Two years later, the Mr. Robot creator proposed with that ring.
Rossum also opened up about the sweetest proposal telling Vogue that the couple read New York Times' "Modern Love" section every Sunday.
"I do a dramatic reading of it for him. Even if we're not in the same place, I read it to him over the phone," shared Rossum.
But one Sunday, for some reason, they missed it, but the following Friday, Esmail reminded her that she hadn't.
Rossum, who was in a bad mood, refused at first, but after some persuasion from her husband, she read it while taking a bath and sipping on a glass of wine.
As she was reading, she realized the story was about a director falling in love with an actress which she found familiar.
At first, the actress thought Esmail had actually put up their story in the paper, and everyone but she had known about it.
But when she scanned to the end and saw "Love, your Sam," she realized Esmail had gone through this whole process of writing this entire story.
The director had asked a friend from the newspaper to print a legitimate mock-up of the paper.
When she realized it was a proposal, she got out of the bath, wrapped herself in a towel, and started reading again.
By the time she was finished, her husband was in the tub with her, down on one knee.
And to this day, the couple is much very in love.
