Novels by Addiction

Adrian Snow was gone.Not imprisoned, completely gone. The news didn't take long to spread across all countries. Adrian Snow was finally eliminated. Justice was served.Jessica was imprisoned. She couldn't escape like she thought she would. She was too heartbroken to even move.“I warned him. I warned him." She kept telling herself. Jasper asked that Jessica be sent back to Silverlake to serve her punishment in prison. And with his fall, everything else followed. The warehouse Jasper had shown Adrian that he destroyed was completely fake. Nothing was destroyed, except that the robots were switched off so they couldn't destroy anything in the city. Adrian's plan was to use the robots to distract Jasper. While the robots destroy the city, Jasper and his men would be forced to leave him and save the country. But Jasper had seen that coming. With the help of some of his lab doctors that were tired of working without much pay, the robots were turned off. And in that lab, Jasper and

Tiger and the others rushed out when they saw some people in the shadows with guns pointed at Sophia.Dirty game.Within seconds, Tiger dove Sophia pushing her to the ground. The gunshot was so loud, Jasper froze and turned.He saw Sophia on the ground, he wasn't about to comprehend what just happened before Adrian punched him from behind. Chaos erupted.Jessica stepped back, watching with narrowed eyes. If Adrian wins, which she prays for, she'll be so happy. But if Jasper wins, she'll run away quickly“Stay down." Tiger ordered Sophia as he stood to his feet. Jackson and Bai Zhe along with few other team members fought along with Jasper. Sophia rolled to the other end of the room and remained on the ground, not daring to stand up. Her eyes never left Adrian and Jasper.Adrian wasn’t just dangerous, he was a deliberate destruction. Adrian blocked Jasper’s strike and leaned in slightly, “You’re holding back.”Jasper’s eyes turned colder, “I’m ending you.”Adrian laughed, “You’ve

The day of the meeting came quicker than anyone expected. Everyone feared for what was going to happen, everyone except Jasper. He was more eager to meet with Adrian. “Only one host survives? Let's see who survives” he whispered to himself.The industrial zone was empty and quiet. Wind moved through broken structures. Metal creaked faintly like it knew something was going to happen here. Jasper stood at the center waiting. He was alone. Bai Zhe and the other team members positioned in their hideout. Weapons were ready, eyes watching. Just as Jasper was about to move even closer, he heard a call that caused him to freeze. His entire body run cold. “Jasper!" It was Sophia. His eyes widened in shock as he turned to meet her gaze.“What the hell are you doing here?!" He roared. “I had to come. I cannot let you use yourself as bait while I sit home and watch" Jasper's jaws clenched. He tried to push her away but he was too late. Adrian came out of the shadows “Awwwn, lovebird

The news caused the entire house to be silent No one spoke. Everyone mourned the death of Mark. Jasper sworn in his heart to end Adrian even if it meant dying with him. Tiger was silent and still. The pain piercing into his heart. Bai Zhe came moments later, he saw Jasper and his heart broke to pieces. He walked over to the man and held his shoulder, “This is all my fault." " That's not true.” Bai Zhe immediately frowned. " I was too late.” Jasper swallowed, " I should have been there. I should have been the one. It was my fight after all.”" And we are all willing to die for you, Boss.” Tiger interrupted. Jasper’s eyes watered. " Adrian messed with the wrong team.” Jackson whispered. " This time… there is no turning back." Jasper looked back at Jackson, “Can you trace him?" “Even if it takes me all night, I will." “I'll stay up with him." Bai Zhe added. “And I'll watch and patrol the compound." Tiger also spoke. Jasper couldn't be more grateful for the kind of friends h

Jasper called instantly for an emergency meeting. It was 2 a.m. but everyone was vigilant. The look on Jasper's face was gloomy. The first thing he said when everyone took their positions in their seats was,“No fear." Gazes at him, he turned to look everyone in the eyes, “No fear. He feeds from our fear." They didn't understand everything but they understood one thing. When dealing with Adrian Snow, show no fear. In the operation room covered in screens, data streamed endlessly. Location, surveillance feeds, movement logs… Adrian wasn't the only one who could monitor their movement without them knowing. He could too. The system’s words echoed in his mind again, “Only one host remains." This was it. It was either him or Adrian. He had a brief yet important meeting with them before he finally dismissed them. Everyone left with a new fire, all except Jackson. He remained with Jasper as he watched the feeds. " Boss” Jackson called as he looked at the screen before him. Jasper

It was late. Sophia was home. So was Jasper but he refused to step out of his room. She was stubborn. He allowed her to be. He had assigned a hundred and twenty guards to follow her in the shadows. He doesn't have anymore potions to save her. He cannot be reckless. But she was. Jasper stood alone in his study, thinking. His coat had been discarded somewhere behind him, his cuffs loosened, his tie slightly undone.But none of it softened him. He wasn't comfortable. His heart is heavy and he wondered what is causing such unease. His mind went back to the prison, the words that Elise had said that kept hunting him. “What you have… Adrian has it too.”Adrian’s voice over the phone.“I already know how this ends.”Even though he had not seen Adrian face to face as of recent, he believed the words from Elise. Adrian have a system now. He was too precise in his doing. Now steps ahead of him and even think of things before he does. The way Adrian dismantled his operations like he ha

