Watch Me Win, Alpha

Chapter 85

Chapter 84

The cops finally escorted Chole out of the room, still screaming.

Then, me and Alexander were brought into the hospital.

Alexander was wheeled into a separate ward while in my ward, Ethan stayed with me, and Ava slept outside the room on a

bench.

I was left with Ethan, seated on the edge of my hospital bed, too

close for comfort, too far for forgiveness.

The room settled into silence.

I shifted slightly on the bed, feeling the IV tug at my arm. “You

don’t have to stay,” I said quietly. It was the first thing I’d said to

him all night. My tone was flat. Dry. Like the words belonged to

someone else.

Ethan didn’t flinch. His voice was rough from disuse. “I want to.

I mean there’s no one at home. And Ava’s sleeping.” He


shrugged, forcing a weak smile. “You need someone to look

after the small things.”

I turned my face toward him, studying his features. There was

no smugness, no pleading, no anger. Just fatigue. And maybe

regret as well.

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But I didn’t trust regret anymore.

him for a few

couldn’t name–and didn’t

I closed

And said nothing else.

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arm, close enough to feel the steady rise and fall of her breathing.


sleep,

cheeks more than once

replaced by new ones, warmer, heavier. His

her arm as if by staying

As if the passing hours wouldn’t

from him too.

wasn’t the Ethan the world

the Hawthrone family.

a man who had failed. A man who’d promised to

he loved–only to be the very reason she

nearly

all night. There was no apology

between them. No grand


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could erase the years of betrayal, of pain he’d brought

Olivia… Olivia had already said it all in

told him flatly that he could leave, she

She didn’t cry. She didn’t even

expressionless tone hurt more than all her

accusations combined.

jaw clenched to stop it

even for a moment. Every time he blinked, a memory surfaced. Her laughing in the rain, her brushing flour from her cheek while

kiss him

had memorized her expressions

couldn’t read her

to her hand, resting lightly


marks near her wrist–remnants

Chole had used. Rage

direct it at now.

already

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