Chapter 28 - Scared Me to Death! (1/2)

At Elle's Residence....

Charles had been staying at Elle's place for one week now hoping and waiting for her to come back.

Right now, Charles just hung up the 10th call of the day. Those were calls from their potential clients. Many had called him and wanted to hire Catseye for a mission but he had no choice but to turn it down since she was still missing.

He had to come up with some reasonable alibi so that they would not suspect anything. If they got a news about Catseye's disappearance, he was sure many from the underground world would be rejoicing.

Catseye was a skilled assassin. Many people would like to hire her but it didn't meant that they don't wish to harm her. They were afraid of her. Of course they wanted her dead because she was a big threat for them. They never knew if one day Catseye would come knocking on their doors just to end their lives.

Catseye was an independent assassin which means she didn't belong to any group or organization of hired Assassin. She didn't follow rules and she was the most infamous assassin right now in her generation. If she wanted your life, she would claim it for sure. If she wanted you dead then wait for the grim reaper to fetch you.

”Catseye where are you? We are losing a lot of money day by day. So many pending mission! Come back now please!” Charles was solemnly wishing for Elle's return when he heard his phone ringing. He glared at his phone while saying ”Oh Gosh,,,another possible millions of money that I need to turn it down.”

He picked up his phone and answered nonchalantly ”Hello? What can I do for you?”

”Did you miss me?” Elle said from the other line as she noticed that Charles was not in a good mood. She smirked at the thought of Charles having a hard time because of her disappearance. 'It served him right'. she thought to herself.

”Are you kidding me?!! Do you really think that I am in the mood to do sweet talking with a stranger right now?!!” Charles couldn't help himself from pouring out his stress to the caller.

'Did he just shout at me? I just disappeared for a week and he became bolder. Hmm You just wait Charles! ' Elle was startled and she just stayed silent for a while. 'He seemed like he was really suffering under a lot of stress right now.' She wanted to laugh at him.

Charles calmed down when he didn't received any reaction from the other caller. 'Wait...why is it her voice sounds familiar?' Silence remained on the other line. He glanced at his phone to check whether the caller already hung up but she didn't. This silent treatment seemed familiar. His heart started to beat fast.

”Ahemm... sorry about that. Could you... please speak again?” he requested politely trying to confirm his suspicion. After seconds of anticipation, the girl spoke again from the other line.

”Hello my dearest Charles!” Charles shivered upon hearing her familiar cold voice. ”Oh sh**t! It was really her. It was Elle!' He almost dropped the phone from shock.

He didn't know what he should feel right now. Should he feel so glad and happy since Elle finally contacted him or should he feel afraid since just a while ago he shouted at her, could this be the end of his life?

As if Elle had read his mind, so she said ”Don't worry. It is not your time yet. You are still useful to me. But I dare you to shout at me again, I am telling you now I don't know what I might do to you.”

The face of Elle that flashes an evil smile appeared on Charles' mind so he nodded many times as if Elle could really see it. He felt relieved now.