“I know we don’t have a choice…but I wish we did. I knew this wasn’t going to be easy but damn, this just keeps getting harder.” The heiress paused to watch him step to the window and glance outside, the anger and uncertainty suddenly draining from her tense body when she finally took notice of how hard he was trying to protect her. She realized that unconsciously she was trying to build barriers between them and take her frustration out on him since he was the only target, when in reality he was only trying to do his best for her. With a sigh she stepped over to meet him at the window, her arms sliding around him from behind and her chin lifting to rest on his shoulder. “Thank you..for coming to get me. And staying with me. I don’t know how much longer I could have stayed in that hell