Juliette“It’s just sex, Jules. You write about murders, severed heads, but a story about a one night stand is what makes you break into a cold sweat?”“It’s different!” I say, half-laughing, half-panicking.Chloe raises a single brow, twirling a curly strand of her hair around her finger like she’s just dared me to lick a live wire. Which honestly feels safer than this conversation.I pull my cardigan tighter around me, trying not to look like a woman unraveling on her fourth glass of wine. “I don’t write sex, Chloe. I write romance without all the detailed intimacy, I write about repressed trauma, losing a loved one, mystery, horror even not two people who’ve never met each other dirty talking and moan— oh God.”She takes my wine glass and replaces it with her full one. “Exactly. You’ve built an empire off tragedy. I think your readers are ready to read something based on actual pleasure or erotic tension.” “Ew. Who even reads things like that?”“I do,” she smirks. “And you love
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