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.

Madam Jewel shrieked, turning around and shooting

something contagious and don‘t want others touching you before you

“You–”

of the knife

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

her eyes darting between the knives and him. “To kill a man for me. A clean job that will not lead back to you or

and after another tense pause of hesitation, Madam Jewel finally lifted her

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

I was the best until I took one for

he still walks free… I have served my time and

this job… you are trustworthy.

once

Twenty

Scorpio sat back in his chair, thinking it over

seconds before asking, “Who is

took out a printed photo of

Scorpio.

at it closely, Scorpio narrowed his eyes and looked up

target?”

widely. “He‘s just a regular guy…

at it for a while, and then tossed it back down, saying,

him stand up and walk around the table, then left her in shock, walking out

of employees joined the rest in the lobby of Investistic Co. and Elijah stood in front of them, watching their faces as

Dean Hayes and his son, we are getting summoned again by this guy,” A lady whispered, frowning hard at the sight of Elijah.

possibly want?”

all, without the Hayes‘s

workforce salaries… so maybe he‘s going to plead with us to give him time.” The dude

other fellow as he mumbled, “Well, he‘s not going to know

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

silent from

that indicated that they thought Elijah was joking with them, but seeing him standing

A dude shouted in disbelief, feeling like

Elijah‘s words.

the Investistic Co. All the employees working here are free

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