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The Laws of Love and Lust - Chapter One by Omolarami Akindiji

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  Chapter One   Amarie Wells stared at the envelope in her hands, anxious yet excited. Whatever the letter inside read would define her whole future. The contents of the envelope just had to be positive; it was a part of her ten year life plan.   Come on. Just do it. Open it. Taking a deep breath, she flipped it over, closed her eyes, and slid the butter knife under the seal. Before beginning to read she said a quick prayer. Goose bumps appeared on her arm as her eyes flew across the page. It was the news she was waiting for and it was as amazing as she had hoped. A scream of excitement and joy broke from her throat causing her best friend and roommate, Chris Taliani, to come running into the kitchen.   “I swear you better be dying.” He grumbled, pushing his long, chocolate brown hair out of his face. It was eleven in the morning so he had still been sleeping. He looked up at her from his storm grey eyes, still hazy with the remnants of sleep. “Chris, I got it.” She breathed. “I
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The Laws of love and lust - Chapter two by Omolarami Akindiji

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  Chapter Two By the time they stepped into the club, feeling the rhythmic pulse and vibrations of the thumping bass of the music underfoot, Amarie was buzzing with a rhythm all of her own. The three (or five) shots of vodka that they’d taken in the span of the two hours it took for them to get dressed had her in good spirits. Not quite drunk, but definitely not sober. They opened the door, where a few girls who looked far more drunk than Amarie loitered, that separated the front hall from the main floor. The moment they opened the door a wave of heat and sound met them. In the crowded club, the bass of the music was almost palpable, as if she could feel every beat of the drum dancing upon her skin. Chris, like an overprotective big brother, held her hand as they walked through the throng of people clustered together. He easily made his way through the crowd of gyrating bodies; men seemed to part for him, their eyes raking over him. He was attractive, that much she had always known.
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