Three months later, on a crisp morning, Ashley maintained her steady rhythm along the waterfront path, her breath visible in the winter air. What had begun as Dr. Martinez’s therapeutic prescript...
2025-10-13 13:00:22 +0000 UTC
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Jess slipped the key card into the door of her
2025-10-13 13:00:20 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone,
Next week brings the final chapter of BBA. I’ve really enjoyed sharing this story with you all and I hope you’ve enjoyed the ride! I’ve also really liked the Monday drops. ...
2025-10-06 22:06:31 +0000 UTC
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Three miles into her morning run, Ashley hit her stride.
The first mile was always the hardest, lungs protesting, muscles reluctant, mind questioning why she’d subjected herself to this vol...
2025-10-06 14:00:15 +0000 UTC
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The rhythm was everything. Jacob positioned himself beneath the barbell and held his breath. The number on the plates had steadily increased over the months, a measurement of progress he found reas...
2025-10-06 13:00:20 +0000 UTC
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The apartment was a shoebox. One bedroom, galley kitchen, bathroom with a shower stall barely wide enough to turn around in. Ashley had signed the lease 1 week after receiving notice that Jacob had...
2025-09-29 13:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone,
Chapter 24 of The Black Belt Affair has been flagged by Patreon’s moderation team. I’ve already reached out to them to get clarification, but since that may take a few days, ...
2025-09-24 06:09:14 +0000 UTC
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Tom stared blankly at his monitor, the informat
2025-09-15 14:00:26 +0000 UTC
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The evening class at Iron Grip Academy was in full swing, the familiar sounds of bodies hitting mats and strained breathing filling the converted warehouse. Carlos moved through the rows of paired ...
2025-09-15 13:00:10 +0000 UTC
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Evie jerked awake, a strangled cry dying in her
2025-09-08 14:00:26 +0000 UTC
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Ashley had been cooking for hours. Jacob’s favorite lemon garlic chicken was in the oven, the timer showing twelve minutes remaining. A bottle of the pinot noir they’d discovered on their weeke...
2025-09-08 13:30:03 +0000 UTC
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The phone’s screen illuminated yet again with Ashley’s name, the ninety-seventh time she’d called in three days. Jacob watched it vibrate against the coffee table of Ryan’s spare room, wher...
2025-09-08 13:00:21 +0000 UTC
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Weeks passed in this pattern of deception and desire. Ashley maintained her marriage with Jacob through effort, cooking his favorite meals, initiating sex when enough time had passed that she felt ...
2025-09-01 13:00:12 +0000 UTC
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Bob Caldwell nursed his third glass of Jack Dan
2025-08-25 13:32:58 +0000 UTC
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Weeks after their reconciliation, Ashley found herself looking for an opportunity to be alone with Carlos in a new setting. The moments in his apartment or at the gym had become routine, and some r...
2025-08-25 13:00:18 +0000 UTC
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For three days, Ashley maintained her resolution. She deleted Carlos’s number from her phone, avoided staying after class, threw herself into rebuilding her marriage with focus. Each night, she i...
2025-08-18 13:30:02 +0000 UTC
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Ashley woke fully to the sensation of the mattress shifting as Jacob sat up beside her. For a moment, Ashley kept her eyes closed, feigning sleep, delaying the inevitable confrontation. But the wei...
2025-08-18 13:00:10 +0000 UTC
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Jess stood in her walk-in closet, fingertips tr
2025-08-11 13:00:21 +0000 UTC
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The drive to Carlos’s apartment passed in a haze of justifications and rationalizations. Jacob had pushed her to this with his accusations. She needed comfort, understanding. It was just a conver...
2025-08-11 13:00:05 +0000 UTC
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After the debrief, Evie found herself in the fi
2025-08-04 13:00:17 +0000 UTC
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Jacob adjusted his gi for the fifth time in as many minutes, wincing as the movement pulled at his still slightly tender shoulder. The Iron Grip Academy locker room felt foreign after his weeks of ...
2025-08-04 13:00:16 +0000 UTC
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The drive home gave Ashley too much time to think, to replay what had happened, to alternate between reliving the pleasure and drowning in the guilt. Carlos’s release was still inside her, a phys...
2025-07-28 13:00:09 +0000 UTC
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“Girls’ night again?” Jacob asked, looking up from his laptop where a physical therapy video played, the instructor demonstrating shoulder m
“Girls’ night again?” Jacob asked, loo...
2025-07-21 15:00:15 +0000 UTC
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Tom’s eyes cracked open to the insistent throb
2025-07-21 13:00:17 +0000 UTC
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Ashley pulled into her now-customary spot at Iron Grip Academy early Saturday morning. The gym was quiet at this hour, open mat officially starting at ten, but the building accessible from eight fo...
2025-07-21 13:00:16 +0000 UTC
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Wednesday found her inventing reasons to stay after class again, creating alibis with a creativity that would have impressed her former self. This time, she told Jacob she’d been invited to join ...
2025-07-14 13:15:01 +0000 UTC
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Monday evening arrived with a storm, literal and figurative. Rain hammered the gym’s roof, creating a backdrop to the final minutes of class. Ashley moved through the closing exercises, her body ...
2025-07-14 13:00:18 +0000 UTC
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Bob Caldwell sat at his kitchen table. The mug
2025-07-07 14:00:16 +0000 UTC
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As Ashley followed Carlos into the silent training space, the familiar scents of rubber mats and cleaning solution mingled with something new. Anticipation, possibility, the electric charge of boun...
2025-07-07 13:00:05 +0000 UTC
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The next day passed in a haze of routine activities. Work meetings conducted from her laptop at the kitchen table to stay near Jacob, a trip to the pharmacy for his prescription refill, a quick gro...
2025-06-30 13:00:04 +0000 UTC
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