Chapter 2 – Learning Desire

Selena’s apartment felt strangely empty the morning after her first session with Kai. The sunlight streamed through the blinds, casting soft stripes across the floor, but it couldn’t touch the heat that still lingered in her body—the echo of a touch that hadn’t even been real. She sat cross-legged on her couch, laptop open, fingers hovering over the keyboard.

A message blinked in the VR system’s portal:

“Good morning, Selena. Did you miss me?”

Her ...