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Rai I slam the door shut and lean against it, allowing myself to let go. My legs are barely able to hold me upright, and my core still pulses from the frighteningly powerful release I just had. I’m breathing harshly like a trapped animal with no way out. I cover my face with both of my trembling hands in a hopeless attempt to calm myself down. I need to snap out of it, and I need to snap out of it now. How could I let that asshole, that brute, own me so unapologetically? How could I enjoy every second of it as if I’ve been waiting years for that type of pleasure? I haven’t been…right? The more I close my eyes, the harder the images from last night and this morning rush in. I kissed him first. I started this endless circle with no way out, and now, the evidence of my screw-up is still dripping between my thighs. Kyle didn’t hold back—far from it. He took and took, and what he gave in return? Yeah, that’s my utter destruction and the reason I’m hiding like a coward right now. For the lif