Dale was stunned when he heard her words. He stiffly sat on the spot while she held him closely. Her small arms tightly wrapped around him and her warmth comforting the coldness in his heart, even though he didn't want her to comfort him that way. He deserved every feeling and burden he carried in his heart. Having her here alone was enough to brighten his almost darkened soul, and he didn't want her to put more efforts in him.
"Engel." He lowered his eyes to see her staring at him with tear-glistening eyes. This was the third time she was calling him by this name since he told her. And heaven bears him witness he had never longed to be called by that name till now.
"I don't think you're negligent, or weak or stupid." She said in a gentle and heart-strucking voice. "If it's any compensation, you're the most attentive man, I've ever seen."
"That's because I try to right my wrongs." He said, but she shook her head.
