After 16 Years Together, I Finally Proposed to the Woman I Loved—Instead of Saying Yes, She Revealed a Secret That Changed Everything

way I’d started listing options before Samantha had even stopped crying.

“What happened, Harry?”

Paige was quiet.

“You made her fear losing you, then tried to solve the part that scared you most.”

“I told her I wasn’t leaving.”

“Did she ask if you were leaving?”

I gripped the wheel. “No.”

Paige was quiet.

“Then you answered a question she didn’t ask.”

“I was continue reading …