Alpha King Chases Abandoned Luna

Chapter 4

(Olivia's POV)

After saying this, Ethan hung up the phone. His amber eyes hardened as he looked at me with contempt.

"Olivia, if you have the guts, don't let Lily call me again," he said coldly.

Without another word, he turned and walked toward the door. His shoulders were straight, his stride confident - the walk of a man who believed he was completely in the right.

Just as he stepped out, my legs gave way beneath me. A loud thud echoed through the small house as I collapsed to the floor.

Ethan instinctively turned back. His eyes narrowed when he saw me sprawled on the hardwood.

"Olivia, I warned you, don't try these pathetic tricks in front of me," he sneered.

I lay on the cold floor, still semi-conscious. His words pierced me like silver daggers, each syllable dripping with disdain.

In his mind, I was just a conniving woman resorting to desperate measures. A manipulative female trying to gain his attention through pathetic tricks.

He saw me as the woman who had drugged him five years ago on his anniversary with Victoria Frost. The evil witch who forced his precious Victoria to leave the territory alone and endure hardship while pregnant with Emma.

Now, he believed I was using Lily's illness to compete with Victoria for his

attention. The thought made bile rise in my throat.

I wanted to scream the truth. To tell him how our daughter had suffered, how she had begged for his love until her final breath.

My lips parted, trying to form words. I wanted to tell him to leave, to never come back.

But weakness overwhelmed me. A wave of darkness crashed over my consciousness, pulling me under.

(Ethan's POV)

I stared at Olivia's collapsed form, annoyance flickering through me.

This was just another one of her manipulative tactics. She'd always been dramatic, but this was taking it too far.

I turned to leave again but something made me pause. Her breathing seemed shallow, her face unnaturally pale.

With an irritated sigh, I walked back and nudged her shoulder. "Olivia, enough." She didn't respond. I crouched down and shook her more firmly. "Olivia!"

When she slumped back down, my annoyance evaporated, replaced by instinct. I caught her before her head hit the floor, cradling her limp body.

The sight of her pale face and closed eyes finally convinced me. This wasn't an act.

I pressed two fingers against her neck, relieved to find

lifted her easily, carrying her to the bedroom.

I pulled out

Maple Grove. The elderly doctor

Olivia thoroughly in the master bedroom while I waited impatiently outside. When he finally emerged, his

her?" I asked before he

tone, Dr. Bennett knew better than to underestimate my question. He had served the Stone family for twenty years, witnessing my transformation after the attack that killed my mother and

after failing to find the woman who had cared for me during my amnesia. I became increasingly cold and distant until Olivia entered my

from extreme exhaustion and malnutrition," Dr. Bennett reported, adjusting

an eyebrow.

then away. "Combined with sleep deprivation and poor nutrition, it's

to grieve

send someone from the main house to

past - of how devoted I had once been

curtly, dismissing Dr. Bennett with

(Olivia's POV)

was trapped in a nightmare, reliving the

Fletcher stood before me, his face grave. "I'm

do you mean disappeared?" I asked, my voice

redirected to another patient," he said, not meeting my eyes. "There was

has been waiting

Fletcher's silence confirmed my

to call Ethan. One call. Two. Three.

I begged after the tone. "Lily needs you. The donor kidney is gone. You

my pleas

her small hand in

her voice barely audible. "Did

swallowing my tears. "He's very busy, sweetheart. But

like mine - filled with understanding beyond her years. "It's okay, Mommy. I

tightened around mine. "Mommy, I'm

whispered, stroking

hurt?" she asked, her

shook my head, unable to speak past the lump in

her eyes growing heavy. "Can you tell Daddy I love him? Even

from mine.

her in my

desperately trying to warm her, to will life back into

rocking her

was already gone. My beautiful, brave little