Regina: Halloween 2023, just a couple of weeks after I started my job with Savour Hospitality. Madison, our dear friend and my boss’s assistant at the time, was taking me downstairs for coffee when, as if on cue, Kevin came walking toward us. “Oh my God, you two definitely should meet.” He was wearing his signature Halloween look - a three-piece suit with a Superman T-shirt underneath, and there was something so charming, so unexpectedly adorable about him that the moment stayed with me. A few days later, Madison and I were sitting at Il Venetian when Kevin happened to walk by. She invited him to join us, and what was meant to be a casual moment turned into hours in the lounge over wine. At one point, Madison offered to take a photo and told us to look at each other. I have never been someone to break eye contact easily, but the way Kevin looked at me - with so much love in his eyes - made me laugh and look away, completely shy. Later that same night, we realized we had parked in the same garage, and he asked if I wanted to see the rooftop. For anyone who knows me, it still sounds impossible: somehow I followed a man I had barely known through the abandoned floors of a quiet building to a rooftop under the night sky, and yet I felt completely safe with him. I stood there, mesmerized by the view, while he was looking at me all along. From then on, we talked constantly, and no matter how hard I tried not to fall in love, I eventually had to stop fighting. There is a joke that if you see an American man with a Slavic woman, just know he survived being rejected a hundred times, and that is very much our story. But Kevin never stopped showing up with patience, steadiness, and the kind of love that felt almost fictional. He is everything romance novels promise but real life rarely delivers: honorable, deeply masculine in the best sense, gentle, protective, and instinctively thoughtful in the way he loves. He gives me the kind of princess treatment every woman dreams of, and in return, I try every day to make our home feel calm, warm, and full of love for him. Kevin: I remember the first time I saw you in Key Tower, on Halloween. I looked foolish with my Superman shirt on, and my hair slicked down into a signature Clark Kent swirl. I remember your smile. I remember the night at Il Venetian, the roof of the parking garage, and the connection we had moving forward. All I knew was that I could not get this little Russian girl out of my head. As I got to know you better, I found myself constantly in awe of your mind, your thirst for knowledge, and how smart you are. I think I am pretty smart. I tell people this a lot. I cannot remember a time when I have felt so mentally outmatched as I did in your presence. Not going to lie, it was a little intimidating. But I loved it. I don’t remember exactly when I fell in love with you, but I think it was that first day. Your smile. Your laugh. Your dancing eyes. As we continued to spend time together, I realized that you were more than just a hauntingly beautiful genius. I realized the depth of your soul. I learned and experienced your unwavering capacity for love, and the ability to learn, to forgive, and to grow. I saw a person who will never apologize for being herself, and who would stand by my side and fight the entire world with me if necessary. I found my love, and my heart, and my other half forever. I will never forget that day in Key Tower. It’s fitting that our love began there, and that our forever will begin there, too. PS: Out of all the cities, all the places, and all the times in the world, it's crazy that we somehow walked into each other's lives.