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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: UNTIL I FOUND YOU (PIANO VERSION) ~ STEPHEN SANCHEZ]

"Sweethe-" the man's words got stuck in his throat because Raven's walking cane hit him hard on the neck and before the man could make any move to attack, Raven pushed the head of his stick and a knife appeared, slashing through the man's neck. It satisfied Raven to see the man lose blood, as it was the same man who had dared to lay his finger on Lily first.

"Holy shit!" The other man gasped when they saw their mate fall limp on the ground with his blood pooled around him.

"Holy shit!" Lily mimicked the men, with her hand over her mouth. Raven turned to look at her when she said this, his head tilted to the side and his brows slightly raised. Slightly distracted, another man attacked Raven by hitting a bottle of wine on his head.

Raven turned to look at the man, who now took a step back as if regretting his action.

STAY WITH ME..