“Will you marry me?”
My voice trembled with a gentleness Evelyn had never heard before—soft, reverent, filled with a love that had survived five long years. My eyes never left hers, deep with emotion, raw and unbroken.
“I…” Evelyn’s throat tightened. Words refused to come.
For years, she had wondered—hoped—prayed that I would return. She had doubted, cried, and fought through lonely nights.
But at this moment, under my unwavering gaze… every single doubt disappeared.
Below us, the world roared alive.
“Marry him!”
“Marry him!”
“Marry him!”
Through the massive screens across J. City, countless citizens were watching my proposal live. Their voices rose as one, echoing up toward the sky—echoing toward her.
Evelyn walked to the floor-to-ceiling window of the 99th floor.
And froze.
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