Watch Me Win Alpha (Olivia and Ethan) novel Chapter 64

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The sky was clearer here. I looked up at the stars, blinking back

another wave of tears. I didn’t cry this time. Just breathed.

Ten minutes passed. Maybe fifteen.

The sound came all at once.

Crunch.

Snap.

Step. Step.

I froze.

That wasn’t Ava.

Ava couldn’t have arrived so soon. No vehicle sounds, no

flashlight beam cutting through the trees, no familiar voice

calling my name. Just the rustle of leaves, deliberate and slow,

like someone trying to move quietly… but not quite succeeding.

My heart dropped.

I stayed completely still, barely even breathing.

Another twig snapped.

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Whoever it was–was close.

I clenched the phone in my hand, trying not to panic, but every

instinct in my body was screaming.

Olivia’s POV

The crunch of leaves grew louder behind me.

I froze.

My body was already trembling from fatigue and cold, but now the air felt thinner. Every step I had taken up that hill felt wasted. I turned, heart pounding, and tried to peer into the dark,

but I saw nothing.

Then-

A firm hand grabbed my arm from the side.

I screamed.

“Olivia!” a deep voice hissed, grabbing my shoulders to steady

1. me.

My scream died mid–breath.

“Alexander?”

The moonlight spilled just enough light to confirm it. He was here. In person. Hair wind–tossed, shirt rumpled, breath short-

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as if he’d sprinted the last stretch.

“What are you doing?” he said sharply, scanning me from head

to toe. “Why didn’t you respond to the call?”

I blinked up at him, heart racing for an entirely different reason

now. “I… I didn’t hear it,” I said weakly. “Tinnitus. It’s been acting

up since earlier.”

His jaw tightened. “You’re bleeding again. Do you even care

about your injuries?”

I looked down. I hadn’t even noticed. “It didn’t matter. I couldn’t

stay in that car.”

“Why do you always find such troubles. Dammit, Olivia.”

I didn’t know if I should feel ashamed or touched that he was

this angry. Maybe both.

“I don’t know,” I said, lowering my eyes. “I just wanted to get

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I stared at her reply, unsure whether to laugh or groan. Ava

could never resist turning everything into romantic drama.

Still, her words lingered.

I swallowed, the silence around me feeling heavier. My fingers

hovered over the keyboard before I typed again.

Me: He probably just doesn’t want a lawsuit.Ava: Or maybe… hecares. And you’re just blind to it.Me: He’s not into me. Honestly, I’m not even sure he likes women.

I slumped back into the seat, suddenly embarrassed by my own

assumptions.

“He probably doesn’t even like women…”

Why had I typed that?

I sighed, and closed my eyes.

I regretted saying it. Not because I cared what Ava believed, but because deep down… maybe I didn’t want to be so wrong about

him.

Ethan’s POV

The second I returned and saw the backseat empty, my stomach

dropped.

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She was gone.

Gone, despite her injured leg. Gone, despite the locked doors.

“Damn it!” I roared, slamming the door shut so hard the entire car shook. I spun around and scanned the woods, breathing hard. She couldn’t have gone far. Not in her condition.

That thought knifed through my chest. I ran toward the road, my strides uneven as the sting of my own wound reminded me just how messed up this night had turned.

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