Alle Kapitel von His Wife, His weakness: Kapitel 1 – Kapitel 10

“Take your hands off me.”The stranger's grip tightened around Aria Bennett's wrist.“Not until you stop trying to walk away.”Aria looked up at him.Tall. Broad shoulders. Black suit. Cold gray eyes that made it clear he wasn't used to being challenged.She pulled against his hand.“Then learn to let go.”His gaze dropped to her wrist before returning to her face.“You spilled wine on my suit.”Aria glanced at the small red stain on his white cuff.“That tiny stain?”“Yes.”She looked him up and down.“You'll survive.”His eyebrow lifted.“You're not sorry.”“No.”For a second, they simply stared at each other.Then Aria pulled her wrist free.“Move.”Instead of moving, the man stepped closer.“You always speak to strangers like this?”“Only arrogant ones.”A faint smile touched his mouth.It wasn't warm.It was dangerous.“You're Aria Bennett.”Her irritation disappeared.“How do you know my name?”“I make it my business to know who walks into my events.”Aria looked around the crow

“Stop the car.”Julian didn't slow down.“Stop the car, Julian!”“I won't.”Aria grabbed the door handle.“Then I'll get out.”Julian's hand tightened around the steering wheel.“You'll get yourself killed.”“I don't care.”“Yes, you do.”His voice was sharp enough to silence her.Aria stared at him.“You don't get to decide that.”“No. But I get to keep you alive long enough for you to decide what you want to do next.”She looked down at her phone again.The message was still there.ASK NATHANIEL WHY HE HELPED KILL YOUR MOTHER.Her fingers trembled.“How could you know?”Julian glanced at her.“Know what?”“That Nathaniel was in the photograph.”“I saw him.”“You knew?”“I suspected.”Aria's anger flared.“You suspected?”“Yes.”“And you said nothing?”“You were in shock.”“You keep making decisions for me.”“Because you keep running toward danger.”“I want answers!”“And you'll get them.”“From whom?”Julian looked straight ahead.“From Nathaniel.”Aria's heart pounded.“Take me to

“Dad?”Julian’s voice was barely above a whisper.The man standing in the doorway smiled.“Yes, son.”Aria couldn’t move.Alexander Sterling looked exactly like the photographs she had seen growing up. Silver hair. Sharp features. Expensive black suit.Alive.Impossible.“You’re dead,” Julian said.Alexander gave a quiet laugh.“Apparently, I missed my funeral.”Julian stepped in front of Aria.“You have ten seconds to explain.”Alexander’s smile disappeared.“You always were impatient.”“You died eighteen years ago.”“I disappeared eighteen years ago.”“That isn't the same thing.”“No.”Alexander’s eyes moved past him.They landed on Aria.She felt a chill run down her spine.“So this is her.”Aria swallowed.“Who?”Alexander smiled.“Your mother’s daughter.”Julian’s shoulders stiffened.“You're not coming near her.”Alexander ignored him.“I remember you as a little girl.”Aria stared at him.“You knew me?”“Of course.”“Then you know my mother.”His expression changed.For the fir

“Don’t you dare die on me!”Aria pressed both hands against Daniel Bennett’s wound, but the blood kept slipping between her fingers.“Someone call an ambulance!” she screamed.Julian was already on the phone with emergency services. Nathaniel knelt beside Daniel, pressing his jacket against the wound while Aria fought to keep her hands steady.Daniel’s eyes fluttered.“Your sister…” he whispered.“Please, Daniel. Save your strength.” Aria leaned closer, tears running down her cheeks. “Tell me what you mean. What sister?”His fingers closed weakly around her wrist.“Victoria… had two daughters.”Aria froze.Two daughters?“No.” She shook her head violently. “My mother had me. Just me. Richard told me that. Everyone told me that!”Daniel tried to speak again, but a cough tore through him. Blood stained his lips.“Find… the blue hospital.”His grip loosened.“Daniel?”His eyes closed.“Daniel!”Aria shook his shoulder, but Julian caught her gently by the arms.“Aria, stop. Let the parame

Aria had fifty-nine minutes to save the man she loved—or watch Alexander Sterling destroy the last piece of her heart.She stared at the message on Nathaniel’s phone, unable to make sense of the words.Ask your mother why she gave away her son.Her mother had a son?A brother she had never known?And Julian was missing.“No.” Aria grabbed Nathaniel’s phone. “Call the hospital. Tell them to lock every exit. Find Julian!”“I already did.” Nathaniel snatched his phone back and dialed another number. “The security team is checking the cameras now.”“Then we go to the police.”“And tell them what?” he demanded. “That a man we thought was dead has kidnapped a billionaire CEO from a guarded hospital and is threatening to kill him unless we deliver you?”“Yes!” Aria shouted. “What other choice do we have?”Nathaniel lowered his voice. “Alexander has people everywhere. If we alert the wrong person, Julian could be dead before we reach the police station.”Aria's fingers curled into fists.She