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My Affair —A Physical Escape

Cheating: The sex was as electrifying as ever. A dopamine hit that left me breathless.

Juniper Less
Mmm Mondays — Life Matters
4 min readAug 7, 2024

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Beautiful red haired girl in a hotel bedroom
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Knowing that what we had could never be more than a physical escape.

The weeks flew by…

Ginny and I always met away from our hometown, for obvious reasons, but our dates were rushed and I struggled with the lies and looking over my shoulder. It was a quick fix rather than the deeper connection I craved. I often felt stressed, and the intoxicating moments we spent together simply left me wanting …more of everything.

More time.

More depth.

More dopamine!

Then, the tennis club offered me another weekend away. I could sense Mary’s suspicion had grown since I’d started to invent lame excuses why I was gone for the odd evening.

And I don’t expect it was only my physical absence, it was the mental distance too. My thoughts were inclined to wander, so Mary often moaned that I was just not listening to her. Hmm, I had to be careful, or I could lose everything. But I couldn’t resist the chance to spend another couple of days and nights with…

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Mmm Mondays — Life Matters
Mmm Mondays — Life Matters

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Juniper Less
Juniper Less

Written by Juniper Less

Writing a bit of this, and a bit of the other... "Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved." Less is More https://medium.com/juniper-berries

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