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. 

Madam Jewel reached into her bag for a hand sanitizer, taking some of it with trembling fingers,

in a deadpan tone,

around

something contagious and don‘t want others touching you before you pass it on to them?”

“You–” 

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

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

darting between the knives and him. “To kill a man for

filled the room, and after another tense pause of hesitation, Madam Jewel finally lifted her gaze and stared right at

as she lied with bold eyes, “Well, my driver. He claimed

took one for a client, lost it all, and went to prison while he still walks free… I have served my time and

no one will care about his death... you have nothing to worry about. And once the job is

in his chair, thinking it over for a few seconds

a printed photo of Elijah,

Scorpio narrowed his eyes and looked up

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

at it for a while, and then tossed it back down, saying, “|| can.

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

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

Dean Hayes and his son, we are getting summoned again by this guy,” A lady whispered, frowning hard

revenue alone can not sustain the workforce salaries... so maybe he‘s going to plead

fellow as he mumbled, “Well, he‘s not going to know what hit him when we all quit

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

joking with them, but seeing him standing in front of them with a deadass serious expression didn‘t give

A dude shouted in disbelief, feeling like he was imagining

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