The Desire Effect
You ever wish you could read minds… and realize just how twisted people really are?
Yeah? Then welcome to my life.
I'm Terrence Holt, office phantom, professional doormat, 27 years old with the romantic experience of a teaspoon.
My existence at TitanForge International was a study in quiet erosion, until the day I fell down the corporate ladder... literally.
That's when I met DES. The Desire Effect System.
Now, I don't just hear thoughts. I see the hidden architecture of human want: ambition, lust, fear, secret hatred. Every silent judgment, every buried desire aimed at me plays out in real time. The system’s goal is simple: make me the most desirable man alive. Not just loved, feared, needed... obeyed.
It offers a simple, brutal transaction: See. Want. Take.
This isn't a story about becoming a hero. It's about becoming a puppeteer. I will use their desires as levers. Their secrets as weapons. I will climb from invisible nobody to the man who owns the room, the building, the people in it.
The game was always rigged. Now, I have the cheat codes. And I'm not just playing to win.
I'm playing to own the game.
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Note: This story contains intimate scenes, but only when it’s earned, meaningful, and tied to character growth. Read through Chapter 10 for the necessary emotional plot and foundation; from Chapter 11 onwards, the consequences unfold.