Chapter 57: Cooperation in the Shadows
(Olivia's POV)
Ethan Grey's words echoed in my mind like a persistent nightmare.
"Even if you marry him, I won't let go... A secret affair... that's the most thrilling kind of love, isn't it?"
I shuddered, trying to push away the memory of his desperate face in the hospital parking lot. The possessiveness in his eyes had been disturbing, almost unhinged. No matter how I tried to focus on other things, his declaration kept resurfacing, making me restless and uneasy.
The slap I'd delivered to his face had been satisfying in the moment, but now I wondered if it had only inflamed his obsession further.
I stared out the window of my apartment, watching raindrops trace patterns down the glass. How had things become so complicated? Just when Connor and
