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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

Raven sat on the work chair in his room, his eyes moved to look at his desktop at intervals while he listened to Victor and Shadow.

"The security details have been tightened against the unveiling event. Augustine is yet to make a move, so we don't know what he is thinking," Shadow informed.

Raven nodded. He knew Augustine wouldn't move immediately. The man was also very smart, seeing that he was taken by the leg with Raven's planned move, he would also make his own calculated plan so it doesn't crash back on him.

"And the list of volunteers for the project?"

Victor placed a white file on Raven's table. "Ten suspicious volunteers so far, I'm still running a background check on them. Also, there are two persons that have been identified. Victoria and Dylan, they knew Lily from five years ago."

"Dylan, the name sounds familiar," Shadow twitched his lips.

FAMILIAR SOUND