{"id":400806,"date":"2018-02-12T13:59:59","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T13:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=400806"},"modified":"2018-02-12T13:59:59","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T13:59:59","slug":"woman-rejects-marriage-proposal-man-donated-kidney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/02\/woman-rejects-marriage-proposal-man-donated-kidney\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman rejects marriage proposal from man who donated kidney to her"},"content":{"rendered":"
A man who\u00a0donated\u00a0a kidney to the woman he loves was overjoyed at saving her life \u2013 but saddened when she said no to marriage.<\/p>\n
Simon Louis popped the question to Mary Emmanuelle after nursing her back to health following both their ops.<\/p>\n
He had carried a torch for her over two decades and had secret hopes of spending the rest of their lives together.<\/p>\n
But Mary gently rejected his proposal, though she loved him back, because her health made the future seem uncertain.<\/p>\n
However, the pair vowed to remain friends and Simon, 49, said: \u201cI offered her my heart but I had to settle for giving her my kidney. Whatever happens, I\u2019ll never regret giving her the gift of life.\u201d<\/p>\n
And Mary, 41, added: \u201cHe is my very best friend and always will be. The love between us is real. He could have died doing what he did for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
The pair first met in a London club in the mid-1990s with Mary, then 20, thinking Simon, 28, was \u201ca good-looking bad boy\u201d.<\/p>\n
They shared an odd smooch and flirted but things between them never progressed further.<\/p>\n
As the years passed they stayed pals, Mary busy with her young son Dwayne and her job as a stockbroker\u2019s secretary while Simon helped his brother organise music events.<\/p>\n