I Married My Best Friend—Days Before Our Fifth Anniversary, I Heard Him Say, “She Walked Right Into My Trap”

“You always stop yourself right before something good happens,” he told me one afternoon during sophomore year.

I laughed.

“You don’t know what you’re talking about.”

He only smiled.

“Someday you’ll realize I do.”

By high school, everyone expected us to end up together.

They were right.

One Friday night after football practice, Matthew walked me home beneath continue reading …