Chapter 4

A piece of folder was slid across the table so Avery could easily reach it. she opened the profile and there was her target staring straight back at her. She felt chills running down her spine as she stood erect in middle of the room.

“Ms. Maeder, you’ve come a long way. This case is about proving yourself to me whether you could move on to the next level by completing this task smoothly. Your task is very simple: kill Berkley Osack. Russian born but naturalized into U.S citizen 3 years ago, CEO of Delta Corporation, one of the leading businesses across the globe, and her product is progressing extremely quickly in this country; maybe its progressing too quickly we are afraid. She holds a very high ability and power in this country and she has been rumored to possess an access to nuclear weapon, a possible threat to this country.”

Avery scanned the portfolio as she listened, absorbing the information at the same time. This was her very first assassin task. She was trained to kill people. She got the highest score on weapon handling and practice enough times on mannequins to enhance her confident in pulling that trigger. Although, shooting mannequins were not the same as shooting real people. She knew this was going to be difficult and it’s going to be her first time to prove her skill to him that she was capable of handling tasks like this.

“Yes sir, when should I start?” there was a hint of hesitation in her voice but she managed to hide it well.

“Ms. Maeder, your target is already on the move.”

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Avery was very confident in carrying out this mission. She was waiting for this moment from the very beginning and she would not blow this up by making a stupid little mistake. She would have to check her steps thoroughly and precisely as if Tom’s life is depended on it.

On her walk back to her office, she had a quick flashback of Tom’s face. She missed him so terribly and it broke her into thousand pieces when she thought about what she did to him. The instant she joined CIA, she tried to get far away from Tom as possible. She blocked, deleted, any contact from him for his own safety. She heard the rumors that the entire secret force member’s families were either mysteriously missing or killed ‘in action’. She loved Tom and was so grateful for him that she promised herself nothing would hurt him because of her.

She was distracted from her thought when someone clicked his fingers together in front of her face. It was none other than Laurence Lachowski, her partner in crime. When she meant ‘partner in crime’, she literally meant the phrase. They would always partner up together as a pair whenever a task was given and end up with the top scores.

Laurence possess what every men wish for. With a gorgeous figure of 5’ 11”, thick rich curly brown hair, olive skin and deep green eyes. He has a toned body and was the hottest man most women had ever seen… until he opened his mouth.