Chapter 59

"I actually thought Toma was being sarcastic when he told me of my condition." she said with a rueful smile.

"I mean, who knew such an illness existed! But it does, and it's what almost killed me."

"What can we do to cure it?" Edward asks immediately before he chokes on his words.

"The only thing that can prevent it is for me to be happy."

"Then I will make you happy! I will make sure that you won't be sad or unhappy again!" Edward says as he kissed Dale's hands.

"Just give me a chance to do it, please my love!" he implores as he held both of her hands in his.

"Is she willing to risk her heart and believe in him again?"

Dale looks into his eyes as if searching for something.

She found sincerity in them.

She slowly nods her head.

It didn't immediately sink in to Edward that she is giving her consent.

Dale smiles at him.

"Yes, Edward John Barber, I am willing to give you another chance to make me happy again!"

Edward snaps back to reality.

"Y.. y.. es? Are you sure my love?" Edward stutters in disbelief.

"Yes my heart! I am sure! I also want to give myself the chance to be happy again! And I know that this (she points to her heart).. this broken heart will be happier with you than without you!" as she gives him his most genuine and sincere smile since the moment they saw each other again.

Edward hugs her and rains kisses on her hair.

"Thank you so much my love! Thank you! Thank you!"

Dale's heart swells with so much happiness.

If she is to die this moment, she wants to die happy and in her lover's arms.

Edward, her lover, her husband and the only man she wants to be the father of her children.

She smiled at that thought.

If there was anything she regretted from their previous relationship, it was that she didn't get pregnant and bore his child.

She always thought that she would have been happier if they had a child that would have served as a reminder of their time together.

As she is lost in her own thoughts, she didn't notice that Edward stopped kissing her hair.

She found contentment in his embrace.

"My love?" Edward asks uncertainly.

"Yes my heart?" she could now feel the rapid beating of his heart against her cheek.

Edward held her chin to look up to him.

"Can I make you happy now?" Edward asks before slowly dipping in for a kiss.