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1 ~ The Weight of Being Dorian

DORIANBeep… beep… beep…‘What the hell is that sound?’Something was wrong with my body—it felt too still, too heavy, like I had been poured full of concrete.The light bleeding through my eyelids felt like someone had shoved the sun into the room. I cracked one eye open, my vision blurred around the edges. White ceiling. Blinking lights. A rhythmic beep that drilled into my skull. ‘Hospital?’My throat was sandpaper. I tried to lift my arm, but something tugged at me—an IV line. It was cold against my skin.‘Why was I here?’My thoughts flickered—like a radio stuck between static and music, tuning in only to cut out again. There was a shadow in the corner of my eye, but I couldn’t turn my head fast enough to see who it was.A dull ache bloomed behind my eyes. My heart lurched.‘What happened to me?’Then I heard it—someone breathing beside me. Quiet and waiting. A response, maybe. And that’s when the dread settled low in my chest.I wasn’t alone. But I wasn’t sure who was watchin
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2 ~ When Grief Tastes Like Gin

DORIAN“How was the interview?” Ronan asked, drying a glass behind the bar. “You look like hell, but I’m hoping for good news.”I sat in front of the bar, rolling my eyes while dropping both my curriculum vitae and my phone onto the tiny slab.“How do you think it went?” I muttered, dropping into the stool like dead weight. “Martini. Double.” “Gin or vodka?” Ronan calmly asked, careful not to probe into the interview or my joblessness—and I couldn’t have been more grateful.“Gin.” He nodded and began mixing the shots while I pressed my nails into my skin, hoping the sting could match what I felt inside.All the savings I had left was what I used to get my mother's drugs earlier this morning. Again, I had gone in search of a job but… nothing as usual. Walking in the heat, being dismissed, or how the receptionist looked at my resume like it was trash.Today makes it exactly five months since I had been marking tallies on a calendar or opening a folder filled with rejection emails.Fiv
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3 ~ The Wrong Hall, Right Distraction

DORIANMy chances of getting the job were shrinking with every rushed step I took through the towering gates of Vale Enterprise. I paused for a second to check my watch—and instantly regretted it.Who the hell shows up late to an interview for a job that sounds too good to be true?Apparently, me. Of course, me. My palms were already clammy just thinking about it, each step closer to the front desk another inch closer to a no.No company wants to hire someone who can’t even be punctual. And just to make matters worse? My resume didn’t exactly scream “CFO material.”“I’m here for the interview. The Chief Financial Officer position. I think…” I added the last part in a hushed mutter, hoping the receptionist wouldn’t catch how uncertain I sounded. She gave me a tight smile and started tapping away at the landline in front of her.“Well, Mr. Keene. You’re late. I assume you already know that.” Her voice had a bite to it, and I curled my fingers into fists inside my pockets, scrambling f
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4 ~ The Crown Worn By My Ghost

DORIANAnd I got the damn job! It felt surreal—like I was standing outside myself watching it happen. But I got it.Ronan had tried everything short of dragging me by the collar to the bar he worked at to celebrate last night, but I declined.Partly because I was still mourning my mother, and partly because I knew how close I had come to blowing the interview. I might have gotten lucky once, but showing up late on my first day at work? That would’ve been the death knell. A level of recklessness even I couldn’t afford.“I see you're trying to break the habit of lateness, Mr. Keene,” the receptionist noted dryly, her voice dripping with condescension. This time, I didn’t look away. I let my eyes land on her badge, burning her name into memory.Deborah.“Trying and succeeding,” I said smoothly. “Besides, you can't call it a habit if it happened once.”She blinked, clearly not expecting the comeback. Her lips tightened, but she swallowed the rest of whatever sarcasm was about to tumble
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5 ~ I Hired My Bully To Slave Him

CASPIANThe universe has a twisted sense of humor.Of all the faces I imagined walking through that door for an interview at my company, his was the last.Dorian. Fucking. Keene.High school golden boy. The self-declared Alpha who once made it his goddamn mission to grind me into dust.And now he’s sitting across from me—his knees lightly bouncing, his eyes darting, and he was smiling like an eager little lamb on his first day as a staff in my company. If only he knew I remembered everything.Then again, the way his fingers kept twitching, I think he did.The shattered glasses. The broken ribs. The blood I tasted while he laughed. The locker slams. The bruised lungs. The time he said I didn’t deserve to breathe the same air as him.I remember it all.I remember the moment I promised myself: If I ever make it, I will make him regret breathing.Today is the day I begin collecting on that promise.The bastard probably thought he had changed, but some people don’t evolve—they just wear n
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