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Chapter 5: Dinner with Fabian II

Author: Ivy Walters
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2025-11-01 22:37:10

Steven POV.

What was this thing I was feeling?

I was all too aware of him.

Somehow, everything he'd done from the way he'd walked, talked, and laughed was sending chills down my spine.

I couldn't – didn't want to believe I was attracted to men.

No, I couldn't be.

I grew up in a Catholic Orphanage, and we were taught that our sexuality was sanctified and ordained by God.

What would Father Thomas say if he knew that I was even contemplating my sexuality?

Sister Theresa would pray the rosary 50 ti
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