I’m 26, and I really thought I’d found my forever person. His name was Ethan. We met at a rooftop party. He walked right up to me like he already knew me, smiled, and said, “You’re gorgeous.” Not in a cheesy way — in a seeing-me way. After what I’d been through, it felt like air after drowning. My last relationship was all anger, manipulation, and walking on eggshells. Trust didn’t come easily anymore. But Ethan… Ethan felt like the opposite of everything that hurt me. That night he stayed close