“Russell, I never needed corporate shares to know that I belonged in this family.”

“I know you didn’t, Paige,” he whispered, cupping my cheek with his warm hand.

“You deserved this partnership the very day we took our wedding vows.

I spent so many years thinking that loving you meant carrying every heavy burden alone on my shoulders, but I was so terribly blind.”

“Love isn’t hiding in the shadows to fight monsters alone, Russell,” I said softly, resting my hand over his.

“Love is having the courage to turn on the lights and stand side by side, no matter how frightening the truth might be.”