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As a medical professional, Lisa tried to look at s*x in a practical way, as nothing more than a biological function. Its only real purpose was to reproduce, after all. The reason orgasms existed was to encourage people to have s*x. She’d enjoyed s*x in the past, but had never gotten carried away with it. After watching her mother treat love and marriage like a competitive sport, she’d chosen a different path. She didn’t want her life to be a series of dramas and heartbreaks. s*x was fine, but she’d skip the romance and flowers. “Friends with benefits”—that was the way to go.
She’d made it to the age of twenty-eight that way. Then she’d left Houston, met Finn in a tower, and now everything felt different.
“Friends with benefits” had absolutely nothing to do with what she’d just experi
