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Sacred Obsession Chapter 69
(Matteo's POV)Three days after our conversation about Sister Lucia, Elena called me, not late at night, not in secret, but in broad daylight, which immediately told me something was wrong."We need rules." No greeting, no introduction, straight to the point. I closed my office door, already exhausted, already knowing where this conversation was heading."Rules.""Yes."I rubbed a hand across my face. "Elena—""No." Her voice remained firm. "If we're going to survive this, we need boundaries." Survive!! not stop, not end, not walk away. Survive. The distinction wasn't lost on either of us."What kind of boundaries?" I asked quietly. Silence, and then: "No more meeting alone during the week." Reasonable. "No more sleeping together." Painful. "No texting constantly." Nearly impossible. "And no finding excuses to see each other every day." That one hurt most, because she wasn't wrong. Lately we had become part of each other's routines, morning messages, afternoon conversations, evening
Sacred Obsession chapter 68
(Matteo's POV)Sister Lucia cornered me on a Wednesday, not literally, because she was far too subtle for that, which was precisely what made her.I was halfway across the courtyard when her voice stopped me."Father Matteo." Immediately, something in my stomach tightened because Sister Lucia never called people over casually. Every interaction felt intentional. I turned. "Yes, Sister?"She smiled, politely, warmly, completely harmless, which somehow made me trust her even less. "Would you walk with me?" A request, not an order, but not optional either.Five minutes later, we were moving slowly through the parish garden while rose bushes swayed gently in the Roman breeze. For a while, she spoke about ordinary things: the youth program, parish donations, a broken air conditioner in one of the classrooms. Small talk, the kind intelligent people use before arriving at the real conversation. And eventually, she arrived."You seem troubled lately."There it was. I almost laughed, because
Sacred Obsession Chapter 67
(Matteo's POV)Elena was sitting alone in the last pew near the back of the church, long after evening Mass had ended. The church was nearly empty, candles flickering softly near the sanctuary, the cleaning volunteers already gone, and still she sat there, motionless and thinking, which was never a good sign. I approached slowly, not because I was afraid of her, but because lately every difficult conversation seemed to arrive quietly, without warning and without preparation."You've been sitting here for twenty minutes." My voice echoed softly through the empty church. Elena looked up, and a faint smile appeared that didn't reach her eyes."There you are." The words sounded almost absentminded, like she had been expecting me eventually. Something tightened inside my chest. "What happened?" I sat beside her, careful, far enough apart to satisfy appearances, close enough to hear her breathe. She looked toward the altar instead of answering."My mother confronted me today."Immediately
Sacred Obsession Chapter 66
Elena's POV)My mother chose Sunday afternoom; not during breakfast, where my father would be present, not during dinner, where interruption was possible, not in passing. She waited until we were completely alone, which meant she had been planning it, and that realization alone made me nervous."Sit with me." The request sounded gentle, which somehow made it worse. I lowered myself onto the bench beside her while a teacup rested untouched between her hands and that alone should have warned me. My mother never let tea grow cold. For a moment she said nothing, simply watching the fountain, the roses, the afternoon sunlight. And then:"You've changed."Straight to it, My pulse quickened immediately. "I don't know what that means." A mistake, we both knew it, because the answer sounded defensive before it had even fully left my mouth. My mother glanced toward me, not angry, not accusing, just observant, which was infinitely more dangerous."It means you've been absent." The words settle
Sacred Obsession Chapter 65
(Elena's POV)I knew there had been someone before me, that wasn't surprising. Matteo had lived thirty-four years before I ever walked into this story. What surprised me was how rarely he spoke about that part of his life. Paris existed like a closed door: mentioned occasionally, never opened. And after our conversation in the courtyard, I couldn't stop thinking about it. About her. Claire, the woman whose name had slipped into existence without ever fully arriving, the woman he had loved before he became Father Matteo Romano, the woman he had left behind.It was raining when I finally asked. Matteo and I sat beneath the covered terrace of an old café near the edge of the town hidden enough to avoid parishioners; far enough, though nothing was truly safe anymore. For a while we spoke about ordinary things: the parish fundraiser, my father, a book I'd been reading. The conversation felt normal, comfortable, almost easy. Then silence settled between us, and I decided not to postpone it
Sacred Obsession Chapter 64
(Matteo's POV) I couldn't stop replaying it; For three days afterward, the memory followed me everywhere, the knock, Father Benedict's voice outside my door, Elena standing behind me, the realization that everything could have ended before sunrise. I replayed every second repeatedly, searching for different outcomes, worse outcomes, the ones that almost happened. And slowly, quietly, paranoia began settling into places where certainty used to live."Father?"I blinked. A parishioner's voice pulled me sharply back into the present, and the woman standing in front of me looked confused and concerned. I had forgotten what she had asked, completely. "I'm sorry," I said quickly. "What was the question?" The confusion deepened in her expression, but she repeated it politely. I answered, she left, and immediately embarrassment burned through me, because this wasn't normal. I didn't lose focus. I didn't forget conversations in the middle of having them. I certainly didn't spend half my day i
Sacred Obsession Chapter 61
(Matteo's POV)I found out by accident, which somehow made the relief feel even more dangerous.Father Anthonio knocked lightly against my office door late Tuesday afternoon while I sat pretending to review parish financial reports I hadn't actually read in nearly twenty minutes. "You look terrible
Sacred Obsession Chapter 60
(Elena's POV)Everything got so overwhelming until I gradually started withdrawing from attendance church; My mother had noticed too.The first week, I lied easily: headache, fatigue, too little sleep. The second week became harder. By the third, suspicion had settled quietly like smoke no one want
Sacred Obsession Chapter 59
(Elena's POV)I stopped praying properly without noticing when it began; at first it was just a small missed concentration during Mass, forgotten evening prayers, moments where Matteo's face interrupted scripture before guilt forced me back into focus. Normal temptation, I told myself. Manageable.
Sacred Obsession Chapter 58
(Matteo's POV)Something had changed or is probably going on with Elena, I noticed it immediately, not dramatically, but in the way you notice a change in light before you can name what's different. If anyone else looked at her, they would have seen the same woman they always had: composed, intell
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