Rick Castle wasn't usually afraid to speak his mind, except when it came to a certain detective of his acquaintance. Proposing to her was the hardest thing he'd ever done, and there he was now; down on his knee before her, waiting for her answer.
He wasn't sure he would be able to take no for an answer though.
Kate stood gaping at him for an endless moment, and then she started laughing nervously.
"You can't be serious."
However, the look in her eyes told him she would come around, eventually.
All he had to do was just keep asking.