Even though she didn’t have an appetite, Olivia agreed to go to dinner


    Before they left the station, Ava, Aiden, and Richard all went to the bathroom. Alexander was on the phone arranging for one of his men to drive Olivia’s car to the police station because they all couldn’t fit in his.


    Olivia wandered outside to get some fresh air. After a moment of breathing in the cool air, she heard footsteps from behind and turned around with a smile, thinking that it was Alexander.


    “Where would you like to go eat?” she asked as she spun around to


    face him.


    Her stomach stiffened when she saw that her assumption was wrong


    Instead, Ethan was standing behind her. He let out a loudugh that echoed. “I’ll eat wherever you want, babe,” he answered.


    Before Olivia could even think of a response, Alexander came striding out of the door and quickly assessed the situation. He rushed over to Olivia and slid aforting arm over her shoulders.


    “You’re not invited to dinner,<i>” </i>Alexander told Ethan and narrowed his eyes at the other man.


    Ethan’s gaze shot down to Alexander’s arm that was around Olivia. <i>His </i>fists clenched at his sides. “Get your hands off of her,” he snapped.


    Alexander smirked, seemingly assumed by Ethan’s anger, an tightened his arm around Olivia, pressing her closer against his side.


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    “No,” he said simply.


    Olivia snuggled closer to Alexander’s warmth and couldn’t help <b>the </b>smile that bloomed across her face.


    *Olivia*


    Alexander and Ethan stared each other down. Their hostility for each other was obvious as hatred flowed between them so much that I could almost see it.


    When Ethan took a step forward, headlights shined on him, and he had to put a hand in front of his face so that he wouldn’t be blinded by the bright lights.


    I stepped away from Alexander’s warm embrace and turned to see who was in the car idling next to us. Relief flooded through me when I recognized my car and the man who was driving it as someone who worked for Alexander. Gai quickly got into the driver’s seat, and the other man went into a car with another one of Alexander workers.


    Grateful to have an excuse to get away from these two alpha men, I quickly got into the passenger seat of my car.


    I groaned when Ethan tried to get into the backseat of my car. Could this guy not take a hint? Before he could open the door, Alexander put a hand on Ethan’s shoulder to stop him.


    “You’re delusional if you think you’reing with us,<i>” </i>Alexander snapped through gritted teeth. His voice was loud enough that I could hear him through the closed window.


    Ethan stepped closer to Alexander until the two men were facing off again.


    “This isn’t good,<i>” </i>Gai warned.


    “I bet you just love swooping in to save Olivia, don’t <b>you</b>?” <b>Ethan </b>said with a sarcastic smile.


    “Not as much as you do,” Alexander shot back. “Since you’re <b>engaged </b>to Chloe, shouldn’t you wait for her mother’s questioning to be over before you leave? Shouldn’t you still be here when she gets out?<b>” </b>


    Ava, Richard, and Aiden exited the station and heard what Alexander had said. My friend scoffed as she looked Ethan up and down with a judgmental expression. “Don’t give Ethan too much credit, Alexander,” she said. “He never does anything unless there is something in it for him.”


    Before Ethan could reply, Ava climbed into my car.


    “See you around,” Alexander told Ethan and grasped his shoulder a little too hard. Ethan winced. “Or not!”


    Then, he got into my car, too. Aiden and Richard quickly hopped in, and Gai sped away from the curb, leaving Ethan on the sidewalk staring after us with his mouth open in shock. It was a tight fit for the people in the back, but no oneined.


    “I wanted to get away from Ethan before he could do something crazy like key the side of Olivia’s car or jump in front of it to stop us from going,” Gai said, exining why she had sped away.


    Ava who was partially sitting on Richard’sp to squeeze into the backseat didn’t have time to put her seatbelt on and when Gai came to a sudden stop, she flew forward and mmed into the backrest of the passenger seat.


    “Holy crap, Ava!” I said, turning around and searching her face for blood. “Are you okay?”


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