All Chapters of His Most Dangerous Addiction: Chapter 31 - Chapter 39

The tunnel seemed endless.For several minutes, nobody spoke as they moved deeper beneath the mansion. The only sounds were their footsteps against the damp stone floor, the soft breathing of everyone trying to stay quiet, and the distant rumble of thunder above them. Water dripped from the ceiling, gathering in small puddles along the narrow path. The air smelled of earth, old stone, and something metallic that made Thea uncomfortable.She walked behind William, keeping the cassette tightly pressed against her chest. Her father's leather folder was hidden beneath William's coat, while Rafael stayed close to Elena. Viktor walked at the back, occasionally looking over his shoulder as though expecting someone to appear from the darkness.Nobody knew how far they had traveled.Finally, Rafael broke the silence. "Please tell me this tunnel actually leads somewhere.""It does," Viktor answered."That's what everyone says before we end up trapped underground."Viktor didn't respond.Rafael

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

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

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