FORBIDDEN DESIRES
Her thighs trembled, the diary sliding to the floor, pages open and smeared with shaky ink.
When she could finally breathe, she pulled the toy out, her body still quivering. She grabbed the diary with trembling hands, slammed it shut, and shoved it into her bag.
“Never again,” she whispered to herself, cheeks burning. But she knew she was lying.
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The next afternoon, she sat in Professor Hayes’s office for her private session. The room smelled faintly of coffee and old books, his desk stacked with papers.
He leaned against it while explaining a passage from Shakespeare, his deep voice filling the quiet space.