"Are you ever going to marry me?" she asked the man she had loved for six years.
He looked at her for a few seconds before quietly replying,
"No. because you're girlfriend material, not wife material."
Emily thought he was joking.
She even laughed.
But Ryan didn't.
For six years, she believed they were building a future together. They celebrated birthdays, met each other's friends, traveled together, and talked about the kind of life they wanted someday.