"Mad? Of course I'm mad at you! I almost forgot about it! Who allowed you to this thing? Don't you know how dangerous that is? Bleeding out… don't you know that you can die ?" She was infuriated by Edward's neglect towards his own health.

"I know…" Edward smiled bitterly. How could he not understand the risks.

"Then why did you do it? Do you want to kill yourself?!" Furious , she tried to pull away from Edward but her hands were tightly gripped and she was unable to escape his hold…

"All I know is, I will also die if I lose you," Edward enunciated every word.

She felt the pain in his words. It was as if they turned into millions of needles, p.r.i.c.king at her heart…

With reddened eyes, she looked at the weak but ridiculously handsome man in bed. "Edward, are you stupid?"

"Of course not, I think I'm very smart."

"You're smart?" She questioned him angrily. She didn't think that someone who joked about death was smart.

"Because I love the world's smartest woman."

She didn't respond. She simply stared deep into his eyes…