Chapter 2 2. Unexpected

Suddenly Michael's head felt like it had been hit by a giant hammer, his brain throbbing with every nerve screaming. His vision blurred, the luxurious hotel room's lines becoming wavy.

He was used to schemes, to traps from greedy investors, shady business rivals, even gold-digging women. They all used the same dirty tricks, seduction, attention-seeking, attempts to trap him.

He never imagined Andrea would try to seduce and trap him in such a disgusting way.

She had arrived with such cold business aura, nearly flawless professionalism that made Michael lower his guard. He thought this woman was different, that she didn't hide a dagger behind her faint smile. A fatal mistake.

"You drugged me!" Michael's voice came out sharp, more like a wounded animal's growl than human speech. His eyes, which had been calmly analyzing diamond proposals earlier, now burned with cold fury.

Andrea didn't retreat. Instead she stepped forward, her hand reaching out as if to support the unsteady Michael. "Mr. Michael, what's happening? Why do you look so pale?" she asked, her voice calm, almost like a soothing whisper that tempted him to share in this intimacy.

Andrea's touch on his arm felt like an electric shock, triggering unusual heat waves through his body. Not a calming touch, but one that awakened sexual desire driving Michael mad.

Michael gasped. This drug... was incredibly strong. It was poison designed to manipulate, to destroy a man's control! His brain screamed to resist but his body wouldn't listen, completely surrendering to Andrea's every touch.

This made him realize he'd fallen into a deeper trap. The drug was so powerful it rendered useless the usual antidotes he took against such stimulants.

"Let me go!" Michael growled, yet Andrea's touch made him want to take her immediately. His words and body language completely contradicted each other.

Andrea's beautiful face now seemed like an irresistible temptation.

"Mr. Michael... but I didn't do anything. How can you accuse me of trapping you? LET ME GO!!!"

The man could no longer think clearly. Andrea's sexy body stimulated Michael's senses, making her seem like water to quench his thirst.

"I'll make you pay for everything you've done!!" Michael's words contradicted his actions as he roughly tore off his own clothes and ripped Andrea's dress, leaving her naked.

Michael satisfied his thirst with Andrea's body which became like an addiction to him. He was brutal and rough, but Andrea accepted it all for her daughter Sonya's life.

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Meanwhile elsewhere, Jessica was staring at her phone containing photos of Andrea's arrival.

"So you're back, Andrea?" Jessica murmured, her voice sly and triumphant. "I knew you couldn't stay away from drama. But did you think I'd just stay quiet? This will be a much more interesting show than last time, sister."

Jessica chuckled softly. She'd received anonymous information that Andrea was in New York. What she didn't know that would be a bitter surprise, was the real reason behind Andrea's return and what Andrea was doing with her fiancé.

A second anonymous photo arrived on Jessica's phone, showing Andrea with an old man entering a luxury hotel room. Not wanting to miss this opportunity, Jessica immediately contacted a gossip reporter to catch the scandal between Andrea and the old man.

"I'm sure you'll love this gossip! It's about the long-disappeared Donovan princess returning only to have a sex scandal in a luxury hotel. Make sure you get the most outrageous angles for this story." Not wanting to miss humiliating Andrea, Jessica also asked her father, Andrea's biological father , to take her to the hotel.

"Dad... can you take me? I heard Andrea is at a hotel! She's back, shouldn't we go pick her up?" Her real intention was to make Andrea's father hate Andrea even more.

"Really? That naughty girl, coming back without visiting her father. Fine, let's go get Andrea so she can come home."

Jessica thought this was the perfect combination, both her father and media catching Andrea's indecency!! Want to come back? There's no place for you here Andrea, Jessica thought slyly.

Arriving at the room, she immediately rang the bell, wanting Andrea to open the door shocked at being caught as some old man's mistress.

Andrea woke upon hearing the doorbell, already knowing who had come. Jessica wouldn't miss this golden opportunity.

Wrapped only in a kimono, the woman opened the door.

"Andrea?" James Donovan, Andrea's father, stood frozen. He thought he'd never see his daughter again, but the young woman before him was truly Andrea.

"What are you all doing here?" Andrea spoke calmly. She wasn't the impulsive girl from years ago.

"Sis, dad and I came because we heard you were back. We missed you so much!"

Andrea only smiled coldly, seeing Jessica perform the same act in front of their father again.

The next second, more people appeared at the door with cameras already taking pictures.

James was shocked to see so many people photographing his biological daughter who had clearly just had sex with a man.

"Hey! Who are you? Who sent you? Stop taking pictures! This is a private space..." James was completely confused and tried to cover up Andrea's behavior.

Jessica also pretended to be shocked, trying to block the reporters from entering, although it was all just acting since she was the one who invited them.

The noise finally woke Michael. The man opened his eyes as pain attacked his head, needing several moments to adjust.

He got up and saw the commotion, and everyone was shocked to see who had just woken up.

"Michael?" Jessica nearly had a heart attack seeing her fiancé's face there. She even took a step back in shock. Jessica didn't expect that she would actually be the one surprised.

The reporters stopped taking pictures, but this was huge news! They were afraid publishing a scandal about Michael would make the Smith family come after them.

"Michael, how are you also here?" James was equally shocked, never imagining the man who slept with Andrea was his future son in law, Jessica's fiancé.