Watch Me Win, Alpha

Chapter 12

I looked down at Chole, my eyes cold and sharp. She looked so smug in my chair, like she owned it all.

“Why do you think you’re so special, Chole?” I asked quietly. “Is it because you were too stupid to beat me at the Sil- ver Moon Toss? Or because you managed to pick up the man I dumped? Or maybe it’s because you got the job I didn’ t want anymore?”

Her smile faded a little. I kept going, calm and slow. “We’re not the same and you don’t know me,” I said. “You and Ethan, you go well together. You can have each other.”

My voice was even, but the bite in it was clear. I saw her eyes flash with fury. She pushed herself up from the chair and bared her teeth, her wolf showing in the sharpness of her gaze.

“Shut your mouth, Olivia,” she hissed as came closer. “I’ll tear you apart myself if I have to.”

Yve stirred inside me, her own low growl echoing in my chest, but I didn’t let it out. I picked up the stack of papers I’ d been holding and threw them right in Chole’s face. She flinched back, startled.

“I’m done here,” I said simply. “Watch how you destroy the Hawthrone Group. I’ll be watching too.” I turned and walked out the door, not bothering to look back.

I could hear her behind me, her voice shaking with rage. “I won’t leave you alone, Olivia! You’re going to pay for

this!”

Let her try. I didn’t care anymore.

A few minutes after I left the office, Lily caught up to me. She looked flustered, her eyes darting nervously around the hallway. “Ms Olivia,” she said softly, holding out a small stack of things she’d pulled from the wastebasket. “I thought you’d want these back.”

My heart warmed a little. I took them from her hands and nodded. “Thank you, Lily.”

The project team walked me to the elevator. Lily stayed close, her hand brushing my elbow in quiet support.

careful, okay?” I said as we waited. “If the ‘princess’ screws up the project, let Alpha Ethan know. He can’t af ford to lose billions of dollars because of

smile. “I will. And, please don’t

at Lily’s statement. But I didn’t want to say anything right now, and just nodded to her beauti- ful, warm

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close and wrapped

nodded and headed back to the office. I also

drove away from the Hawthrone building, rain started to fall. It tapped against the windshield, steady and calm. Ten days left, I thought.

the time I got home, the rain was a light drizzle. I changed into something more comfortable and was just about to sit down when my

a little

I leaned back in my

heard that Paul Thomas and Alexander Green from SilverFang Group are playing golf at Moonfell Club tomorrow afternoon,” she said. “It’s

Rose,” I said. “I knew I could count

“You’d better thank me properly later. But I

making a kissing sound over

chuckled. “See you

call, setting my phone on the table. The thought of meeting Alexander Green, of seeing him in a place where I could actually talk to him, made my stomach flutter in a way

was a good

a little extra parmesan because I felt like it. I sat down at the table, fork in hand, and for the first time in a long time, I actually felt hungry. Really hungry. The rain outside, the warm lights in the kitchen, the promise of tomorrow… it all felt like a small

Bite after bite, letting the food warm me from

been there for a while, doing some light stretches and lifting a

my

He didn’t come home again. I was used to that.

before picking

I heard it – moans. A woman’s voice, high-pitched, breathless. Then a man’s low grunt.