Chapter 8

"I told you no eyewitness!" he slams his fist to the table. It has been 2 days since we kill benjamin. Michael was happy when he found out benjamin was dead but he was also angry when he found out there’s an eye-witnessed. He then quickly called us to fly to Italy.

Now I’m currently in his office alone with him. He told Drake to wait outside cause he only wanted to talk to me. I looked at him blankly. "It’s not like we have an option." Michael's head snapped to me, glaring at me hard. "Then why didn’t you kill him?" I remained silent because he was right, why didn’t I kill him? I kept asking myself that.

"Ruby I want you to find him and kill him because you’re the one who fucked up!"

I scoffed "I fucked up? If only you knew Benjamin's location earlier, we wouldn’t go undercover as a fucking design interior to find his location!" by now the two of us are glaring hard at each other. Since the day he kidnapped me, we never really have a good relationship I may say. We always have a different opinion in every conversation but alas, different opinions or not, in the end, I still have to kill the people he assigned me to or not I’ll be the one he will kill.

"I gave you 2 weeks ruby, 2 weeks. If you fail, I will send your team to kill him." I gritted my teeth.

"I can manage on my own, I don’t need my team to help me. What’s the point of catching him anyway? He probably has runaway to god knows where."

"He’s an eyewitness." Slowly the corner of his lip curls up into a smirk that gives shiver down my spine.

"A coincident eyewitness." I narrowed my eyes at him. "What do you mean?" my voice lace with curiosity. He threw me a file. Taking the file from his table, I open it and it felt like all the air in my lungs have been squeezed out.

I saw a picture of a person that I never thought will see again.

Name               : Chase Hudson

Age                  : 25 years old

Nationality       : American

"His grandfather is a part of this mafia. He promised me something but he never kept his promise."

What? Chase grandfather is a part of this mafia? I find that hard to believe.

"After I kill him then what?"

"That’s for me to know and for you to never find out." I rolled my eyes at him.

"Fine, consider it done. But don’t let my team know about my mission from now on."

"Ok, I’ll be waiting then, don’t disappoint me ruby." Taking my leave, I left his office. Drake immediately walked up to me. "What did he say?"

"I fucked up." I scan my ID to walked out of the building. "What did he mean by that?"

"It means that I fucked up." I open the car door about to get in when Drake slams the car door. "Ruby, I’m serious."

"Well, that makes two of us." He sighed deeply. "Can you please stop being so fucking stubborn?!" I looked at him coldly. "It’s none of your business." I walked away and decide to ask one of the people here for a ride. I’m 100% sure if I ride with him he will probably shoot me a ton of questions that I’m not willing to answer right now.

"Where are you going?" I ignore him. Asking one of Michael's men, he agrees to drop me at the airport. Why do I have to see him again? What did I do wrong? I know that I did a lot of mistakes and probably end up in hell but I didn’t expect God to reunite me with Chase.

I hope he didn’t notice that was me. I dye my hair blonde when I decided to change my name. And it has been 7 years so why would he remember me anyway.

Trying to convince yourself? My subconscious says.

I didn’t know how long I zone out until the driver calls me out. "We’re here." I muttered a ‘thanks’ and quickly get out of the car.

I decided to buy a last-minute plane ticket to New York at the airport even though it cost me quite a cash because no way I’m gonna be boarding the same plane as Drake. Boarding the plane, the pilot announced we’re going to take off. I looked to the window and saw we are already in the air. A sigh escapes my lips and I lean back to the seat. I honestly have no intention of hurting Drake but I have no choice. Michael himself is the one who told me to kill Chase Hudson and he gave me 2 fucking weeks.

Knowing Drake, he will be adamant about going with me but I can’t let that happen/ not only him but my friends. I didn’t say they couldn’t kill him but after finding out Chase's grandfather was a part of the mafia, I bet he has a lot of bodyguards protecting him.

But what did Michael want from him?

Curiosity got the best of me, I took my phone out and search Chase's name. My eyes widen once I saw the information. He’s a freaking billionaire! He’s the CEO of the Hudson Corporation.

How come I don’t know?! I’ve been with him for around 2 months and I didn’t know anything about him. Not even his background aside from the fact that he is a playboy. My phone went on showing Drake is calling me. Shutting my phone off, I put my phone back in the pocket. I closed my eyes trying to comprehend everything. I take a look at his picture in the file. Is a picture of him on every occasion. At a party, clubs, hanging out, eating lunch even playing sport.

I scoffed in irony and closed the file. The reason why I’m staying alive is to make sure my family is safe and the second is to make sure I never see him again. But fate always has a different story. It’s kinda funny how usually people feel happy, give them a hug or kisses after years of not meeting each other but me? I’m the opposite of it.

I have to kill him instead of giving him a hug or kiss.