Deadly Affection

subsiding hangover to come rushing back to me all at once. Why does my AI system insist on constantly playing it to w

one-night stands I allowed

d you to stop

ng is still present in my ears. I need

Her voice is robotic, without a hint of regret for ruining my sleep. Of course, I didn't

yawn. "Sedar, w

thirty, and your meet

ve a few more minutes. I let my bo

ed

Ms. Ce

ke it on time if I sl

oub

or me to piss. Sedar, the answer is one minute. It takes me sixty seconds to piss, so I would very much appreciate it if I could sleep a bit longer. If in your all-

ke it, Ms. Cecilia,"

h my head now stuf

Ms. Ce

e morning

over my life: classical music, heated floors, the temperature of the home set to a comfortable level. I can hear

o, but she's quicker, more efficient, and better than any human assistant in every way. She

thing I have to

nce here. An invite-all party in an expensive high-rise hotel. It was a big turnout after a

big he wants me to kill. Maybe a prime minister, some drug lo

It would be impossible for me to ignore her. I don't respond, a

es

the next five minutes so you can

g me the same intensity of a hug. I could just stay here for the rest

a whisper under the running water. I don't need to scream. Sh

ty mi

wer is complete bliss. Steam coats

me my cloth

s, and a screen show a

is is what's currently trending, and where you're go

hite button-down. What's trending, she says? I guess she looked in the men's section aga

. Please take notes and save t

Ms. Ce

add as I gath

Ms. Ce

alright. We've been acquainted with one anot

, Ce

y clothes and one minute

o get to the office?" I take a si

ty mi

, I lose my breath. The city that never sleeps, is a place that still has many things yet to dis

tive of my n

York

e I am. I'm well aware if I take three steps, I'll be hit. I'll be another statis

ery yellow car I can see. A car stops

eak before I'm shouting off or

een, or to be more specific jade-colored eyes. It complements his dirty blond hair toppled on top of his head without a single strand out of place. He's a good-

ould screw his brains out all day long. "Do you mind if we shar

uestion. His blazer is haphazardly thrown on his shoulder. He looks like he was in a rush when he got dr

here

here you'll be every day. When I first came to the beauty that was New York. I wasn't aware of this fact, and I

e going to th

it with you. I was here for— ho

his throat and pull his dead body into the back of the cab. I could pay off the driver or make him disappear

's going to exact revenge on me? I

e taxi driver that you w

ready to go." I take my seat in the cab, but the strange man holds the door, so I can't close it. If you

makes you more comfortable." I only stare up at him, inspecting hi

ething about his eyes, the way he smiles. The way he's so open a

gainst

stalk." I mimic his smile showing off my pearly whites tha

and laughs.

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