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 with the
Do you really think Alexander–Alpha
if I go missing? You know
to the source.
gone by then,” she
earlier fire. “I’ll disappear.”
asked quietly.
You think Alexander or the
where to find
deal with it!” she
a voice from behind the door.
was male. Rough.
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Chole froze.
end her already” the man said
long. She’s a
at me. Her hands trembled,
thought I saw fear in
Not for me.
For herself.
Blood trickled down my jaw, soaking the
I didn’t move. My wrists
silent inside me, but I felt her stir
struggling against the wolfsbane.
Olivia’s POV
dripped with triumph as
glittering in the dim light. “I’ve
will look like you killed yourself because
of ruining Ethan and my
into a malicious grin.
trembled, bound by the tape sapping my strength.
from the bruises lining
to the side–my
“Why are you doing
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Chole froze.
already,” the man said
long. She’s a liability.
at me. Her hands trembled, and for a
I saw fear
Not for me.
For herself.
down my jaw, soaking
My wrists were
silent inside me, but I felt her stir
struggling against the wolfsbane.
Olivia’s POV
dripped with triumph as
the dim light. “I’ve written your suicide
will look like you
Ethan and
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