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day like an itch I couldn't reach-stubb

. The way he looked at me-unafraid, taunting, submissive but

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e. His breath had caught when I grabbed his arm and pulled him toward me-like he'd been

wanted t

almo

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ne in my kitchen with a glass of whiskey that di

f opening my

a contract, after all. But it was a lie. I was digging because I needed answers. Because

te. Strong GPA. Worked in a convenienc

spoken. An old username connected to

. But the moment the video loaded-him, shirtless, back arched,

es, lips parted, moaning softly. He wasn't acting. He meant

So effortlessly, sha

ed away, disgusted. Instead, I leaned back

ed that he was doing this.

couldn

bing, responding. I ran a hand through my h

e video, whispered somethi

was

es were glued to the screen, to the way he submitted with such intention. He wanted it. Every secon

to relieve the pressure. It

lt so god

yself to the rhythm of the video, eyes heavy, heat consuming me. The image

ake long. I

hs, biting down on a curse, the

filled t

s and shivering-not from rele

d the la

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is knees... it was seared i

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in that brief moment, there was something-something that shouldn't have been there. The tension had

to understand it. I had to make a de

me. The cryptic warnings, the cryptic messages. It was all too much. I needed to k

ia

don't respond, don't bo

ows anymore. I'd finish out my six months and leave Blackwoo

getting under my skin, of twisting my thoughts into knots I couldn't untang

silence stretch on

. It was better this way. No more chasing ghosts. I had

ason had looked at me-the way his lips had hovered so close t

sn't sure I was rea

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gh me, but I didn't hesitate. Whate

ok up right away. There was something different about him today.

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napped be

step clos

emind myself why I should s

t give me t

The next, he was in front of me-his tall, broad frame crowding mine, a h

uth crashed

sn't

s lik

ips devoured mine, demanding, punishing, desperate. I gasped into it, and he took

elt

p me, I

y myself. But the second I touched him, he grabbed my wrists and pinned them b

ed into h

m. He kissed me harder, angling my head the way he wanted, tilting me up lik

t it. I could

ne. I trembled as he pressed against me, rubbing just enough to let me know

ulled back, it wa

, eyes wild. "This never happened,

wly, dazed a

ushing the corner of my swollen mouth

," he muttered, voice cracking.

ing to wrestle the moment back under control. But I could stil

ke him-that once w