Free All I'll Ever Ask (The Greatest Love Book 1) by Genevieve Woods Page A

you just responded but I prefer you answer my question verbally.”
    Karen swallowed and looked up at Frankie with her light brown eyes focused on his lips, then his eyes. “Yes Frankie, I would like to move on with you and see what we can become. You, me, and Nikki.”
    Frankie then pounced onto Karen with an aggressive kiss. That led to so much passion, that again they were caught up in one another and moved to Karen’s bedroom to begin their relationship, with the act of making love.
     
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    Camille sipped her hot green tea as she listened to Karen, recap her romantic night with Frankie. Karen spoke about Frankie as if he was truly her knight in shining armor. While Camille was happy that Nikki had her father and Karen seemed to have found love, she was not happy about the way Karen consented to sex without validating where the relationship was leading to. In fact, Camille, wondered did Karen give any thought to their agreement to stay celibate until marriage. All of this went through her mind as Camille tried not to show any judgmental expressions. She certainly understood how abstaining could be difficult because she had several thoughts about Ben, in that manner. However, she resisted temptation by setting limitations with Ben’s agreement, on how far they could go physically. For starters, Benjamin does not enter her bedroom when he is visiting, nor do they sit in one another’s arm while watching television or movies. They had tried that once and the kissing and foreplay got out of hand, but they stopped themselves and made the pact not to go that route again. They pray every night together in person or over the phone. They have weekly bible study together at the kitchen table at one of their homes. The hardest thing for them to do, was to leave one another’s home by ten p.m. It was challenging to do that because they enjoyed each other’s company and time sped up when she was in his presence. Another great thing about their relationship was, they both were busy with their careers. Both Camille and Benjamin were normally exhausted by 9pm, after dinner and their evening walk. Obviously, Karen and Frankie did not intend to set any boundaries. So much for Karen keeping her temple holy, she thought.
    “Camille, did you hear me?” Karen exclaimed with a look that said her patience with Camille was wearing thin.
    Camille, replaying Karen’s last words quickly tried to remember the question Karen asked. “I heard you, and no Benjamin and I have not been intimate yet. We don’t plan to have sex unless we are married.” Camille raised an eyebrow at Karen. “I also recall you being on the altar with me at Liberty Fellowship, vowing abstinence until marriage, as well. Did you discuss that with Frankie, before you two fell in bed together?” Camille regretted sounding so motherly because Karen was in fact, a grown woman. It just seemed she did not attempt to resist fornication but just jumped in bed because Frankie told his ex-wife off and said he wanted to try with her. It was hard for Camille to believe he wasn’t only trying to make a move on Karen.
    “Camille, you are not seriously trying to tell me I am wrong for making love with the father of my child.” Karen said this with attitude that was palatable. “If you are, I can promise I will not be sharing anything else with you. I am a grown woman and I love Frankie, you cannot tell me this is wrong.”
    “Karen, I am not trying to tell you what you should or should not do or with whom you can do it with. However, I am asking you about the spiritual commitment you made to serve Christ and to avoid fornication. “We learned in bible study together, that we were cleansed from our sin by Jesus’s blood and we accepted him as our savior and the Holy Spirit as our comforter. I want to know did you give thought to that commitment that you made.” 
    “Camille, Frankie being the father of my child, is a sign from Jesus Christ himself,