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. 

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

deadpan

turning around and shooting him

contagious and don‘t want others touching

“You–” 

words stuck in her head as the realization of the knife

at Target and then back at her asking, “What do you exactly want from me?”

darting between the knives and him. “To kill a man for me. A clean job that will

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

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

client, lost it all, and went to prison while he still walks free… I have served my time and just got out. Now,

want you to be the one to handle this job... you are trustworthy. Also, He‘s just a nobody and no one will care about his death... you have nothing to worry about. And once the job is done, you can get

thinking it over for

printed photo of Elijah, and placed it on the table in front of Scorpio.

eyes and looked up at her, “Is

nodded firmly, smiling widely. “He‘s just a regular guy... So, can you

for a while, and then tossed it back

and walk around the table, then

in the lobby of Investistic Co. and Elijah stood in

are getting summoned again by this guy,” A lady whispered, frowning hard at the sight of Elijah. “What could he possibly want?”

stay... After all, without the Hayes‘s continuous pumping of money into this company, its revenue alone can not sustain the workforce salaries... so maybe he‘s going to plead with

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

Co,” Elijah announced in a loud voice, making everyone go silent from shock

that they thought Elijah was joking with them, but seeing him standing in front of them with a

say?!” A dude shouted in disbelief,

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