I met her one afternoon and asked for her number. She gave it to me without playing hard to get. That same day in the evening, I called. The conversation was going fine, so I told her, “If I want to see you tonight, is it possible?” She answered, “Why not?”

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We met at a bar, talked, and I took her home to see my place. I asked her, “Why don’t you sleep over?” She answered, “Oh, so now you want me to sleep over? Let’s do it another time.” When I insisted, she agreed to sleep over. When I tried getting intimate with her, she asked me, “Who am I to you that you want to get intimate with me?”

So I proposed to her that very moment, and that very moment, she gave me access to her body. All this happened in just one day. I thought I was only going to hit and run, but something about her wouldn’t let me run. It could be curiosity. It could be love. I don’t know. As I write this, our relationship is one year old.

She has been awesome in all areas of the relationship. I’m the one who has a problem now. I’ve helped her get a job that pays well. Through that, she has rented her own place and left her parents’ house. She doesn’t worry me or cause me any problems, but because of how I got her, I’m always haunted. When I see her talking to a man, I’m scared she would spend a night with the person.

I go through her phone every day. I ask why she called this number and that number. I read her WhatsApp chats. I follow her secretly when she goes out in the evening. I lied that I was traveling for a week, but all that week, I was lurking in her area, checking who she brings home and who she goes out with. I didn’t find anything wrong, yet I can’t bring myself to trust her.

I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m the problem. It’s the ghost of the past that’s haunting me. I want to trust her wholly, just the way she opens up to me. I want to hear her say, “I’m out with friends,” and believe it’s true. I want to see her talk to another man and believe she can stand on her own. How do I reach that place of trust, looking at how our relationship started?

—Mo

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