All Chapters of Addicted to the enemy: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

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Collision of fates

The call came in just as Aria was slipping her shoes on.Her phone buzzed. Dr. Adrian’s voice, calm but firm, filled her ear.“I hope you’re dressing up already. I need you in my office thirty minutes before the meeting. You have to be calm and collected. I’ll give you some basic hints before we walk in.”“Got it,” she said quickly. “I’ll be there.”She turned to Damian, who was still buttoning his crisp white shirt. “What about my car?”“It’s outside. I sent someone to bring it in yesterday,” he replied casually, adjusting his cufflinks.She exhaled, relieved. “Okay. Thanks.” A pause. Her gaze softened. “And… thank you for yesterday. And I’m sorry too. Let’s just… forget that anything happened.”Damian’s lips twitched, unreadable. “If you say so.”Aria grabbed her bag and headed out. The service apartment was tucked away in a quiet corner of town, surrounded by plantations and an air so clean it almost didn’t feel like the city. She slid behind the wheel of her sleek Mercedes, turned

Last Updated : 2025-09-21

Shattered silence

The shrill sound of the monitor ripped through the emergency ward.Flatline.“Doctor, she’s crashing!” a nurse screamed.Dr. Adrian’s jaw tightened. His gloved hands pressed down against Aria’s chest, rhythm steady, controlled, yet inside his pulse thundered like a war drum.“Charge to 200. Now.”“Doctor, her body…”“Do as I say!”The paddles were pressed to her chest. The jolt shook her violently. Nothing.“Again. 300.”Another surge. Her body convulsed. Still nothing.The team exchanged uneasy glances. One nurse whispered, “She’s gone…”Adrian’s eyes snapped up, sharp as a blade. “Don’t you dare say that. Not her. Not today.”He leaned closer, voice low as if speaking to her soul. “Aria… you are not leaving me. You are not leaving this world.”The third shock hit. A long second of silence. Then—beep.A weak heartbeat blinked back on the screen.Relief crashed over the room. Nurses exhaled. But Adrian didn’t stop. He kept his hand over hers, whispering, “Fight, Aria. Just fight.”Out

Last Updated : 2025-09-21

The shareholder no one expected

The soft glow of the VVIP ward dimmed against the quiet hum of monitors. Aria stirred, lashes fluttering as she fought her way out of the haze. When her eyes opened, Damian was already there, slouched in the chair by her bedside, blazer tossed carelessly over the armrest, shirt slightly wrinkled. He looked like he had not moved in hours.Her throat was dry, her voice barely above a whisper. “Damian?”His head shot up. Relief softened the sharpness in his eyes. He leaned closer, his hand instinctively reaching for hers. “You are awake.”Aria studied his face, the restless shadows under his eyes, the faint tremor in his touch. He looked nothing like the arrogant billionaire heir she thought she knew. He looked broken.“You stayed,” she murmured.“Of course I stayed,” he replied, his voice rough, almost raw. “Do you have any idea what you put me through? One second I am told you are fine, the next I hear you were rushed into surgery, and then… God, Aria, I thought I had lost you.”Her he

Last Updated : 2025-09-21

The boardroom power play

The boardroom buzzed with quiet murmurs as men in tailored suits and women in sleek gowns shuffled their files, eyes fixed on the mahogany table. The air smelled of old money and ambition, heavy with expectation. One of the senior directors rose to address the room. His deep voice cut through the whispers. “Ladies and gentlemen, before we proceed, let us welcome the host of today’s meeting. Against all odds, she has proven strength and resilience. Please welcome Miss Aria .” The double doors opened. Aria walked in. Her steps were measured, graceful, commanding. A tailored cream suit hugged her frame, and though her face carried traces of exhaustion from the night before, her eyes gleamed with fire. The room fell into stunned silence, disbelief rippling across every face. Damian froze. He felt the ground shift beneath him. Aria? Here? His Aria? His hand twitched against the table as though to steady himself. The words almost slipped from his lips What are you doing here? He ha

Last Updated : 2025-09-22

Shattered threads

Damian sat in his penthouse , staring out at the skyline. The city glittered, but inside him was nothing but storm. His mind replayed the scene over and over, Aria walking into the boardroom, owning it, commanding respect that should have been his.He muttered under his breath, fingers drumming against his desk. “How the hell did I not see it? How did she play me like this?”The door opened and Ryan strolled in with two other friends, Carter and Felix, both carrying the weight of unanswered questions.Ryan broke the silence first. “D, you’ve been in your head since yesterday. What’s going on?”Damian turned, his expression cold but restless. “She, Aria, is the one. The mysterious shareholder we’ve all been chasing.”Carter’s brows shot up. “Wait, the girl you’ve been spending nights worrying about, sneaking around with… she’s the one?”Felix let out a low whistle. “No wonder you’ve been losing focus. You were falling for her, bro

