Clinical Obsession by AshleyW at Inkitt

Clinical Obsession

This story contains themes of: child abuse

Story Notes

This story was never meant to be safe.

From the first spark of the idea (a brilliant, controlled woman walking into a cage she doesn’t yet realize is already hers), I knew Clinical Obsession would be raw, unapologetic, and morally grey to the bone. It’s not a redemption arc. It’s not a love story with a tidy bow. It’s the sound of two people realizing the monster and the good girl were always the same person, just wearing different masks.

I wrote every chapter like a held breath (slow, claustrophobic, addictive), because that’s exactly what obsession feels like: the moment you realize you’re too far in to turn back and you don’t even want to.

If you felt your pulse race, your skin heat, your stomach drop, or your morals twist while reading, good. That was the point.

This one’s for everyone who’s ever been terrified of how much they want the thing they shouldn’t.

Welcome to the dark. Mind the fall.

Your author, who still hasn’t quite recovered either.

Summary

She was the prison psychologist sent to fix the monster. He was the monster who decided she was already broken, and his to ruin. One key. One night. One irreversible choice. Obsession doesn’t ask permission. It takes. And some cages aren’t meant to hold what’s already inside you. Clinical Obsession 35 chapters of dark, addictive, no-way-back desire. You won’t stop reading. You might not want to.

Genre: Romance

Author: AshleyW

Status: Complete

Chapters: 35

Rating: 5.0 4 reviews

Age Rating: 18+

The Abyss Stares Back

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The gates of Blackwood Secure Facility shut behind my car with a final, hydraulic sigh, like the building itself had exhale...

Chapters

1. The Abyss Stares Back

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Clinical Obsession

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The Abyss Stares Back

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