Watch Me Win, Alpha

Chapter 57

Back at the Hawthrone Pack house, the atmosphere was

charged with a different kind of chaos.

Bob Hawthrone, Ethan’s father and the true backbone of the

family, had returned from an urgent business trip overseas

after getting wind of the scandal. The moment he stepped into

the drawing room, his face was like thunder.

“This is what you’ve done with my name?” he growled, eyes

blazing at Ethan. “You disgrace your Luna in public, humiliate

your pack, and now I return to find your mistress splashed all

over the internet like a failed soap opera?”

Ethan didn’t speak.

“I trusted you to lead with strength and intelligence, and

instead, you’ve let your emotions and bedroom play destroy

everything.”

Amelia, sitting on the edge of the leather sofa, spoke up quietly.

“Bob, don’t be so hard on him. He just—”

“Don’t.” Bob cut her off. “Don’t defend this circus. Olivia stood by

us through every winter, every harvest, every negotiation.

She’s ten times the Chole Windsor could ever be.”

Amelia’s lips lightened.

“She’s cold” she said. ‘Olivia has always been… distant. Maybe

it’s not all Ethan’s fault”

Bob gave her a sharp glance. “I’m telling you–if we still want to

keep what we’ve built, Ethan needs to fix this. End things with

Chole. Go make peace with Olivia.”

Amelia was about to argue further when her phone rang.

Unknown number.

She stepped away to take it.

“Hello?”

There was silence for a second. Then a voice–low, hoarse, and

disturbingly calm.

“Auntie Amelia,” Chole whispered on the other end.

Amelia froze.

Are you–how are

Isn’t

me?” Amelia’s

if someone might overhear.

soft laugh. It sounded hollow. “I know

Chapter 57

did… at Eden Manor”

skipped a

“I knoweverything.”

cold sweat broke out

You’re not well. This

thank you,” Chole

now, I’m going to marry your son.

big,

There was a pause.

know what happens

rot

The line disconnected.

frozen. The phone still pressed to

in her throat. The ever–composed Luna

felt the creeping chill of fear spread down

spine.

Olivia’s POV

days had

leg was healing fast–thanks to werewolf genes,

soup–and

much I could almost walk without

tried, he’d wave a spatula at me

was breaking sacred laws.

dragging over the wheelchair. “Even

get carried when injured.”

food was

exiled from his kitchen.

called in the morning. “Liv,

for turning a blind eye

even show his

being called a

choked on my

“You okay?” Ava asked.

I coughed. “Just–‘golden

he didn’t

mutt, maybe?”

“Let’s go with that.”

too busy doing damage

Chole incident to bother me again. Rose had

he hadn’t shown up at my place since that night. Good.

less drama, the better.

abroad for

Windsor mess dies down.

booked the tickets yet.”

worried

protected.”

“Protected?”

didn’t notice what Alexander did

wasn’t

The Windsors aren’t idiots.

doing anything.”

make sense, though I hadn’t dwelled on it