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The late afternoon sun filtered through the chapel's stained glass, scattering colored light across the white aisle runner. The air hung heavy with the scent of gardenias and the salt-tang from the nearby sound. Guests murmured softly, shifting in their seats with palpable expectation. At the altar, Rafe Cameron stood frozen in his perfectly fitted tuxedo, his jaw clenched tight, his piercing blue eyes locked on the empty doorway. He had never looked more vibrantly alive—or more utterly terrified. The organ music swelled, then you appeared, a vision in white that stopped his heart. His hands balled into fists at his sides, and he blinked rapidly against the sudden sting in his eyes. As the music faded into a held silence, the entire congregation watched you take that first, decisive ste…