Who is my target?

When the door cracked open, Scorpio stopped sharpening his blade and raised his gaze to stare at his man calmly walking inside, and then he asked in a dead tone, “What is it. Target?”

Lowering his gaze to the floor, Target hesitated and then mumbled, “There‘s an older lady out there asking

about you.”

from every time he rubbed a little too roughly against it.

Flinching, Target took a step back and then mumbled, “She wants you to do a job for her, and she claimed to have the money to pay.”

For a moment, Scorpio didn‘t even react or look up. Then he said, very softly but with enough annoyance in his voice, commanded, “Bring her to me.”

After a slight bow, Target eyed his boss before walking away without another word,

and Scorpio continued to sharpen his blade.

A couple of minutes later, the door opened again and Madam Jewel walked inside, clutching onto her purse with her face etched with a look of disgust. as her eyes darted about the room.

After her three bodyguards joined her inside, Target shut the door and eyed his boss, waiting for a reaction.

“What do you want?” Scorpio asked, laying his blade down and picking up another

one.

With a frown and a nervous glance at her bodyguards, Madam Jewel sighed, staring at him, and said, “I got a job for you.”

Pausing, Scorpio looked up at her for a second, and then at Target, and understanding his boss‘s signal, Target approached Madam Jewel and tapped her on the hand, saying, “Ma‘am, you can sit he-”

“Don‘t touch me!!” Madam Jewel lost it, jumping away from Target and glaring at the look of confusion on his face.

“Please refrain from touching, my madam!” Kent warned, his eyes cold as he glared at Target.

“Okay, Okay!” Target exclaimed, holding his hands up and backing off slowly.

Frowning, Madam Jewel reached into her bag for a hand sanitizer, taking some of it with trembling fingers, and dabbing it onto her hands and wrists.

Are you sick?” Scorpio asked in a deadpan tone, resting back in his chair.

Jewel shrieked, turning around and shooting

don‘t want others touching you before you pass it

“You–”

of the knife

Scorpio glanced at Target and then back at her asking, “What do

kill a man for me.

Jewel finally lifted her gaze and stared right at

lied with bold eyes, “Well, my driver. He claimed that you are the

until I took one for a client, lost it all, and went to

still walks free… I have served my time and just got

the one to handle this job… you are trustworthy. Also,

you have nothing to worry about. And once

thousand bonus… Twenty

Scorpio sat

a few seconds before asking, “Who is

her bag, took out a printed photo of Elijah, and placed it on the

Scorpio.

at it closely, Scorpio narrowed his eyes and looked up at her, “Is

target?”

widely. “He‘s just a regular guy… So, can

then tossed it back down, saying, “|| can.

around the table, then left her

Co. and Elijah stood in front of them, watching their faces as the

again by this guy,” A lady whispered, frowning hard at the sight of Elijah.

possibly want?”

After all, without the Hayes‘s continuous pumping of money into

workforce salaries… so maybe he‘s

interrupted the whispers, causing both parties to turn around and stare at the other fellow as he mumbled, “Well, he‘s not going to know what hit him when we all quit

are fired from Investistic Co,” Elijah announced in a

go silent from

was joking with them, but seeing him standing in front of them with a deadass serious

in disbelief, feeling like

Elijah‘s words.

hereby dismissed from the Investistic Co. All the employees working here are free

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