Watch Me Win, Alpha

Chapter 31

Chapter 31

Alexander’s POV

I pushed Jess’s arms off me with little effort.

“What happened?” I muttered inwardly. My wolf’s voice came

low and clipped:“Someone’s behind you.”

I turned instinctively, but the deck was empty.

Jess, slightly tipsy and not hiding it well, clung to me again. Her

fingers curled around my wrist like a lifeline. “Alex, don’t be like

this. We were-”

I didn’t let her finish. My hand locked around her elbow–not

roughly, but with firm warning–and I stepped back.

“If you ever try that again,” I said, voice cool as steel, “I’ll throw

you overboard.”

She blinked, stunned. “No. You wouldn’t.”

“Don’t try me.”

She wavered, mascara smudged just enough to ruin her poise.

“It’s not my fault Rowan adores me! You broke up with me over

that?”

Chapter 31

I sighed and pinched the bridge of my nose. She still didn’t get it.

“It’s not about Rowan. Or you. It’s about the fact that you can’t take no for an answer. Greed doesn’t suit anyone, Jess. I’ve told you–repeatedly–that relationships aren’t a contract. They’re

not forced.”

Her lips trembled, and for a second, I wondered if she’d collapse

into more tears or stage another outburst.

Neither option interested me.

“You need help,” I added quietly. “A therapist, maybe. Since the day I rejected you, something in you’s twisted. This isn’t love,

Jess. It’s obsession.“.

left her on the deck.

I returned to the card room, the

and whiskey–tinged

table–and there she

Olivia.

Gai, calm and upright, a slight smile

was composed, but there

eyes.

his

handled three

without breaking stride, walking straight to

seat.

said softly.

“No,” I said. “Stay”

paused, looking mildly confused but nodded.

make more room for

the seat across from her, just as Alpha Black

and far

laughed. “Smart, graceful,

Where’d you find

a

men at

I didn’t.

tilted my head, locked eyes with him, and offered a faint

I said coolly, “You must

Choose your

laughter around the table

need to raise my voice.

was enough.

Charter at

something, and picked up his

anything to

But

didn’t respond. Not outwardly. But I saw it.

enough.

on for another twenty minutes before

hand and let out a

and conversation drifted to business,

toward me with

said, drawing out the syllables, “do you

number? I’d love to stay in touch after

didn’t look at her. “Gai has

“Oh, perfect,” she beamed.

and nodded the slightest bit. I

say it. He knew.

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