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OLIVIA'S ULTIMATE BREAKDOWN

Author: ABY
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-10-17 15:31:33

Olivia’s POV

For a long minute, I couldn’t move.

I just stood there by the window, the rain streaking down the glass, Ethan’s words echoing in my head like a verdict.

"She’s not the woman I thought she was."

Reporters surrounded him, shouting questions I couldn’t hear, cameras flashing like tiny bursts of lightning. He didn’t look back once.

Maya’s hand landed gently on my arm. “Don’t watch, Liv. Come sit down.”

“I can’t.” My voice sounded like someone else’s. “He just... handed her everything she wanted.”

“Cassandra?”

I nodded, numb. “Now she has his words to use. Proof that even my son hates me.”

“Ethan’s hurt,” Maya said softly. “People say things when they’re bleeding inside.”

“But the world doesn’t care about context,” I said bitterly. “They only care about the quote.”

I turned from the window and sank onto the couch, my hands trembling. The silence stretched for a few seconds before my phone lit up again.

Maya grabbed it first. “No......don’t.”

But I’d already seen it. A notific
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