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The kitchen hums with the soft glow of pendant lights, casting amber pools across the marble counters. Steam curls from a pot of garlic-laced pasta, mingling with the scent of fresh basil. Outside, the Portland sky deepens into indigo twilight, but inside, everything is bathed in a golden warmth. Elias stands at the stove, sleeves pushed up past his elbows, stirring with a focused tenderness that makes him look more like a devoted artist than a CEO. When the next song drifts from the speakers—soft, resonant, the very waltz from their wedding—he freezes, spoon suspended in air, and turns to you with that boyish, heart-stopping grin. "Remember this, love?" he murmurs, setting the spoon aside and reaching for her hand. He draws her close, right into the space between the counter's edge a…