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.

she continued, curling tighter into me. "And I wouldn’t stop shivering... everyone panicked. Even my father thought they’d have to send me to

I remembered.

Of course I remembered.

ghost of a smile in her voice. "You picked me up and held me like this... right against your chest. You didn’t even let go

Her small, trembling body clinging to me, crying from the

soft breath, almost a laugh. "Levi and Louis kept begging me to let them take a turn. They said you needed rest. That it wasn’t

ache in

her fingers curling lightly against my shirt. "I

at the back of

care if you were tired... I just felt

top of her head, letting

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

my arms tighten around

how had I ever thought I could live without

She was home.

for you... for your brothers

pricking my eyes... why did

barely more than a whisper. "What you did to me... what you three did to me... I should’ve

sank deep, each one like a blade sliding through

It was love.

Undeserved, unwavering love.

She still loved us.

Even after everything.

voice, the way her hands clutched at my shirt

wanted to. I needed to. But my heart... it wouldn’t

then, slowly, her eyes glassy with tears that clung to her lashes like fragile crystals. Her

I turned thirteen," she said, the words raw and honest. "Since the day I realized the way I looked at you... it wasn’t innocent anymore. It

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

cheeks, low, silent streaks

away. One. Then another. Then another—until I was kissing her cheeks like

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

forehead to

blinked at me.

over," I murmured, my voice raw. "You, me... Levi,

in her tear-filled eyes. "We can’t just erase everything that

not trying to. But

eyes briefly, like the weight of those words settled somewhere deep

I continued, my voice cracking. "Gods, we shattered you. And just saying we’re sorry—it’s not enough. It’ll never

arms tightened

I whispered, "if we stop running from it, if we face it together... maybe we

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