Both had kept us so busy, we’d only seen each other in passing at the apartment, normally in the early hours of the morning when one of us was getting home while the other was on his way out. We were both exhausted, and our men were grumpy from the lack of sleep just as we were. But it was not getting to see Nova that was pissing me off more than anything.

I was ready to put a bullet in someone, and I honestly didn’t care who at this point. I just wanted this shit over and done with so I could have time for her.

Walking through the apartment, I was already working on the buttons of my shirt as I pushed open the door to my bedroom. The lights were off, but the city was like one huge night-light outside the window, giving me a soft glow to see by. Tossing my suit jacket on the chair as I passed it, I pulled my shirt from my pants and shrugged out of it just as something on the bed caught my attention.

I knew whoever it was wasn’t a threat. The guards downstairs wouldn’t have let anyone on the elevator, and the stairs were impenetrable, so the options of who could be in my bed were limited. I could just make out the shape of a body, one leg shifting under the blanket. A soft sigh reached my ears, and that was all I needed for my body to react.

“Nova,” I breathed her name and fell onto the bed, pulling her into my arms and burying my face in her neck. Her scent hit my senses, and all the stress of the past two weeks melted away.

She stroked her soft hands up and down my back, her warm breath caressing my chest as she snuggled closer.

“I missed you,” she murmured, her voice imploring. “Please don’t send me away. I just want to sleep beside you tonight.”

I kicked off my shoes and molded her body to mine, keeping the blanket between us so I didn’t get carried away with the feel of her soft, smooth skin against me. “I would never send you away. I’ve missed you so damn much. Forgive me for being so busy, my heart.”

“I understand,” she whispered, but I still heard the unasked questions linger between us.

I didn’t want to pull her into this shit with the O’Brions and Ramirez, especially when Ramirez had already tried to take her from me in the past. She was safer not knowing anything, but I had to give her a little of the truth. “There was an issue when I was having the cameras installed for you, baby. It has complicated a few things, but I’m working on it. Give me a little longer to get it sorted, and I’ll have your feed up and running.” I nuzzled her neck with my nose, making her giggle. Fuck, that was my favorite sound in the world.