( CNN ) -- When it comes to competing on `` The Bachelorette , '' you ca n't blame a guy for trying . And try runner-up Nick Viall did -- by slipping a letter to Andi Dorfman after she had selected contestant Josh Murray to receive her final rose . Following Monday 's finale in which Dorfman dumped Viall , much was made about the letter he had written to her after their breakup . The letter has now gone viral after the show posted it on its Facebook page . In it , Viall pours out his feelings for Dorfman . `` You lit me up , '' he wrote . `` You made me feel those things that people go a lifetime to find , and I feel like I made you feel the same . '' Viall continued , `` I fully realize that in the end I could have been wrong about what we had . While it 's hard to accept , I totally realize that it 's a possibility . With that being said , when I think about the relationship that we had , very few things in my life have felt more real . '' Not at all awkward , given that Dorfman is now engaged to Murray , right ? Viall let it be known that if that relationship does n't work out , Dorfman still has a shot with him -- though he made no promises about a happy ending . Rather , he said , he was `` not going to say that if by some miracle you changed your mind and were willing to give us a shot that we would definitely make it . I do n't know that . '' `` I think that if we were willing to trust each other , be totally vulnerable with one another , and follow our hearts , we would have a great chance , '' Viall wrote . `` What I could promise you is that if we did make it , we would be anything but good . It would be exciting , sometimes even hard , but definitely great . '' The Chicago-based businessman has proven to be a contestant who is willing to share . During the `` After the Final Rose '' ceremony , Viall appeared to break the unspoken `` Bachelorette/Bachelor '' code of revealing that he and Dorfman had been intimate during their fantasy suite time . At least Viall ended his letter on a hopeful note . `` I realize I have to move on and I mean it when I say that if you 're truly happy with your decision and I have n't been a thought on your mind , then I want that happiness to continue for you , '' he wrote . `` If I have to move on , I will look to find amazing with someone else . ... I just know I would much rather turn my life upside down and risk it all to have amazing with you . ''
Nick Viall 's letter to Andi Dorfman has gone viral . He wrote to `` The Bachelorette '' after she dumped him . Viall makes his case for why they should be together .