"I'm down here on my knees because I never got the chance to propose to you the way you truly deserved back then," Voren said, sounding bitter sweet.
Soft laughter mixed with sniffles and quiet tears spread through the audience. Even the people who had been fighting so hard not to cry couldn't help smiling through it all.
"I've loved you since we were just kids running around together," he said, his eyes never leaving hers for even a second. "And somehow, impossibly, I love you even more deeply now than I ever did before."
That smile on his face carried the weight of years and years of beautiful, painful, unforgettable memories.
"Life has thrown every kind of test and heartbreak at us that I never could have imagined, but no matter how far it pulled us apart, my heart always found its way straight back to you, every single time."
He reached out gently and took her hand in his.
"I promise you right here and now that nothing will ever come between us again, not ever."
