He hesitated. Was he about to ruin his masterpiece?
Purposefully waiting for a reward reintroduces the tension that makes the eventual pleasure "pop." pleasure in a vacuum
Elias sat in the center of his living room, a glass of amber liquid resting on the coaster. He was a man who had spent his life besieged. He was a commodities trader, a profession defined by the cacophony of human need—shouting voices, frantic typing, the constant, grinding pressure of demand. He had made his millions betting on other people’s hunger. He hesitated
