Watch Me Win, Alpha

Chapter 1

May 8, 2023, my Alpha Mate, Ethan Hawthorne brought his mistress to our pack, and I decided to deceive him into divoring me.

Standing in front of his office, I took a deep breath, knocked on and stepped inside.

The polished wood door swung closed behind me with a soft click.

I clutched the file in my hands, forcing a mechanical smile to my lips as I approached his desk. Ethan didn’t glance up. His focus remained on the laptop screen.

“Are you busy?” I asked, my voice even, polite.

He looked up, his gray eyes meeting mine without any flicker of warmth.

“A bit,” he said, voice low and rough. He leaned back in his chair. I placed the folder on his desk, already flipping to the marked pages where his signature was needed.

“Just a few spots to sign.”

Without reading, he picked up the pen lying next to his laptop and began to sign, page after page, his hand moving automatically, his gaze occasionally drifting back to his screen.

I watched silently. Ethan looked… worn out. His usually sharp grey eyes were dull, and there were deep shadows un- der them. He had just come back from London after two weeks at the Annual Alpha Conference – a gathering of pack leaders across the globe.

But he hadn’t come back alone.

My wolf Yve stirred uneasily inside me. ‘He reeks of her.’ I pushed her down gently. There was no point in flaring up.Not when the papers he had just signed held the ending we both needed.

When he was finished, he clicked the pen closed and slid it across the table toward me.

“Thanks,” I said, sliding the documents back into my folder.

I paused, hesitated, then asked, “Will you be home for dinner tonight?”

Predictably, Ethan shook his head. “Got some things to wrap up here. Don’t wait.”

I nodded, plastering the same empty smile across my face. “Got it. See you around, Alpha,” I said, forcing my voice to sound like any other obedient wolf under his rule-not like the Luna and fated mate he seemed to have regretted

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claiming.”

letting my smile fade once my back was

the door.

sideways without thinking, my enhanced senses sharpening the image beyond what

a box of artisanal pastries sat abandoned on the low glass table. A lipstick-smeared coffee cup beside it.

me, the sound more a vibration across my bones than a true noise. He brought

My throat tightened painfully.

as I turned on my heel and head back, away from this awful place that made me feel

the time I got back to my office, exhaustion hit me hard. I dropped into my chair,

agreement from the lowest drawer-the very document Ethan had just unknowingly

over his perfect

Firm. Bold. Unwavering.

Back then, Ethan had been so firm, so sure. He looked at me like I was his whole world. I had believed it, like

familiar scent I sniffed earlier-I knew exactly who it belonged to. I’m smarter than this. I

still feel the phantom brush of his lips against the mark he placed

ceiling. I could almost hear Ethan’s mother Amelia’s voice again- calm, cold, and cutting. “Don’t be naive, Olivia. Men—even Alphas-always

laugh escaped my lips. “You were always spot on,

realized then that I had been wrong. So, so

had Ethan cheated, but he had taken his

better’,

‘We do’, I agreed.

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photo of the

new message.

Amelia HawthroneSubject: Agreement CompleteMessage: Ethan has signed,

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previous week, Amelia had approached me in private. If I agreed to file for divorce quietly, without confronting Ethan or exposing the affair publicly, she would ensure

world of packs and politics, image was everything. An Alpha embroiled in a public scandal would weaken the Hawthrone Pack’s standing – something

truthfully. No matter how broken Ethan had left me, I would

tacle.

I had my dignity.

grace period to finalize everything – Ethan would be free.

my chair. That’s when a knock came

“Come in,” I said.

a small, elegant box

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“Alpha Ethan asked me to deliver this to you. He bought it for you during