“You owe me nothing and everything. I’m a man who played his odds. The over-under for a woman as incredible as you ever being with a man like me was ridiculous. I knew I didn’t deserve you and I never will. You see me. You got to know me when no one else did. You make me a better man. Marry me—” He doesn’t phrase it like a question. “And let me be indebted to you for a lifetime.” I can feel tears welling in my eyes.
