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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: BLUE FLOWER~ LIA (ITZY)]

Maya narrated to Lily how she had almost drowned inside the box but was later saved after she had already passed out.

It took the girl several days to finally regain consciousness, and when she did, she met an old woman who had watched over her.

".....so that's how I found myself here?" Maya completed.

Lily twitched her lips; it wasn't easy for the girl either. Both of them had their own share of trouble, but in the end, Lily was happy they made it out alive.

"What about you? How did you end up here? It seems like your destiny is to be trapped somewhere at every point," Maya commented, rubbing the side of her head that was starting to drip blood before she got to her feet.

TREE WITH A NAME