Serena got to her room and found her black phone buzzing on the bed, she made sure of locking the door before settling down on the bed to check the new message she just received from Lucien.
"What is it this time" she sighed as she clicked on it.
She flashed her eyes as she saw it...there's a mission for her tomorrow.
Before she could think of calling Lucien, the devil called him instead which she answered right away.
"Have you received the materials?" He asked.
"Yes I did… but I'm afraid I won't be able to carry out this tomorrow....."
"I will be waiting for your report" That was all Lucien said before hanging up.
Serena swallowed and bit her lip, staring at the information in her hand.
Name: Ali James
Age: 58 years old.
He's a politician...and she's going to kill him in his own house. Of course they get clients like this all the time, and obviously his opponent is behind this and wants him dead.
Serena ran her fingers through her hair.
She's supposed to go with Wolfe to Florence tomorrow, and here she's got a mission by 9pm tomorrow as well.
There's no choice at all, she needs to come up with a plan and of yeah she's ditching the trip for her mission.
As far as she's concerned, she can't even go against Lucien, it's never an option.
Serena sighed and stood up, her nails in her mouth as she thought of what to do...a very good plan or nothing. She needed something to tell Wolfe tomorrow as a great excuse why she would have to ditch the trip tomorrow.
After ten minutes of thinking, an idea popped into her head and she bit her lip, she smiled a little. She walked to her closet to pick her outfit for the mission but then changed her mind...she would do that tomorrow instead.
She fell on the bed and closed her eyes to sleep.
•••••••
Wolfe and Serena's eyes met as she was helping him with his shirt, she looked away first and focused on his shirt.
Wolfe noticed the unusual look on her face, she doesn't really seem to be in her best mood at all. Something definitely is off and he noticed.
"Are you okay?" He asked.
Serena said nothing and just nodded a little.
"Tell me, are you feeling well?" Wolfe insisted.
Serena squeezed her face like a sharp pain hit her, Wolfe raised his brows.
"Do you feel any pain?" He asked with a concern voice.
"It's just...my tummy" Serena muttered and immediately sniffles because tears rolled down her eyes.
Wolfe blinked and looked down at her stomach.
"You ate something?" He asked.
Serena wiped her tears and shook her head.
"I got my period this morning....usually hurts like hell on the first day" She sniffled.
"Oh" Wolfe mouthed, staring at her worriedly.
"Then...you should stay home for today. Zayne can take over...."
"It's okay, I still have to prepare for the trip anyway" Serena mumbled softly.
"Are you sure you will be able to go? Since it's going to be business all through...can you?" Wolfe asked.
"I don't know" She shook her head.
"How much does it hurt?" Wolfe asked.
"A lot...it's bad...but.. I can handle it" She sniffles again.
"No, you don't have to. You should rest then, stay home" Wolfe said.
"Really? Can I? You won't cut my salary right?" She glanced at him, her palms resting on his chest.
Wolfe nodded.
"I won't" He said and she pouted.
"I'm sorry" she almost hugged him but Wolfe shifted away.
"I should go" he checked the time.
Serena took her lip in and watched him walked out, she saw him speaking to Zayne in the living room and soon they were out.
It actually took Serena like five minutes before she realized that Wolfe actually left her in his suite.
She smirked and crossed her arms on her chest, she looked around and started walking slowly, staring at everything her eyes sets on as if she was analyzing.
"That was quite easy" She chuckled and swept her hair from her face before walking out.
She found a maid in front of her room waiting with a tray in her hand.
"Hey.....hi" Serena smiled.
"Hello ma'am, Mr. Hayes said you might need some hot water and also...you can tell me if you need anything else" The maid said.
"Oh, thank you" Serena took the tray from her.
"Thanks for the water..."
"What else do you need?" The maid asked.
"Food" Serena replied.
"Okay ma'am, I will get back to you soon" The maid said and walked away.
Serena entered her room and dropped the tray on the bed stand, she stared at the flask and scoffed.
He's really this caring? Now she wish she's actually on her period.
She groaned and fell on her back, her eyes went closed.
•••••••
Ezran stepped down from his car and flung his bag on his shoulder, he drove himself today, secretly though, without granny's knowledge or she's definitely going to throw a fit.
As he closed the door, the car locked automatically and made a beeping sound twice.
The garage became darker again and he made his way out until....
"Hi, Ice" Rose waved at him from where she stood, her hands on her waist. Staring at him with both serious and soft expression at the same time.
