hapter 50

I slapped her. Once. Twice. A third time. Sharp, precise, and real.

Ethan stepped in, grabbing my wrist. “Olivia, stop! What the hell

are you doing?!”

I yanked my arm back. “This is for lying. For sneaking around.

For throwing yourself into a marriage that was never yours to

begin with.”

“She’s already on bail!” Ethan snapped. “What more do you

want?”

“To be treated like I’m not disposable!” I yelled. “You think I’ll just

sit and watch you two play victim while I take the fall for your

damn choices?!”

“She’s not well,” he muttered.

And like right on cue, Chole slumped to the side, unconscious


from the stress and the slap. Ethan caught her, arms trembling

with rage.

“Yes. Be her savior. Maybe I should faint next so you’ll

remember I’m your wife.”

He looked at me like I was the monster now.

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He didn’t say a word. Just picked her up and stormed off toward the crowd of people already parting like waves for his drama.

I stood there in the wheelchair, surrounded by strangers,

everyone whispering and staring.

Alexander’s POV

From the backseat of the car, I watched the chaos unfold at the

airport entrance.

stood alone in her


and that insufferable tension that only public drama could stir.

arms like some tragic hero in a

stage play.

expected Olivia to look shaken,

causing such a scene.

But she didn’t.

her face, adjusted her

around like

Her chin was slightly lifted. Her eyes

single trace of panic in

there was a faint trace

My brows furrowed.

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is she… smiling about?” I muttered

me, equally stunned. “She’s not

be,” Mike said from the

brutal.”

she knew exactly

pulling out his phone. “Also… you should see

post. Here–look.”

still fresh. A photo with Ethan’s silhouette in the background and a cheeky caption that

some people just

remove emotional parasites? Asking

friend. #NotSoEx #StillObsessed #DramaFreePlease”

coincidence. The timing, the setup, the performance in front of the crowd–she

perfectly. And made


on the plane?”

nodded. “Right after Ethan followed her onboard like

mutt.”

the dots. Her behavior, her restraint,

the airport… Even Chole showing

beginning to

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really up to.

Mike asked. “She’s still sitting

alone.”

can’t leave her like that. You

to open the door when someone else beat me

woman in a tailored red dress–heels clicking, stride


made her way straight to

like she belonged in a boardroom, not an airport

was tied in a

screamed competence and authority.

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