Chapter: CHAPTER 4 POV: DamianHer mouth tasted like mint and something sweet I couldn’t name.Maybe it wasn’t the taste.Maybe it was her.Because the moment my lips touched hers, something inside me cracked open—something I didn’t even know even still existed in me.I pulled her closer without thinking, my hand sliding from her neck down her back, pulling her soft body against mine. I knew this was wrong. God, I knew it. But right now? I didn’t care. I only wanted more of her. All of her.My hands kept moving on their own, like they weren’t even mine to control. They found her hips—small, firm—and I squeezed them, groaning against her mouth.She made a tiny sound, almost a gasp, and my entire body reacted. Hard. Fast. Violently.I shouldn’t feel like this. Not for a stranger.Not for a girl whose name I didn’t even know. Whose face I hadn't seen at all.But I couldn’t stop. I couldn't help myself.My palms slid from her hips, ready to explore more, pull her back into my lap—And then the door handle c
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Chapter: CHAPTER 3 POV: AkaydaIt was finally sunday night.My last night here.The neon lights flickered against the hallway walls, causing the whole place to glow purple and blue as I tightened the straps of my heels. I couldn’t believe it—after today, after a few more hours of forcing a smile, after one last climb on that pole, I would finally be done. No more Jade Firefly. No more late nights dancing. No more fake flirting with drunken men.Just… Akayda Jordan. A secretary at Knight Enterprises.God, it still sounded unreal.“Girl, I’m really happy for you.” Bunny said as she brushed her curls in front of the mirror. “I mean, who would’ve thought that you’d actually get your dream job after all those countless interviews?”Melina scoffed dramatically. “I knew she would get it. It was only a matter of time.”I smiled. “Thanks, Lina.”Another stripper—Cherry—let out a long sigh. “I’m jealous, honestly. I’ve already given up on ever finding a job in the corporate world.”Before I could respond, Starli
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Chapter: CHAPTER 2 POV: Damian The bomb sat on the boy’s chest.Red numbers blinked in the dim room—00:00:1400:00:1300:00:12He couldn’t have been more than sixteen. He was skinny. Terrified. Tears pouring down through the dirt on his small face.“Sir, we have to go!” Corporal Hayes shouted behind me.I didn’t move.The boy’s eyes locked with mine, pleading even though his mouth was taped.“I can disarm it,” I said, stepping forward.“You don’t have time!” Sergeant Miller barked. “Damian, we have to leave. NOW!”00:00:09Hayes grabbed my arm, trying to drag me back.“Let me go,” I snarled, pulling free. “I can save him—”00:00:07The whole building shook with distant gunfire. The mission had gone to hell hours ago. Our extraction window was closing. But I didn’t care. I couldn’t leave him to die like that.00:00:05“We’re all going to die if we stay any longer!” Miller yelled, gripping me by the vest. “Move, Knight!”00:00:03“No—”00:00:02I lunged toward the boy once more.His tear filled eyes wer
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Chapter: CHAPTER 1POV: AkaydaMy hands were shaking.No—trembling.Not from fear but anticipation.I blinked as I read the email on my cracked laptop screen for the seventh time, but the words still didn’t change.‘Congratulations, Miss Jordan.You have passed the final stage of the interview.Please, we would like you to resume work at Knight Enterprises unfailingly by Monday.’I removed my glasses, wiped them with the edge of my shirt, and placed them back on my face—aggressively, you'd think I was fighting with them. It felt like my eyes were lying. Maybe I was seeing things. Maybe I was so used to rejection that my brain had decided to prank me today.I read it again.And again.And again.My breath caught in my throat.“Holy…” I whispered, covering my mouth. “Oh my God… Yes, yes, yes. I got it.”I had gotten the job.I got the job.The job I thought I’d never get. The job I had prayed for almost every night. The job I cried myself to sleep for every night. The job I had already given up on.My che
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