All Chapters of Addicted to the enemy: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

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The name she refused

Aria got home exhausted then Damian appeared at her door even she forgot to close the gate due to exhaustion but Damian entered…Damian’s knock was sharp, impatient the kind that didn’t wait for permission.Aria turned, clutching her phone, still shaken from the scene at the ceremony. His eyes when he entered were wild, confused, angry and something else she couldn’t name.He didn’t speak at first. Just stared. Then ,“You’re Aria Lancaster.”Her lips parted, confusion slicing through her. “What?”“You heard me,” he said, voice low, strained. “That man wasn’t lying, was he? Tell me the truth, Aria. Who the hell are you?”She blinked, stepping back. “Damian, what are you talking about? Have you lost your mind?”He moved closer, jaw tightening. “Don’t play dumb. You heard him shout it in the hall. Aria Lancaster. Everyone did. I saw the way you froze. Why didn’t you deny it then?”Her pulse kicked. “Because I didn’t owe a random lunatic a response in the middle of my graduation!” she sn

Last Updated : 2025-10-09

The secret in her bloodline

The silence on the other end of the phone stretched too long.Aria’s pulse was pounding in her ears. “Dr. Adrian… please say something.”When he finally spoke, his tone was careful. Too careful.“Aria… there’s something you were never supposed to find out.”Her breath hitched. “Find out? About what? My parents? My life?”“About who you really are,” he said quietly.She gripped the edge of her desk, voice shaking. “You’re scaring me. What do you mean?”A sigh came through the line heavy, weary, like a man reliving a sin.“That accident 24 years ago,” he began slowly, “the story that you’ve heard at your graduation, it wasn’t all false.”Aria froze. “You mean… the traffic crash?”“Yes,” he said. “But the man who drove that car wasn’t your father. He was your mother’s driver. The media and the Lancaster family used that story to bury the truth to cover up their scandal. The one your father’s second wife caused.”Her knees nearly gave out. “Cover up? Why?”“Because your stepmother,” he c

Last Updated : 2025-10-09

A warning from the lion

The Cole Tower boardroom was chaos.Files slammed on the glass table, phones buzzed nonstop, and Damian stood dead center, his suit sharp but his expression pale as fury burned in his father’s eyes.Mr. Cole, the man everyone feared in silence, was pacing like a storm barely contained.“Do you have any idea what you’ve done?” his voice thundered.Damian’s jaw tightened. “It was a technical shutdown, Dad. I told IT to freeze the global data backup until…”“Until?” his father cut in sharply. “Until you single-handedly cost this family a billion-dollar alliance with the Lancaster Group?”The entire room went still. The name hit like a curse.Damian’s chest tightened. “The Lancaster project?”He frowned. “That deal was already unstable.”“Because you made it unstable!” his father roared. “You paused the transition server without consulting the board. That system held three major offshore contracts, and now, because of your little stunt, the Lancasters have lost two international partners.

Last Updated : 2025-10-09

Heat in Cole empire

The Cole Empire headquarters felt like a battlefield.Screens flickered with red alerts, technicians shouted updates, and Damian Cole stood at the center of it all sleeves rolled, tie gone, sweat dripping down his temple.He barked orders across the war room.“Server Four needs to be back online in the next ten minutes! I want the Asia hub syncing in real time, no more delays!”“Yes, sir!” a technician shouted.Damian slammed a file on the table, frustration simmering beneath his control.“Who authorized the backup reroute to Cloud C?”Silence.A trembling junior analyst raised his hand. “Sir, I—I thought—”“You thought?” Damian cut in sharply, eyes flashing. “Thinking without verifying is why we’re drowning right now! Get out of my sight before I lose it completely!”The young man fled the room, nearly in tears. Damian exhaled sharply, pinching the bridge of his nose. His heartbeat thudded painfully. He hadn’t slept. He hadn’t even eaten.Everything was falling apart.His father’s wo

Last Updated : 2025-10-10

Buried shadow

Aria sat hunched over her laptop, eyes bloodshot from sleeplessness. The air in her apartment was still except for the soft hum of the system fan. Her hand trembled slightly as she clicked into a dark-web forum she’d paid heavily to access.A single search bar blinked on the screen. She typed the word “Lancaster.”For a moment nothing happened, then dozens of encrypted links appeared some red-flagged with government seals, others marked classified. Her throat went dry.“Alright… let’s see what you’ve been hiding,” she muttered.She scrolled until one link caught her eye: POLICE INTELLIGENCE – CASE 0219L / SEALED / RESTRICTED BY SID AUTHORITY.Her heartbeat quickened. The system demanded a high-level login key. Aria hesitated for a second, then opened a small notepad beside her keyboard inside was a string of codes her friend from the Special Investigation Department (SID) once gave her during a campus project.“Please still work,” she whispered.She entered the credentials and held he

