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.

fingers. I pressed two fingers against her neck, relieved to find a pulse, though

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

pulled out

doctor

the master bedroom while I waited impatiently

wrong with her?" I asked before he

Stone family for twenty years, witnessing my transformation after the

hope but lost it again after failing to find the woman who had cared for me during my amnesia. I became

from extreme exhaustion and malnutrition," Dr. Bennett reported, adjusting his glasses. "She's also showing signs

raised an

then away. "Combined with sleep deprivation and poor

Olivia have to grieve about? Our daughter was fine - just sick, not dead

the main house to care

devoted I had once been to

dismissing Dr. Bennett with a glance. "That won't be

(Olivia's POV)

in a nightmare, reliving the

face grave. "I'm sorry,

do you mean disappeared?" I asked, my voice rising.

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

felt the world tilting beneath me. "But Lily has been waiting for months!

silence confirmed my worst

room, pulling out my phone to call Ethan. One call.

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

my pleas went

returned to Lily's bedside, taking her small hand in mine. Her skin was so

voice barely audible. "Did

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

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

small fingers tightened around mine. "Mommy, I'm

baby," I whispered,

hurt?" she asked,

shook my head, unable to speak past

she whispered, her eyes growing heavy. "Can you tell Daddy I love him?

small hand slipped from mine. The monitors began to wail as her eyes

in my

to warm her, to will

rocking her back and forth.

gone. My