Chapter 513

From now on, Ethan and I would go through every season of life side by side. We'd watch Zachary grow up and see how strong our love really was. At that moment, I finally understood that happiness wasn't something that happened all at once. It took work, the willingness to admit when we messed up and fix things until everything fell into place and things turned out just right. I found myself overwhelmed with emotion in the days that followed, and life quietly slipped by like a dream. What had once seemed impossible suddenly bloomed in ways I never expected. The bond between Ethan and me only grew stronger with every challenge we faced together. He wasn't the distant or controlling man anymore. He'd turned into someone everyone could talk to, a guy who put his family first—a great husband and a loving father. And I, once just a naive college student, had slowly grown into a confident career woman, a considerate wife, and a devoted mother. We moved forward side by side, growing our