LYDIA The days after that kiss blurred into a tense, silent war with myself. I avoided Daniel as much as possible—ate breakfast early, stayed in my room sketching until my hand cramped, left the apartment for long walks in the rain just to breathe air that didn’t smell like him. But the penthouse was too big and too small at the same time. Every hallway, every shadow reminded me of how his mouth had felt on mine, how his hands had gripped my waist like he was anchoring himself. I told myself it was a one-time mistake. Heat of the moment. Loneliness talking. But every night I lay in bed replaying it, fingers slipping between my legs almost without permission, chasing the ghost of that friction against his lap. I came hard and quiet, biting my pillow, hating how good it felt and how wrong the fantasy was. Friday afternoon I cracked. I needed supplies—charcoal, new canvas—and the art store was only a twenty-minute walk. When I came back, arms full of bags, the apartment smelled l
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