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THE STAR PLAYER IS HER EX TOO CLOSE TO LET WORK
CHAPTER 33Killian didn't call David. Not yet. He drove straight to the agency instead, some instinct telling him the answer he needed was closer than a name on a screen.He found Olivia in the conference room, alone, surrounded by open boxes of her mother's old files, papers spread across the table in careful stacks. She didn't hear him at first. He watched her for a second, the way her shoulders curved forward, tired in a way that had nothing to do with the hour.He closed the door behind him.She looked up fast. "What are you doing here?""I could ask you the same thing.""These are my mother's files. I'm trying to understand what Mara's actually done to this company." She set down the folder in her hands. "Why are you here, Killian?"He pulled out his phone, held it up. The message still sat there, glowing.*If you want the truth about Olivia, find David Carter.*Olivia's face went carefully blank. "Where did you get that?""Someone sent it to me during the media event this mornin
THE STAR PLAYER IS HER EX THE NIGHT SHE NEVER FORGOT
CHAPTER 32Olivia's whole body locked up. Seven years of careful silence pressed against her teeth, begging to break. The pregnancy. The threat. The torn report. Charles, asleep right now, completely unaware his entire existence hung on what she said next.She thought about telling him everything.Then she thought about the photograph slid under her door. *He deserves the truth.* Someone had been outside Charles's window. Someone was still watching."She confronted me after you left the room," Olivia said carefully. "That's all I can tell you.""That's all you can tell me, or all you will?""Killian stop it""You're still protecting her.""I'm not protecting her. I'm protecting my son."The words came out before she could stop them.Killian went completely still. "Your son?"Her stomach dropped straight through the floor. "Charles. I meant Charles.""That's what I asked.""I know." She forced her voice steady. "It came out wrong."He studied her, jaw tight, clearly unconvinced but una
THE STAR PLAYER IS HER EX THE FIRST CRACK
CHAPTER 31Olivia shoved the photograph under a stack of bills before Charles's door creaked open down the hall."Morning," she called out, too bright.He shuffled into the kitchen, backpack already on, and didn't say a word. Just sat down and stared at his cereal."You're quiet today.""I'm fine.""Charles."He pushed a spoonful around the bowl without eating it. "Tyler said I don't count as much because I only have one parent."Her chest tightened. "That's not true.""I know." He didn't sound like he knew. "It's fine, Mom. I don't care."She crouched beside his chair, took his chin gently in her hand. "Being loved by one parent doesn't make you less than anyone else. You hear me?"He nodded, not quite looking at her."Did my dad ever love me?"The question landed harder than she expected, even after everything."More than you could ever know."He studied her face like he was trying to decide if that was a real answer or just something mothers said. Then he picked up his spoon and st
THE STAR PLAYER IS HER EX THE SHADOW OUTSIDE
CHAPTER 30Someone is outside again.Olivia's whole body went cold. She flicked the lights off in one motion, pulling Charles away from the window before he could ask another question."Room. Now. Stay there until I come get you."He didn't argue. Something in her voice told him not to.She moved along the wall, staying low, peering through a gap in the curtains. A shape near the tree line. Still. Watching.Her hands shook as she pulled out her phone and called Killian.He picked up on the second ring. "Olivia?""I think someone's outside."His voice changed instantly, sharp and alert. "Lock every door. Don't open them for anyone but me. I'm on my way."She locked the front door, checked the deadbolt twice, then heard it. Footsteps. Slow, deliberate, near the back entrance.She pulled up the security app on her phone with trembling fingers. The camera feed loaded, grainy and dim, showing a hooded figure standing motionless near the stairwell.Then the figure turned. Looked directly up
THE STAR PLAYER IS HER EX THE LIE SHE COULDN'T TELL
CHAPTER 29"Who is Charles's father?"The question hung there. Olivia's mouth opened, no answer ready, when small footsteps padded up behind her."Mom, who's at the door?"Killian's whole face changed the second he saw him. Whatever hardness had been sitting there melted into something gentler."Hey, buddy."Charles grinned, backpack still slung over one shoulder. "I thought you were coming tomorrow.""Plans changed." Killian glanced at Olivia when he said it.She moved without thinking, stepping half in front of Charles, putting herself between him and whatever was about to happen next.Killian noticed. Of course he noticed."Why are you acting like I'm going to hurt him?""I'm not.""You are."Charles looked between the two of them, uncertain, sensing weather in the room he couldn't name. Then he brightened, remembering something, and darted back to grab the football off the couch."Look, I got this at the clinic. Killian signed it and everything. Want to see?"He launched into the
THE STAR PLAYER IS HER EX DON'T TOUCH MY SON
CHAPTER 28"Someone was watching him from outside the school grounds."The words hit Olivia like a slap. Her whole body went cold, every muscle locking at once.Killian pulled the phone away from his ear, watching her face drain of color. "Olivia. What's wrong?""Nothing." The word came out too fast, too thin.He didn't buy it for a second. He was already standing, already pulling his keys out of his pocket. "Get in the car."They didn't speak the whole drive. Olivia's knee bounced the entire way, her hands twisted together in her lap so tight her knuckles went white.Principal Reyes met them at the entrance, her expression apologetic and tense. "Charles is fine. I want to be clear about that first. A teacher on yard duty noticed a man lingering near the front gate for longer than felt normal. By the time she went to check, he was gone.""What did he look like?" Killian asked, already in a mode Olivia had never seen from him before, sharp, controlled, all business."Middle aged. She d
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