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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: PENETRATES COLDLY PAIN ~ NAM HYE SEUNG, JEON JONG HYUK &SOAP ]

Currently inside the hall, Lily stood there with her lips trembling. It was as if her world tilted to a side, as she tried to gather up her life. The questions Raven had asked her earlier came flooding in all at once.

Old bat, seeing Lily's distress, knew the truth bomb couldn't be delayed any longer. She squeezed Lily's hand, her face grim.

"Lily, listen..." The woman started.

"What in my life is real...who am I even?" Lily looked around the room. "Where is Raven?" Her small voice now sounded like a whisper. Tears welled up in her eyes, blurring her surroundings. Her life now looked more like a game, made by someone to drive her mad.

"Take me to Raven," she said to Old bat, trying to compose herself.

Old bat, who had no idea where Raven was, nodded. "Let's go; I'll take you to him."

STRONGER TOGETHER