"I'm going to miss you."
She knew that he meant it. Hell, she would believe anything he said right now, wrapped in his arms.
"I already miss you." Kristina reluctantly lifted her head from her lover's bare chest, but it was worth it to look into his eyes, gazing lovingly into hers. She had wanted this for so long. She thought about how unbelievably right this felt, and how incredibly wrong it was. But she didn't care. This is where she was meant to be. She was sure of it.
Ethan grinned at the girl lying on top of him. "What are smiling at?" he said with that thick Australian accent that drove Kristina wild.
"I'm smiling at you. You make me happy."
Even as she said that, her smile began to fade. "What's wrong?" he asked, slowly sitting them up in his bed.
"I'm leaving, but I don't want to leave you."
"Krissy, you're not leaving for another two months. We'll deal with it then."
His confidence had little effect on her. She knew that their time together was coming to an end, no matter how they felt about each other.
She just sighed and allowed Ethan to pull her back into his arms.
"I miss you."
"I miss you, too."
Sam sighed, leaning against the counter in her boyfriend's kitchen. The penthouse was unbearably empty without him.
"This should all be over by tomorrow, and then I'm coming home to you."
Yeah, right, Sam thought. It seemed like lately whenever she needed him, he was pulled off into some adventure. Without her.
"This lead that Lucky gave us could lead me and Dante right to Franco."
"I know, I know. I'll be waiting for you when you get home. I love you."
"I love you, too."
"You boys have fun."
Jason gave a small grunt before hanging up. Sam chuckled softly. It was still weird to her that those three worked so closely together. It just seemed so unlikely that her ex, her current boyfriend, and the undercover cop he once thought of as a traitor would make such a great team. But she was glad that he had backup. Going after Franco wasn't going to be easy, or safe.
And she needed Jason to come back in one piece.