Chapter 82
“Shut up!” she screamed, voice cracking. “You think you know
everything! You’re just a manipulative little bitch!”
“I don’t have to know everything,” I said, “I just have to know
him.”
She screamed again and slapped me, hard enough to make my
head whip sideways.
Pain burst through my skull, but I forced myself not to cry out. I
was shaking inside, but I couldn’t afford to look weak.
“You think you’re smart?” she hissed. “You think that smug little
mouth of yours will save you?”
I didn’t reply.
Chole gritted her teeth. “He told me–he said I was his peace.
That he needed me. We’ve been together so many times behind
your back. He touched me the same way he touched you. More
passionately, even.”
“I believe you,” I said flatly.
She blinked.
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“I believe he touched you,” I clarified. “But I also believe he
would’ve moved on completely if you hadn’t staged that press
stunt. That hospital act. What was next, Chole? A wedding dress
and a priest?”
Her face flushed. “You don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“No,” I said, “but I do know that this–tying me up, threatening to
mutilate me–that’s not love. That’s obsession. And obsession
never ends well.”
Chole’s hands shook. Her eyes flickered toward the door.
isn’t
the advantage. “He’s
Do you really think
know his power.
source.
by then,” she snapped, though her voice lacked
earlier fire. “I’ll disappear.”
asked quietly. “You’re not a
Windsor. You think Alexander or
where to
with
from behind the
male.
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Chole froze.
already” the man said from the hallway.
She’s a liability.
at me. Her hands trembled, and for a
I saw
Not for me.
For herself.
stayed quiet. Blood trickled down my jaw, soaking the
didn’t move. My wrists were raw from
was silent inside me, but I felt her stir faintly,
struggling against the wolfsbane.
Olivia’s POV
as she raised the lighter,
the dim light.
like you killed
ruining Ethan and my
into a malicious grin.
trembled, bound by the tape sapping my
bruises
to the side–my vision blurred.
“Why are
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Chole froze.
the man said from
it too long. She’s a
looked back at me. Her hands trembled, and for a
saw fear
Not for me.
For herself.
quiet. Blood trickled down my jaw,
didn’t move. My wrists were
silent inside me, but I felt
struggling against the wolfsbane.
Olivia’s POV
dripped with triumph as
glittering in the dim light. “I’ve written
like you killed yourself because
Ethan and my
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