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Addicted to His Bitter Rival
Last Updated : 2026-05-17
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In the glittering corporate empire of Apple City, power is everything—and no rivalry burns hotter than the one between billionaire CEOs Kael Virex and Lucian Thorne. For years, their names have defined corporate warfare: hostile takeovers, ruined deals, and a relentless battle for dominance where neither man is willing to lose. When Thorne Dynamics suddenly collapses, Kael finally claims the victory he has chased for years. Lucian loses his company, his fortune, and his reputation overnight, leaving Kael convinced that his greatest rival has finally fallen. But when Kael summons Lucian and offers him a humiliating ultimatum, Lucian accepts far too easily—awakening suspicions Kael cannot ignore. What begins as a cruel display of control quickly turns dangerous when one reckless demand pulls them into a night neither can forget. Kael expected submission. Instead, he finds himself drawn deeper into an obsession he can no longer deny, while Lucian remains calm, unreadable, and far from defeated. As tension turns into a volatile attraction, Kael uncovers a hidden conspiracy behind Lucian’s downfall. His own trusted CFO, Adrian Kross, working with the secretive Helix Circle, has manipulated both empires for a larger takeover—and Kael is next. Forced into an uneasy alliance, Kael and Lucian must fight side by side against enemies hidden behind wealth, betrayal, and power. But in a city where control means survival, the greatest risk may not be losing their empires It may be losing their hearts to the one person they were meant to destroy
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Addicted to His Bitter Rival Chapter 25
Lucian was quiet for a moment. The particular quiet of someone absorbing a small thing that was not actually small. "Alright.""Though," Kael said, "the wall above the shelving could take one thing. If you wanted it."Lucian looked at the wall. "One thing.""Something you actually want there. Not decoration."Lucian thought about it for the rest of the afternoon. Kael let him think and went back to his own work, the ongoing complexity of the restructure, which was in its final stages but still required daily attention. They worked in their separate rooms and came together in the kitchen at six when Kael made dinner because it was his week to cook and Lucian's to choose, which was a division that had emerged without discussion and suited both of them.Lucian chose simply. He always did. Something with pasta that Kael had made before and made well.Over dinner Lucian said, "A map."Kael looked at him."Above the shelf. A specific map." He looked at his plate. "There's one I've been look
Last Updated : 2026-05-17Addicted to His Bitter Rival Chapter 24
The office took two weekends to build properly.Not because it was complicated. Because Lucian had opinions about it that he expressed with the same precision he brought to everything, and Kael had opinions that differed from his on several specific points, and the process of reconciling those opinions was slower and more interesting than either of them had anticipated.The first weekend they moved furniture and disagreed about the desk.Lucian wanted it facing the wall. Kael thought this was wrong and said so. Lucian explained, with complete patience, that facing the wall removed visual distraction and allowed for deeper focus. Kael pointed out that the windows were on the adjacent wall and facing away from them defeated the entire purpose of building the office around them. Lucian looked at the window. Looked at the wall. Looked at the window again.The desk faced the window."You could have just said I was right," Kael said."I could have," Lucian agreed, and moved on to the questi
Last Updated : 2026-05-17Addicted to His Bitter Rival Chapter 23
Kael drove. Lucian didn't argue about it, which was its own kind of progress. He sat in the passenger seat with his phone in his hand and didn't look at it, which meant he was thinking about something he hadn't said yet.The hotel was in the financial district. Understated from the outside, the kind of place that communicated expense through what it didn't do rather than what it did. No unnecessary signage. A doorman who recognized Lucian and didn't react to Kael's presence, which meant he was well trained or had been briefed, and Kael suspected the latter."How much did you bring," Kael said in the elevator."Not much.""You said that already.""It's still true."The room was on the fourteenth floor. Lucian opened it and Kael followed him in and understood immediately what not much meant to a man who had been living out of controlled necessity for eleven weeks.Two bags. A garment rack with perhaps two weeks of clothes. A laptop case and a secondary hard drive. A single shelf of book
Last Updated : 2026-05-16Addicted to His Bitter Rival Chapter 22
The restructure took eleven weeks.Kael had said months and he'd meant it, but Lucian worked the way he did everything, with a precision that compressed timelines without appearing to rush them. He found the load-bearing points in the legal architecture the way Kael found them in acquisitions, identified what needed to move first and moved it, and the rest followed in the shape it was supposed to.They worked well together.That was the thing neither of them had said out loud and both of them had noticed.Not without friction. Lucian held information longer than was useful and Kael pushed back on it every time, and occasionally the pushing back became something louder than a boardroom should contain. He made decisions alone when he should have consulted and then presented them as considerations rather than conclusions, which Kael saw through immediately and said so. Lucian, for his part, had opinions about the pace of certain things that differed from Kael's and expressed them with a
Last Updated : 2026-05-15Addicted to His Bitter Rival Chapter 13
Four DaysThe third name was Sera Voss.Twenty-six. Analyst level. Brought into Thorne Dynamics nineteen months ago through a recruitment firm that, when Kael pulled the registration, had been incorporated four months before placing her and dissolved eight months after. The firm had placed exactly
Addicted to His Bitter Rival Chapter 4
Kael woke up the next morning feeling wide awake, and that feeling didn't go away even when he lay still. For a moment, he stayed on his back, eyes open, looking at the ceiling. The memory of the night before came back in pieces that fit together too perfectly to ignore. There was no confusion, no
Addicted to His Bitter Rival Chapter 3
Kael did not speak again after they left the office.He had said all that needed to be said. The terms were clear, and the result was already decided. Everything that happened next was supposed to go according to his plan. Lucian followed him without asking any questions. That, more than anything e
Addicted to His Bitter Rival Chapter 2
Kael didn't like waiting, but this time, he checked the time more than once. Lucian had always been on time before. He would show up exactly when he said he would, not early, not late. Kael had come to expect that over the years. So when the door opened at the exact minute they agreed on, Kael wasn
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