Love Lies and Deceit
She lay there so still, so heartbreakingly peaceful, it almost made me believe in the idea of redemption.
Almost.
That skin, flawless, smooth like porcelain, seemed to belong to a world untouched by scars or sorrow. It had the kind of quiet beauty that made you pause, made you afraid to reach out and leave a fingerprint, a blemish. And her lips... God, those lips. Crimson and full, like they had been crafted by desire itself. They held secrets, temptations, maybe even regrets, stories I wasn't sure I was brave enough to ask for. How many men had kissed those lips in America? How many had laid claim to this wild, radiant woman who now slept inches from me?
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