Ezran walked closer slowly, his eyes remained on her, eyeing her outfit, cute looking short dress which looks perfect on her body. But that doesn't get people like Ezran, in fact he doesn't care about people. The only person he genuinely gives a fuck about is his brother, and his granny? Maybe?
But his brother is like his lifeline, lock that.
"If I may ask...are you mad at me or something?" Rose asked, looking up at him seriously.
Ezran just stood there staring at her like his eyes would do the talking and somehow Rose understood that look on his face so she continued.
"You don't know what I'm talking about? Fine, last night. What was that? A normal girl would have blocked you seeing those ego filled replies" she frowned.
Ezran sighed and rolled his eyes as if he was already exhausted just by appearing in school or standing in front of her.
"So you're not going to say anything? Why give me your number then? So you can ghost me and add me to the list of the girls you've snubbed? Because they are desperate??!" Rose snapped.
This time she finally got a reaction from Ezran and it was the down smile, more like a grumpy smile.
"I don't like chitchats" he muttered in his pretty deep voice.
"Then what do you do?" Rose arched her brows curiously, and can this dude be less cold? It's as If she was speaking to herself, normally she would have ignored him, but not when she's so fucking interested in him.
"I prefer going straight to the point" Ezran muttered and shoved his hands into his pockets, waiting for her reaction.
Rose blinked in confusion.
"What....what?" She stuttered.
"What point?" She asked again.
"What do you want? You can pick one, I will give options" Ezran said softly but coldly while taking steps closer to her.
Rose moved back also, same time and soon her back hit the next car just behind her.
Ezran leaned in closer and placed his two hands on the car, by her sides, caging her right there so she couldn't move. She swallowed hard, was forced to look into his eyes and they fucking made her freeze, she looked down, hoping to get better but the silly eyes only caught his lips this time, making everything worse, she remained focused on them until he spoke up again.
"Option (A) A kiss"
Rose's eyes went wide.
"Option (B) More than a kiss"
"Option (C) More than option (B)...which one do you want?" Ezran asked, looking darn serious.
Rose's lips trembled.
"I...I...I'm not allowed…to have a boyfriend" She said.
Ezran scoffed and moved away from her.
Rose gulped and adjusted her self.
"You think I want to be your boyfriend?" Ezran checked the time.
"Huh? People can do that with someone who's not their boyfriend?" Rose batted her lashes innocently and Ezran smirked.
"Option B...what's...more than a kiss?" Rose asked, risking all.
"A kiss is just...something that would happen once. But more than a kiss...meaning you can kiss me as long as you want... anytime, until you aren't interested anymore, but I doubt that though" Ezran replied.
"And...more than option B is what?" Rose asked and Ezran chuckles.
"Child abuse" He grinned.
"Hey!" Rose snapped.
"You're seventeen too, just two years older than me!"
"Nice point, but I'm not naive like you..."
"Just tell me what it means"
Ezran moved closer again and as usual, Rose shifted backward.
"For more than B" he mumbled, his voice barely above whispers.
"I get to do more than kissing you" He whispered into her ear.
"Like...what?" Rose blinked.
"Touching" He replied.
Her eyes widened and she immediately moved away from him.
Ezran smiled, but it only took a second for the smile to fade away.
"Yeah, I'm like this. At least you know now....feel free to stay away from me. I hate noise" He rolled his eyes and walked away.
Rose stood there, staring at him till he was out of sight.
She touched her chest, her heart was still beating so fast. Of course she was so sure Ezran said all that on purpose, his plan was to make her stop talking to him, to stay away from him.
But why the fuck is she curious now?
How would it feel like?
Kissing him?
More than kissing...touching.
"Oh no Rose, please" She covered her mouth and immediately ran toward her class.
••••••
Avianna dragged in another sniff, both eyes looked red and puffy. She got Granny Hayes' palm on her cheek while weeping quietly. She came here to inform her about Wolfe's recent change of attitude and as usual the granny is always ready to listen to her.
"You should really stop crying now, I will talk to him. He really shouldn't treat women that way" Granny wiped her tears off her cheeks and Avianna nodded like a child In need of candy.
"Please talk to him granny, you're my only hope. I wish Wolfe can see how much I want to be with him, everything was going on well before that witch appeared" She scoffed and rolled her eye as well.
"Who's the witch?" Granny hayes was curious and it was so obvious without her even trying.
And that was exactly what Avianna needed anyway, she just smirked inwardly, the type which doesn't need to show on her face.
