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.”

fade once

as I walked toward the door. The air shifted slightly when

sweet.I glanced sideways without thinking, my enhanced senses sharpening the image beyond what

abandoned on the low glass table. A lipstick-smeared coffee

across my bones than a true noise. He

My throat tightened painfully.

of it as I turned on my heel

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

the lowest drawer-the very document Ethan had just unknowingly

fingers brushed over his perfect

Firm. Bold. Unwavering.

had pledged himself to me during the mating ceremony years ago. Back then, Ethan had been so firm, so sure. He looked at me like I was his whole

belonged to. I’m smarter than this. I

his lips against the mark he placed on my

the ceiling. I could almost hear Ethan’s mother Amelia’s voice again- calm, cold,

lips. “You were always spot on, Amelia,”

realized then that I had been wrong.

he had taken

deserve better’, Yve

‘We do’, I agreed.

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my phone, snapped a clear photo of the

new message.

CompleteMessage: Ethan has

send

for divorce quietly, without confronting Ethan or exposing the affair publicly, she would ensure a settlement of $150 million transferred discreetly to my per-

everything. An Alpha embroiled in a public scandal would weaken the Hawthrone Pack’s standing – something

how broken Ethan had left me, I would

tacle.

I had my dignity.

period to finalize everything – Ethan would be

my

“Come in,” I said.

a small, elegant

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said formally, not quite meeting my eyes. “Alpha Ethan asked me to deliver this to you. He bought it for you