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I had done one of the worst things a man could ever do to the girl he loved and cared for the most, all the while knowing it was the most beneficial thing I could have ever done. I knew how much of a close, and loving relationship Isabella had with her parents, which wasn't something every child had. I hated to be the one to take that away, even though I was left with no choice.

This had to be done, and I was so damn grateful that she respected my decisions.

Because Isabella trusted me with her life, and I know that for a fact because I saw the light return in her beautiful brown eyes the second she laid her eyes on me for the first time after the time we had apart, it was the same she had every single morning that she'd wake up in my arms, or have me hold her close and tell her she was all mine.

She was secure and that was all that mattered, I was going to go through heaven and hell just to make sure my girl was safe.

And so now, on our way to New York City in my private yet, I laid