His words shook her to the core. She felt as if her heart would stop. There was so much emotion in those words that he said. Deep inside her something whispered that he was speaking the truth, that he meant those words.
But did he?
Her husband was still hugging her close to his chest and Alexis wanted to bury herself in there. She wanted nothing more but to be in his arms forever but right now it seemed like the most impossible and logical thing to do. She could not stay with him, she could not stay with him and drag him back.
She needed time. She needed time to recover from what happened and to become a better person because she was sure that she was not going to be the one that had been kidnapped.
That part of her was gone.
"You don't have to.." in broken words she cried into his shoulder. "Please.. If it's not what.. you want, you can go.." she offered again, knowing well that someday he would rather forget it.