I Was Hired To Seduce My Boss
I will give her everything I never had.
One evening, as I rock Lily to sleep, I whisper a promise into the darkness. "I will always protect you," I say. "I will always be there for you. I will always love you."
She stirs, her small hand reaching up to touch my face. I smile. "I will be the father you deserve." The days grow shorter, the nights longer. Autumn deepens, painting the world in shades of amber and rust. The leaves fall, carpeting the ground in a mosaic of gold and brown. The lake grows colder, the surface rippled by the wind.