The morning after the dream hit Ethan like a freight train. He dragged himself to his Business Strategy seminar with three hours of sleep and a mind that wouldn't stop replaying vivid fragments of Sophia on her knees, the intoxicating taste of dominance, the cold satisfaction of watching her beg.
Professor Mitchell droned on about market positioning while Ethan sat in the back row, Enhanced Perception quietly cataloging every student's micro-expressions and power dynamics. That's when he spotted Chad Whitmore two rows ahead, trust fund brat, designer everything, the kind of guy who thought daddy's money made him untouchable.
In the original timeline, Chad had publicly humiliated Ethan during a group presentation. Mocked his "poor kid Walmart wardrobe" in front of thirty students while De
