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✧🦋✧ Giselle ✧🦋✧This wasn’t my first time, but fuck, nothing in my life had ever felt like this. Everything between us crashed together so naturally that it completely wrecked me in the best way possible.I kept waiting for the guilt or shame to slam into me, but it never came. All I could feel was Joseph, his intense gaze burning into me like I was the only woman on earth, the way his hands worshipped every inch of my skin with this deep, aching tenderness that made my chest tighten and my heart pound so hard I thought it might explode.He peeled away every piece of my clothing like it was the most precious thing he’d ever touched, slow and careful, sending wildfire shivers racing all over my body.When his lips finally crashed into mine, I melted hard against him, a desperate little moan slipping out as my fingers clutched his shoulders like he was my lifeline.That kiss turned fierce and devouring, sweeping every single thought from my head until nothing existed except the overwhe

✧🦋✧ Joseph ✧🦋✧By all reasonable standards, we should’ve been at the office hours ago.Meetings were piling up, emails were probably exploding my inbox, and a hundred urgent things were demanding my attention. But honestly? None of that shit mattered anymore.What was the point of grinding so hard if I couldn’t steal moments like this with the woman I’d been in love with for years?Giselle sat right beside me, looking at me with those beautiful eyes that had haunted my dreams for so long. Last night had changed everything deep inside me.It wasn’t just about the mind-blowing physical connection we shared. It went way beyond that. I’d been with other women before, but those times were just empty ways to scratch an itch.With Giselle, every single touch, every smile, every heated glance felt loaded with meaning. Our hearts had finally crashed together and found exactly where they belonged.That realizatio

✧🦋✧ Giselle ✧🦋✧Of course Joseph didn’t give me a straight answer. He just looked at me with that frustratingly confident little smirk and squeezed my hands tighter. “Gigi, just trust me, okay?”I let out a small sigh. Trust wasn’t the issue here. If there was one person I trusted completely right now, it was him. But there was still something nagging at me.My eyes dropped to the beautiful ring sparkling on my finger. It made my heart flutter with excitement, but it also reminded me of all the ways things could blow up if people found out about us too soon.I looked back up at him, my voice steady but full of feeling. “I don’t want our coworkers knowing about our relationship.”The second the words left my mouth, his arms tightened around my waist, not enough to hurt, just enough to show he wasn’t exactly thrilled about it. I quickly pressed my hands against his chest. “Please, Jo.”His jaw clenched, and I could practically see the protest building behind those intense eyes. “I wan

 ✧🦋✧ Esther ✧🦋✧"The way I see it, Joseph isn't coming back to the penthouse with Gigi tonight," Jeffery said, eyes fixed on the road. "Which means that whole huge place is basically yours for the night."A small smile played at his lips. "Not that you'd really be alone anyway, there are enough security guards around that building to protect a small country."I stared out the window, his words settling heavy in my gut. The thought of rattling around by myself in that enormous penthouse sent a deep, aching loneliness blooming through my chest.It wasn't fear exactly, but this crushing emptiness that hit me hard. I'd only moved in there because of Giselle, and without her the whole fancy space would feel way too vast and hollow, like every room would just echo back how isolated I felt inside.I let out a long, exhausted breath. "Fine."Jeffery glanced over at me, and for a split second I swore I saw real relief flash across his

 ✧🦋✧ Esther ✧🦋✧There he was again, the menace. I forced a smile, deciding it was safer for my sanity to treat comments like that as pure jokes.Luckily he didn't push it further. Instead he encouraged me to try all the different dishes, and before long the dinner turned surprisingly comfortable, easy, and relaxing.Our conversation flowed between work, random stories, and light teasing, and for the first time all day I found myself genuinely enjoying the evening, even as butterflies kept fluttering in my stomach.The mansion grew quiet after dinner, almost too quiet. Without Giselle around, I suddenly missed having someone close by, and that emptiness made it hard to fall asleep.Or maybe it was because my mind kept replaying every strange, charged thing Jeffery had said earlier.Whatever the reason, I found myself wide awake long before dawn. When I checked my phone, the screen glowed 4:00 a.m. I groaned. Wonderful. I'd bare