Fated To Not Just One, But Three

Chapter 287

Chapter 287: Let’s Start all over

Lennox’s POV

"Olivia... what are you doing here?" I asked, stunned.

She was the last person I expected to see right now, wrapped in nothing but a blanket, her hair tousled, and cheeks still flushed from whatever had happened before she came here.

But she didn’t respond.

Instead, she walked toward me in silence, her eyes unreadable in the low firelight. My heart hammered in my chest, confused and aching all at once.

Then, without a word, she climbed onto my lap and curled into me—her head resting gently against my chest.

I froze.

For a second, I didn’t breathe. I just held her there, stunned by the feel of her on me.

Then my arms moved on instinct, wrapping around her tightly. I cradled her like she was something breakable. Something I’d nearly lost.

Her heartbeat thudded softly against mine, steady and close.

And even though my mind was a mess of questions and pain... I held her like she was my world.

Because she was.

Because no matter how much it tore me up, no matter how jealous or broken I felt—this was still Olivia.

My Olivia.

I lifted her gently into my arms, her weight featherlight, her scent already soothing my pain. I buried my face in her hair, letting the silence say what I couldn’t.

For a long moment, we stayed like that, wrapped in each other, in silence. The warmth of her body against mine, her soft breaths tickling my neck, the steady beat of her heart grounding me.

And still, I couldn’t speak.

I didn’t want to ruin this moment. I didn’t want to ask questions that might break whatever fragile peace this was.

So I just kept holding her, burying my face in her hair again, breathing her in like she was air and I’d been suffocating.

Then, softly... she spoke.

"Do you remember when I was thirteen?"

Her voice was quiet, almost a whisper, but I felt the words vibrate through my chest.

I nodded slightly, not trusting myself to speak.

continued, curling tighter into me. "And I wouldn’t stop shivering... everyone panicked. Even

I remembered.

Of course I remembered.

"You picked me

it—that moment. Her small, trembling body clinging to me, crying from the heat

them take a turn. They said you needed rest. That it wasn’t fair you had to hold me all

smiled faintly, the ache

fingers curling lightly against my shirt. "I wouldn’t leave your arms. Not for anything. Not

at the back of my

were

pressing my lips to the top of her head, letting her words soak through every wound I

feel that way now," she whispered. "Safe... right

eyes, breathing her in again, letting my arms tighten around

thought I

She was home.

happened... my feelings for you... for your brothers never changed...

heart stuttered, tears pricking my eyes... why did Olivia have to be

more than a whisper. "What you did to me... what you three did

words sank deep, each one like a blade sliding through my chest—but it wasn’t pain

It was love.

Undeserved, unwavering love.

She still loved us.

Even after everything.

chest, but I could feel the tremble in her voice, the way her hands clutched at my

"Goddess, I tried. I wanted to. I needed to. But

that clung to her lashes like fragile crystals. Her expression was so full of

"Since the day I realized the way I looked at you... it wasn’t innocent anymore. It wasn’t just a crush. It was

Lennox. Not for one second. Not when you rejected me. Not

streaks of

trembling hands, and kissed her tears away. One. Then another. Then another—until I was

"I need to hate you. I should hate you. Our families are enemies. Everything says I should stay

with emotion. I pressed my forehead to

at me.

"You, me... Levi, Louis. Let’s go back to

confusion flickering in her tear-filled eyes. "We can’t just erase

along her cheek. "And we’re not trying to.

like the weight of

you. And just saying we’re sorry—it’s not enough. It’ll

arms tightened around

whispered, "if we stop running from it, if we

up at

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