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| slapped her. Once. Twice. A third time. Sharp, precise, and real.
Ethan stepped in, grabbing my wrist. “Olivia, stop! What the hell
are you doing?!”
| yanked my arm back. “This is for lying. For sneaking around.
For throwing yourself into a marriage that was never yours to
begin with.”
“She's already on bail!” Ethan snapped. “What more do you
want?”
“To be treated like I'm not disposable!” | yelled. “You think I'll just
sit and watch you two play victim while | take the fall for your
damn choices?!”
“She’s not well,” he muttered.
And like right on cue, Chole slumped to the side, unconscious
from the stress and the slap. Ethan caught her, arms trembling
with rage.
“Yes. Be her savior. Maybe | should faint next so you'll
remember I'm your wife.”
He looked atlike | was the monster now.
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He didn’t say a word. Just picked her up and stormed off toward the crowd of people already parting like waves
for his .
| stood there in the wheelchair, surrounded by strangers,
everyone whispering and staring.
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From the backseat of the car, | watched the chaos unfold at the
airport entrance.
Olivia stood alone in her wheelchair, surrounded by whispers,
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtclicks of phone cameras, and that insufferable tension that only public could stir. Ethan had already
disappeared into the
crowd with Chole in his arms like stragic hero in a bad
stage play.
| expected Olivia to look shaken, maybe even humiliated after
causing such a scene.
But she didn’t.
She brushed her hair off her face, adjusted her posture in the
wheelchair, and glanced around like a queen surveying her
kingdom. Her chin was slightly lifted. Her eyes calm. Composed.
There wasn’t a single trace of panic in her body language. In
fact... there was a faint trace of satisfaction on her lips.
My brows furrowed.
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“What is she... smiling about?” | muttered under my breath.
Gai sat beside me, equally stunned. “She's not upset.”
“She should be,” Mike said from the passenger seat. “That was
brutal.”
“She looks like she knew exactly how this would go down,” Gai
added, pulling out his phone. “Also... you should see her latest
post. Here-look.”
He angled the screen toward me. Olivia's most recent upload was still fresh. A photo with Ethan's silhouette in
the background and a cheeky caption that said: “Trying to enjoy my
post-trauma vacation... but speople just won't take a hint.
Anyone know how to remove emotional parasites? Asking for a
friend. #NotSoEx #StillObsessed #FreePlease”
My jaw tightened. So it wasn’t just a coincidence. The timing, the setup, the performance in front of the crowd-
she had
baited Ethan and Chole perfectly. And made it public.
“She posted this on the plane?” | asked.
Gai nodded. “Right after Ethan followed her onboard like a lost
mutt.”
| sat back, connecting the dots. Her behavior, her restraint, her
outburst at the airport... Even Chole showing up now felt too
convenient. | was beginning to understand what Olivia was
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really up to.
“Should we go help her?” Mike asked. “She's still sitting there
alone.”
Gai agreed. “We can’t leave her like that. You should go.”
| was about to open the door when someone else beatto it.
A woman in a tailored red dress-heels clicking, stride confident
-appeared at the curb and made her way straight to Olivia. She
looked like she belonged in a boardroom, not an airport pickup
zone. Her long hair was tied in a tight braid, and her expression
screamed competence and authority.
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“I think so too,” Gai murmured, narrowing his eyes. “Olivia
seems to know her quite well.”
The woman bent down, said something quietly to Olivia, and
Olivia chuckled before letting the woman help her into the back
of a waiting car. No tension. No confusion. It was smooth.
Effortless.
Planned.
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catch it.
“-Chole will definitely go crazy now. Once she finds out Ethan
was on the plane and you were the one posting, she'll lose it
again.”
“That's the point,” Olivia replied, unbothered. “They want
. I'll give them one they can’t swallow.”
“You are a genius, Liv.”
“I don’t know about being a genius. But | will make sure to
return the favor.”
My jaw clenched as realization dawned.
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She was Strategic. Deliberate.
And it turns out... she was using Chole, on purpose.
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“Ava, would you stop turning your head like we're being
hunted by a rogue pack?” | said dryly as she checked the
rearview mirror for the fifth tin two minutes.