Fated To Not Just One But Three novel Chapter 654

Chapter 654: Betrayed

Olivia’s POV

The air in the room felt heavy, like it was made of lead. I looked from the machines to the oncology bags, and then back to the man on the bed, who looked like a hollowed-out version of the man I loved. The "Third-Chance Mate." The "Soul-Pull." It was all a curated, cruel performance.

"Tell me the truth," I whispered, my voice shaking so hard it felt like my teeth might shatter. "Lennox... tell me the damn truth."

Lennox closed his eyes, a single tear escaping the corner of his lid and disappearing into the gray skin of his temple. "I’m dying, Olivia," he rasped, the words finally breaking free. "Stage four. It’s in my lungs... my bones. There is no mate. There is only death."

I felt like the floor had been yanked out from under me. My vision blurred, a high-pitched ringing filling my ears. I felt like I was going insane. Every memory of the last few days—his coldness, the way he let me beg on my knees, the way he brought that woman into our bed—it all flashed before me like a sick, twisted joke.

I slowly turned my head toward Levi and Louis. They were standing by the door, their heads bowed, their faces etched with a guilt so profound it was sickening.

"You two knew," I said. It wasn’t a question.

"Olivia, we—" Louis started, his voice cracking.

"You knew!" I screamed, the sound tearing from my throat.

In two blurred strides, I was in front of them. My hand moved before I could even think.

SLAP.

The sound of my palm hitting Louis’s cheek echoed like a gunshot. I didn’t stop. I turned to Levi, whose eyes were already brimming with tears, and I swung again.

SLAP.

"How could you?!" I shrieked, hitting Levi’s chest with my fists. "How could you watch me break? How could you let me believe he hated me? How could you let me say those things to him? I told him to die! I told him to die and get out of our lives because I thought he was betraying us!"

"He made us swear, Olivia!" Levi choked out, catching my wrists, though he didn’t fight back. "He said if you were in love with him when he passed, the bond would pull your soul out with his! He was trying to save your life!"

"By destroying my soul while I’m still breathing?!" I pushed him away with a burst of power that sent him stumbling. I turned back to the bed, my heart hemorrhaging.

Lennox was watching me, his expression one of pure, raw defeat. The "Alpha" was gone. There was just a man who had tried to play God with my heart and lost.

"You let me spend our last days hating you," I whispered, walking back to him, my legs feeling like they were made of glass. "You took our memories and poisoned them. You made our sons think their father didn’t want them. How could you be so cruel, Lennox? How could you think I’d want a life bought with that kind of lie?"

"What gave you the right?" I whispered, my voice trembling with a fury so cold it felt like ice in my veins. "What makes you think I would die if I were still in love with you?"

I stepped closer to the bed, looming over him as he stared at me with those hollow, sunken eyes.

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