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Lily gulped, it's the 'devil'. She said in her mind with her hands still trembling.

Raven picked the phone from the girl's hand, turning it off, he said, "You don't want to do that. Now run along and forget everything that happened here, little girl." His voice low and chilly to the bone.

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Sunshine Meets Grumpy

He's a hitman, a hacker, a serpent slithering through the city's underbelly. Not a hero, not even close. The mafia's ghost in the machine, shadows his only companions.

Then, there's her. Bookish, buried in debt and dreams, juggling endless shifts and late-night study sessions. Sunflower yellow amidst the grimy alleys, oblivious to the danger lurking beneath her hopeful smile. "Plain," they call her, "basic." But her light, it's undeniable.

One fated night, a muttered curse, a stolen glance. Their worlds, oil and water, are destined to collide. Can sunshine melt the frost around a killer's heart? Or will their tangled destinies ignite a storm that consumes them both?

The Hitman’s Sunshine

[MUSIC RECOMMENDATION: MANIPULATION ~ ZEVIA]

Eloise still had a tight smile on her lips, unsure if she understood Raven's words.

"Sorry, I don't really understand," she said, trying hard not to sneer.

Lily raised her eyes to look at her master, he was obviously asking the young woman to apologize to her.

Raven's eyes met Lily's green ones, and he moved them away to look at the host, who was staring back and forth between Lily and himself.

Eloise pointed her hands at Lily, stuttering in the process, "Hah...Y-you mean I should apologize to her?" Even her words still had a hidden condescending tone.

"Then you understood me," Raven deadpanned, with a bored look on his face.

APOLOGY WITHOUT CHANGE