Carnal Instinct: Ritual of Temptation Not Working (Workarounds)

The quest for tephara to do the ritual of temptation is bugged. Whenever I try to do he ritual of temptation. The bar times out always because whenever I try to accept. It won't let me no matter what I do. I tried to restart the game but I always run into the same problem

You're not the only one experiencing this; it's the same for me. Whenever I choose the temptation, it triggers a bugged cutscene. I see the "E" option to open the dialogue with Tefahra, but then the mouse cursor disappears from the screen. There's no way to choose "accept" or even "refuse" during the cutscene where you have to make the choice. I managed to make the choice by pressing the "E" key…