Eric was pacing furiously in the living room as Dima kept him from going up the stairs to Hadlee. How had such a good night gone so off the rails? He’d finally felt he was getting through to her on the security issues and the childish behavior she indulged in when she was frustrated. Hell, he even thought he’d made her realize she needed him to be strong and to take charge in their relationship because there was no way in hell, he was letting her insanity turn their lives into complete and utter chaos for the next fifty years. A smile twisted his lips at the thought of fifty years. While in the past he’d never even considered a future with her, the thought once appalling to him, now he wanted it all with her and only with her. She was his from now until death do them part, even without t

