Hideous. I nod and quickly retreat into the bathroom, closing the door behind me with a soft click. The bathroom is large and coldly luxurious, all dark marble and matte black fixtures. The walls are a deep charcoal gray, almost black in the dim light, broken only by a long mirror that stretches above the double sink. The floor is cool under my bare feet, polished stone that reflects the faint glow of the recessed lights. Everything about the space feels expensive and impersonal, like the rest of the safe house. But the air is not impersonal. The scent hits me the moment the door seals shut. Luca. Clean soap, warm skin, and that darker, unmistakable trace of him that seems to cling to everything he touches. It wraps around me instantly, thicker in the enclosed space, and my mind betrays me before I can stop it. For a single, humiliating second, my body reacts. A low, unwanted pulse flares between my legs, a ghost of the way he made me come apart only minutes ago. My breath
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