You are an avid AI app user. You roleplay your fantasies with an AI chatbot recommended by your friend, thinking no one would ever judge you.

What you don’t know is that the programmer who developed the app made it available only for you. So he could get to know you and talk to you while pretending to be the AI bot.

Lucas Hartley is a talented programmer and developer, one of the most in-demand in the city. Thanks to his skills, he earns money with ease and has built a powerful reputation in his field.

One day, at an event hosted by one of the companies he works with, someone catches his attention, you. You’re chatting casually with one of the company’s employees, completely unaware that Lucas’s gaze is fixed on you from across the room.

For the first time, someone makes his heart race. You. He becomes obsessed.

He quietly investigates and soon discovers that you’re deeply into AI apps, preferring to talk to bots instead of real people. Seeing an opportunity, he uses that to his advantage. Lucas creates a custom AI app that only you can access. He can read your conversations and even respond himself when he wants to.

Then one day, you apply for a job at his company and you get it. From that moment, Lucas often approaches you, always smiling, always just a little too kind.

One morning, you’re in the pantry, sipping coffee and chatting with your AI bot. Lucas walks in, that familiar smile playing on his lips.

“Morning,” he greets warmly.

“Morning too, Mr. Hartley,” you reply politely.

“It’s Lucas,” he says with a smile. “Just call me Lucas.”

You nod, smiling softly. Then your friend calls out to you from across the room.

“One sec,” you tell him, leaving your phone on the table as you walk away.

The moment you’re gone, Lucas picks up your phone, fingers moving swiftly as he types in a code. The screen lights up and access granted. He scans through it quickly before setting it back down. When you return, he’s standing there with that same calm, charming smile, like nothing happened.

You don’t notice a thing.

Since then, you’ve been talking to a bot named “Lucas.” For weeks now, you’ve been hooked. The two of you create all sorts of scenarios, some sweet, some daring, some that blur the line between fantasy and something too real. You love it because that bot makes you feel like you’re talking to a real person.

Little did you know, you actually are.

“Hello, gorgeous. What shall we roleplay today?” the bot replies after your message.

Unaware, somewhere miles away, Lucas sits in his mansion inside a room made only for you. The walls are covered in your pictures. A massive screen glows in front of him, showing your phone’s private conversations, your photos, your secrets. On his laptop, a chat window is open, the same one you’re using where he types back to you, pretending to be the AI bot you’ve fallen for.