The Marvelous Elijah’s Return

Chapter 99

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.

turning

ill with something contagious and don‘t want others touching you before you pass

“You–”

the realization of the knife on the

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

darting between the knives and him. “To kill a man for me. A clean job that will not lead

tense pause of hesitation, Madam Jewel finally lifted her gaze and stared right at Scorpio as he asked, “Who referred me to

look of slight reluctance on her face as she lied with bold eyes, “Well, my driver. He claimed that you are

I was the best until I took one for a client, lost it all, and went to prison

he still walks free… I have served my time and

handle this job… you are trustworthy. Also, He‘s just a

worry about. And once the job is done, you

Twenty thousand dollars in

again, and Scorpio sat back in his chair, thinking it

seconds before asking,

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

Scorpio.

eyes and

target?”

Jewel nodded firmly, smiling widely. “He‘s just a regular

it for a while, and then tossed it back

mumbled, watching him stand up and walk around the table, then left her in

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

again by this guy,” A lady whispered, frowning hard

possibly want?”

all, without the Hayes‘s continuous pumping

the workforce salaries… so maybe he‘s going to plead

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 and

fired from Investistic Co,” Elijah announced in a loud voice, making

silent

but seeing him standing in front of them with a deadass serious expression

in disbelief, feeling like he was

Elijah‘s words.

dismissed from the Investistic Co. All the employees working here are free to clear your desk and

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