The next day came almost as easily as any other. Ethan walked into the office to find the usual bustle already in full swing."Mr. Ethan," Gladdy called, spotting him from across the floor and hurrying over."Yes, what is it?" Ethan asked, his tone nowhere near as tense as the concern written across her face."We've got a bit of a situation," she said, and Ethan raised an eyebrow."What kind of situation?""When we told Ford Group's legal team we wouldn't be reversing the client transfers, they refused to accept it. Now we've got a second lawsuit stacked on top of the first, this time over the clients we won from them the other day.""Then they're being remarkably stupid," Ethan said. "Either that, or desperation's already showing through the cracks. Everything we did was legal, start to finish. They're just grasping for loopholes that don't exist.""How can we be sure they don't exist?" Gladdy asked."Because I already had Vanessa draft every contract, every permit, every clause with

"The winner of this market is—" Vanessa hadn't finished repeating herself when Williams interjected."We heard you the first time," he said. "But that's not the case here, we haven't said anything wrong. We were still deliberating our answer!"When he saw Vanessa's expression shift into something far more comfortable than understanding, he couldn't help but snatch up the papers again and jab a finger at them."We've looked through the papers," Thomas argued, "and just like Mr. Ethan said, there was no timer dictating when we had to give an answer. So there shouldn't be any penalty for that!""Yes, exactly what he said," Reeves added. "We've combed through this thing and there's no time limit written anywhere. At this point it's starting to look like the whole setup was rigged from the start!"[Ding!] [Rage detected.] [+150 Rage Points.]Even as the points piled up in front of him, Ethan couldn't help the frown pulling at his mouth."That's exactly why I told you not to apply common

Williams' hand slammed down on the buzzer.Yet, he didn’t say anything immediately prompting the others to react with disdain towards him. "What do you think you're doing? Is that the exact same mistake as last time?" Reeves snapped."No, it's not!" Williams said, raising a finger to silence him. "Listen. If you noticed, there was no timer that started counting down after the buzzer was pressed." He said it slowly, like a man laying out hard-won knowledge.Ethan said nothing, watching in silence, his expression giving away nothing as he waited to see if they'd actually pieced it together correctly.He didn't bother hiding it once they had. "That's correct," Ethan said, and their eyes lit up in shock."There's no timer requiring you to answer within a set window," Ethan spelled out plainly. "You can cross-check the papers you signed earlier. There is nothing in there about it. It's not a trick, and it's not a gimmick and you don’t need to worry about any pop up rules that is not alrea

Vanessa shifted in her stance the moment she heard Reeves' request.Her brows furrowed slightly with worry as her gaze drifted toward Ethan. Even seated the way he was, calm and seemingly invulnerable.But she still felt antsy because she believed he wasn’t. After all, the very first one had already proven that. And yet, for some reason, his confidence felt almost unshakable.She drew in a slow breath, exhaled it just as evenly, and asked again. "Who's calling first?"The silence dragged just a few seconds, all four men throwing glances toward Ethan, who welcomed the attention without the slightest flicker of discomfort.Ethan stretched his hand out to press down on his own buzzer when Reeves reached for his faster so he could answer first. "Up. Thirty-five percent," Reeves answered almost immediately.Ethan couldn't help but smile. His manipulation worked just well and was sure that reeves actions just now were on impulse and a back fire was definitely inevitable. “Down. Lets say

"Oh!" The woman blurted out, flustered. "I'm so sorry, I completely misunderstood the situation."“You definitely did,” Venssa said, thoroughly disappointed with the woman's behavior."Please forgive me. Might I have your card, sir?" she asked, forcing a fleeting smile that lasted all of two seconds before Ethan's unmoved expression made it falter entirely.Vanessa looked even more aggravated than before.She hadn't expected such blatant disrespect, not here, and especially not towards Ethan. Still, from the corner of her eye, she kept watching what he was going to do, unsure what actions he’d take next given how unreadable his mood had become.She couldn’t help but notice how fast her heart beat had become as she waited in anticipation.Ethan's stare held steady long enough that within two minutes, the cashier was visibly uncomfortable, sweat beading along her hairline as she avoided his eyes entirely.She had frozen where she stood as if moving an inch would upset Ethan even more.T

"Hm?" the man asked, feigning innocence, though Ethan had no intention of repeating himself."Do I owe you anything?" the man pressed instead, and Ethan finally let himself take a proper look at him.He was a man in his mid-fifties, with the tip of his hair having a silver tint, dressed in a way that made it obvious money had never once been a question in his life.The longer Ethan studied him, the clearer it became why the man carried himself the way he did — like someone who'd never had to consider that the world might not simply bend around him."No, you don't," Ethan said. "After all, you're going to be saving every single dollar you'd have spent buying that." He tilted his chin toward the fabric still clutched possessively in the man's hands.The man shot him a sneering look, clearly stung by the implication even as he tried not to show it.“Classic stupidity,” Ethan thought, already turning to walk away. It was the kind of arrogance that only came from old money — the assumption