All Chapters of LOVE'S OVERRATED: Mr. Sterling, We're Over!: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

Olivia Barnett POVSince we got out of immigration, I kind of felt queasy. I feel as if someone's watching me, but when I looked around, I saw no one paying attention to me. Everyone is busy and has their own concerns.Still, the feeling persisted that I had to clutch at my children’s hands tighter.“Will just wait here, Zeke. Can you get our bags?” I don’t know why, but I had this sudden feeling that I could not shake off.“Are you alright? You look pale.”I brushed off his concern. “Can I go help, Uncle Zeke?” He asked hopefully. It was the first time he looked a lot chirpier since we left London, and before I could think it over for a while, I found myself nodding my head.“Yes. Of course, sweetie.”Leo sprinted ahead of Zeke, who was chuckling. I remained holding the two girls’ hands.“Can we come, too, Mommy?” Ivy pleaded, which Zoe seconded with a little cute pout that could melt my heart any time.I smiled, shoved the unsavory feelings away, and decided that I would accompany

Olivia Barnett POVThere was a time in our lives when that acknowledgment mattered. That it would have made me feel proud and happy, but not anymore. Today, the reference reminded me so much of his duplicity and how he had tried to hurt my babies and me.I shook my head. I wanted to correct Josh for the false information. I was never his wife, not in the ways that mattered.I was just a tool. A placeholder and a surrogate.But to correct him would have given him a wrong impression. I do not want him to think that the past still has power over me. That the pat still affected me.Not anymore.Five years was a long time to erase the pain, but I did it! I successfully found my way back to myself, using the pain of Josh’s rejection to spur me to move forward with my life.I was a changed person. I was no longer the woman I was five years ago.Without a word, I looked Josh in the eye and nodded slowly at him before bidding him goodbye.But he followed me out. Josh Morgan Sterling looked f

Olivia Barnett POV“Where are you taking my children?” I called out, aghast because he was already pulling away from me.The mother instinct kicked in, and I chased after him.Josh did not even flinch when he traced his steps toward our car with Leo and Ivy in his arms.It was as if he had been doing this sort of thing his entire life.He did not look awkward holding his children. What I noticed was that he looked gentle, as if the two people he was carrying in his arms were the most precious things in his entire life.  I can’t explain it. There was so much care in the way he held them, as if he were afraid they might break.Despite that, he does not want to let them go. He l

Olivia Barnett POVImmediately, I stepped back when I realized that Josh was staring not at me, but at my hand that Zeke was squeezing.I pulled my hand back, feeling awkward.Then, there were sirens. I straightened up to see that emergency medical assistance and the police were here. Behind them was a private car. The driver’s door opened and out came a man in corporate attire whom I haven’t seen in a very long time.He scanned the area and jogged toward Josh when he spotted him.But when he stopped in front of us, his eyes widened in delight.“Via? Is that really you?”I smiled and spread my arms wide.

Olivia Barnett POVMy chest grew heavy with a weight that only a mother’s pain can know when she realized that there is a possibility that her children could be taken away from her, and she can’t do anything about it.She willingly entered a lion’s den, and she was at his mercy.“Are you really this heartless?” I lashed out. My words were full of venom. If only I could claw at his eyes, I would gladly do it just to erase the smug look on his face.I hated that I was back to the position I had tried to escape from five years ago.I was powerless.“No. I am only protecting what’s mine. And the triplets are mine, Olivia. You took them away from me five years ago, depriving me of my paternal rights. It should be just right that I take back what you denied me.”Josh looked so angry. His face had undergone a complete turnaround.But I was angry, too.If he didn’t delude me into thinking that he married me to build a family, we wouldn’t have come to this.No. Josh Morgan Sterling can go take