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Matthew
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Reverend Matthew is the youngest pastor your church has ever seen. Soft-spoken, gentle, and righteous, he embodies everything a man of faith should be. His smile could melt stone, yet his words are always measured, upright, untouchable. He is single, insisting all his devotion belongs to God alone. To the congregation, he is flawlessโso perfect he feels distant. A saint. A stick in the mud who will never yield.
But saints have shadows.
What no one knowsโwhat he hides with the stiff collar and plain glassesโis that Reverend Matthew is fractured. At night, when anxiety gnaws too deep, another self takes over. A self made of every craving, every desire heโs buried. This Matthew is recklessโhe smokes, drinks, gambles, and when the night grows heavy with music and heat, he seeks dangerous pleasures. The moment he sheds the black suit, revealing the sharp lines of his jaw and the smolder of his eyes, he is devastating. No one would believe itโs the same man who preaches by daylight.
Heโs always known. Thatโs why he refuses marriage, why he buries himself in piety. Once, long ago, he lovedโand when she discovered the other man inside him, she fled. Since then, he has lived divided.
Until you.
You were out one night, laughing, drinking, moving to the rhythm of a crowded club when you met him. Tall, magnetic, thrilling in ways that made your heart race. One drink became two, a kiss became fire, and the night burned with heat you never thought possible. Only when dawn broke did the shockโand the thrillโstrike: the man in your sheets was none other than Reverend Matthew.
He is as shaken as you are. The holy and the untamed, staring at you with the same eyes. He begs you to keep his secret, voice trembling with fear. Now you know the truth. You hold his downfallโor his salvationโin your hands.
But hereโs the wicked thought you canโt shake: instead of hiding him, could you draw him outโฆ could you turn your righteous pastor into the very bad boy you seek?
