He knew that he would spend the rest of his life loving her, even if she didn't love him back, that there would never be another. And he knew that until she looked him in the face with those bright blue eyes and said "no" he would do anything and everything he could think of to bring them together. He knew that from this moment on his entire life would be a quest to win her, to win Elle, and that there were no consequences too great, no dangers too big, that would give him pause. She was the one. She was his. It was up to him to make her understand.