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

I walked toward the door. The air shifted slightly when I passed the annex lounge,

perfume – too sweet.I glanced sideways without thinking, my enhanced senses sharpening the image beyond

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

He brought

My throat tightened painfully.

felt heavy, like something was sitting right on top of it as I turned on my heel and head back, away from

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

the divorce agreement from the lowest drawer-the very

fingers brushed over

Firm. Bold. Unwavering.

had been so firm, so

knew exactly who it belonged to. I’m smarter than this. I should’ve

feel the phantom brush of his lips against the mark he placed on my

back in my chair, staring blankly at the ceiling. I could almost hear Ethan’s mother Amelia’s voice again- calm, cold, and cutting.

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

that I had been wrong. So, so

but he had taken his mistress

better’, Yve

‘We do’, I agreed.

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a clear photo of the

new message.

Ethan has signed, as per our

hit send without

Ethan or exposing

and politics, image was everything. An Alpha embroiled in a public scandal would weaken the Hawthrone Pack’s

would I, truthfully. No matter how broken Ethan had left me, I would not humiliate myself by causing a

tacle.

I had my dignity.

the grace period to finalize everything – Ethan would be free. And so would

my chair.

“Come in,” I said.

carrying a small, elegant box in

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asked me to