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Chapter 23 by crimsonbeans crimsonbeans

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Veronica's transformative weekend

Veronica had been on fire at work, unstoppable. Her career was flourishing, and every task she touched seemed to turn into gold. The pressure was mounting from an important deadline that loomed over her, but instead of crumbling under the weight, she felt more powerful than ever. It was all thanks to Jack’s brilliant playlist technology. She’d demanded he amp up its potency so she could get through the mountain of work in front of her, and—unsurprisingly—he’d delivered. It had already been useful before, but now... The results had been nothing short of spectacular. With Jack's playlist running on repeat, she'd become a machine—focused, driven, relentlessly productive.

The sound had wrapped around her like a second skin, sharper and more intense each time she hit play. She didn’t just work. She devoured her tasks, obliterating them one by one with ruthless precision. She coolly analyzed complex consumer trends, crafted intricate marketing strategies, coordinated promotional events from across the world. The surge of satisfaction that followed was intoxicating—far beyond the usual high she got from winning or demolishing an adversary. She felt invincible, like a goddess of industry, her productivity soaring to unimaginable heights.

But then, there was the other side of it. A side she wasn’t prepared for.

It had started gradually, subtle at first. Every time she crushed a particularly challenging task, she felt a familiar warmth bloom in her core. It wasn’t unusual—Veronica had always gotten a certain thrill from outsmarting others or conquering difficult work. But this? This was different. There was... heat. The more she accomplished, the warmer it burned, the more intensely her body reacted. Soon, it wasn’t just a flicker of satisfaction; it was an overwhelming need that took hold of her, an unmistakable wave of actual, physical arousal.

By Thursday afternoon, Veronica found herself occasionally retreating to the bathroom to take care of her sensitive pussy, lightly throbbing for attention, rubbing herself to a quick orgasm before returning to her work.

By Friday, it had become so regular that she was practically scheduling her breaks around it—locking her office door, leaning back in her chair, surrendering to the heat pooling in her abdomen. It was almost like clockwork. The completion of each playlist-productivity cycle brought on the same relentless, horny desire to touch herself, as soon as the music stopped. It was as though her body had become attuned to the rhythm, anticipating her break, craving release at every chance it could get.

Friday evening, she was practically buzzing as she finished her final playlist-cycle of the day, and the arousal hit like a freight train. She barely had time to lock the office door before she was undoing her trousers, plunging her hand into her panties, pushing her fingers up her sopping wet, needy cunt. It was quick, rough, and when she was done, she sat there panting, trembling. Even as the heat ebbed away, her skin prickled, the melodies from Jack’s playlist still echoing faintly in her mind.

She tried to rationalize it—hell, she deserved a reward. She’d worked harder than ever before, smashed through deadlines no one else could touch. If her body demanded something extra, a little indulgence at the end of the day, who was she to deny herself? It wasn’t like anyone would find out. She was at the top of her game. Whatever was happening was just a side effect, a little excitement over the power she was tapping into.

But still, something in the back of her mind nagged at her. Was this normal?

By Saturday, the question had gnawed at her enough that she decided to investigate. Fascinated and frustrated, Veronica did what she always did when faced with a puzzle—she dove into research. She spent most of the afternoon hunched over her laptop, combing through obscure forums and scientific journals. There were plenty of articles about focus-enhancing soundtracks and “brainwave stimulation,” but nothing came close to what Jack had created for her.

**** for answers, she'd found herself scrolling through a niche Facebook group dedicated to neuroscience research—"NeuroHacks & Cutting-Edge Science." A bunch of nerds, really, but maybe one of them would know something useful. She decided to make a post.

She’d kept it vague, of course. She wasn't about to give away the key to her sudden surge of accomplishments, and, intuitively, she didn’t want anyone knowing about Jack's experiment. Still, she’d hoped someone might offer some insight into what she was experiencing. But hours passed, and no one responded. Frustrated and no closer to understanding, she eventually went to bed. She hoped someone would have come through with more insights by morning.

That’s when everything went sideways.


Veronica woke with a start, her breath caught in her throat. Her bedroom was cold, the sheets tangled around her legs. She blinked, her vision adjusting to the dim light—but something was wrong. A dark silhouette hovered at the side of her bed. There, standing over her, was a stern-faced woman—Chinese, with cold, unblinking eyes.

Veronica gasped, instinctively pulling the sheets up over her chest. Before she could gather her thoughts, another woman, almost identical to the first, appeared at the foot of her bed.

“What the hell—?!” Veronica stammered, her voice caught between fear and confusion.

Before she could scream, one of the figures reached out and grabbed her wrist, yanking her upright with shocking strength. She gasped, panic tightening her chest. “Tell us what you know,” a sharp voice demanded, low and dangerous, laced with a heavy Chinese accent. “About the subliminal cues. About the playlist.”

Veronica’s heart raced. The playlist? How do they know about that? Her mind scrambled, half-awake and in full panic mode. These people weren’t here to play games. The second woman, the one standing at her feet, yanked the covers away from her. The cool air hit Veronica’s bare legs, sending a shock through her system.

“I... I don’t know what you’re talking about!” Veronica stammered, her voice barely holding steady. Her sharp mind racing, she knew exactly what they wanted, of course, but something was stopping her from revealing anything. She wanted to tell them about Jack, about his experiment, just to make them leave. But... she couldn’t. It was like an invisible barrier locked her words in place.

“Get up.” The second intruder grabbed her by the ankle and dragged her out of bed in one smooth, forceful motion, her bare feet hitting the cold floor with a thud. Veronica’s body was trembling now, the fear surging through her. The women didn’t stop there—they **** her into her bathroom, shoving her under the freezing blast of a cold shower.

