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.

skin felt cold beneath my fingers. I pressed two fingers against her neck, relieved to find a pulse, though it was

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

her on the bed, I pulled out

at Maple Grove. The elderly doctor had

Olivia thoroughly in the master bedroom while I waited impatiently outside. When

with her?" I

underestimate my question. He had served the Stone family for twenty years, witnessing my transformation after the attack that killed my mother and left me blind for six

a spark of hope but lost it again after failing to find the woman who had cared for me during my amnesia. I became increasingly cold and distant until Olivia

malnutrition," Dr. Bennett reported, adjusting his glasses. "She's also showing signs of

an eyebrow.

to mine, then away. "Combined with sleep deprivation and poor nutrition, it's caused her body to simply

noting the doctor's mention of grief. What did Olivia have to grieve about? Our daughter was fine - just sick, not dead as she

to

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

Bennett with

(Olivia's POV)

nightmare, reliving the day

me, his face grave. "I'm sorry, Mrs. Winters. The kidney donor has...

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

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

"But Lily has

confirmed

back to Lily's room, pulling out my phone to call

"Lily needs you. The

pleas

bedside, taking her small hand in mine. Her skin was so pale, almost

voice barely audible. "Did Daddy call

tears. "He's very busy, sweetheart.

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

around mine.

I whispered,

hurt?" she asked, her voice

unable to speak past

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

hand slipped from mine.

gathering her in my

her cooling body to my chest, desperately trying to warm her, to will

sobbed, rocking her back and forth. "Please don't

was already gone. My beautiful, brave