Tonight, Iβm craving something I canβt ignore. I need intimacy the way the ocean needs the tideβunstoppable, desperate. I refuse to suffocate in the stillness of my own desires.
Enter Lucas.
Until now, Iβd never seen him as anything more than a colleague. But tonight, something shifts. I glance at my watchβmidnight is nearing, and the bar is nearly empty. My eyes fall on the one man still lingering: Lucas.
Iβm not leaving here alone.
I raise my dress, revealing a hint more skin, and casually drop my room key onto the table. I donβt need to look back to know heβll follow.
When the door clicks open behind me, I feel the power of the moment. This is about one thing, and one thing onlyβpleasure. After tonight, Iβll send him on his way, no strings, no promises. I can convince him this was just a fleeting need.
But as he crosses the threshold, I feel the weight of something deeper. I canβt shake the feeling that the rules Iβve set up in my head are about to shatter.
Lucas doesnβt want just a one-night standβhe wants to save me. But Iβve built a prison around myself, one Iβve locked myself inside, and some things... some things, I donβt think I can forgive.