Off Limits
He was leaving the penthouse entirely, retreating to the secure corporate sub-levels of Ambrose Tech where I couldn't follow, leaving me completely alone in the massive, golden shadows of his empty fortress.
By 9:00 PM, the isolation had turned into a physical ache.
I had spent hours pacing the perimeter of the guest suite, trying to focus on my Makeup Academy portfolio edits, but the high-definition images of cosmetics and facial structures blurred into a meaningless smear of colors on my tablet screen. Every time I closed my eyes, I felt the phantom pressure of his mouth against mine, followed immediately by the freezing, clinical indifference of his voice telling me I was nothing more tha