A Love Reduced to Ashes

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I was holding a positive Clearblue pregnancy test, ready to give my fiancé an ultimatum, when he postponed our wedding for the fifth time.

But in that exact moment, a picture popped up on a popular SoHo street-style account I follow on Instagram.

In the photo, a man with the sleeves of his expensive, custom-tailored shirt rolled up was making handmade pasta at the island of a sun-drenched, open-plan kitchen.

Beside him, a woman holding a baby was smiling like she owned the world.

I recog