Starting again

I worked hard to secure my family future and was rewarded with a divorce. She said I had neglected her and so the divorce. Then at 54 and single again with 2 grown children who have started their own families. One payment to my ex 55% of everything, I sold up everything I had left and went across the country to start again. My children prefer their mother, so I wasn't on their invite list. Once in my hometown I quickly spotted a business that was right for me and hadn't realized its potential. I bought the business and made a few changes and it boomed. As for relationships, I wasn't exactly looking as I was still jaded by my divorce. I slowly got over the divorce and started checking out the available women. Not wanting more children, I looked for a partner of similar age to myself. I also realized I had become more self-interested in my needs; I now took a more mercenary approaching to my relationship interests. Finally, I saw a woman who excited me and decide to start a relationship with her. Her interests were not considered, as I wanted everything on my terms. She was 52 at the time divorced and 1 son who took after his father and stayed close to the father after the divorce. She had been treated bad by her ex and in that way, we had something in common. My first and only interest was sex and that was it. She looked great and had nice personality, I had noticed and didn't think about her other than a sex partner. Of course, I acted like I cared. Similar to politicians went they want your vote. Succeed I did and she became my regular sexual partner and went with me to dinners and such things where I wanted someone on my arm. Of course, she wanted a deeper relationship and possible marriage. Which wasn't on my radar at the time. But luckily for me I had jolt that opened my eyes to what I was missing. A older customer said we were a great couple and it reminded him of the love of his life and how he messed it up. It wasn't much, but it got me thinking and the jaded person who had started the relationship fell away. Instead of using her, I decided to partner with her. Knowing how I hadn't treated her that well, I decided to make it up to her. She had mentioned seeing a concert and I had given a halfhearted response, not intending to actually go. I suddenly decided it was best way to start to make a better relationship with her. I got the tickets and made the hotel reservations, luckily for me it was really close to her birthday. She had started to think I wasn't being serious in our relationship. So, on our next date I told her a I was sorry for my treatment of her and blamed it on business concerns. I showed her the tickets and told her of all the arrangements I had made for us to see the concert of her dreams. I think I was just in time as I think it would've been our last date otherwise. She stayed the night and with 2 weeks till the concert, I got her to move in with me. She did a week before the concert and 2 weeks after the concert we married. We're quite happy and she has joined me in running my business and that allows us more together time. Also, the family grew by 2 dogs she got from a refuge, and we adopted a girl 8 who mother my wife knew had died and father wasn't able to be found. My own children have started to make contact now, but it's only early days yet.