In São Paulo, from the top of Thor’s penthouse, the world seemed small, as if the city that never slept were there only to witness their story.

It was midnight. Fifteen years of marriage. Fifteen years of love, overcoming, tears, and victories. Every year, without fail, Thor followed the same ritual: he began the celebration at midnight. It was the couple’s sacred moment—the instant when time seemed to return to the beginning of everything, just the two of them, far from any witnesses.

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