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”

the door. “Those were just copies,

delays anything?

send them digitally if I have

He didn’t look back.

not to slam the

stood in the hallway, heart

It was too late. He was too late.

to have–where was it when Olivia was

bed? When she had to lie to her

looked so worn?

Too damn late.

Ethan’s POV

outside the old

and I used to visit on full

everything still felt simple. Now, everything

hollow.

the rain in my palms–my hands

played the footage on

stood in the center of our old bedroom, calm but distant. The wedding album in her hands trembled for only a second before she dropped it into the metal barrel. The flames flared instantly, swallowing years of memories. The photo where I kissed her cheek. The picture where

mark. Gone in seconds.

didn’t

I replayed it again.

myself from shattering. My wolf hadn’t spoken to me in days. Not a growl. Not a

I deserved it.

first crossed the line. I should’ve pulled away

I didn’t. I ignored

here–watching

I called Reed.

of her back,” I

it?”

if we need to track down collectors or dig through charity

“Understood.”

new wedding photo printed. Same

it exactly where it

questions. “I’ll take care

I hung up.

no hotel check–in, but a purchase at the mall–hers.

her