Veronica’s head spun, heart pounding as icy water hit her skin. The shower roared above her, endless streams pouring down her back, quickly rendering the thin white cotton t-shirt she'd slept in transparent, soaking her through to the bone. The two women—identical in their severity—stood above her, their expressions hard, unyielding.

“You’re going to tell us what you know,” one of them growled, her fingers gripping Veronica’s arm tightly.

“What—what do I know?” Veronica stammered, teeth chattering from the cold. She tried to wrench herself free, but the woman’s grip was ironclad.

“The playlist,” the second woman hissed impatiently, stepping closer, reaching out to cruelly pinch and twist Veronica's hard, sensitive nipples through the thin material of her drenched t-shirt. “You know something. Subliminal cues. Audio files. Talk.”

Veronica yelped. The cold water shocked her senses, the woman's painful attack on her poor nipples definitely motivated her to collaborate. But through the haze of terror, she found herself unable to speak. She opened her mouth to tell them everything, but the words wouldn’t come. Every time she tried, it was like her brain hit a wall, an invisible **** pushing back, forbidding her from spilling Jack’s secret.

The women continued to press her, their questions growing more threatening, their methods more menacing. But no matter how much they pried, the information stayed locked inside her head, sealed off by something she couldn’t understand. Maybe it was fear paralysis. Maybe it was something else.

After what felt like hours, the women gave up. Frustrated and unable to extract any information from her, they left Veronica shivering and soaked in her own bathroom, a mess of confusion and terror. The cold water dripped down her skin as she huddled on the bath rug, trying to figure out what had just happened.

She didn’t know how long she stayed there, but when the sun finally peeked through the curtains, she knew one thing—she couldn’t stay alone any longer. In particular, she needed to find Jack. The women had wanted something from him, something that she hadn't been able to give. She didn’t care how far she had to go or what she had to do to get him to help. If she ever wanted to feel safe again, she had no other choice.


That’s how she found herself on Jack’s doorstep early that Sunday morning, her heart pounding as she knocked. At first, she’d planned to demand his help. After all, Jack had put her in this situation. When he opened the door, half-asleep and barely dressed, she should have felt her usual superiority. She should have snapped at him, demanded his attention.

Instead, she’d faltered, almost embarrassed by how **** she felt. Then she’d barged in, hoping the sudden invasion would mask her vulnerability.

But it hadn’t.

From the moment she saw him, something inside her had cracked. She tried to play it off, to control the situation like she always did, but Jack wasn’t biting. His dismissive tone stung more than she cared to admit, and when he brushed her off again, her frustration twisted into something foreign.

She was weak. She hated herself for it. She wasn’t supposed to be the one falling apart. She was the one who made others crumble. But the trauma of the sisters’ visit still clung to her skin, and before she knew it, she was standing in Jack’s apartment, a pathetic shell of herself, trying to charm him in a way that felt so foreign to her. She tried to coax him into helping her, but it felt wrong, clumsy, like wearing clothes that didn’t fit.

She hadn’t planned to do that. It wasn’t her. She’d never been good at playing the seductress. In fact, she hadn’t been with a man before—not intimately, at least. She’d always been too focused on her career, on destroying anyone who stood in her way. She was sharp, driven, and confident. She didn’t need to charm her way through life.

But here she was, making a fool of herself, trying to seduce Jack, and failing miserably. And when he dismissed her again, her resolve had broken entirely.

She had begged. She had humiliated herself, offering him anything—everything—just to make him help. And the worst part? Some part of her had wanted to. Some part of her had been relieved to let him take the lead, to let him take care of her. To let go of her cold, perfect control and submit to whatever he wanted. She wasn’t the confident woman he had known. She felt like a silly, broken girl who needed his protection.

That was when Jack had started treating her differently. When he announced he'd be calling her “Nikki” from now on, she hadn’t even protested. She’d wanted to protest. But she hadn’t.

The thing was, she should have hated it. She should have hated the way he looked at her with amusement, how he spoke to her like she was a child. She should have been disgusted when he told her to take off her trousers because she'd “look prettier without them.” But she didn’t hate it. In fact, again, part of her—a part she didn’t want to admit existed—had been happy to do it.

Feeling ****, she'd told Jack everything that had happened, every thought and feeling she'd had along the way. He had patiently watched her, listening, nodding encouragingly, as if he understood it all. It had felt cathartic, freeing. Jack was there for her, he had agreed to save her. And she realized that she, somehow, trusted him fully.

Suddenly, as she stood there in her crop top and underwear, lost in thoughts, Jack pulled her back to reality.

“Are you paying attention, Nikki?”

*SMACK!*

The sharp sound of his hand slapping her bare ass echoed through the room, and that same, growing part of her yelped in surprise... maybe even a little excitement. Her modest thong had not offered much protection from the impact of Jack's open palm. She flushed, both from the sting and from the realization that she’d zoned out completely while he’d been explaining his plan.

Jack looked down at her, amused, and she could see a glint of satisfaction in his eyes. “Focus,” he said, his tone commanding yet soft, as though scolding a child. When she **** herself to look at him attentively, he grinned. He was enjoying this—enjoying her submission, her embarrassment. And, to her shock, Nikki liked that he was enjoying it, liked that she was pleasing him.

Considering everything, a strange, fluttering need shouldn’t be building in her treacherous cunt, complementing the blush on her cheeks. The front of her thong shouldn't be showing a small, growing wet spot.

But it was.

She straightened up, trying to gather what remained of her composure, although it was a losing battle. Jack had her. She was exploring a new side of herself, whether she liked it or not, her thoughts a swirling mess as it dawned on her just how fast she was falling.

But that rapidly growing part of her... Nikki... was loving it. She wasn’t sure where this path would lead, but she was starting to suspect that Nikki had been deep inside her all along. Waiting, yearning.

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