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Chapter 28: Learning From the Devil
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2026-08-07 20:58:51
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One Night Stand with My Stepdad Chapter 162
Elena's POVThe suffocating tension inside the rotting living room had reached a boiling point, the air thick with the residue of decades-old betrayals, fabricated identities, and parental manipulation. But beneath the heavy layers of corporate conspiracy and family warfare, a much uglier, more visceral question was burning a hole straight through my chest.My mind was spinning, unable to reconcile the endless parade of men claiming a stake in my bloodline, my future, and my trauma. Gabriel had thrown DNA tests at me in a hospital hallway. Arthur King had wielded a forced engagement like a whip. And now Jake sat across from me, casually confessing that he had orchestrated my nightmare from the shadows.Every one of them wanted a piece of me. Not one of them had ever asked who I was.My fingers dug into the edge of the cushion beneath me until the fabric bit into my skin. The room smelled of damp wood and old dust, and somewhere behind the walls a pipe groaned, as if the house itself w
One Night Stand with My Stepdad Chapter 161
Elena’s POVThe harsh, fluorescent glare of the old television screen washed the dimly lit living room in an eerie, pulsing blue light, freezing us all in place as Marcus’s face stared back from the national broadcast. The anchors were still talking, spitting out fabricated headlines about corporate extortion and human collateral, but their words dissolved into a muffled hum against the rushing roar of blood in my ears.Marcus—arrested. Dragged through the mud, publicly humiliated, and crucified for a crime he never committed—all because of the cascading fallout of my mother's deception and my sudden, violent abduction."What have you done, Elena?" Jake asked.His voice cut sharply through the heavy silence of the room, pulling my gaze away from the flickering screen and back toward the man who had just claimed to be my father. There was no warmth in his tone now, no paternal gentleness or sorrow. Just a cold, calculating edge that matched the very woman sitting rigidly across from hi
One Night Stand with My Stepdad Chapter 160
Elena’s POVThe name dropped into the suffocating silence of the rotting safehouse like a lead weight, tearing open the raw, exposed nerves of a reality I had spent my entire life trying to piece together.I wanted to burst into laughter.It was a hysterical, jagged impulse that bubbled up hot and desperate from the bottom of my chest, threatening to tear past my lips in a wave of bitter mockery. The absurdity of it all—the staggering, cosmic joke of my existence—was becoming too much for human lungs to hold.Another person was calling me his daughter again.Just days ago, Gabriel had thrown the fabricated DNA test results across the hospital floor, screaming about bloodlines, lineage, and deception. Arthur King had loomed over my life like a shadow, claiming a stake in my future under the guise of an ancient, twisted pact. And now, this stranger standing in the decaying living room of an isolated safehouse was claiming the very same title, casually dropping a name I had only ever hea
One Night Stand with My Stepdad Chapter 159
Elena’s POV"Who are you?" I asked, looking at the man standing in front of me.The question scraped harshly against my dry throat, echoing in the crisp morning air of the courtyard as the cold breeze whipped past us through the open iron gates. My mind was still reeling from the violent disruption of my attempted escape, the heavy fog of the tranquilizer lingering faintly behind my eyes, and the sheer, unmitigated shock of finding my path blocked not by a hired thug or a menacing guard, but by an absolute stranger who looked at me with an agonizing, impossible familiarity.He didn't answer immediately.Instead, he stood there on the weathered wooden porch of the safehouse, the morning sunlight catching the silver threads woven through his dark hair, casting deep shadows across the sharp angles of his face. His dark-set eyes—eyes that bore an eerie, unsettling resemblance to my own reflection in the mirror—tracked every micro-expression on my pale, bruised face with an intense, unblin
One Night Stand with My Stepdad Chapter 158
Marcus’s POVThe fluorescent lights of the squad car flickered overhead, casting a harsh, sickly glow across the cramped interior as the vehicle navigated the crowded downtown streets. I kept my jaw clenched tight, my hands resting calmly folded in my lap, though every instinct I possessed was screaming to kick the door open and smash through the suffocating web of humiliation closing in around me.I followed the policemen to the station, just as my lawyer had instructed.It was a bitter pill to swallow—surrendering my freedom, even temporarily, and submitting to the indignity of being hauled through the city in the back of a squad car like a common criminal. But I knew the rules of the game. A physical altercation or a frantic escape attempt would only give Richard and Alexander the ammunition they needed to paint me as an unhinged, violent lunatic, completely destroying any chance of defending myself in the corporate courts or mounting a rescue mission for Elena.The vehicle slowed
One Night Stand with My Stepdad Chapter 157
Marcus’s POVThe heavy oak door of the master bedroom clicked shut behind me with a final, echoing snap, sealing away the suffocating tension of the room and the shattered wreckage of whatever boundary had been crossed the night before. I didn't look back at Chloe. I didn't offer an explanation, a hollow apology, or a word of comfort, even though my chest felt hollowed out by the dual horrors of what had transpired between us and the terrifying news that Elena had been abducted.There was no time left for remorse. The walls were caving in from every direction, and the corporate empire I had spent decades building was burning down to the ground around me.I quickly got into my car and drove off, leaving Chloe on the bed without even telling her anything.The powerful engine of my personal vehicle roared to life with an angry snarl as I threw the gear into reverse, backing out of the grand estate's circular driveway with reckless speed before tearing down the private access road toward
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