Watch Me Win, Alpha

Chapter 26

Chapter 26

Olivia’s POV

I looked up.

Alexander stood there quietly, hands in his pockets, the moonlight catching the sharp lines of his face. His beautiful eyes met mine.

“Why are you hiding here, brooding?” he asked. “Shouldn’t you be happy? You got your revenge.”

I paused. For a second, I wanted to smile, even laugh, but there was nothing left inside me to lift. “I’m just tired,” I muttered, looking away. “That’s all.”

I wanted to ask him-Why are you following me? Why are you always there when I break?

But the words never came out. My throat tightened, and I just… stayed quiet.

Alexander didn’t push. He stood there for a few seconds longer, silent. Then he spoke again.

“You should go home. Get some rest.”

I straightened immediately, almost like I was being scolded. “You’re right,” I said, brushing down my skirt and trying to fix my expression. “I’ll head back now.”

I turned, took a few unsteady steps in my heels, then stopped and turned back halfway.

“Thank you,” I said softly. “For today.”

He didn’t reply. Just nodded once.

I flagged down a cab and rode back to the apartment. The city felt quieter than usual, maybe because my own head had gone silent.

By the time I reached my building and took the elevator up, I was just ready to collapse. But the moment the elevator doors opened on my floor, I froze.

Alexander was already inside.

I blinked, not sure if I was hallucinating. But no-he was real. Standing like it was the most natural thing in the world, his arms folded, his expression unreadable as always.

I stepped in with forced calm, hit the fingerprint lock for my apartment door, and glanced up at him with a strained

smile.

“Alpha Alexander must be tired too,” I said awkwardly. “Long day.”

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replied simply, stepping out with me. “Came back

I swallowed. “Same here.”

close behind me,

at his

I had no answer.

I tossed my bag on the floor,

onto the couch

Ethan’s POV

cold metal table.

Rogues. Criminals. Monsters.

My throat went dry.

I couldn’t tear my eyes away from the images. I imagined Olivia in that hotel room, drugged, tied up, surrounded by these

her? What if they had-“I

my gaze

Hawthrone, your wife’s statement says she attempted to

afraid of what was

continued. “The third went unanswered for a while… and when it finally connected, it wasn’t

cop reached for the file beside him, pulled out a USB stick, and slid it into the laptop on

We’re going

second officer pressed the play

I braced myself.

998

panicked, barely coherent. “Ethan…

through, loud and smug. “Oops. He’s a little busy

jaw clenched. The memory clicked into place like a knife in the gut. I had been at

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I had

The recording stopped.

afterward was

with you, Mr. Hawthrone?” the officer asked. “Why was your

buried my face in the crook of my arm. The pain in my chest pulsed like

my office uninvited. Took my phone. I didn’t realize… I didn’t think

That

said she wanted to play a game. I assumed she’d put

repeated.flatly. “And that person just so happened to inter- cept

“I know how it looks. But I didn’t plan this. I never wanted Olivia

face unreadable.

have cameras,” I said quickly. “You can pull all of it. I didn’t know what Chole was

but I could tell he didn’t fully buy

to the bottom of it,” he said, closing the folder. “Every word. Every

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