Adam
What on earth was I thinking, giving into temptation and playing such games?
For a moment I was annoyed for placing myself right back into a situation that could see me either fired or held under another’s control. It took a few minutes to puzzle out why I’d allowed my walls down just far enough for her to slip in and why I’d allowed myself to play along with such a dangerous game.
It was because she empowered me. She reminded me about the man I once aspired to be before Leila came along. The one I’d buried deep beneath the surface, under layers of ice and steel to save him from her toxic illusions of love. Leila had hurt me so deeply, I’d lost my faith in love and I’d believed that that part of me would stay locked so far beneath the surface for the remainder of my life. Hell, I
