Beneath the Facade

She had been trained to destroy life since she was a child. No choices. No feelings. Just orders.

Life was simple for her: finish the mission and disappear.

That was until she met him.

He was a billionaire, quiet and distant, living only for his child. A single father trying his best, carrying loss behind calm eyes. He was her target... but he didn't feel like one.

And then there was the child.

Brave in the most fragile way, his quiet laughter made her rethink the choice. She had faced countless people before, but never this. Never innocence.

She couldn't take that life-or break that small, trusting heart. So instead of ending them, she made a quiet promise.

She would protect them.

That decision changed everything. The assassin who had never known warmth began learning what it meant to stay, to care, to choose someone over a mission.