As ast resort, I looked to Richard for help, but he wasn’t looking at me. Instead, he was staring at the door with a look of anticipation on his face. My gaze swung to see what had caught his attention.


    When I saw who it was, my body tensed.


    Alexander strode into the restaurant, his face cold, and his hands clenched at his side. It looked like he was preparing himself for battle.


    Crap.


    Thest thing I wanted to do when I was being forced to have breakfast with my ex–husband was face the man who I had made out withst night. How was I going to navigate this awkward situation? I would rather be anywhere else in the world right now.


    As my heart pounded against my ribcage, I tried to pull my hand out of Ethan’s strong grip again, but he held on tight.


    “Are you only trying to get away from me now that your little boyfriend has made an appearance?” Ethan hissed. “Are you afraid that we are going to make him jealous?”


    I red at him. “In case you haven’t noticed, I’ve been trying to get away from you since you forced me down here,” I hissed at him, trying to put all the hatred that was bubbling inside of me behind my words.


    The closer that Alexander got to our table, the quicker my heart beat.


    To my surprise, Alexander didn’t immediately start yelling. Instead, he calmly sat down in the vacant seat next to me. An unreadable


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    expression crossed his face as his gaze swept down to our sped hands. I hoped that Alexander could see how tense my body was. I hoped that he didn’t think that I was here by choice.


    A tense moment passed as the three of us waited to see who was going to be the first to speak.


    “Ethan, is there any point in forcing Olivia to have breakfast with you?” Alexander asked in a cold, calm voice. “Are you that starved forpany?”


    I bit my lip so I wouldn’tugh out loud. Relief flooded through me when I realized that Alexander could tell that my ex–husband was making me do this, and I wasn’t having breakfast with him or holding his hand because I wanted to. I wanted to smile because of how well


    Alexander knew me.


    “I have a question for you, Mr. Green. Why do you want another man’s wife?” Ethan questioned and raised his eyebrows.


    My jaw clenched. “Shut up,” I snapped at my ex. I had finally reached my breaking point with him. “I’m not your wife.”


    Mustering all of my strength, I was able to rip my hand out of Ethan’s tight grip. As I flexed my fingers, I saw a hint of pride shining in Alexander’s eyes.


    “Don’t insult Alexander, or it’s thest thing you’ll do,” I told Ethan.


    My ex–husband’s eyes shed with anger. “You’ve changed so much trying to please Alexander.”


    I hit the table with my hands as rage shot down my spine. A few people looked over at us, but I didn’t care anymore about causing a scene. Not when I was seeing red with anger. “You are the most despicable, cold, and selfish person I have ever met,” I hissed in a low,


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    dangerous voice, putting all of my emotions behind my words. “You are nothingpared to Alexander. You are the gum stuck to the bottom of someone’s shoepared to him. You don’t even deserve to be in the same conversation as him.”


    At this point, my chest was heaving, and my eyes were reduced to slits as I stared down my ex.


    “You don’t want to push me too far, Ethan,” I said in a threatening tone. “I know as much as Chloe does. I know things that could ruin your life. Maybe you should watch how you treat me.”


    A muscle in Ethan’s neck bulged, and he glowered at me. “Watch yourself, Olivia. If you want to y in the big leagues, you might get burned.”


    I rolled my eyes. “That doesn’t even make sense,” I snapped.


    Alexander chuckled under his breath.


    I knew that it wouldn’t be smart to make an enemy out of Ethan. He had connections with powerful, dangerous people. But at that moment, I didn’t care. I had been pushed to the edge too many times by him.


    “Look at what you did,” Alexander said to Ethan and gestured to me. “You drove a woman who once loved you to say these hurtful things. You’re pathetic.”


    Ethan’s hands clenched on the table. But Alexander wasn’t done yet.


    “If you still have any love left for Olivia, you should leave her be,” Alexander continued. “The kindest thing you can do right now is leave her alone. Allow her to find happiness because it isn’t going to be with you.”


    Ethan growled at him. “And who will she find happiness with? You?”


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