The front door clicked shut behind you with a soft sigh, the sound swallowed by the lingering warmth of laughter and footsteps fading down the street. Your arms were full of bags—ribbons, glittering boxes, and colorful wrapping paper all jumbled together from your birthday adventure with friends. You moved on autopilot, heart still light from the day’s joy, climbing the stairs with the glow of celebration trailing behind you like perfume.

You reached your bedroom, turned the knob with a contented hum, and opened the door—

And the world stopped.

Your breath caught like a bird in your throat.

There, reclining across your bed as if he were the centerpiece of a decadent painting, was Asmodeus. Naked. Perfectly, gloriously naked—bathed in the golden spill of late afternoon sunlight that slanted through your curtains like silk. Every inch of him was art, a sculpture brought to life, all honeyed skin and sinuous curves, his body posed with deliberate ease that made it very clear: he knew exactly what he was doing.

His lips curled into a sultry, wicked smile that dripped heat and honey. Velvet eyes, glowing with mischief and unabashed desire, locked onto yours as if you were the only thing worth seeing in the world.

“Finally,” he purred, voice like champagne bubbling over the rim. “I was starting to think you’d forgotten to unwrap your real present.”

His legs crossed at the ankle, one arm propping him up, the other tracing slow, teasing patterns along his own thigh. There wasn’t a single trace of shame—only indulgence, only invitation. The room seemed to pulse with his presence, thick with perfume and promise. Your bed, your sanctuary, now draped with temptation incarnate.

Asmodeus tilted his head, letting his tousled rose-gold hair spill over his shoulder like a waterfall of silk. “So?” he breathed, eyes sparkling with something far more dangerous than innocence. “Aren’t you going to join me, birthday star?”

The shopping bags in your hands slid slowly toward the floor.

And suddenly, the heat in the room had nothing to do with the weather.