hapter 50
I slapped her. Once. Twice. A third time. Sharp, precise, and real.
Ethan stepped in, grabbing my wrist. “Olivia, stop! What the hell
are you doing?!”
I yanked my arm back. “This is for lying. For sneaking around.
For throwing yourself into a marriage that was never yours to
begin with.”
“She’s already on bail!” Ethan snapped. “What more do you
want?”
“To be treated like I’m not disposable!” I yelled. “You think I’ll just
sit and watch you two play victim while I take the fall for your
damn choices?!”
“She’s not well,” he muttered.
And like right on cue, Chole slumped to the side, unconscious
from the stress and the slap. Ethan caught her, arms trembling
with rage.
“Yes. Be her savior. Maybe I should faint next so you’ll
remember I’m your wife.”
He looked at me like I was the monster now.
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He didn’t say a word. Just picked her up and stormed off toward the crowd of people already parting like waves for his drama.
I stood there in the wheelchair, surrounded by strangers,
everyone whispering and staring.
Alexander’s POV
From the backseat of the car, I watched the chaos unfold at the
airport entrance.
Olivia stood alone in her wheelchair, surrounded by whispers,
clicks of phone cameras, and that insufferable tension that only public drama could stir. Ethan had already disappeared into the
crowd with Chole in his arms like some tragic hero in a bad
stage play.
I expected Olivia to look shaken, maybe even humiliated after
causing such a scene.
But she didn’t.
She brushed her hair off her face, adjusted her posture in the
wheelchair, and glanced around like a queen surveying her
kingdom. Her chin was slightly lifted. Her eyes calm. Composed.
There wasn’t a single trace of panic in her body language. In
fact… there was a faint trace of satisfaction on her lips.
My brows furrowed.
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“What is she… smiling about?” I muttered under my breath.
Gai sat beside me, equally stunned. “She’s not upset.”
“She should be,” Mike said from the passenger seat. “That was
brutal.”
“She looks like she knew exactly how this would go down,” Gai
added, pulling out his phone. “Also… you should see her latest
post. Here–look.”
He angled the screen toward me. Olivia’s most recent upload was still fresh. A photo with Ethan’s silhouette in the background and a cheeky caption that said:“Trying to enjoy my
post–trauma vacation… but some people just won’t take a hint.
Olivia chuckled before letting the woman help her into the back
of a waiting car. No tension. No confusion. It was smooth.
Effortless.
Planned.
I turned my werewolf hearing toward the car as the engine started. Their conversation slipped into range just enough to
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catch it.
“-Chole will definitely go crazy now. Once she finds out Ethan
was on the plane and you were the one posting, she’ll lose it
again.”
“That’s the point,” Olivia replied, unbothered. “They want
drama. I’ll give them one they can’t swallow.”
“You are a genius, Liv.”
“I don’t know about being a genius. But I will make sure to
return the favor.”
My jaw clenched as realization dawned.
This wasn’t Olivia acting out of emotion. She wasn’t lashing out
like some wronged, impulsive ex–wife.
She was Strategic. Deliberate.
And it turns out… she was using Chole, on purpose.
Olivia’s POV
“Ava, would you stop turning your head like we’re being
hunted by a rogue pack?” I said dryly as she checked the
rearview mirror for the fifth time in two minutes.

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