KAYLA ROCHELLE After the intimate s*x with Ashford that night, I lay snuggled in his embrace and on his chest, listening closely to his heartbeat in my ears, listening to his heartbeat patterns, and wishing it remained like that forever. With Keenan, everything was perfectly fine the first year of our marriage, and then he just changed into a completely different person. I didn’t want Ashford to be like him; it would suck a lot. We had a flight to catch in the morning, so calling my husband that sounds weird, but we just got married, and we are now spouses. He suggested we go to sleep early so we wouldn’t wake up so late the following morning. "Good morning, beautiful. Why are you staring at me like that?" He asked groggily, and I giggled. I was busy staring at him, admiring him, but I

