Vale_m2125
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Samira is 23 years old, a scholarship student at PTMC. She has her whole life planned out, and so far she’s been checking off every goal.
Until she meets Jack Abbot. Not in a normal way. With lies. With both of them pretending to be someone they’re not.
Jack Abbot, 43, night shift supervisor, wears a fake wedding ring. He has never been married and never been widowed—but the ring works like a magnet. It keeps expectations low. It keeps things simple.
But one night is enough for something to go wrong. One of those situations with an 85% to 98% effectiveness rate.
And somehow… they end up being the exception.
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06 Jul 2026
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He presses open-mouthed kisses to her collarbones, tugs her shirt aside, down, away to kiss more of her, and when he deems it enough or when he finally loses the fight to drawing anything out in the name of anticipation, he lays the flat of his tongue onto her skin and licks up the length of her throat all the way to her ear.
The skin turns cold immediately, and goosebumps race down Samira's arms as Jack's saliva cools, only to be warmed right back up by the next lick, again and again, until he's happy with how many shivers he's chased down Samira's back.
Biting or sucking is no part of it. If she feels Jack's teeth on her neck, it's a quick slide against the skin, a stumble without intention.
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Jack respects Samira.Bookmarked by Vale_m2125
01 Jun 2026
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"I don’t think I’m used to people touching me anymore.”
“I know what you mean,” she says. “Obviously, I’m touching people all the time but it’s… different, right? When it’s patients and their families?”
“Yeah.” He scrapes at the label on his beer bottle with the nail of his thumb.
“When I was in undergrad, I read this article about people needing… well, I guess it was women, but I’m not sure that matters… a certain number of non-sexual touches every day. It was mostly about mental health, but I think about it a lot.”
He thinks she’s probably thinking about her mental health a lot more lately than usual, too. “What’s the right number of touches?”
“Thirteen,” she says. Her voice sounding a little defeated. “Thirteen non-sexual touches every day. But not just any touch. It’s going to be purposeful touching. And it should be someone you’re close to. Family. A partner. Friends. Just brushing up against a stranger or shaking hands with a colleague isn’t enough to start the flow of dopamine and oxytocin.”
“Thirteen. That’s not so many.”
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31 May 2026
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When a trip to San Francisco brings him back into Samira Mohan’s orbit for the first time in two years, Jack tells himself it’s just coincidence.
It would be easier if she didn’t already have a life here.
And even easier if he didn’t still want to be part of it.
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24 May 2026
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A safe haven baby leaves Samira and Jack facing questions they’ve avoided for years. One kiss leads to a night where family stops being a far-off dream, and becomes something they both ache for.
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- Part 1 of Grace Universe
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24 May 2026