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    "I''m sorry, it''s all my fault for making you sad. Let me take you to the hospital."


    "No need," Aurora said. "I don''t want to go to the hospital. I just want you by my side. Theo, hug me, won''t you? Hug me. I waited so long for you, I thought you''d nevere back. I''ve been waiting and waiting... I..."


    Aurora broke down in tears, sobs racking her body.


    Theodore''s heart broke into a million pieces. He hugged her tight andy on the bed, pressing her head against his chest.


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    He kept apologizing to her.


    Aurora smelled a strong smell of alcohol on him. He seemed to have been drinking.


    "Theo, when I had a heart attack, I didn''t even want to take my medicine. I thought I should just die."


    "Aurora, please don''t say that." Theodore tried tofort her. "You''re killing me by saying that. You must live on well. I''ll find you a suitable heart donor and you''ll be all good after the surgery."


    Theo," Aurora said with tears in her eyes. "I want to live on well, too. That''s why I eventually chose to take my medicine. I know that if I die, it''ll only bring you pain and trouble. I love you, and I don''t want to see you in pain. I don''t want to be a burden on you. Theo, don''t worry. I''ll always think for you. No matter what, you''ll always be number one in my heart."


    Theodore sighed.


    "Aurora, what should I do with you? What if I never fall in love with you?"


    "That''s alright. It''s enough that I love you. I''ll give you some of my love. It''s fine even if you don''t want it. As long as you''re willing to have me by your side, keeping youpany,forting you at your lowest. That''s enough for me. You need someone by your side, someone who trusts you. Theo, I love you..."


    By the time she was done talking, Aurora was crying profusely.


    Theodore wiped her tears away and hugged her tight, saying tenderly, "if only she was half as good as you are."


    The corner of Aurora''s lips lifted in a smirk.


    Was Theodore finally realizing how good she was?


    That woman was far from even half as good as she was. What right did Rosalie have to bepared to her? Was she even fit?


    "Theo, did you drink?" Aurora caressed his face, her heart aching for him. "You look very haggard, too. Did you not get any sleep these few days?"


    Theodore held her hand and said, "It''s alright. It''s all over now, and we found Rose. All''s good as long as she''s fine."


    The worry for Rosalie in Theodore''s eyes filled Aurora''s heart with hatred. Tears of agony kept flowing from her eyes as indescribably pain filled her heart.


    Theo, can you promise me never to torture yourself like this again? You''re a good man, you don''t deserve to be treated like this," she begged.


    "Aurora, I''m not as good as you describe me to be. I''m a bad man. I hurt many women-I hurt my wife as well as Cynthia. I''m hurting you right now, too. Every woman who stays by my side ends up getting hurt by me. Perhaps I''m under a curse. I''m just a horrible man. I really am...''


    "Enough," Aurora said as she put her fingers to Theodore''s lip. "Please don''t say that of yourself. Theo, do you know? In my opinion, you''re the best man ever. You''re more honest than anyone I''ve evere across."