I know, love. I love you, but from now on, please don't tease me this way again," William said, looking her in the eye in a way that conveyed that, if she left, he could not survive. He stood, and slowly reached out to touch Daisy's face with love. Daisy smiled, quite unconsciously. Just that one sentence alone left her near breathless with joy. Even though he proclaimed his love for her nearly every day, she still liked hearing his words of love. Just... It made her feel that she was still important to him, that his love for her was unchanged.