There were signs before that Olivia had failed to pick up on. Like the time Colin asked to visit Jeff. He looked at all of the data and even performed a check on him.

Colin looked serious back then. It was an expression she had never seen on him before.

Ethan saw Olivia's upset expression and hugged her. "Liv, it's not like that. I want to protect you. I don't want to see you get hurt ever again."

Raising her teary eyes to look at him, she said, "But … you're the one who hurt me the most. Don't you think your words are absurd?

"Colin might have lied to me, but you're no saint either. So don't be calling the kettle black now. You have no right to say you'll keep me from getting hurt."

Olivia escaped his embrace and said, "Thanks for telling me everything."

"Stop throwing a fit with me, Liv. Even though we took down Toxic Hive's base, all the important people in the organization took off. It's dangerous for you out there."

Olivia looked him in the eye seriously. Wiping her tear