The Chapters

Serialized drafts released as the story unfolds.


The Construct of Love: Chapter 9
Marcus Barcroft Marcus Barcroft

The Construct of Love: Chapter 9

In Chapter 9 of The Construct of Love, “The Last Supper", Clarissa invites Delphine to dinner at the elegant Cliff’s Peak — a ritual once sacred, now steeped in tension. Between steak knives, red wine, and regret, the hum inside Clarissa grows louder. By dessert, forgiveness and murder blur into the same thought.

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The Construct of Love: Chapter 8
Marcus Barcroft Marcus Barcroft

The Construct of Love: Chapter 8

In Chapter 8 of The Construct of Love, “Carnal Arrangements", Clarissa, Delphine, and Pascal enter an understanding that blurs desire, obsession, and control. What begins as a fragile agreement twists into something darker, where love becomes lethal.

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The Construct Of Love: Chapter 7
Marcus Barcroft Marcus Barcroft

The Construct Of Love: Chapter 7

In Chapter 7, “Share Your Toys”, what begins as absurd spirals into something darker: he’s not a drudge, not a man — but something far more advanced, and entirely illegal.

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The Construct Of Love: Chapter 6
Marcus Barcroft Marcus Barcroft

The Construct Of Love: Chapter 6

In Chapter 6, “Detached”, Clarissa and Delphine’s rivalry erupts into jealousy, desire, and a shocking act of violence. But the real surprise comes when Pascal steps back into the room—calm, radiant, and carrying something no man should ever detach.

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The Construct Of Love: Chapter 5
Marcus Barcroft Marcus Barcroft

The Construct Of Love: Chapter 5

In Chapter 5, “Put. It. In!” Clarissa’s desire for Pascal ignites into a fevered encounter that blurs the line between intimacy and obsession. Passion, vulnerability, and surreal undertones intensify as their connection deepens—pushing the story further into psychological and erotic territory.

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The Construct Of Love: Chapter 4
Marcus Barcroft Marcus Barcroft

The Construct Of Love: Chapter 4

In Chapter 4, “Hidden In Plain Sight,” Clarissa’s buried loneliness rises to the surface. As she shares her past with Pascal, his quiet attention transforms her grief into desire. What begins as confession erupts into intimacy — and the spiral of obsession tightens.

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The Construct Of Love: Chapter 3
Marcus Barcroft Marcus Barcroft

The Construct Of Love: Chapter 3

Clarissa and Delphine bring the impossible man into their home. His beauty unsettles, his presence intoxicates. Dark, surreal, and unsettling—Chapter 3 of The Construct of Love reveals how beauty turns to obsession and desire fractures into rivalry.

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The Construct Of Love: Chapter 2
Marcus Barcroft Marcus Barcroft

The Construct Of Love: Chapter 2

Clarissa and Delphine argue over the man who fell from the sky. He is unhurt—too unhurt. Desire builds, reality bends, obsession takes root.

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The Construct Of Love: Chapter 1
Marcus Barcroft Marcus Barcroft

The Construct Of Love: Chapter 1

A naked man falls from the sky. He lands on a moving car. He doesn’t die. From that moment, obsession spreads—dark, surreal, funny, and unsettling.

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