Mason stepped inside, the screen door clicking shut behind him. The place was warm — too warm — and not just from the fire crackling low in the stone hearth.…
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Daniel was still asleep, curled half under the Egyptian cotton sheets, his breathing soft and peaceful. Tyrone stood at the window shirtless, sipping a thick espresso, his muscles still sore…
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Morning came late. Sunlight filtered through the gauzy curtains, golden and warm on Maddie’s bare back. She stirred slowly, body aching in all the right places, sheets tangled between her…
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The water had gone still again. The moon had climbed high. And Maddie, still floating lazily in the warm pool, had long since accepted that whoever had been watching her…
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Tyrone had just finished a set of pushups—sweat glistening on his bare, bulging chest—when the knock came. Not the usual buzz of the intercom. Not the chime of a visitor…
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But just as they began to drift into silence… a knock came at the door. Jack’s eyes flicked to the clock. Mason. Kristy’s head lifted, eyes wide with sudden realization. “Jack……
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Tyrone woke up slowly. The scent of last night still clung to his sheets—feminine musk, high-end perfume, and his own deep, musky cologne, now sweat-worn and soaked into the cotton.…
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The sun was slipping beneath the horizon when Maddie finally emerged from her bedroom. She stood at the top of the grand staircase in a dress that shimmered like liquid…
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A few days had passed since the last knock on Jack’s cabin door, and the summer air was thick with pine, heat, and the kind of stillness that made every creak…
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Soft, warm sand shifts beneath my weight as I saunter up the beach, hips swaying to music only I can hear. The sun glints off my caramel skin, glistening as…
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After landing, Tyrone didn’t go straight to the office or the gym. He went home—to his sleek, masculine penthouse overlooking the skyline. Dim lighting. Black marble floors. Brushed steel accents.…
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The ocean still echoed in Maddie’s ears when she woke, the scent of salt and sunscreen lingering on her sun-kissed skin. Her golden hair was tousled across the pillow, and…
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The air was thick with the scent of pine, smoke, and sweat. The firepit in the clearing behind the old Elk Ridge Tavern roared tall, crackling and spitting embers into…
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The night was humid and sweltering, the air heavy with an unnatural musk that made my skin prickle. At 8 months pregnant, I could barely waddle through the abandoned corn…
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It started as a harmless visit—just swinging by my best friend's house to grab the textbook I left behind. I wasn't expecting her dad to answer the door. But there…
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I just won the election for Class President by a landslide. When I stood on that stage clutching the results, a smile gracing my glossed lips, the audience cheered. They…
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The morning sun spilled through the gauzy curtains of the Hartleys’ guest bedroom, catching in Maddie’s tousled blonde hair as she stretched languidly in bed. Her body still thrummed with…
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Tyrone boarded the private business-class section of the luxury Scandinavian carrier in a sleek black suit, the buttons of his charcoal shirt left provocatively undone at the collar. He exuded…
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