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Chapter 11 - Kismet

His eyes never closed while we made love—always watching, drinking in the trembling, the hunger, the raw, unscripted reality between us. Candles threw yellow shapes across the sheets; every gasp, every glisten, every movement in high relief.

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Chapter 9 - Right Place Wrong Time

I was completely seduced by his firm grip and confident kisses that pressed me suddenly and brutally to the wall. His mouth moved down my shoulders as he pulled the neck of my blouse away and down toward my breasts.

His voice sounded like Jeff Goldblum—flirty, dirty, possibly dangerous.

Chapter 8 - Just a Small Bite

Few outside the industry realized that corporations had already begun harvesting vast quantities of personal data with plans to unleash targeted psychological warfare campaigns (that's what they told the sheep, anyway).