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Oxygen Mask
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2025-08-14 06:36:59
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GUILTY DEVOTION Oxygen Mask
|Zara|Steam curled lazily from my mug, the faint scent of chamomile wrapping itself around me like a soft blanket. I’d dropped my bag by the couch the second I got in, kicked off my shoes, and switched on the lamp in the corner, the one with the amber light that made everything look softer than it really was.The lamp has been my friend for days because I feel better with the light coming from it once it’s on. It’s like a therapeutic glow for my dark world. The day at the office had been quite tolerable. That was more than I could have said a month ago. People still glanced at me the way you do when you’re not sure if someone’s contagious with bad luck, but at least they weren’t whispering anymore like the first week I got back from my suspension. My desk was the same, my tasks the same, but inside of me, there was a difference. Even though it was small, it was still there.I curled my legs beneath me, pulling the throw blanket over my knees, and opened my journal. The pen hovered
GUILTY DEVOTION Don't Stop
We moved slowly, but with an urgency that wasn’t about rushing. It was about not wasting a single second and enjoying it thoroughly. I slid my hands beneath the hem of his T-shirt, feeling the warm planes of his back, the way the muscles shifted under my touch. When I pushed the fabric higher, he caught the hint, pulling it over his head and tossing it aside before settling back over me.Every brush of skin against skin felt like fire meeting water. It was sharp, then soft, leaving behind a hum that curled low in my stomach. His lips wandered from mine to the curve of my jaw, down to the hollow of my throat, lingering there until my fingers tangled in his hair.“I’ve wanted this,” he murmured against my skin, his voice rough, “since the night we left for this trip. Every time you looked at me, every time we laughed… I wanted to close the gap and just have you wrapped in my arms.”“Then don’t stop now,” I whispered, spreading further for him.His hands cupped my breasts, slowly smoochi
GUILTY DEVOTION Gap Closed
Later, as we walked back to the hotel, the air was warm against my skin, with the faint sound of music drifting from somewhere down the street. His hand found mine quickly, naturally, and I didn’t pull away; I locked it in the more.“Feels like we won’t get this kind of time anymore,” he said after a while.“We might not,” I agreed, glancing up at him. “Which is why I’m trying to memorize every second.”He squeezed my hand, and in that small, quiet gesture, I felt his heart connecting with mine. The one that tells you that even if the world outside sees you one way, the truth between you is deeper, harder to hide, and impossible to undo.At the door to my room, I hesitated before leaving his fingers. “Thank you,” I said softly.“For what?”“For making this trip feel like… more than work.”He didn’t reply immediately, just studied me like he was deciding whether to say what was on his mind. In the end, he only said, “Sleep well, Cassie.” As he kissed the back of my hand and wavedI clo
GUILTY DEVOTION Nostalgia
By noon, my notebook was a mess of ink and half-legible scribbles, the pages smudged where my pen had raced to keep up. My wrist ached in that satisfying way it did when the day was worth documenting because they all had a lot to say.We stopped for a quick roadside lunch. The restaurant served us a plate of soft, doughy rolls still warm in the center and cold mango juice served in cloudy plastic cups. I leaned back on the bench, letting the shade from the corrugated tin roof cool my skin.Nicholas caught me staring at the horizon. The fields stretched endlessly under the sun, rippling like gold where the light hit just right.“You like it here. I can feel it and see it in your eyes,” he said.“I do,” I admitted, glancing at him. “It’s… slower and real. It feels like a world I really want to live in.”His mouth quirked in a faint smile. “This is dangerous.”I raised a brow. “Dangerous how?”“You might decide not to come back,” he teased, tearing a roll in half and handing me the piece
GUILTY DEVOTION Closer to the People
The morning started with the smell of fried pastries drifting up from the street market below our hotel. I stood at my window for a moment, watching vendors set up their stalls while the town slowly woke up. Their pots were clanging, voices rising and falling in easy conversation, and the air was filled with the sweetness of fried dough and ripe fruit.Nicholas was already waiting in the lobby when I came down, sleeves rolled up, tie loose. There was a coffee in his hand and another sitting on the low table beside him.“You timed it perfectly,” he said, handing it over. “Strong enough to wake the dead.”“Perfect,” I replied, taking a grateful sip. “Because you have about twenty minutes before I start behaving like a zombie.”He smirked, watching me over the rim of his cup. “I’ve seen you at your worst. Zombie’s still better than cranky Cassie.”I arched a brow. “Oh really? And who exactly is brave enough to stick around for cranky Cassie?”He gave a slow, deliberate glance around the
GUILTY DEVOTION With You
I hadn’t realized how badly I needed to breathe until the train pulled out of the capital. The office, my mother’s watchful eyes, and the invisible office politics that always seemed to hover over me, all of it shrank away in the window’s reflection.Nicholas sat across from me in the first-class cabin, his laptop open but untouched. He was watching the scenery blur by as if the next three days were already unfolding in his head. It was a glance at first but I decided to look at him, feeding my soul with all of his face with my hands under my chin for a long time for support.“You’ve been smiling since we left the station,” he said without looking at me.“Have I?” I tilted my head, feigning innocence, my head turning to the window with a swift jerk.He smirked. “It’s… suspicious.”“Suspicious or contagious? You are smiling too.” I countered.His eyes finally met mine, warm but assessing all my moods and gestures. “We’ll see.”The trip to the Midwestern region took four hours by rail,
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