Chapter 319: What Happened

Lennox’s POV

The sting of her slap was nothing compared to the anger blazing in her eyes

I stayed still, trying to control my breath, my heart pounding louder than I expected. Slowly, I turned my face back to her, her palm print still burning on my cheek.

She stood there, chest heaving, eyes glossy with unshed tears and fury.

"What the hell was that for?" I asked, my voice low but firm. "Because I stayed out?"

She let out a short, bitter laugh. "You really think I’m that stupid?"

"What are you talking about?" I narrowed my eyes, trying to understand where this was coming from.

"I know you were with a woman last night, Lennox," she spat, her voice shaking. "I felt it."

My breath caught.

Louis and Levi stiffened behind her. I could feel Levi already stepping forward, like he wanted to step in.

"Olivia, don’t—" Levi started gently.

But she raised a hand, silencing him without even looking.

"No, let me talk," she said, her voice sharp. "Don’t protect him."

Her gaze snapped back to me. "When I mind-linked you, I felt your pulse... your breath... and the presence of a woman so close to you," she spat.

My frown deepened. I hadn’t touched anyone. Not last night. Not ever since I claimed her.

But I didn’t speak fast enough.

I just stared at her with nothing but pain... it was heartbreaking that up until now she didn’t trust me.

voice rising. "You think I

speak, stepping toward her.

she snapped, stepping back like my presence

voice trembled now, not with anger but

his face like he was trying

tried again. "Olivia, maybe you had a nightmare. You were

him," she said. "In the dream. With her. Touching her. Kissing her like

Her voice cracked.

like the ground shifted

felt. But I knew one thing:

of it. And that alone shattered something

deeply, and I didn’t explain with words—because clearly, right now, she wouldn’t

forward, tugging my shirt over

instantly. Her breath

angry red claw

worse—long, jagged gashes slicing from my

as her gaze traced the deep slashes across my chest. Her lips parted, but no sound came. The flush in her cheeks drained to pale, and her shoulders sank

pulled my phone

other end picked up,

flatly,

was a pause before his

him up. You need to rest

glanced at Olivia. Her face had

and ended the call without

Silence swallowed the room.

her, my voice

attacked. Not by some petty

parted, but

my breath, the... presence you thought was a woman—" I shook my head. "That

eyes were locked on mine now, and I could see the

was one of the rogues. A female. Fast and vicious. She had me pinned for a moment, and I had to throw her off." My

closer,

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