BELLE

As we turned off the path that had led us through the Minnesota wilderness, and onto a long pebbled driveway that would take us to Grayson’s home, it felt like there was a bundle of nerves sitting at the bottom of my stomach like a rock.

It was the middle of the night, so I knew that I probably wouldn’t have to meet many people tonight, but I was still nervous. I was about to start my new life in my new home with a man I had only met a few weeks ago but somehow loved. If that wasn’t enough, I was supposed to help him lead with...