My Promised Rejection (Olivia and Ace) novel Chapter 32

Olivia POV

I can’t have heard him correctly. “Olivia, did you hear me,” Xavier asks when I’m silent for too long. Does he really think I didn’t f**king hear him? I’m sitting three feet from him. “Olivia, are you alright, Evelyn asks.

“No, I’m not alright. This is all too much. Why can’t any part of my life be normal or go the way it’s supposed to? First you keep who I am from me until everything I love is ripped away. Then I lost my father because he drank himself to death to numb the pain the two of you caused.”

“If that’s not bad enough, then when I meet the man that is meant to be mine, he is already married to someone else. Not only is he married, but he has a pup that should have been mine. Now you’re telling me I’m some kind of special werewolf that is going to be the guardian of a midnight wolf. I just want to be ferding normal. Why is it too much to ask for everything in my life to not be insane or so f**king hard?”

I stand with the intention of leaving to get my emotions under control before I completely lose it, but instead I’m pulled into Ace’s lap. As soon as his arms are around me, L-sob. As he rubs circles on my back, a wave of guilt washes over me. I just told him we had to let the past stay where it belongs and here I am bringing it up again. Acting as if he hurt me intentionally, which I know isn’t the case. I’m just so tired.

“I’m sorry Ace. I didn’t mean to bring up,” I start to say, but he cuts me off. “Hey, no way. He lifts my chin, so I’m forced to look into his eyes. “I don’t want you to hide your feelings to protect mine. That is not how our mateship is going to work. You have every right to be upset. Your pain is a result of the choices that everyone else has made,” he says.

“Xavier chose to pursue your mom when he knew she was married. Evelyn chose to give into their bond despite building a life with your father. I chose to believe that conniving b**ch instead of waiting for you. The goddess chose to make you a guardian wolf, knowing all the bulls*t you’ve already endured. If you ask me, you have handled the sh*tty cards you have been dealt by other people’s choices with more grace and love than anyone else in this room would have ever done,” he says.

I press a kiss on his lips, feeling the conviction of every word he just said. When I pull back, he wipes the tears from my cheeks with his thumbs. “I love you, Ace. Thank you for not making me feel like I don’t have the right to be upset.” I bury my head in his neck and breathe in his scent. “I love you, Olivia,” he says. After a few minutes, I pull back, intending to stand from Ace’s lap and retake my own seat, but he keeps me firmly in place. I turn to face Xavier and, for the first time, I see real emotion in his eyes. “I’m sorry, Olivia,” he says.

“I’m sorry that I was selfish. Atlas and I should have stayed away when we knew that Evie had a family. I’m supposed to be an Alpha. I should have had the strength to walk away like you did. I know I don’t deserve your forgiveness, so I won’t ask for it, but I am truly sorry for my part in your pain. I’m sorry that when you were forced to come here I wasn’t honest about why it was so important you shift in the pack,” he says. After a few seconds, Evelyn reaches for his hand.

She lays her free hand on her small bump before she looks at me, “Olivia, I’m sorry for all the pain I’ve caused you. You are my baby girl. I know you don’t believe me, but I will always love your father.” I wait for Xavier to growl, but it never comes. “We had an amazing life. Our family was perfect, and I don’t regret a moment of my time with him or you and Connor. We were truly happy.” She pauses for a moment before she turns toward Xavier.

“I love you, Xavier. You are my mate and nothing will change that, but a small part of me wishes you ne came to find me. A part of me wishes I was as strong as Olivia and walked away from you: Charles died because of our actions. Olivia hates me. My daughter hates me because I put our bond before my pups happiness,” she cries.

“I don’t hate you anymore, Evelyn. Don’t get me wrong, for a very long time I hated you, but I had to let go of that anger for my own sanity. We will never have the relationship we did, but I intend on being in my little brother or sister’s life.” “I understand that, Olivia, and I promise that if you decide to live in the pack, we won’t bother you. You can see the pup as much as you want, but we won’t force our way into your life,” she says.

Once she is gone, Xavier plops back down in his chair. His shoulders sag and fie looks far from the uptkarit Alpha I’m used to him being. I should be reveling in his and Evelyn’s misery, but I can’t. I may not consider them my family anymore, but I’m not that angry teenage girl I once was, and I don’t want to be. Especially now that I know they are having a pup. My brother or sister deserves to know what it is to have a happy family like I did once.

“I know you have no reason to trust me after all that’s happened, Olivia, but I would never do anything to put you in danger.” “He isn’t lying, Oli. I can feel the truth in his answer, Danica says. “How could you possibly feel a truth?” “It is one of our gifts as a guardian wolf. We are like a living lie detector. We will also be able to tell if someone is a danger to the pup we are to protect,” she says.

“That will come in handy when we meet the witch. Even if Xavier believes she is good, that doesn’t mean she couldn’t be fooling him.” For a moment I feel regret flowing through me, but I quickly realize it’s not my emotions. “Oli, I’m sorry” Danica says. “You don’t have to be. I know you had to listen to the goddess even if it hurt me. I know you would never keep things from me if you had a choice. I’m not mad, Danica.” “I love you, Oli. I’m so glad the goddess chose you to be my human,” she says. “I love you too, Danica. Now we just have to figure out how to be a guardian and who we are meant to protect.”