“MOMMY… HE HIT ME AGAIN.” MY EIGHT-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER CALLED ME SOBBING FROM MY EX-HUSBAND’S HOUSE
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Chapter 14 - The Man Who Had Once Asked Me to Choose Him Did Something I Never Expected—He Let Me Walk AwayAdrian proposed.
Not publicly.
At the lake.
“Jessica.”
“Yes?”
“I love you.”
“I know.”
“I want to marry you.”
I smiled.
“Yes.”
Then he said:
“But if you ever change your mind, you can leave.”
I stared.
“Why would you say that?”
“Because I want you to choose me.”
“Every day?”
“Every day.”
I kissed him.
“I choose you.”
Emma appeared from behind a tree.
“Are you done yet?”
We laughed.
She held the rings.
The wedding would be small.
Simple.
May you like
Family only.
The future had begun.
