A Wedding Offer that Made my Ex Husband Crawled Back

“You told me before you’d cover all my father’s medical expenses if I married you,” I said into the phone, my voice flat but trembling underneath. “Is that deal still on the table?”

“So you finally see Treston’s trash for what he is,” he chuckled. “And you realize I’m the one who actually cares?”

“Yes,” I whispered. “I’ll divorce him. Come get me in a week.”

When I hung up, my whole body was shaking. Marrying my sworn college rival — the man who competed with me at every turn felt like a better choice than spending another day in a five-year lie of marriage with a man who broke me without…