Rafael broke the hug after a while. He cupped her face with both hands and kissed her forehead.

“I'm heading out on a mission tonight, and I don't know when I'll be back, but it's going to take a while,” he said, and Milena's face dropped.

“I'm going to miss you,” she admitted.

“Me too, little flower. I'm going to miss you badly,” he said, and she nodded.

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(EVENING)

Raphael stepped into the office, where silence awaited him. The man who had been focused on the file on his desk looked up at him.

“I thought you weren’t going to come. Let me guess, you were with the girl,”...