Last Updated : 2025-09-23

Line we shouldn’t cross

Damian ended the call and tossed his phone aside. He lay back on the bed, staring at the ceiling as if it held answers to the storm inside him. A faint trace of Aria’s drunken voice still lingered in his memory, soft and broken. He clenched his jaw, forcing himself to shut it out.“Not tonight, Aria. Not ever again,” he muttered, pulling the sheets over himself.Sleep came heavy but restless.Across the city, Aria stirred awake on her couch before dawn. Her head pounded, her lips dry, her body heavy from the alcohol. She groaned softly and pushed herself up, noticing the empty glass tipped on the table.Her phone lay on the rug. She picked it up, pressed the button, but nothing lit up. Dead. With a groan, she plugged it in. Minutes later, the screen flickered to life.When she opened the call log, her breath hitched. Outgoing call: Damian. Hours long.Her eyes widened. “No. No, no, no. What did I say? Did he hear me? Did I… confe

Last Updated : 2025-09-23

Eye that shouldn’t meet

Damian leaned back in the leather chair at the exclusive lounge downtown, laughter spilling from his lips. The music was loud, the champagne endless, and the company wild. He looked alive again, back to the Damian Cole who owned every room he stepped into.Ryan sat across from him, watching with a glass in hand. At first he smirked, but as Damian threw his head back and laughed at another joke, Ryan’s expression hardened.“Damian,” Ryan said firmly.Damian arched a brow. “What?”“You’re too relaxed. Too close to the fire.”Damian chuckled. “Don’t ruin my good mood. It’s been a long time since I’ve felt this light.”Ryan leaned forward, lowering his voice. “I’m serious. This thing with Aria… I don’t think you can play her for long. Part of you still wants her to be yours for real.”Damian’s smile faltered for the briefest moment. His jaw clenched, but then he leaned back, covering it with another smirk. “You’re imagining

Last Updated : 2025-09-25

The shadows follow

Lancaster’s eyes narrowed as Aria stepped out of her sleek Benz, voice sharp and steady.“Move your cars. You’re blocking the lot.”His men glanced at him, waiting for the explosion. No one spoke to Lancaster that way and lived comfortably after.One of them whispered, “Boss, she’s…”“Move them,” Lancaster interrupted, voice dangerously calm.“Sir?”“Did I stutter?”Engines fired. SUVs rolled back slowly. The crowd of staff gasped in disbelief.“She just… challenged him.”“And he let it slide?”“Who is she?”“They say Adrian’s daughter.”“No… I heard she’s the actual owner.”Aria didn’t even flinch. She walked forward, bag slung casually, her heels clicking against the tiled floor. She looked like a queen who knew the palace already belonged to her.At the reception desk, she noticed how stiff everyone was. “Why does it look like a funeral here? What happened?”The wome

Last Updated : 2025-09-25

The hunter revealed

The night streets were unusually quiet, but Aria’s pulse was anything but calm. Her hands gripped the steering wheel of her black Benz, knuckles white as she glanced into the rearview mirror.The black Hyundai was still there. Not too close, not too far. Just lurking.She pressed harder on the accelerator. If they think I’m scared, they’re wrong, she told herself. Yet her chest tightened with every second the headlights shadowed her.Her phone buzzed on the passenger seat. Unknown Number.Her brows furrowed. She hesitated, then swiped to answer.“Who is this?”A smooth male voice replied, too calm, too deliberate. “You should really be more careful, princess.”Aria’s grip on the wheel stiffened. “Excuse me? Who are you?”“Someone who sees more than you think.”She scoffed, trying to mask her unease. “If this is your idea of a joke, it’s not funny. Why are you following me?”The voice chuckled, low and unsettling. “Not following. Watching. There’s a difference.”Her breath caught. “Wha

Last Updated : 2025-09-27

The ten percent gambit

Aria woke with a dull ache in her head, traces of the previous night clinging to her body like smoke. She pulled herself from bed and stood before the mirror. Her reflection stared back pale but determined. She smoothed her hair into a sleek ponytail, buttoned her silk blouse, and slid on her black tailored pants.“You’re Aria ,” she whispered firmly, tilting her chin. “The new biggest hot shot. Act like it.”By the time she walked into the hospital lobby, her heels clicked with flawless confidence. The staff whispered in corners, their gazes trailing her, though she didn’t falter.Damian noticed her immediately.He leaned against the glass railing like the building itself belonged to him, his dark suit sharp, his presence impossible to ignore. His eyes tracked her like a hawk. When she passed, his lips curved into a smirk.“You look like you’re about to take over the world,” he drawled. “Should I kneel?”Aria stopped only long enough to flick him a cool glance. “Save the theatrics, D

Last Updated : 2025-09-28

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