Lust

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>He's a holy man. She's his greatest temptation.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When I became a pastor I made a solemn vow to God: I wouldn't touch another woman until I met my destined wife.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>For three years I've had no trouble keeping that promise.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Until my best friend's youngest daughter became my intern.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Mariana is everything I shouldn't crave-free-spirited unapologetically atheist and way too young for me. And yet I want her with a fevered obsession even if it means betraying the trust of my best friend.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Giving in to lust would be a sin of the highest order. Is God testing me?</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I know I need to resist her but every time her eyes twinkle with mischief every time that teasing smile tugs at her full lips I forget my devotion to my church. I forget the promises I made to God. I forget everything but the woman who might be my undoing.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Father forgive me I'm going to sin.</span></p>