That realization hit me harder than anything else.
I always thought he missed the old version of me.
But he didn’t.
He simply wanted the current version of me to understand that she was still worthy of love.
I finally put my phone down and sat there crying in the dark.
Not because my marriage was falling apart…
But because I suddenly realized how deeply I had been loved all along.
A little later, I walked slowly into the living room where Mark sat watching television.
He looked up at me with the same gentle expression he always had.
I didn’t mention the profile.
I didn’t tell him what I had discovered.
I simply sat beside him and leaned my head against his shoulder.
Without saying a single word, he wrapped his arm around me and pulled me close.
And somehow, in that quiet moment, after years of pain and insecurity, I finally understood something important:
