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2024-10-29 19:42:56"Seduction is always more singular and sublime than sex and it commands the higher price."
-Jean Baudrillard-
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Tamara batted her lashes as she put the paper down and purposely leaned in closer to Adonis while doing it so her breast was hanging right in front of him. Her soft feminine floral scent lingered in the air and she was sure he could smell it as well. Whenever she was with him, she moved her body in ways that accentuate her curves even more. Due to the professional setting she was unable to show her cleavage as a competitive advantage so she needed to do it very subtly through other ways, from playing with her hair, to smiling flirtatiously at him, but she had not received the desire response throughout the entire week and this was one of her more advanced move.
She thought it would surely rouse something within him but when she saw that he was just looking down on the paper underneath him without paying any attention
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