I had become newly single and finally breathed like I hadn’t in years.

For too long, I had dimmed my light, walked on eggshells, and kept my wild side locked away. Why? To keep the peace with someone who couldn’t handle all of me. But those days were done. That had been my renaissance my unapologetic glow-up. I had trimmed the past, kissed guilt goodbye, and started saying yes to everything that ignited me. Let’s be real, there had been nothing like spoiling a gorgeous, well-mannered man who knew how to handle a woman like a luxury. I wasn’t just living I was indulging. And if he had played his cards right, he would have gotten a taste of exactly what freedom looked like.