“What made you decide to pull the trigger? Did your family finally wear you down?” He gives me a trademark crooked smile. “You, actually.” I raise my eyebrows in surprise. “Me?” “Your Summer of Yes.” “Shut. Up.” I inspired this? “It made me realize I’ve also been holding back because I was afraid,” he says. “And when I started thinking about it, I realized that was a dumb reason not to propose to the love of my life.”

