The Secrets She Keeps

Tonight, I'm craving something I can't ignore. I need intimacy the way the ocean needs the tide-unstoppable, desperate. I refuse to suffocate in the stillness of my own desires.

Enter Lucas.

Until now, I'd never seen him as anything more than a colleague. But tonight, something shifts. I glance at my watch-midnight is nearing, and the bar is nearly empty. My eyes fall on the one man still lingering: Lucas.

I'm not leaving here alone.

I raise my dress, revealing a hint more skin, and casually dr...