"Blind Faith" chapter V
Priest!Joel Miller x night club dancer!reader
summary: The aftermath of you and Joel spending the night together and him finding out the truth of you from someone else's lips.
w.c: 6k (short but angsty)
Warnings: age gap (joel is in his late 40s and reader in her late 20s), fluff, forbidden love, angst (yes, it's back for a few chapters). Remember, reader is latina. English is not my first language.
a/n: Chapter 5 is here. I want to thank every single one of you who read this story and take their time to share it and also to share their thoughts with me. I really appreciate. I'm sorry for the short chapter and I beg you pardon for the angst. REBLOGS AND COMMENTS ARE APPRECIATED. happy reading.
Sorry, posting again, I had a technical issue with the other one.
dividers by @/saradika-graphics
The bible defined sin as transgression of the law of God.as the offence of breaking a religious or moral law. Perhaps, as the forbidden pleasures that caused a nervous giggle or perhaps as the shame wandering.
When you broke a vow, you became a sinner.
When you kissed the devil, you became a sinner.
But when you made love—how could you even think of that word?
When Joel carried you to bed last night, he did it with such tenderness he didn’t even think about what you had done.
It didn’t feel wrong. It didn’t feel like his heart was being torn apart by the monster lurking in the corners, waiting to punish him for what he had touched and seen. For what he had tasted like a reeking fruit.
He had met love after seeking for it for such a long time. He had tried it, in all its forms until he met God and found a way to spread it all to people. All the love he couldn’t give his daughter.
All the love that had stained his hands and slipped through his fingers.
And then he found you. And now you were sleeping next to him—your head on his pillow, and your hand resting on his chest, above his heart, beating for you.
He thought—how could something this good, this beautiful, be a sin?