C41 When Guilt Tastes Like Desire

(Ava’s POV)

How do you convince yourself you’re doing the right thing when your heart already knows you’re not? That question kept looping through my mind as I sat at my desk, my fingers slack over the keyboard, staring blankly at the screen. Last night, I had been wrapped in warmth—Walter’s arms, the comfort of his bed, the false security of thinking things might be normal again