Tales of Desire
“This is destroying me inside. I feel like the worst mother in the world. Every time I look at Lila, I see the daughter I’m betraying. But when I’m with you… I feel alive again. I feel wanted. Desired. Seen. And I hate myself for how much I need that.”
Her words hit me like a punch to the chest. I pulled her into my arms and held her tightly, burying my face in her hair as she trembled against me. We stood like that for a long time in the hallway, just holding each other while the rain continued to fall outside. There was no rush this time. No frantic tearing of clothes. I kissed her slowly, deeply, pouring every complicated emotion I felt into it — the guilt, the desire, the growing love th