#Chapter 241 Big Escape

Joseph’s POV As soon as my arms wrapped around her, it was like a dam had broken inside of her. All the fears, the pain, the emotions she had felt throughout these last couple of weeks came pouring out of her. Tessa sobbed in my arms, burying her face in my chest; her entire body shook as she cried and her hold on me tightened. I breathed her in, basking in her scent and allowing it to calm my wound-up body. I was still in shock that she was in my arms again. I buried my face in the nape of her neck, breathing her in. I knew we didn’t have long before we had to get moving, but I couldn’t will my body to move. I just wanted to be in the moment and never let her go again. “Tessa,” I whispered, my voice low and raspy, her face still buried in my chest and mine in the nape of her neck. “Did they hurt you?” Her body shivered and a small whimper escaped her lips as she tightened her hold on me. She didn’t answer me; not at first. She just cried and held me. I knew she was still in shoc