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.

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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.

ar- rived on the floor. As he stepped inside and turned around, my upside-down view caught

felt still.

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of the elevator just as I looked

Sharp and captivating.

I looked away, suddenly embarrassed to be seen like that. Slung over Ethan’s shoulder

primal awareness of

know why I felt that way. But I didn’t like it. It unsettled

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

spun. Being carried upside down and then thrown

from the glove compartment and began

were you there? You came to catch

he wiped his cheek, I noticed something just behind the tissue

A foil wrapper

A condom.

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tucked behind

sight of it made my stomach turn. I

staying in

roughly. “Where do

said, my breathing uneven.

My patience is

Just sat there,

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out toward the club.

nodded, and got

I stayed pressed against the farthest side of the car, arms crossed, staring out the

opened the door and got out before the engine had fully

the kitchen and poured a full glass of ice

feel

sitting in the living room. I didn’t

down across from

was quiet for a while. Then he said, “I was there to talk business.

I said nothing.

up and making a scene like that – it embarrassed

going. “You looked ridiculous. Screaming,

I stared at him.

back at me, like he

all?”

to

nodded. “Got it. Anything

“Do you know how annoying

I stood up slowly.

won’t be

went upstairs, changed into pajamas, and got into bed without

about an hour later

quietly. I turned my back to him