Chapter 173: The Alpha’s Gambit
(Connor’s POV)
My ice-blue eyes were deep, and my tone was low as I faced Olivia in the auction house parking lot. “Livvy, you don’t understand men too well. Adrian’s eyes for you are full of undisguised love, can’t you see his intentions towards you?”
The words came out harsher than I intended, but my wolf was still snarling from watching that calculating lawyer compete with me all evening.
Olivia suddenly smiled. The expression caught me off guard - it wasn’t the warm smile I remembered, but something cold and bitter.
“You’re questioning my understanding of men?” she asked, her amber eyes glinting with dangerous amusement. “That’s rich, coming from you.”
Her smile widened, but there was no warmth in it. “Tell me, Connor, what kind of man tells
