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Chapter 16

Autor: MAYREE
last update Data de publicação: 2025-08-16 18:23:43

OPHELIA

The first sensation that washed over me was the unsettling silence that enveloped the apartment.

There were no jarring phone calls ringing through the air or carefully crafted PR statements in the works. And weirdly, Charlotte’s unmistakable voice was absent.

It was just a heavy, oppressive quiet.

This kind of silence always marked the uneasy calm before chaos inevitably descended.

I hesitated at the front of the living room, half-hoping—half-dreading— that Alessandre wouldn’t be standi
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  • Redeeming Alessandre: Claiming the Billionaire ice Queen    Chapter 65

    AlessandreControl.That was the word that changed everything.Not fear.Fear was easy to manage.Fear made people hesitate.Fear made people predictable.But control?Control was dangerous.Alessandre saw it the instant Remy stepped into the room and took it without asking. The shift was subtle. Almost invisible. A tilt in posture. A flicker in the eyes of the men behind him. The way the air itself seemed to tighten around Ophelia.Remy wasn’t trying to scare her.He was trying to own the room.And for one second—one dangerous second—it worked.Alessandre felt it happen.The balance moved.Not enough for anyone else to notice.Enough for him.Enough to know this could not continue.Enough to know Remy had already pushed too far.So he ended it.Immediately.No warning.No negotiation.One second Remy was smiling.The next, Alessandre moved.Fast.Violent.Precise.His fist collided with Remy before anyone fully realized what was happening. The crack of impact exploded through the roo

  • Redeeming Alessandre: Claiming the Billionaire ice Queen    Chapter 65

    OpheliaFor one impossible second, Ophelia genuinely thought she was hallucinating.Because Remy couldn’t be here.Not now.Not after everything.Her brain rejected the sight of him standing calmly beneath the low silver lights of the underground control room. Rejected the easy posture. The familiar expression. The expensive dark coat hanging neatly over his shoulders like he had simply arrived late to dinner instead of stepping directly into the center of a war.But he was real.Terrifyingly real.And the worst part?He looked completely comfortable.Like he belonged here.Like the armed men behind him weren’t enough to send ice through her veins.Like Alessandre wasn’t two seconds away from killing him.“…No,” she whispered.The word barely escaped her throat.“No, that’s not—”But it was.Every horrible piece of it.Remy smiled softly when their eyes locked.The same smile he’d worn when he brought her coffee after late nights.The same smile he used when teasing her during argumen

  • Redeeming Alessandre: Claiming the Billionaire ice Queen    Chapter 64

    AlessandreThe silence didn’t survive the broadcast.It shattered the second the stream cut off.The room that had felt controlled only moments ago suddenly carried a dangerous kind of tension, thick enough to choke on. Every monitor glowed against the darkness. Every blinking cursor felt like a countdown.Alessandre moved first.Fast.Cold.Focused.No hesitation.The moment the final frame disappeared from the screen, he crossed the room and activated another layer of the hidden system buried beneath the office walls. Panels shifted open automatically. Encrypted interfaces flooded the monitors in rapid succession.Secure channels.Dead relays.Private routing networks.Emergency protocols.His fingers moved over the keyboard with brutal precision.“They’ll respond within minutes,” he said without looking at her. “Not hours.”Ophelia forced herself to breathe evenly even though her pulse was slamming violently against her ribs.“Let them.”The words came out steadier than she felt.A

  • Redeeming Alessandre: Claiming the Billionaire ice Queen    Chapter 63

    OpheliaThe fear didn’t disappear.It sharpened.Turned into something colder. More focused.Ophelia stared at the screens—at the web of names, companies, transactions—and felt something inside her settle into place.“They’re not expecting me to fight back,” she said.Alessandre watched her carefully. “No. They’re expecting you to break.”A slow breath filled her lungs.“Good.”That got his attention.She moved.Fast. Decisive.Back to the main system—the compromised one.“Ophelia—”“I know it’s compromised,” she cut in. “That’s exactly why we use it.”His eyes narrowed. “Explain.”“They’re watching it, right?”“Yes.”“Then we give them something to watch.”He didn’t stop her.But he didn’t agree yet either.“What are you planning?” he asked.She pulled up the live feed the one still showing her apartment.The man was still there.Moving through her space like he owned it.Rage flared hot, sharp—but she forced it down.Not useful.Not now.“They think they’re ahead,” she said. “They t

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    Chapter 62 — AlessandreFor a moment, he said nothing.Not because he didn’t know what to say.But because once he did—There was no going back.Ophelia stood across from him, shaken, eyes wide, fear barely contained beneath the anger she was still trying to hold onto.She deserved the truth.He had denied her that long enough.---Alessandre exhaled slowly, then turned toward the far wall of the office.To anyone else, it looked like nothing.Just glass.Seamless. Untouched.But he reached for it anyway.Pressed his hand flat against the surface.A soft click echoed.Then—The wall shifted.Sliding open silently to reveal a hidden panel behind it.Ophelia froze.“What… is that?”He didn’t answer.Just stepped aside.Letting her see.---Inside—A secure system.Separate from everything else.Dark screens.Cold hardware.Untouched by whatever had breached the main network.Ophelia’s breath caught.“You had this the whole time?”“Yes.”Her eyes snapped to his.“And you didn’t think to

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    OPHELIAI opened my eyes to the sound of the ocean crashing against glass. I didn’t know where I was, only that I was warm, and sore in the gentlest of ways, and trapped by an arm around my waist, that kept getting tighter.Then I remembered. The cliffside house. The picture. Alessandre.His breath

  • Redeeming Alessandre: Claiming the Billionaire ice Queen    Chapter 48

    ALESSANDRE The storm was brewing when we left Manhattan. Black clouds loomed like smoke over the Hudson, as wind whipped sheets of rain across the windshield until the city lights became a gold and grey blur. I took the Maserati low and fast, the tyres moving over the rain-damp pavement. Each mil

  • Redeeming Alessandre: Claiming the Billionaire ice Queen    Chapter 47

    OPHELIA The storm never let up.Rain hammered the windows like fists, wind clawed at the glass, and somewhere below, sirens wailed.Alessandre stood in the dark living room, his shoulders rigid, and the gun still holstered at his hip. I decided not to ask him where or when or even how he got that.

  • Redeeming Alessandre: Claiming the Billionaire ice Queen    Chapter 46

    ALESSANDRE The vibration against my wrist yanked me out of sleep like a shockwave.It wasn’t like the usual buzz I get when a text comes in. This was the deep, hard pulse of a hidden security feed I’d buried in Ophelia’s building months ago.Heat signature detected. Service corridor. Level 48.Shi

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