He told me to come closer. I obeyed like my body was on autopilot, even though every cell in my mind was screaming at me to stop, to turn around, to run as far and as fast as I could. My heels clicked softly on the pale wood floors of the penthouse as I crossed the space between us, each step feeling heavier than the last, like I was walking through water. The city hummed far below the floor-to-ceiling windows, but up here it felt like the rest of the world had disappeared. There was only the low, steady beat of my own heart thundering in my ears and the...