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Zara had barely slept since that night in the elevator. Every time she closed her eyes, she saw Cade’s mouth on hers, his hands roaming her body, the heat of his skin pressed against her own. She hated herself for remembering every detail. Worse, she hated how much she wanted more.

The morning after, she found herself pausing outside her door, heart hammering, before pushing the key inside. Her first thought was relief when she realized there was nothing unusual waiting for her. But when she went into the kitchen later to grab her mail from the small pile the guard had slid under her door, something fluttered to the floor.

A note.

Folded neatly, her name scribbled in that annoyingly smug handwriting she would recognize anywhere.

Zara froze, staring at it as if it might explode. She knew before she even touched it who had written it. Cade. Her neighbor. Her rival. The same man who had kissed her until her knees shook only hours ago.

Her fingers itched to open it, but she forced herself
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  • Lustful Desires (Erotic Shorts)   37.

    Zara told herself the stairwell was the last time. She told herself it was a moment of weakness, a slip, a mistake that she would never repeat. But the problem was that she could still taste him when she tried to sleep, still hear his low groan in the silence of her room, still feel the burn of his touch against her skin.Mistakes were supposed to leave regret. What she had was hunger.The days that followed were torture. Every time she passed him in the hallway, her heart jumped to her throat. He walked with that same arrogant ease, as though nothing had changed, but his eyes lingered on her longer, sharper, like he was daring her to admit the truth.And she hated herself for noticing.It started small. A brush of his hand against hers when they passed too close in the mailroom. A look exchanged in the elevator when other neighbors were around, both of them pretending not to feel the spark. A smirk on his lips when she flushed, and her glare in return, though it carried no weight any

  • Lustful Desires (Erotic Shorts)   36.

    Zara had promised herself she would not take the stairs again. Not after the blackout and not after almost tripping the last time she tried to prove a point by avoiding Cade in the elevator. But that evening, she could not bring herself to stand in the small metal box knowing he might walk in at any second.So, she chose the stairs.She carried her tote bag over her shoulder and walked carefully, each step echoing through the stairwell. The air was cooler than she expected, though still heavy with the faint smell of concrete and old paint. She told herself this was the smart thing to do. She would climb a few flights, get to her apartment, and not have to risk facing him.But halfway up, she heard footsteps.Zara froze, her hand clutching the railing. The steps were steady, purposeful, and coming from above. Her stomach sank when she realized who it had to be.Cade.She cursed under her breath and picked up her pace. But before she could make it to the next landing, he appeared at the

  • Lustful Desires (Erotic Shorts)   35.

    Zara had barely slept since that night in the elevator. Every time she closed her eyes, she saw Cade’s mouth on hers, his hands roaming her body, the heat of his skin pressed against her own. She hated herself for remembering every detail. Worse, she hated how much she wanted more.The morning after, she found herself pausing outside her door, heart hammering, before pushing the key inside. Her first thought was relief when she realized there was nothing unusual waiting for her. But when she went into the kitchen later to grab her mail from the small pile the guard had slid under her door, something fluttered to the floor.A note.Folded neatly, her name scribbled in that annoyingly smug handwriting she would recognize anywhere.Zara froze, staring at it as if it might explode. She knew before she even touched it who had written it. Cade. Her neighbor. Her rival. The same man who had kissed her until her knees shook only hours ago.Her fingers itched to open it, but she forced herself

  • Lustful Desires (Erotic Shorts)   34.

    Cade’s answer was a nod. He looked at her directly, and for all the arrogance and the jokes and the teasing, there was a steadiness in his look that made the air in her lungs denser. He said, simply, “Agreed.”They rode the remaining floors in that state. The elevator’s small light hummed. They watched their reflections in the polished metal of the opposite wall. Their faces looked the same in the mirror as before, but also not. The traces of what had passed were visible if one looked closely: rumpled hair, a smear of lipstick at the corner of a mouth, the faint flush under the collarbones. These were small things. Small things that the world would probably not notice in a busy corridor. Yet to them, the small things felt enormous.Zara imagined a thousand scenarios of how her friends might react if they knew. Her mother would worry and lecture. Her sister would tease and then ask sharp questions. The building would gossip. The world had a nasty way of turning private mistakes into pu

  • Lustful Desires (Erotic Shorts)   33.

    Zara’s mind flitted through possibilities. She pictured every neighbor’s face should the lift doors open and they walked out looking like they had been through a storm. She pictured the old man who always had an opinion about everything giving the shrink-your-blazer look. She pictured Mrs. Collins with her hands pressed to her chest, disbanning them with her eyes. She pictured the more ambiguous, dangerous reaction of someone who’d been waiting for a story. The pictures rolled through, and with each one she felt her cheeks get hotter.What hurt more than the imagined gossip was how obvious it suddenly felt that they had happened at all. The touch of him on her had been real in a way she could not undo. It sat in her like a stone. She tried to make it small by thinking of the mechanical logic of elevators and the sequence of events, but the tactile memory would not shrink.Cade shifted again and spoke, his voice careful. “We can play it off. Act like nothing happened. Nobody has to kn

  • Lustful Desires (Erotic Shorts)   32.

    The elevator gave a shudder that ran through Zara like an electric shock. The sudden motion snapped her out of the haze that had wrapped her since they had let the heat and the dark and the argument pull them into something neither of them had planned. The floor shifted, the numbers on the panel started crawling again, and for a second the sound of the motor felt unreal after the quiet.Zara instinctively reached for the railing, fingers closing on the cold metal. Cade’s hand shot out at the same time. His palm found her elbow and steadied her before she could fully wobble. The contact lasted a fraction of a second. She jerked away so fast she almost lost her balance. Her breath hitched.“Easy,” Cade said, voice rough, like he had been through the same mental scramble a moment ago and was trying to pretend it was nothing. He pulled his hand back and tugged his shirt down as if he had to fix everything outwardly before anyone could question what had been inside them.She fumbled with t

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