Watch Me Win, Alpha

I stared at him, stunned.

“I love Olivia,” he whispered. “I still love her. Very much.”

Ava’s POV

I thought I had him figured out. The cold–hearted Alpha who

tossed aside a loyal woman like Olivia for a bitch and a

convenient affair. But today… he surprised me.

“I love her,” he’d said with those pathetic eyes, clinging to the

last string of hope like a child begging for his mother not to

leave him behind.

I crossed my arms and scoffed. “Then explain Chole. Was that

love too? Or just a convenient way to pass time while Olivia

worked her ass off to build your future?”

Ethan stood up slowly, gripping the torn divorce papers like

they were a badge of honor instead of proof of his failure. His

voice had a strange calm to it now–almost dangerous.

“I’m going to buy back everything she sold. Every dress, every

book, every stupid mug if I have to. I’ll repaint the walls if she

scratched them in anger. I’ll find the photos she burned. And if I

can’t, I’ll print them again.”

“You’re insane,” I snapped. “That’s not love. That’s delusion.”

“She’ll be my Luna again,” he said quietly, like it was already

written in the stars. “For the rest of her life”

to the door. “Those were just

tearing them delays anything? We’ll

send them digitally if I

He didn’t look back.

me not to slam the door

in the hallway,

too late. He was too

it when Olivia was crying

had to lie to her parents about

looked so worn?

Too damn late.

Ethan’s POV

the stone steps outside the old cottage.

used to visit on full moon nights

when everything still felt simple.

hollow.

cold and sharp. But the rain in my palms–my hands were burning. My insides, on

played the footage on

for only a second before she dropped it into the metal barrel. The flames flared instantly, swallowing years of memories.

mark. Gone in seconds.

didn’t even

I replayed it again.

ached. I clutched my knees, trying to keep myself from shattering. My wolf hadn’t spoken to me in days. Not a

I deserved it.

crossed the line. I should’ve pulled away the moment Olivia’s

But I didn’t. I ignored

I was here–watching

I called Reed.

everything Olivia sold of her back,”

it?” he

Everything. Every book, every frame. Even if we need to track down collectors or

“Understood.”

wedding photo printed. Same

where it used

didn’t ask questions. “I’ll take

I hung up.

credit card transaction in Washington. No flight data, no hotel check–in, but a

hid her well. Someone