𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓱𝓪𝓽𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾 - 𝓪 𝓛𝓵𝓸𝔂𝓭 𝓗𝓪𝓷𝓼𝓮𝓷 𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓻𝔂

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"hey, Charlotte?" susanne says as she slightly knocks on my office's door, not waiting for a "come in" before opening it.

i look up from all the papers on my desk "yeah?"

"danny wants you in his office" she says, not fully entering my office but rather peeking her head though the door

"okay, i'll be there in a second" i say before looking back down. susanne gives me a small nod before closing the door and leaving. susanne and i are pretty close, meaning that we're work best friends, since everyone around us is so unlikeable, but at the same time we're very secretive people so we don't know that much about each other.

i take a couple seconds before reoridering some papers and getting up , heading towards denny's office

i knock on his door slightly before i hear him saying "come in"

"hi...you wanted to see me?" i say as i notice him sitting at his desk, which has two seats facing it. i don't fully open the door to his office. not yet.

"yeah, hi Charlotte, take a seat" he says gesturing towards one of the chairs facing him sitting at the other end of his desk

i give him a small nod before opening the door wider, enough for me to enter the office. that's when i see him. lloyd, sitting there, with such a cocky manner.

"hey sweetheart" he says as he gives me a smirk

oh my god i hate him so much. shivers go down my spine as he calls me that. i mean, i've killed people but nothing has comed close to some stuff this sadistic piece of shit has done.

i don't move any further, nore do i say anything, i just sigh and look at denny with a "are-you-fucking-kidding-me?" look

danny immediately goes in damage control mode and tries to not get me mad "just- just sit down. please?"

i look at him for a second before sighing and rolling my eyes. this time i actually enter his office, closing the door behind me. i take the seat next to lloyd and cross my arms, refusing to look at him.

"so. you're probably wondering why i've called you both here." danny begins to talk

"yeah, i am danny, i really am" i say sounding a bit pissed off

"listen, you guys are my best killers. i really need you for this, both of you."

danny says, sounding like he gave up on explaining to us the mission in technical terms

"if you really can't stand each other, you're just gonna have to deal with it. this one time" he looks at us with a begging expression

"i mean...i'm fine with it. i don't you about this princess over here though" lloyd jumps in. he's still going huh?

i try to not let him comment get the best of me, i just take a deep breath and close my eyes, bringing my hand up to my temple.

"it depends... what kind of mission are we talking about?" i ask danny

"okay, so, you guys would have to go undercover to LA..." he said, putting some papers on his desk for us to see. he decides to not talk about the "undercover as a married part" yet

"lloyd is going to be working with this guy except he's actually a mafia boss, and all you guys are actually doing is gaining his trust and getting all the information we need to know about a sex trafficking circle he's the boss of."

danny says as he hands lloyd a file with this man's information.

"when the information is enough, we'll give you the ok to kill him and we'll do the rest of the work, and that's it, really simple" he says, putting his hands together and setting them on the desk

"okay...and what do i have to do with this?" i ask since danny only mentioned lloyd having something to do with this mafia guy

"well...here comes the undercover part. to make this whole thing more believable, you'll be acting like a newly wedded couple who just moved to LA...you know, husband has a new job and everything..." danny says hesitantly

"but don't worry, i got you a big house with two bedrooms, so none of that sleeping in the same bed bullshit and you'll only have to act like a married couple in public" he reassures us

i tap my acrylics on the desk as i sigh...i'm thinking about it as lloyd looks over at me

"just, some minor details like, whenever someone comes over making it look like one of the two rooms is actually a guest room, and uhh oh, yeah, wedding rings" danny opens a cabinet from under his desk and takes out one engagement ring and two wedding rings.

they're stunning. the engagement ring has a huge diamond on it and all the rings seem to have a harmony between them.

"so?... are you guys in?" danny asks looking at us

"i mean...it sounds easy enough..." lloyd says looking at me. i know he's acting unbothered on purpose, just to make me mad. he's acting like the bigger, more mature person, something that he's obviously not.

"yeah, i guess i can do it..." i say after sighing for what feels like the millionth time now.

"okay..great...you'll be taking a private plane tomorrow at 5:00 PM, i'll send you the location" danny says getting up from his seat

"yeah, you know, i think we're gonna have a lot of fun, don't you think, sweetheart?" lloyd says looking at me

it's so annoying cause it's so unbearably obvious that he's only doing it to get a reaction out of me. we both get up as he talks.

"don't, hansen" i say rolling my eyes and finally getting out of danny's office.