Chapter 85

He kept his head down. Not because he was ashamed in front of

the nurses or security. But because he couldn’t bear the thought of glancing back.

They were finished.

And that truth would haunt him more than any punishment

Chole or the world could ever deliver.

Olivia’s POV

I didn’t sleep that night.

I heard the quiet shift of fabric when Ethan stood. I felt the

weight of his gaze–heavy, sorrowful–as he hovered near me,

maybe wanting to speak, maybe waiting for a sign. But I gave

him none. I just lay there, still as stone, staring at the ceiling

with eyes wide open, too numb to cry, too exhausted to feel

anything else.


That was how our story ended. Not with a fight, not with a kiss,

not even with a word. Just silence.

And that silence hurt more than any shouting match we ever

had.

Chapter 85

In the morning, Ava checked me out of the hospital. She was

quiet too, gently wheeling me out while the nurses processed the discharge papers. My bruises had faded into a deep purple

mosaic across my body. I could walk again, but slowly. My

mind, however, wasn’t limping–it was running. It had been

running all night, retracing every step of the last eight years

with Ethan.

I wasn’t devastated.

a rag and wiped


had once stained my chest. All that remained was the

too much happening

left, I told Ava I wanted to

hospital, still recovering from the

I owed him

at least a

when we passed his ward, I paused.

a doctor with a clipboard,

were from Green

door, arms crossed,

guarding the Alpha himself.

to cause trouble.

I turned


would wait. I would thank

Ava and I drove straight to

long. Exhausting. I

the moment I noticed the

up tied and drenched in

the man in black–the

by the service

late last night

wasn’t hired,” the officer

a favor‘ for

changed hands.”

course. A dead–end

Chole?” I


the victim,” he muttered. “Feigning

trying to push a mental

the

of my statement.

alive.

snapped.”

He nodded. “We won’t.”

I just wanted to go home. Not to rest. Not to cry. I

wanted stillness.

Chapter

a moment, I had it–until

holding her phone.

she said simply, handing it to


at the screen for

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