Watch Me Win Alpha (Olivia and Ethan) novel Chapter 28

Chapter 28

Olivia’s POV

A couple of calls came in from Ava while we were still in the car. I hesitated to answer at first, but eventually picked

“Liv!” Her voice was frantic. “Ethan-he’s been acquitted. All charges.”

I blinked. “What?”

“He found out your flight information. He’s on his way to the airport.”

I sat there, phone pressed to my ear, too stunned to speak.

“Liv, that guy’s lost it. I don’t know what he’s thinking, but if you don’t want to see him, you need to turn around right now. Find a hotel. I’ll come to you, we’ll hide somewhere if we have to.”

Her urgency jolted me, but instead of reacting, I glanced out the window.

“I need to think,” I said quietly, and hung up.

The car was quiet. I didn’t even need to turn my head to know Alexander and Mike had heard everything. Of course they had. Ava hadn’t exactly whispered the information to me.

Still, neither of them said a word.

After a moment, Mike broke the silence. “Don’t worry about it. Alpha Alexander has a private jet. We’ll go straight to the tarmac. Ethan won’t see you. He won’t even find the plane.”

I turned slightly in my seat, catching Mike’s easy smile in the mirror. “That would be great.”

The relief I felt was instant but shallow. It couldn’t shake the exhaustion behind my eyes.

The cabin of the private jet was far more luxurious than I’d imagined. Soft leather seats, clean modern interiors, and a calm that should’ve made me feel at peace. I leaned against the window and pictured Ethan storming through airport security, only to realize he was too late.

A small smile threatened my lips but didn’t quite form.

The flight attendants served a generous breakfast-fresh fruit, croissants, eggs, things I usually loved-but I barely touched any of it. My appetite had shrunk into the size of a stone.

I ended up staring out the window again, watching clouds stretch across the sky like slow waves. Somewhere out

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there, my life was changing-but inside, I still felt stuck.

“Are you planning to work like this the whole time?” a cold voice said, slicing through the quiet.

I turned my head. Alexander was looking at me from across the aisle, his face expressionless.

“I… what?” I blinked, confused.

“I don’t think you need to go through introduction if you’re planning to spend the whole trip spacing out.”

My checks flushed instantly. Heat crept up my neck. “I—I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to be distracted. It won’t happen again.”

“Good,” he said, with the emotional temperature of a marble statue. “You’d better remember.”

He didn’t even glance back at me afterward, just returned to whatever document he’d been reading.

I lowered my gaze, biting the inside of my cheek.

Okay, fair. I was zoning out. But did he have to talk to me like I was a lazy intern on her first day?

I turned back toward the window and let out a slow breath. I’d asked for a job. He gave it to me. Now I had to prove I

deserved it.

Alexander only rested for about ten minutes the whole flight. The rest of the time, he was glued to work-on video conferences, calls, typing notes, signing papers. It was like watching a machine in a man’s body.

I waited until I saw Fin unplug his tablet and lean back slightly.

I got up, quietly moved toward the middle of the aisle, and stopped beside him. “Fin,” I said gently, “do you have a

moment?”

He looked up and smiled. “Of course.”

“I was hoping you could walk me through the work schedule for this trip… in detail. I don’t want to embarrass myself

I chuckled. “That bad, huh?”

Fin nodded with mock solemnity. “Now that you’re here, maybe I can breathe again.”

“Don’t get your hopes up too soon,” I said with a half-smile. “I might mess up and make things worse.”

Before Fin could respond, a sharp voice cut through the quiet.

“I can see you’re having a lovely conversation.” Alexander’s voice was low, but the sarcasm was razor-sharp. “Per- haps dessert would go well with all that sweetness?”

I nearly jumped.

Fin immediately stood upright and stiffened like a soldier at inspection.

I turned and saw Alexander standing behind us with that cool expression he wore like armor. His tone wasn’t angry, but it wasn’t warm either. It was hard to tell if he was joking-or if we were already pushing boundaries.

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Chapter zo

“Just going over the schedule.” I said quickly.

Alexander gave me a once-over that I couldn’t quite decipher, then walked past us without another word.

An hour later, after landing and passing through a surprisingly smooth airport exit, we arrived at the Graymoon Hotel. It was sleek, modern, discreet-the kind of place that screamed quiet luxury.

After check-in, Fin and I accompanied Alexander to his suite.

He walked ahead of us and didn’t say much on the way up.

Once inside, he dropped his briefcase on the table and loosened his collar. The living room was expansive, the kind of space meant for high-level meetings or private conversations.

Alexander sat down on the couch with a quiet exhale. He looked at me for a moment-not Cold this time, just unread- able.

Then, as if it were the most casual thing in the world, he asked, “My schedule for tonight?”