hideaki mao is not one to believe in true love, but tries hard not to fall for the charismatic, erotica writer xu minghao.
"I know that you would die
and kill for me,"
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“Will you cut the other strap too, Mr. Xu?”
"YOU look fucking terrible." Jihoon comments the second he sees Seungcheol. He shows up a little late to the meeting, oversleeping being the cause. He had a little trouble infiltrating a certain company's database the previous afternoon (six hours was not the longest Jihoon had taken to get into a database), but he'll manage soon.
"Sit down, Jihoon. We have a client." Seungcheol says, and Jihoon's eyes scanned the room to spot an unfamiliar face. He knew the identity of the sixty-something woman, dressed in black to mourn over a tragedy that had happened two days ago. Bloodshot eyes, pale complexion. Jihoon knows that the tragedy was death.
"You look worse." Jihoon says bluntly. As much as he knew suicide was something he couldn't take lightly of, he hated the woman more than anything else in the world. Wealth is only useful when you're happy, but never when you are sorrowful. Money can't bring back happiness after the loss of a loved one, and Jihoon sensed the fact that he didn't like the way this mission was going. He eyes the guilty woman, who clutches a handkerchief in her bony hand.
"This is Oh Seunghee, founder of Dime Jewellery and Gems, mother of deceased Oh Heeyeon. First encounter with us was on Friday, 25th March, to explain the purpose of her proposal. Second encounter is on 31st March, now to be exact, to give a detailed proposal along with the signing of the contracts." The sound that followed Seungcheol's voice were the taps of Minghao's fingers on the keyboard, collecting all forms of information as he could.
"Mrs. Oh, I'd like to introduce you to our team. This is Xu Minghao; secretary, field agent and strategist. She's Hideaki Mao, field agent, strategist and assassin. Kim Mingyu; defence, field agent and weapons. Lee Jihoon; assassin, hacker. We are pleased to work with you." Seungcheol eyes his team members one by one. Neither of them took a liking to their clients, but Seungcheol's never surprised by that sort of reaction.
"Please elaborate your proposal, Mrs. Oh."
The woman clears her throat. It looked like she couldn't speak without being able to break into tears for the next five seconds. That ticked Mao off a little, but she'll let it slide, because losing your daughter was understandable.
"My daughter, Oh Heeyeon took her own life on 9th March only recently. The cause of it being the fact that she was tricked into prostitution." Oh Seunghee looked different than the pictures that portrayed her in the media. In a state of extreme sadness, nobody would recognize her at first glance. "The police claimed that she had been forced to do it for the past 7 weeks, but they found nothing."
"Not until they found a seperate phone with several numbers, and one of them was the contact number of a bar she was forced to work at to attend the customer's needs. We read the news, ma'am. Now get to the point." Jihoon cuts her off. Someone like her, with such a big title in the business industry would definitely gain attentuon from the media after her recent daughter's death. Anyone would know. And she should not be out and about anywhere, not at a criminal organization's meeting room, especially.
