Chapter 157

He will always protect me and put me first. I just had to stop denying it and running from it. Find my voice, take down that last wall between us, and physically hack it down at the root. He had already done it for me in every way. Marriage was the last tiny brick for him. You can’t get any more of a declaration of undying love and adoration than jumping to wed a girl who makes you walk through fire for even a smile. No hesitation either… no regrets.

Alexi has always been a man of action over words. He knew what he wanted, and he took it whatever way he could. He is willing to dissolve it to keep me happy, even after all of that, and it says more than he ever could with words.

It’s like I’ve waited so long to unburden all of this properly. I guess I needed to believe in this, and standing here in the house where he once tore me down to nothing, I’m somehow finding a way to let it all go. Forgiveness is cleansing, and I forgive him for everything he has ever done. I’m fre