Last Updated : 2025-10-12

The woman behind the power

Rain poured heavily that night in the Lancaster mansion, beating hard against the tall glass walls. The sound echoed like old memories refusing to die.Dr. Adrian’s voice trembled as he began the story Aria had never heard.“Your mother wasn’t just brilliant, Aria,” he said, eyes clouded with guilt. “She was the real foundation Lancaster stood on.”Aria’s throat tightened. “What do you mean? I thought my father I mean, Lancaster was the business genius everyone worshiped?”Dr. Adrian gave a bitter laugh. “He was a strategist, yes. But Amelia… Amelia was the mind. She saved him when the world turned its back.”He leaned back, eyes distant. “Lancaster was banned from traveling to the UK after an illegal drug deal surfaced. Quietly buried, but not forgotten. He couldn’t attend the multimillion-dollar contract presentation that could’ve saved his company.”Aria frowned. “So she went instead?”“Yes,” Adrian nodded. “Your mother convinced the board, the delegates she promised she’d deliver

Last Updated : 2025-10-16

The family frame

Aria woke to the faint hum of her laptop.The screen glowed against the darkness of her room, lines of code flickering across it green, foreign, moving too fast for her to process.She rubbed her eyes, her heart pounding. “What the hell…?”At the top of the screen, the words AmeliaCare Database Accessing Secure Mode blinked in faint blue.Her pulse stuttered. That name again. AmeliaCare.It shouldn’t even exist anymore it was supposed to be gone, erased, rebranded years ago as Texas Care Hospital.“Dr. Adrian?” she muttered, fumbling for her phone and calling him.No response.She tried again. Straight to voicemail.A sudden ping pulled her eyes back to the screen.The code had stopped. The window dissolved into a dark chatbox.At the top corner: User: GreyWolfA new message appeared.GreyWolf: You’re just like your mother. But I wish you’d take after the part she feared.Aria froze. Then, swallowing her nerves, she typed back.Aria: What part?A small pause. Then the reply came.Gre

Last Updated : 2025-10-17

The crowned intruder

The echo of Damian’s knock still vibrated through the house when Aria finally moved.Her legs felt numb, her mind still frozen on the image flashing across her laptop screen — Damian, a little boy, standing beside Lancaster, Selene, and Cole.One caption. One emoji.“One family and one intruder 😏.”She blinked hard, whispering, “Who’s the intruder?”Another knock — louder this time.She flinched, snapping out of the trance. Her finger hovered over the gate control. Her instincts screamed don’t open it yet, but her hand moved before her thoughts caught up.The gate slid open with a metallic hum.Rain poured in, glinting under the compound lights as Damian stepped through — dark suit soaked, jaw clenched, eyes burning with fatigue and something else she couldn’t name.“Aria,” he called, voice sharp through the drizzle. “Why the hell didn’t you open earlier? Can’t you see it’s raining?”She didn’t reply. Just turned away, walking slowly back toward the living room. She sat down, turned

Last Updated : 2025-10-18

The shadow in her blood

“Seriously, Damian… just go.”Aria’s voice cracked, though she tried to sound firm. Her eyes were red, her breathing uneven. “I can’t think straight with you here. Go back to work, or home, or anywhere. I just I can’t.”Damian stood in the doorway, rainwater dripping from his hair. “Aria, you don’t need this. Whatever that file said, true or false, how does it even affect me?”She laughed bitterly. “Are you hearing yourself? My so-called father was your father’s partner, and now I find both families smiling in a picture together. So what does that make us, Damian? One big family reunion?”“Aria, it’s not—”“Get out.” Her tone was cold enough to slice air. “Please, just get out.”He hesitated. “You’ll regret pushing me away when you need me most.”She turned her back on him. “I already regret meeting you.”The silence between them stretched. Damian finally stepped out, the sound of his shoes fading down the corridor. The gate clicked shut behind him.Aria stood still for a long time, s

Last Updated : 2025-10-20

When power collides

The hospital reeked of panic and cheap antiseptic.Aria’s heels clicked sharply against the tiled floor as she stormed through the entrance, her voice slicing through the noise.“Where’s the accident victim that was just brought in Damian Lancaster?” she demanded, breath short from the rush.The nurse at the counter hesitated. “He’s on the first floor, ma’am, but the emergency ward is already full. We’re trying to—”“Trying?” Aria cut her off. “He’s bleeding, and you’re trying?”“Please, the doctor will—”“I am the doctor!” she snapped, flashing her hospital ID. “Get me the withdrawal form. I’m transferring him right now.”The nurse froze. “Ma’am, that’s against—”Aria’s voice dropped low and firm. “Do it.”Within minutes, her personal ambulance from Texas Health Care arrived sleek, white, the logo bold and powerful across its side. The paramedics jumped out, pushing past the startled staff.Aria followed as they wheeled Damian down the narrow hall, pale and motionless. Wires dangled

Last Updated : 2025-10-21

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