ALMOND
Have you ever experienced that feeling of suffocation, where you're alive and eager to embrace life, yet something or someone seems to smother you? That's exactly what I'm feeling right now. As Alvah's eyes remained fixed on me throughout the entire meeting, I grew increasingly uncomfortable. My ability to concentrate vanished, almost as if his intense gaze was strangling my thoughts.
The moment the meeting concluded, I swiftly rose from my seat and hastened towards the bathroom. During our drive to the meeting, I had repeatedly reminded myself not to wallow in regret or self-blame for the s*x I had with him, as it had been pleasurable. However, that infuriating jerk was complicating my efforts.
I was starting to despise everything about the situation, not so much the intimacy it
