Teach me to desire
The heavy, gold-trimmed door was closed, but the muffled sound of the orchestra tuning up filtered through the walls.
Serena sat on a small, silk sofa, looking impossibly beautiful and utterly lethal in her silver gown. She was sipping champagne slowly, her eyes watching me with a calculated, cold amusement. I stood opposite her, my hands restless inside my tuxedo pockets. This was my last, desperate chance to appeal to the sensible, ambitious part of her—the part that valued control over chaos.
I walked over and sat down, carefully keeping a small space between us.
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