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Author: Um_royhan
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Vivian.

The first warning was Gerald’s voice echoing down the hallway—a familiar, brisk tone I hadn’t heard in weeks, followed by the thud of a suitcase. For a second I didn’t believe it. He wasn’t supposed to be home until Friday. It was only Wednesday afternoon, and for a split second I just stood in the living room, heart pounding, my body frozen in place.

“Vivian?” he called, keys jangling. “I’m home!”

Landon was upstairs. I glanced at the staircase and then back at the front door, panic
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  • Dirty and Sinful Collection (erotica)    2

    2Maya.The first week home felt like living in a time warp—every day the same, sunlight drifting through heavy curtains, Harper’s laughter in the background, the low hum of the TV at night. Sometimes it was easy to pretend things hadn’t changed at all. Sometimes I’d catch Harper watching her dad across the living room, and the ache in her eyes made my stomach twist.But I was here for the summer, a fact I kept repeating to myself, as if saying it enough times would make me feel less like an intruder and more like family.Tonight was one of those sticky, restless nights where nothing settled right. Harper crashed early, curled up on her side with her phone still clutched in her hand, breathing even and soft. The air in her room felt thick, so I slipped out, pulling the door shut with barely a click.Down the hallway, moonlight pooled on the floorboards, silver and cool. I padded barefoot downstairs, the old steps creaking just enough to make me wince. In the kitchen, the lights were o

  • Dirty and Sinful Collection (erotica)    Untitled 1

    Maya.I hadn’t been back in this house in almost a year, not really. Not since Harper’s parents split up and the walls went quieter, the garden overgrown. Now, every photo on the entryway table was just Harper and her dad. No more family portraits. I stood by the door with my duffel bag slung over my shoulder, listening to the silence settle around us like dust.“Maya!” Harper bounded down the stairs, her smile as blinding as ever. She hadn’t changed—still blonde, still a little too earnest, like a golden retriever in pastel shorts.I hugged her tight, hiding my face in her neck. “You smell like sunscreen.”“It’s called summer, idiot.” She pulled back, squeezing my shoulders. “Come on, Dad’s cooking. He made pasta. He’s trying, you know?”I glanced up the stairs, feeling the house’s gaze on me, every shadow and squeak familiar and new at the same time. Harper grabbed my bag and hauled it toward her room, talking a mile a minute about everything I’d missed. Her classes, her crush on so

  • Dirty and Sinful Collection (erotica)    10

    10Vivian.There’s a peculiar numbness that follows fear—the kind that settles into your bones after days and days of anxiety, when you’ve spent so long bracing for disaster that you forget how to stand upright. I felt it that morning as I stood by the window, arms wrapped around myself, sunlight painting gold across the floor. Everything in the house felt unfamiliar. Even the birds outside seemed too loud, as if nature itself was conspiring to remind me that nothing would ever be the same again.I hadn’t slept. Not really. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw Mrs. Radley’s pinched mouth, her hungry eyes. I heard whispers behind cupped hands, saw Gerald’s face twisting in confusion and heartbreak, felt the whole town turning against me. But underneath the dread was something else—a throb of longing, so sharp it was almost a kind of hope.Landon’s footsteps echoed down the hall. I didn’t turn. I’d asked him to meet me here, not trusting myself to say what needed to be said anywhere else.

  • Dirty and Sinful Collection (erotica)    9

    9Vivian.There was a knock on the door—three sharp raps that echoed through the house and set my nerves jangling. For a heartbeat, I thought it was Gerald, home early again, keys forgotten, arms full of flowers and forgiveness. But it wasn’t. It was worse.Mrs. Radley stood on the porch, her mouth tight, her eyes bright with curiosity and something else—suspicion, maybe, or just the mean-spirited thrill of neighborhood gossip. She clutched her cardigan to her chest and peered past my shoulder, as if she might catch a secret floating in the hall behind me.“Vivian,” she said, her voice sugary and false. “Is Gerald home?”I shook my head, throat tight. “He’s away for work.”She smiled, the kind of smile that never reached her eyes. “I saw Landon’s car out front. He’s such a handsome young man these days. Spends a lot of time at home, doesn’t he?”I forced a laugh. “He’s just home from college for the summer. It’s nice to have him around.”Mrs. Radley lingered, gaze darting past me agai

  • Dirty and Sinful Collection (erotica)    8

    8Vivian.Guilt is a living thing. Some mornings it’s a quiet ache in my stomach, easily ignored as I pour coffee and pretend I’m still the woman Gerald married. Other times, it claws at my insides, sharp and relentless, whispering that everything I’ve built will come crashing down because of what I can’t seem to stop needing. I thought I could hold it together. I thought I was strong enough to keep lines drawn in the sand.But I was fooling myself, and I think I knew it.The day after our weekend together, the guilt came roaring back, bigger and meaner than ever. The house felt too bright, too exposed. Every room carried the scent of Landon’s skin, the memory of his hands and mouth and voice. I scrubbed the sheets, mopped the floors, threw open every window. None of it helped.Worse, every time Landon came near me—brushed my hand at breakfast, caught my eye from across the room—I felt the whole thing unraveling inside me. The fear that Gerald would notice. The fear that I was losing m

  • Dirty and Sinful Collection (erotica)    7

    7VivianThe house felt different as soon as Gerald’s car rolled down the drive and out of sight. The tension that always lingered, the sense of needing to hide—suddenly, it all dissolved into the summer air. For a moment I stood in the foyer, breathless, listening to the hush, waiting for the usual ache of loneliness to settle in. But it didn’t. Because Landon was still here. And for once, we were alone.I found him in the kitchen, leaning against the counter, pretending to read a magazine. The pretense was so obvious it made me smile—he was waiting for me, just as I was waiting for him.I took a step forward, my heart pounding. “He’s really gone.”Landon looked up, his eyes flickering from my face to my bare feet and back again. “Yeah,” he said, voice low. “Just us.”I let the door fall shut, the lock clicking into place behind me. For a moment, neither of us moved. The world seemed to pause, the possibilities opening up around us like a secret garden. I felt giddy, a little reckles

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