They tried to keep it secret.

They failed.

Blake Garvey and his second-runner-up-now-girlfriend Louise Pillidge told the world everything about their forever love in an interview with http://tenplay.com.au/channel-ten/the-project The Project’ s Carrie Bickmore tonight.

And because we know you’ve been waiting all day for this moment, we’ll just cut to the chase.

On whether Bachelor Blake would tell Carrie Bickmore real story tonight:

Blake: “I’m going to give you as much as I can and I’ve always tried to. At least fortunately this time I won’t be hand tied.”

Blake: “I’ve been requested by Sam not to mention anything about Louise and being respectful to Sam’s wishes I was doing just that.”

On whether Sam knew about Louise during the interview she did with The Project two weeks ago:

Blake: “She knew I had feelings for Louise absolutely and didn’t want that to be the focus.”

Carrie: “So what did she ask you to say, how did she ask you to deal with it?”

Blake: “Just not to mention it. And I was doing just that.”

On how Blake ‘woo-ed’ Louise after dumping her on live TV:

Louise: “He wrote me a very beautiful and heartfelt letter, explaining why and what happened and for me I wouldn’t be true to myself if I didn’t give this one last try.”

Carrie: “So when did you get that letter?”

Louise: “Before the finale.”

Carrie: “So you watched the finale knowing how Blake felt about you.”

Louise: “I did and in some way Blake felt he was protecting me by sending me home on that episode.”

On whether Louise can believe Blake after she saw him propose to another woman:

Carrie: “But how do you know whether to believe the words in those letters any more than for Sam to believe the words that Blake said to her when he proposed?”

Louise: “I can only ask for honesty, I can only feel what I feel. It feels right I can’t question. I need to support Blake, I need to trust in his word.”

On why Blake proposed to Sam if he knew he really loved Louise:

Carrie: “But if you had these strong feelings for Lou, why propose to Sam, why put her through that if you weren’t 100 per cent sure?”

Blake: “As I said I had strong feelings…”

Carrie: “But strong feelings isn’t I love you for the rest of my life.”

Blake: “But you’re in an environment, where time is never on your side. I wish I could have stretched those last days out into 30.”

Carrie: “But you didn’t have to propose did you?”

Blake: “No I didn’t.”

Carrie: “So why did you?”

Blake: “I’ve always said I’d like to make a lifelong commitment, I’m ready for that. That was there but for me it was who.”

On Blake’s reunion to Louise one week ago:

Carrie: So you’ve only been together properly since last Saturday. You’re now confessing your love to each other. Are you again rushing into things to soon?

Blake: “This is about as well paced as it’s been over the past six months. I mean we built up a relationship over the four months and that love was there; what was there when the show ended didn’t die away. If anything it’s grown. We’d like to move forward, but we can’t do that in a normal quiet way really without announcing it first.”

Blake and Louise's debut as a couple

Blake and Louise on a batchelor date

Batchelor Blake

Bachie and Louise getting caught on the 'love cam.'

Romantic champagne by the fire...

Snowball fight!

Louise can barely contain her excitement.

Taking the plunge.

Meet the parents time.

Fun in the snow.

Bachie and Louise

African choir serenades Louise and Bachie on Winery Date

Louise, selfie-style

Louise and Blake on a Stellenbosch wine tour

Bachie drama strikes Louise again

Louise looking glamorous on The Bachelor

Louise and Blake on Stellenbosch Winery Date

Louise bakes on The Bachelor too

Louise backstage on The Bachelor

Louise and Blake strolling through the vineyards

Louise wearing Sheike