,” she said suddenly, the words blurted out like a bribe. “I'll take care of it, | swear.

I'm sorry. Just... don’t press charges.”

She dabbed at dry eyes with shaking fingers, trying to muster ssympathy from the crowd. A few of the

guests looked away in discomfort. Others just stared.

0.0 %

13:30

| tilted my head.

“No,” | said, voice calm. “I'll never forgive you, Chole.”

Her hand froze mid-dab.

Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt

“And you won't need to worry about hospital bills,” | added, eyes locked on hers. “Because I've already called the

po-

lice.”

Gasps rippled through the ballroom.

Her lips parted in shock. | saw it in her face-the hope dying out in real time.

“Oh, and one more thing.” | straightened. “I know this will disappoint you... but | wasn’t violated.”

Chole blinked, confused.

“Someone got there in time,” | continued. “A good Samaritan. They stopped everything. I'm alive, untouched...

and you're still going to jail.”

The silence that followed was ice-cold.

Chole stood frozen, lips trembling. Ethan took a single step forward.

“You're telling the truth?” he asked, his voice strained, low. “They didn’t-?"

| didn’t even look at him. Just stepped back and folded my arms.

He didn’t deserve my answer.

“Impossible,” Chole muttered, almost to herself. Then louder, as if disbelief alone would undo it, “That hotel is in

the middle of nowhere! It’s private, locked, and no one even knew you were there-"

She turned towardsharply, her voice shrill with panic. “Who could have saved you, huh? What, was it an

angel or something?!”

| stared at Chole, her face twisted in disbelief and contempt.

“If I had to call him an angel,” | said slowly, “he did kind of look like one.”

That night, when everything was collapsing aroundand my body wouldn't obeyanymore... | remembered

his scent before | could remember his face. It was clean, steady. The scent of someone who didn’t panic. Who

didn’t wa- ver. When his hand touched my cheek, it wasn’t rough or demanding—it was warm and steady, as if

anchoringto life itself.

Chole rolled her eyes, arms crossed, scoffing. “Angels aren't real. You just don’t want Ethan to think you're dirty

now.”

I didn’t flinch.

332%

SEEN

“I don’t care what Ethan thinks of me.” My voice was sharp, each word a clean slice through the growing tension.

“If Iwasraped, I'd still be the victim. You and your hired men would still be the criminals.”

Chole’s face twisted further, and for a moment, | saw the ugliness she had been trying to hide behind her

makeup and

crocodile tears.

“Cut the crap,” she snapped. “If you're gonna lie, at least make it believable. You say someone saved you? Then

bring him out. Let's all see this ‘angel’ of yours.”

| didn’t respond.

Not because | couldn't.

Because | wouldn't.

There was no way | was dragging Alexander into this cesspool. He wasn't part of this story-he was the only

reason | was still breathing. | couldn't throw his nout just to prove something to these people. He didn’t

belong here, not in this circus of hypocrisy and power plays.

My silence made Chole smirk with triumphant cruelty.

“See? No one. You're lying,” she hissed. “You were caught with rogues, and now you're playing the sympathy

card

“She’s not lying.”

The voice was calm. Deep. Unfazed.

It cfrom somewhere near the back of the hall.

My chest tightened. Slowly, | turned around, my eyes landing on the man leaning casually against one of the

marble pillars near the ballroom entrance.

Yve stirred immediately in my chest.

“Is that him?” she gasped.

It was.

Alpha Alexander Green.

He stepped forward, his presence like

a sudden shift in gravity. The airy

turned taut. A few furs erlpted

on one on the right side

gasped audibly, “That's Alpha

Alexander!” The content is on

novelenglish.net! Read the latest

chapter there!

| felt it ripple through the ballroom like a wave-shocked stares, gasps, whispers.

“Why is he here?” someone murmured.

“Did Hawthrone invite him?”

“No, impossible. They've had no ties-"

61.2 %

SEEN

Chole’s lips parted in stunned

disbelief, and her ee further.

could practipally fed e'gears

tring in her head as she realized

how royally she'd messed up. The

content is on novelenglish.net! Read

the latest chapter there!

Even | couldn't hide my surprise. Alexander looked calm as ever-suited, sharp-jawed, and cold-eyed. Like none of

this could touch him.

He didn’t look atright away. He kept his eyes on Chole.

“I'm not an angel,” he said, voice still even, “but | was there. And | did save her.”

Another wave of gasps shot through the crowd.

Ethan stood frozen, his face

unreadable. Amelia aoe pepwine

glass gar Ever eline

stegde back slightly, her expression

warping into uncertainty. The content

is on novelenglish.net! Read the latest

chapter there!

Finally, Alexander turned his gaze to me.

“I was just dining nearby,” he said flatly, like this was all samusing detour. “Heard sbuzz. Decided to

check

it out.”

87.5%

SEEN

Olivia's POV