She flinched at his words. Sonia looked away then and clenched her jaw, he'd be able to see the muscles working. "So be it," she said miserably. There was not much else she could say. The tears would not stop flowing either even after he cleaned up her face a little. After the longest pause, she finally said, "If that is what it takes, Signore Meijer." The ex-prostitute looked at him again, no joy in those stormy eyes of hers, only anguish. She wasn't happy to do what she was doing either, but she was trying her best to protect herself.