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Eve had a tough time sleeping that night. She was thinking about the promise that she made Lucifer and was worried. Adam didn’t understand why she wasn’t happy and Even didn’t want to explain, so she simply pleasured him with her mouth a half dozen times throughout the day and into the evening, which stopped him from asking further questions.

That next morning Eve arose and walked to the lake where she bathed. When she got out, she saw Lucifer standing there, looking at her. She noticed that he was eating fruit once again, and he was holding another uneaten fruit in his hand.

“Lucifer, I am worried that He will be angry with me if I eat of the fruit,” said Eve, wringing her hands.

“My child, it is natural for you to be nervous. But you need not be afraid. Have I led you astray yet?”

“Well, no...”

“And hasn’t Adam been happy with you?”

“Well, yes, but...”

“No buts, Eve. You made a promise, remember? You do keep your promises, don’t you?”

“But if I eat the fruit, I will break a promise--”

“No, because you did not promise not to eat the fruit. You were told not to eat it. That is different.”

Eve thought about this for a moment.

“You are correct. I didn’t not promise, but I did promise you.”

Lucifer handed Eve the fruit. She looked at it. It looked like other fruit that she had eaten before.

“What will happen when I eat it?”

“You will become knowledgeable, Eve. You will start to learn things and become smarter. You’ll learn things that will make Adam even happier than he is now!”

Eve smiled and sank her teeth into the fruit.

She found that it tasted good, like all other fruit she had tasted. She bit into it again and again and ate the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

As she was eating, she began to notice things around her. She heard some insects buzzing, and the sound annoyed her a bit. Then she saw that some of the juice from the fruit had leaked onto her breast, and she looked for a leaf to wipe it off. As she did, she noticed Lucifer staring at her, looking at her breasts.

Out of reflex, she covered her breasts with her arms.

“Why do you look at me like that, Lucifer?”

“Because I want you, Eve.”

She thought about that for a moment.

“But I’m Adam’s wife, not yours. We should not ... we should ... not ... do those things. They are for man and wife.”

Lucifer smiled. “See, now you are learning,” he said.

Eve saw that he was now looking between her legs, and she felt uncomfortable.

“I need to find something to cover myself with. I don’t like being...” and she couldn’t yet come up with the word.

“Naked?” supplied Lucifer.

Eve thought for a moment. “Yes, naked, that is the word. I should only be naked with Adam.”

Eve ran off into the woods to hide from Lucifer’s gaze and to find something that she could use to cover herself.

When she appeared later to Adam, she had some large leaves covering her breasts and genitalia, held in place by some small, flexible vines.

Adam laughed and asked her why she was wearing plants. Eve told Adam that she didn’t want anyone looking at her while she was naked.

“What is nay-ked?” asked Adam.

“Naked is when you don’t have any coverings, like you are right now.”