Watch Me Win, Alpha

Chapter 3

Olivia’s POV

I smelled it. I turned around, and there he was.

Alpha Ethan.

I glanced at him, then looked past him to the low velvet sofa behind. Chole Windsor sat there, legs crossed, glass in

hand.

Her smile was gone. The way she stared at me her eyes flashing with the territorial aggression of a she-wolf ready to defend her claim – made it clear she would’ve ripped my throat out if she could get away with it.

—

That’s when it clicked.

This wasn’t some coincidence. They were here together. Chole, Ethan, and their usual circle – people I once thought of as allies. This was their private little gathering. From the way they talked earlier, it clearly wasn’t their first. They didn’t even care to hide their relationship. Maybe they never had.

Ethan walked toward me.

Behind him, the group scrambled back to life. One of them stepped forward quickly. “Olivia, we were just messing around-none of it was serious. We were just talking nonsense.”

Another added, “Really sorry. We didn’t mean anything by it.”

I didn’t respond.

Ethan reached for my wrist.

“Let’s go,” he said, already trying to pull me out of the room.

I didn’t fight.

Instead, I grabbed my drink and threw it in his face, a clear challenge in the presence of his pack.

The room fell into complete silence again. Someone gasped. I could hear the ice clink against his cheek as the liquid ran down his jawline.

I smiled faintly, “Please, Alpha, continue enjoying yourself with your beloved. I won’t interrupt again.”

Then I lowered my head, tried to pull my hand back from his.

His grip only tightened.

His face had gone dark. Without another word, he bent down, grabbed me, and threw me over his shoulder like a

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sack.

I kicked instinctively. “Ethan-put me down!”

He didn’t respond.

and turned around, my upside-down view caught a pair of polished black leather shoes. Then black suit pants, long legs, and pale

air felt still.

―

—

as I looked up and met

Sharp and captivating.

too long. I looked away, suddenly embarrassed to be seen like that. Slung

stirred inside me, her instincts sharpening, the primal awareness of another

know why I felt that way. But I didn’t

down the steps to his car. He opened the back door, tossed

carried upside down and then

from the glove compartment and began wiping his

finally spoke. “Why were you there? You came to catch me,

he wiped his cheek, I noticed something just

A foil wrapper

A condom.

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behind the

of it made my stomach turn. I looked away immediately and reached for the

staying in this

“Where do you

uneven. “I want to go

trouble, Olivia. My patience

didn’t answer. Just sat there, breathing

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out toward

later, nodded, and got

against the farthest side of the car, arms crossed, staring out the

house, I opened the

the kitchen and poured a full glass of ice water. I drank all of it

did I feel

out, Ethan was sitting

down across

said, “I was there to talk business. A new

I said nothing.

showing up and making a scene like that –

kept going. “You looked ridiculous. Screaming, throwing drinks. Like a jealous

I stared at him.

looked back at me, like

all?”

to work, you need to stop being paranoid all the time. I don’t have time for

“Got it.

you know how annoying you are

I stood up slowly.

won’t be annoyed much

went upstairs, changed into pajamas, and got into bed

up about an hour later and found me

got into bed quietly. I turned my back to him and inched closer to the edge, making sure our