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Emily Bright is a reserved medical laboratory scientist with a peculiar fascination for the microscopic world of body fluids. Her life is a monochrome routine of lab work and lonely evenings spent admiring art she believes she'll never create. Emily is the embodiment of precision, control, and logic, qualities that render her a perpetual wallflower.

Dominic Pierreson, known as "The God of Art," is a once-revered artist teetering on the brink of retirement. Praised as the 21st century’s greatest creative genius, Dominic’s glory days seem behind him, with no spark left to fuel his next masterpiece. Disillusioned and desperate, he meets Emily by chance at an art gallery, and in her quiet brilliance, he finds an unexpected muse.

Dominic's world bursts into vibrant color as he obsessively captures Emily’s essence in every medium imaginable: photographs, sculptures, paintings, and even a bestselling play. His works featuring Emily become priceless treasures, solidifying his place in history. But as his obsession grows, so does his love for her, a love Emily struggles to comprehend or reciprocate.

Caught between the worlds of art and science, Emily begins to question everything she thought she knew about herself. As Dominic’s fame skyrockets and their relationship deepens, the lines blur between inspiration, obsession, and love. In a whirlwind of passion, fame, and self-discovery, Emily must decide: Can she embrace the chaos of Dominic’s world, or will she retreat to the safety of her own?

The Art and Science of Mad Attraction is a sweeping tale of ambition, obsession, and the unpredictable nature of love, where logic meets creativity and two contrasting souls find themselves inexplicably drawn together.

THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MAD ATTRACTION

Emily sat in the lab, her mind immersed in the crimson swirls of blood samples from two couples laid out on her workbench.

She meticulously observed the slides under the microscope, her fascination with the invisible world driving her to seek connections most wouldn't even dream of.

Her hypothesis? That love, or at least the science of it, could leave a trace in blood.

Her gloved fingers moved delicately, transferring drops to test tubes for a process she liked to call Bio-Chemical Affinity Sequencing, a method she was refining to trace hormonal compatibility between partners.

The idea that something as abstract as love might leave a measurable imprint fascinated her.

How was it that oxytocin, the so-called "love hormone," spiked at mere touches, creating bonds strong enough to span lifetimes?

What if the subtle shifts in blood proteins revealed something more, like markers that tied two people together in ways science was just beginning to explore?

"Love," she whispered, watching the blood react under her precise manipulation, "is not just a feeling; it's a biological fact."

Her mind flitted back to the gallery. The art of body fluids displayed so boldly, urine streaks turned into abstract paintings, blood forming galaxies on a canvas.

She'd looked up that day and seen him. A shadowy figure on the mezzanine floor, standing among the vibrant chaos, his gaze piercing as if he saw through her.

She had squinted, but without her glasses, all she could make out was the blur of his features.

She had thought of him often since then, the way one thinks about unfinished puzzles. There was something magnetic, intangible about him.

Emily's musings were interrupted when the lab door opened.

A man walked in, holding a clipboard. Behind him, another man, a figure oddly familiar, accompanied the patient.

She froze, her pen halting mid-scribble on the form in front of her.

Her lashes lowered as she glanced at the second man through her peripheral vision.

His jawline was sharp, his posture casual yet confident. And then it hit her, the man with the umbrella from a month ago.

Her stomach fluttered, a sensation foreign in her world of logic and science.

She bit her bottom lip, forcing herself to refocus on the test forms.

The patient handed over a prescription for hormone and genetic screening, tests that hinted at fertility concerns.

The poetic rhythm of their bodies meeting under science felt oddly romantic to her:

"Blood tells stories, secrets wrapped in crimson streams, Oxygen dances with cells, stitching invisible dreams. Hormones whisper like echoes of touch,

Tracing love's essence in bonds so much."

Her fascination with the mechanics of life deepened as she prepared the lab work.

"A single sperm, so microscopic yet teeming with potential, races among millions to fulfill its purpose. And ovum, so finite and rare, holds the power to create. How strange that life begins in such disparity yet unites to form something whole."

The man with the umbrella cleared his throat, pulling her from her thoughts. He leaned slightly forward, his lips curving into a soft smirk as he caught her staring.

"Long day?" he asked, his voice warm, yet laced with teasing.

Her cheeks flushed as she stammered, "Something like that."

The patient watched the interaction silently, a knowing smile on his face.

Emily glanced at her clipboard, suddenly overwhelmed by a curious blend of nerves and excitement.

The tests they'd requested involved hormonal assay and DNA fragment analysis, tests that Emily couldn't help but see as metaphorical for human connection.

Just as blood revealed truths about the body, could these tests reveal truths about the soul?

Her eyes met his once more, and the moment stretched, fluid and unbroken, like the drop of blood she had just watched slide down the glass tube.

Chapter 3: Emily