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Accuracy has always been my compass. As an architect, I’m trained to think in terms of structure, balance, and foundations that cannot fail. That mindset doesn’t switch off when I leave the office—I apply it to everything, including my personal life. I organize my days with detailed spreadsheets, backup plans, and timelines that leave little room for chaos. So when Ryan proposed, I didn’t just imagine romance; I saw a carefully managed undertaking. I believed that if every detail—from seating charts to lighting—was perfectly controlled, happiness would naturally follow. What I hadn’t planned for was the one instability no blueprint could fix: his mother, Caroline.
Ryan is intelligent, gentle, and endlessly capable in his career as a tech specialist. Yet when it came to his family, particularly his mother, he was inexplicably blind. His relationship with Caroline felt less like a healthy bond and more like something frozen in time, untouched since his childhood.
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