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"
I was human enough to have to ask. "Why?"
"Isabella." He pronounced my full name carefully, then playfully ruffled my hair with his free
hand. A
shock ran through my body at his casual touch. "Bella, I couldn't live with myself if I ever hurt
you. You
don't know how it's tortured me." He looked down, ashamed again. "The thought of you, still,
white,
cold... to never see you blush scarlet again, to never see that flash of intuition in your eyes when
you see
through my pretenses... it would be unendurable." He lifted his glorious, agonized eyes to mine.
"You are
the most important thing to me now. The most important thing to me ever."
My head was spinning at the rapid change in direction our conversation had taken. From the
cheerful
topic of my impending demise, we were suddenly declaring ourselves. He waited, and even
though I
looked down to study our hands between us, I knew his golden eyes were on me. "You already
know
how I feel, of course," I finally said. "I'm here..