"His secretary, I heard he's been hanging with her alone recently, Wolfe even took her to the Gala night"
"Gala? He didn't go with you?" Granny looked at her and Avianna slowly nodded.
Granny Hayes touched her forehead and groaned, Avianna instantly stood up.
"Granny, are you okay?" She asked with concern.
Two maids moves forward and bowed.
"We will take it from here" They bowed and Avianna nodded watching as they helped the old lady out of her seat and then upstairs.
Avianna smirked and yawned, she even crossed her legs.
"Now let's see how that bitch take what's mine from me" She scoffed and tried calling Wolfe again, just like the first five tries today...the line wasn't connecting at all.
Avianna bit her lip and sighed.
•••••••
"Here you go sir" the private plane hostess said as she dropped the tray of food on the table in front of Wolfe but he didn't even bother glancing toward her side.
He was staring at his phone screen like he was watching something important while his leg crossed on the other.
They took off from Chicago around 7pm and now it's 9pm,a normal flight from Chicago to Florence should take 10-12 hours, meaning they still have a long way to go…might land in Florence around 6am tomorrow or 7am.
Zayne came in some minutes later and still met the food untouched.
"Boss" He called and Wolfe looked at him.
"You need to eat..."
"Heard from Rena?" Wolfe cut in, tossing his phone in his palm. He actually wanted to call her and ask if she was okay but later changed his mind.
"No sir… but I believe she should be okay. You need to eat and rest before we land tomorrow morning" Zayne told him.
Wolfe forced out a smile and nodded.
Zayne immediately moved the table closer to him and placed the cutlery closer to him.
"You can go" Wolfe said.
Zayne bowed and walked away.
Wolfe stared out of the window and he chuckled again, then shook his head before he began to eat.
•••••••••
A little grunt escaped Serena's mouth as she jumped out of the estate gate, it was so quick and swift, she slides into her car within a blink of an eye and was off in full speed.
Her airpod was connected to her ears while she focused on the location which was already implanted into her car system.
The night was so cold and dark, like it might start raining sooner or later, but definitely tonight. She made sure she turned off her main phone, just the black one in case of any emergency information which actually never comes anyway.
About thirty minutes later, she stopped in front of Ali James gate, and like she guessed, obviously a politician.
They are the only ones who get to live in these type of mansions anyway.
She reversed and went to park her car somewhere enclosed, close enough not to get noticed easily so she opened the car door.
Her black boot landed on the ground first, followed by herself…dressed in all black, comfortable. She wore her mask and closed the door back. She stared at the fence in front of her, so fucking tall.
"Nice" She muttered, making sure she avoided any camera, part of the trainings she got back in the syndicate, always avoid the camera angles.
The whole process took her just thirty seconds and she jumped into the compound, and right into three unfortunate guards. And yes she's not the unfortunate one...
"Who the fuck are...." The first one tried to ask.
"Boring, you should shoot me right away" Serena rolled her eyes as her fists landed heavily on his throat, seizing his breath first and maybe something else broke because he fell unconscious on the ground right away.
Other two charged toward her, but one of them tried to alert others.
"No, don't do that" Serena jumped on the first one and used him to kick the second one hit against the wall and he fell on the ground, she smashed his face with her boot heel cruelly and he went silent.
The third one stretched his gun at her, ready to shoot but she turned swiftly and at the same time brought out her silencer from her pocket. She shot him twice right on his forehead and he fell down...dead.
Serena rolled her eyes coldly and matched on their bodies while proceeding into the mansion, this time escaping all the other guards.
She should be done before they discover the bodies, within a minute she jumped down from the roof of the third floor and landed on the floor.
She already checked, this particular floor doesn't have guards like that, of course who would think anyone can actually get to the third floor without passing the first floor and second?
"Dumb asses" She smirked and soon found Ali's suite. She unlocked the door and the man got up on the bed, sweating so badly as If he's been expecting moment like this and just living in fear.
He wanted to press the alert button beside him but Serena shoot straight and the bullet hit his back hand.
He groaned loudly.
"Please spare my life....I will pay you...twice of what you were paid!!"
Serena scoffed.
"Thrice then! Just don't...." She shot him five times before that last sentence got completed.
She shoved his body, checking if he died indeed.
She turned to leave and still shot him one last time.
As she stepped out of the room she heard the bodyguards screaming and running that an intruders just entered.
Serena chuckled like it was some game, and then...boom...she was gone, no traces.
The next minute she showed up? She was already opening her car door. She entered the car and drove off roughly.
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