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.

Jewel shrieked, turning around and shooting him a

others touching you before

“You–”

stuck in her head as the realization of the knife on the table came to her and she froze

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

knives and him. “To kill a man for me. A clean

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

of slight reluctance on her face as she lied with bold eyes, “Well, my

the best until I took one for a client, lost it all,

I have served my time and just

want you to be the one to handle this job… you are trustworthy. Also, He‘s just a nobody and no one will care

And once the

bonus… Twenty thousand dollars

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

a few seconds before asking,

reached into her bag, took out a printed photo of Elijah, and placed it on the table in

Scorpio.

narrowed his eyes and looked up at her, “Is this my

target?”

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

a while, and then tossed it back down, saying, “|| can. But I

But…B–ut,” Madam Jewel mumbled, watching him stand up and walk around the table, then

Investistic Co. and Elijah stood in front of

with Dean Hayes and his son, we are getting summoned again by

possibly want?”

us to stay… After all, without the Hayes‘s continuous pumping

its revenue alone can not sustain the workforce salaries… so maybe he‘s going to plead with us to give him

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

are fired from Investistic Co,”

go silent

them, but seeing him standing in front of

you say?!” A dude shouted in disbelief, feeling like

Elijah‘s words.

Co. All the employees working

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