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.

devastated. I just felt…

rag


stained my chest. All that remained was

too much

told Ava I wanted

hospital, still recovering from the stab

again. I felt I owed him something—if

at least

we passed his ward, I paused.

in and out, a

were

arms crossed, looking

guarding the Alpha himself.

want to cause trouble.

So, I turned


wait. I would thank him

Ava and I drove straight to the

was long.

I noticed the tail, to the pain

tied and drenched

the man in black–the same

by the service

caught. Arrested late last night

he wasn’t hired,” the officer told me,

a favor‘

changed hands.”

course. A dead–end

I asked,


playing the victim,” he muttered. “Feigning

trying to push a mental health

the stabbing charge complicates

final page of my statement.

burn me alive. Let’s not pretend

snapped.”

He nodded. “We won’t.”

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

wanted stillness.

Chapter

had

holding her phone.

simply, handing it to me.


for a long moment.

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