#Chapter 172 The Special Guard

Five minutes later, Parker entered the home office. “He is gone, Your Highness,” he said. Andrew released a small breath of relief. “Thank you, Parker. You are dismissed.” With a nod and a bow to each of us, Parker departed the room, leaving Andrew and me alone once more. Andrew collapsed into his chair and pulled me onto his lap. He burrowed his face into my neck and let out a contented sigh, trying to hide the stress that he clearly felt from this whole ordeal. “Now, where were we?” he said, nuzzling from the bottom of my neck up to the back of my ear. I smiled as I tried to muster the same enthusiasm that I had had before the meeting with Mr. Barone, but the feeling was no longer there. I could not get my mind off of this latest threat to my life or how we could possibly combat it on our own. Andrew must have sensed my hesitation. He grabbed my face in one of his hands and turned it towards him so that I was forced to look him in the eye. His thumb ran across my bottom lip,