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.

two fingers against her neck, relieved to find a

her easily, carrying her to the bedroom. Her weight was alarmingly light in my

out my

hour later, Dr. Bennett arrived at Maple Grove. The elderly doctor had been

master bedroom while I waited impatiently outside. When he finally emerged,

wrong with her?" I

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

to find the woman who had cared for me during my amnesia. I became

adjusting his glasses. "She's also showing

raised an eyebrow.

actually." His eyes flickered to mine, then away. "Combined

did Olivia have to grieve

main house to care for her?" Dr. Bennett

was thinking of the past - of how devoted I had once been to Olivia. How different

curtly, dismissing Dr. Bennett with a glance. "That

(Olivia's POV)

in a nightmare, reliving

his face grave.

you mean disappeared?" I asked, my voice rising. "The surgery was

he said, not meeting my eyes. "There was nothing

world tilting beneath me. "But Lily has been waiting for months! She won't

Fletcher's silence confirmed my

phone to call Ethan. One call. Two.

needs you. The donor kidney is gone. You have connections - please help

pleas

taking her small hand in mine. Her skin was so

she whispered, her voice barely audible.

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

so like mine - filled with understanding

around mine.

scared, baby," I whispered, stroking her hair. "Mommy's right

she

my head, unable to speak past the lump

heavy. "Can you tell Daddy I love him?

hand slipped from mine. The monitors

my arms. "Lily,

my chest, desperately trying to warm her, to will life back into her small

her back and forth. "Please don't

was already gone.