I Married the Man Who Bullied Me in High School Because He Swore He’d Changed – but on Our Wedding Night, He Said, “Finally… I’m Ready to Tell You the Truth”

“You’re that Ryan?” she asked.

“And Tara’s okay with this? I don’t think…”

“She doesn’t owe me anything,” he said.

“But I’m trying to show her who I really am.”

Jess pulled me into the kitchen later.

“I know, Jess. But maybe I’m allowed to hope. I feel something for him.

I can’t explain it, but it’s there, you know? I just want to see where it goes. If I see any of that ugly behavior rear its head…

I’ll walk away. I promise.”

A year and a half later, he proposed.

It wasn’t flashy, just us sitting in a car in a parking lot with the rain tapping against the windshield, his fingers wrapped around mine.

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