Share

Chapter 23

Author: elora_chinxx
last update publish date: 2026-06-19 13:19:07

Nobody spoke.

The night seemed to freeze around the mansion, every sound disappearing beneath the weight of Orlov's words.

You remind me of your father.

William remained completely still.

For a moment, he thought he had misheard him.

Then he remembered the photograph.

Vienna.

The man standing beside Elena.

Rafael's expression when he recognized him.

Every strange coincidence that suddenly didn't feel like a coincidence anymore.

His father had known these people.

Somehow.

Somewhere.

And nobody h
Continue to read this book for free
Scan code to download App
Locked Chapter

Latest chapter

  • His Most Dangerous Addiction   Chapter 36

    The hidden passage swallowed them into darkness.The moment the last person stepped inside, the older man pulled the door shut behind them. The sound of the mechanism locking into place echoed through the narrow tunnel, followed by the muffled noise of movement coming from the house above.Thea stood completely still.Her father's folder was pressed tightly against her chest, but she barely felt it. Her mind was stuck on the final words written inside it.He didn't die that night.And underneath it was a name.William Torecampo.She looked at William.He was standing only a few steps away, holding the black folder bearing his family's name. His face was unreadable, but his eyes had changed.He had seen the same thing she had."Thea," he said quietly.She didn't answer."Look at me."She slowly raised her eyes."What does my name have to do with your father's disappearance?""I don't know.""You think I had something to do with it?""No."The answer came quickly.William stared at her.

  • His Most Dangerous Addiction   Chapter 35

    For several seconds, nobody moved.The man standing at the end of the hallway looked exactly like the photograph. Older than the image Thea had just seen, of course, but there was no mistaking him. The same sharp eyes. The same posture. The same expression that had appeared in the background of a childhood memory she had spent years trying to understand.William stared at him as if the entire world had suddenly stopped making sense."Father?"The word came out quietly.The man didn't answer.He only looked at William.Then his eyes moved toward Thea."Little Sparrow."Thea's chest tightened.That name.Nobody had called her that in years.Her father used to call her that when she was little. It had always been something private between them, something she believed belonged only to the two of them.Yet this man knew it.Thea stepped forward before William could stop her."Who are you?"The man's expression changed slightly."You know who I am.""No," Thea said, her voice shaking. "I do

  • His Most Dangerous Addiction   Chapter 34

    The car moved through the snowy streets of Saint Petersburg while nobody spoke.The silence inside the vehicle was heavier than the cold outside. Thea sat beside William, still holding the photograph and the small black piece of paper between her fingers. She had read the four words several times already, but they still didn't feel real.Your father is waiting.For years, she had believed her father was gone. Not because she had been given proof, but because everyone around her had treated his disappearance like something that should never be questioned. She had learned to live with the empty space he left behind. She had learned not to ask too many questions.Now, suddenly, everything was different.If the message was true, her father had been alive all this time.And if he had been alive, why had he never come back for her?That was the question that hurt the most.William noticed the way she kept staring at the paper."You don't have to believe it yet."Thea looked at him. "What if

  • His Most Dangerous Addiction   CHAPTER 33

    The private jet was already waiting when Thea stepped onto the small airport runway, but she barely noticed it. Her mind was still trapped inside the memory of that old house in Saint Petersburg, the same house she had spent years trying to forget. Snow covered the photograph on William's phone, but even through the faded image, she could recognize the tall windows, the stone stairs, and the dark wooden door.She knew that house.She had been there once.And somehow, she had the feeling that the house remembered her too.William walked beside her, his expression unusually quiet. He had spent the last thirty minutes making calls, giving instructions, and checking every detail of their trip. Rafael and Elena followed behind them, while Viktor remained several steps away, speaking quietly to someone through his phone. Elowen had decided to come with them after all, claiming that if someone was waiting for them in Russia, they needed someone who knew how to recognize a trap.Nobody argued

  • His Most Dangerous Addiction   Chapter 32

    For several seconds, William couldn't move.The voice coming through the phone had disappeared, but the final sentence remained in the room as if it had been carved into the walls.That is the first thing they lied to you about.Thea stared at him, waiting for a reaction. She had never seen William look like that before. His face had gone completely still, but his eyes had changed. The confidence was gone. The controlled expression he always wore had cracked just enough to reveal the confusion underneath.Rafael was the first to speak."Did that guy seriously just say your father might be alive?"William didn't answer."William."Still nothing.Elowen walked toward the phone and disconnected the call. Her hand was shaking slightly."That's enough."William finally looked at her."You knew."It wasn't a question.Elowen's eyes dropped."I suspected.""That's not what I asked."She looked at him again."I knew there was a possibility."William stepped closer."Since when?""Years."Thea

  • His Most Dangerous Addiction   Chapter 31

    Nobody spoke after Orlov's words.The room seemed to shrink around them, the silence becoming heavier with every second that passed. The phone remained on the table, the speaker still active, carrying the faint sound of Orlov's breathing from the other end of the line.William stared at it without blinking.“You were there?”His voice was calm, but there was something dangerous underneath it.Orlov didn't answer immediately.Then came a quiet sigh.“Yes.”Thea looked at William. She could see the tension in his jaw, the way his hands had slowly curled into fists beneath the table. He had spent the entire night searching for answers, only to discover that the man who seemed to know the most was the same person who had been standing outside her father's mansion.“You knew my father,” Thea said.“I knew him very well.”“And you knew William's father.”“Yes.”Her eyes hardened.“Then why did you let us believe they were enemies?”Another pause.“Because sometimes the truth is more dangero

  • His Most Dangerous Addiction   Chapter 15

    The silence left behind by Orlov’s call felt heavier than any threat William had faced before, not because the conversation frightened him, but because it clarified everything. There were no more assumptions now. No more fragmented patterns or indirect pressure meant to test reactions. The structur

  • His Most Dangerous Addiction   Chapter 2

    I don’t like being challenged.Especially not in my own game.And right now, standing a few steps away from her, I could already tell—this wasn’t going to be a normal negotiation.Thea Claire Smith didn’t look away.Most people do. They either try too hard to h

  • His Most Dangerous Addiction   Chapter 1

    I don’t like surprises.That’s the first thing people usually learn about me. The second is that I don’t forgive them.“Sir, we just received the updated report.”I didn’t look up from the tablet in my hand. “You’re ten minutes late.”“I know. The delay came fr

  • His Most Dangerous Addiction   Prologue

    I don’t believe in fate.I believe in timing, leverage, and control.That’s how I built everything.My name is William Torecampo. If you’ve heard it, it’s probably because of money. Or power. Or something that made people uncomfortable enough to remember me. I don’t min

More Chapters
Explore and read good novels for free
Free access to a vast number of good novels on GoodNovel app. Download the books you like and read anywhere & anytime.
Read books for free on the app
SCAN CODE TO READ ON APP
DMCA.com Protection Status