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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