LOGINBlindfolded and placed on his knees, August has an affair with a stranger—another hook up at the club that leaves him sore, broken, and craving more. Accidentally, he gets a job as a live-in housekeeper in a glass house downtown, just a day after that hook-up. He encounters the hot, right-handed man Levi, whom he can't seem to resist. In the house, everything feels strange, as if eyes are watching and walls are listening. A stalker starts texting him, and he plays along with them. Unknown to him, the house is always watching. Slowly, he started having nightmares, seeing things of his past again, a part he thought he had buried. The house was jogging his memories. He sees a piece of his past in the house, a piece that belonged to his supposedly dead best friend, making him start asking questions about the actual owner of the house. August is trapped with, the anonymous texter that doesn't stop making endless demands, Levi the hot assistant, the flashbacks with the Stranger from the club, and an idea that his supposedly dead friend, might not be dead. This is a raw, unapologetically addictive dark book, where the only way out is deeper in.
View More0021AUGUST “Just like that?” I asked him. “Do you want to know or not?” he replied, holding my gaze. “ I want to, it's just- never mind. Let's go.” I smiled as I gripped his wrist, dragging him to the driver's seat. I haven't had alcohol in a while, and I wasn't going to miss on this one. I slid into the passenger's seat, buckling up with a dramatic click that made him glance. The corner of his face twitched, before his eyes went back to the road.The drive felt shorter this time, or maybe I was just thinking too hard to notice the minutes.I kept stealing looks at his side profile: his. Sharp jawline, the faint scar that cut through his left eyebrow, the way his hands gripped the wheel like it owed him money, pressing hard till his knuckles turned white.We pulled into a gravel lot outside a bar that looked like it had given up on life sometime in the nineties. River’s End. Cute.Inside, it smelled like spilled whiskey and regret, the good kind. The bartender—a woman with a lon
0020. AUGUST Levi didn't speak to me on that because of what happened yesterday. I tried so hard to sleep, but I couldn't. I turned over my bed. I rolled over multiple times, but I couldn't sleep. My mind kept pondering on the toy and why Levi kept overreacting. It was just a toy. Why did he overreact? I let the thought linger on as sleep dragged me.The next morning, he acted like, I didn't even exist. And somehow this felt worse. More than a cold silence, avoidance. It was clear that he didn't want to be around me anymore. I decided to test it by staying in the kitchen longer than necessary. I went to tease him as usual. I squeezed my face at the first taste of the coffee. "Is the Coffee always thus bitter and bad," I said. "Or did it notice I was here and decide, 'Oh, let's punish August'? " He didn't look up. He kept on cleaning the counter, even though it was more than c
0019 LEVI August was unusually quiet. I knew it was because I snapped at him. I apologized still, but he wasn't having it. Even after he drank the juice, he only mumbled a small thank you and said he was tired and went into his room. I let him go, I didn't bother. No reason. I could only mutter “I'm sorry.” once more, just to ease my conscience at least. Lucien had already warned me to keep it professional, Following him might lead to something I would not want. I cleaned up the kitchen slowly, wiping down the counters as I checked the locks everywhere. He was asleep and we wouldn't want anyone breaking in. By 10:00, the house was dark except for the low lights in the hallways. I did my final sweep with my tablet in my hands, scrolling through the cameras. August's room was empty, his bathroom was empty, and the hallway was empty too. But then I got a motion sensor from the east wing. August was going to be the end of me. The same restricted area I
0018 AUGUST Levi refused to speak to me, even his coldness increased. He didn't even spare me a glass all afternoon. Instead, he assigned me chores without saying a word, just issuing simple commands. I polished the glass till my arms ached, but my mind always drifted to the house design, and the text I got that night. “Atticus was alive.” I shook my head, trying to get rid of the thought. Maybe it was Levi playing pranks on me. He obviously heard when I had the nightmare, and maybe, just maybe I had mentioned Atticus’s name. I tried to navigate my thoughts back to the architecture of the house. What kind of house was crafted in such a weird way? Everything seemed off. The reflections doubled back on themself like it was deliberate, like something was hiding in plain sight. After I finished cleaning, I stayed tracing the glass, unsure of what exactly I was looking for. I wanted to stop, but I heard a faint hum behind like a vibration. Electronics. “Fuck.” I staggered
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