Years after Steve and Stacey made vows committing themselves to one another in a sexless virtual marriage, their love affair remained undiscovered. Though they frequently stole away together on secret holidays, they purposed to never let their platonic relationship interfere with their marriages. After four years they had never tasted each other's lips nor explored physical affection beyond safe boundaries. Certain their mates would feel threatened by this close extra-marital bond, secrecy became the only way Steve and Stacey could continue nurturing a relationship, which was to them as vital as oxygen. They refused to believe their secret bond constituted marital infidelity, and believed they would always resist sexual temptation. However, they would soon learn that time and circumstance serves no mortal, and often reveals the falsehoods in our rationalizations. They experience how nature conspires with love, and fate aligns with circumstance, to deprive us of choice and control. Finally, they discover there is more to marriage than being married; more to fidelity than sex; and more to a covenant than the letter of the agreement.
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Stacey replied, "I don't feel guilty at all about keeping these innocent secrets from our mates. Maybe there is a flaw in my character that makes feel this way, but I prefer to believe it is the strength of my reasoning that frees me from such guilt. Teague, we are doing nothing wrong and we won't. However, if our mates find out about us we know they will demand we stop seeing each other, and we know we are unwilling to ever do that. Therefore, our secrecy is for the good of our mates as long as we are careful and discreet. Anyway, why do people think just because you are married you have a mandatory responsibility to tell your mate everything without exception? I have never believed in that romantic bull. That practice may make great romantic novels but I believe unbridled disclosure will torpedo even the strongest relationships no matter how well meaning the disclosure. Sometimes the most kind and loving act you can perform for the one you love is to keep a secret. Frankly there are some things that should remain only between a mortal and our Maker."
About Clayton Dunham, Ph.D
Clayton Dunham, Ph.D is a student of the human condition, wielding the written craft to enrapture the mind much like an artist wields a brush. The pages are a blank canvas on which to draw from a talent heralded by many and matched only by an imagination that rises to the task. Unadulterated Love is the second in a series of recent pursuits, with work progressing quickly on the follow-up. Enjoy CROSSES, another novel by Clayton Dunham.
Years after Steve and Stacey made vows committing themselves to one another in a sexless virtual marriage, their love affair remained undiscovered. Though they frequently stole away together on secret holidays, they purposed to never let their platonic relationship interfere with their marriages. After four years they had never tasted each other's lips nor explored physical affection beyond safe boundaries. Certain their mates would feel threatened by this close extra-marital bond, secrecy became the only way Steve and Stacey could continue nurturing a relationship, which was to them as vital as oxygen. They refused to believe their secret bond constituted marital infidelity, and believed they would always resist sexual temptation. However, they would soon learn that time and circumstance serves no mortal, and often reveals the falsehoods in our rationalizations. They experience how nature conspires with love, and fate aligns with circumstance, to deprive us of choice and control. Finally, they discover there is more to marriage than being married; more to fidelity than sex; and more to a covenant than the letter of the agreement.
Clayton Dunham, Ph.D is a student of the human condition, wielding the written craft to enrapture the mind much like an artist wields a brush. The pages are a blank canvas on which to draw from a talent heralded by many and matched only by an imagination that rises to the task. Unadulterated Love is the second in a series of recent pursuits, with work progressing quickly on the follow-up. Enjoy CROSSES, another novel by Clayton Dunham.