12|What I Do Best

~Klaus~

Rylee: Be back tonight, gonna work with Rain on a sweep.

My brows furrowed. Rain? I haven’t met any of Rylee’s friends or coworkers, and I already hate this guy.

Klaus: I thought Black Hand agents work alone?

The three little dots danced for a second before they stopped. Waiting for them to come out again, I gnawed on my lip, already tasting blood.

Rylee: We talked about this, Klaus.

That doesn’t answer my question, and that doesn’t lessen this annoyance poaching in my chest. We agreed that she could still take up jobs for Black Hand, but her work didn’t bother me at all. I wanted to know if Rain was a man or woman but didn’t want to come off as a jealous prick because I’m not.

I’m not jealous, am I?

But Rain sounds like a man’s name.

I grumbled in annoyance, gaining eyes from Ghost. He sat on the other side of the oakwood table, looking into the Martinelli Holdings server while talking with Ash over the phone, who tapped into the company server physically.

“What!?” I grunted,