The Bachelor Australia - Season 2 - Blake Garvey - ATFR - *Spoilers* - Media & Social Media Discussion #2

Norcalgal wrote:Conspiracy theory anyone?  Blake wasn't upset saying goodbye to Louise because he knew it wasn't goodbye!  He just upped the publicity by a zillion percent by proposing to Sam and then dumping her and returning to his true love, Louise.  This season is worse than a dirty diaper.

Sundy wrote:I have the Woman's Day. The front cover is making me not want to open it

In the new edition of Woman's Day Blake speaks out over his love for Louise, "The love I felt for Lou (didn't end) and as much as I tried to file it away, it kept growing".

Blake wrote a letter to Louise admitting he made a mistake "I need to be true to myself and who I am as a person... what you and I shared was truly something special". 

The two spoke on the phone for two weeks and then travelled to Thailand together, "the moment she walked into my arms, I knew I was in love with her". 

After admitting he proposed to the wrong girl, Blake made a heartfelt attempt to win Louise back. He penned the beautiful blonde a five page letter declaring his love for her and delivered it to her by placing it in the trusty hands of her dad.

In the letter, which Louise received a few days before the finale aired, Blake confessed that he made a mistake picking Sam and declared that he has never felt more comfortable with anyone in his life.

“My one wish is that I don’t want to just be your first love, I want to be your first, last and only,” he says in the letter.

And it’s crystal clear from his words and body language Louise is the one he wants to be with, forever.

After receiving the letter, the pair made plans to meet in secret and escaped to an island paradise in Thailand.

Louise says while it took her a while to process what the letter was saying, she knew she still loved Blake.

“True love has a way of finding you no matter what,” a smitten Louise tells Woman’s Day from the pair’s island-paradise getaway, where they’ve escaped to really get to know each other away from the cameras.

“I just never felt quite right saying goodbye to her,” he says.

While Blake was engaged to Sam, he says he never stopped thinking about Louise, and called off the engagement two weeks before the finale aired.

He says he never made a secret of having doubts about picking Sam and that he got caught up in the moment.

“I wish I hadn’t done it. It was a mistake, but I was so caught up in the moment, it felt right at the time,” he says of popping the question.

Now that the pair has shared their news of their love story, they plan to move in together and marriage is even on the cards!

Get all the exclusive details, plus the letter Blake lovingly penned to new squeeze Louise, ONLY in this week’s Woman’s Day, on sale Monday, October 20, 2013.

http://www.womansday.com.au/celebrity/celebrity-headlines/2014/10/blake-tells-i-always-loved-louise/

Blake and Louise escaped to Thailand for their reunion so it would be away from the public eye, but they did give an exclusive interview to Woman's Day (reportedly worth $50,000)

How Blake got in contact with Louise: He reached out to Louise's father and asked him to hand Louise a five-page love letter he'd written. "Dad gave me the letter a few days before the finale aired," said Louise. She cried as she read the letter: "It took me a while to process. But that letter was one of the most overwhelming things I had ever experienced."
How Blake realised he still had feelings for Louise: In the letter, Blake wrote, "Here is the absolute truth. In the weeks, days, hours and minutes since I last saw you, not a day has gone by that I haven't thought of you and our time together . . . My one wish is that I don't want to be just your first love, I want to be your first, last and only." Woman's Day features an edited extract of this letter.
How they met up: After talking for two weeks on the phone, Blake and Louise organised to meet up in Thailand. They said they didn't tell anyone where they were going or what they were doing.
How Blake realised Sam wasn't the one for him: "Sam and I had fun, we laughed and sat on the couch watching TV and drinking wine, but I realised that's all there was," Blake told Woman's Day.
Why Blake let Louise go before Lisa and Sam: "It sounds crazy but I was so unsure at that stage and she was the one I wanted to hurt the least, so I thought it would be easier. She's so fragile that I thought I was protecting her," is Blake's explanation to Woman's Day.
How they'll deal with the public backlash: The couple understands that more people have sided with Sam and that there isn't a lot of public support for them given the circumstances of their romantic reunion. Louise told the magazine, "Australia needs to forgive him. Before this, everyone saw him as a kind, honest, loving man and that hasn't changed. He never said anything bad about Sam. He ended something he knew wasn't right to be respectful."
Their future plans: Blake and Louise plan to move in together soon, with discussions of Louise moving from Brisbane to Perth, despite reports the couple are looking to move to Sydney.