Twenty-five - Another job

"Rise and shine!" Chloe groaned as someone disturbed her sleeping position and had the sun in her face. Chloe felt the human presence in her room very close to her. Almost dejectedly, she opened her eyes slowly to meet Amir's which were watching her in a weird way.

"Amir!" She complained as she pushed him off with a force that had him on the floor in no time.

"Jeez Chloe..." She sat up immediately as she wondered if she had hurt him. "Why are you so violent?"

Her teeth clenching her lower lip, Chloe peered from where she sat at Amir. "I am sorry. I didn't mean to."

"I was just trying to wake you up," he said as he got off the floor.

"By staring hard at me?" she asked with a confused frown.

He waved off her question. "Oh, whatever. We have work to do today Chloe, so get your beautiful ass off that bed."

She immediately wore an amused look. "I know my butt is gorgeous. Ah-thank you. But don't say the word ass, it reminds me of a donkey."

"Gosh, you are so weird." Amir walked to the end of her bed and watched her from there. "Sebastian has made some new discovery and we need your help."

"Does it require me to kill someone?"

"Of course not." His eyes went dark. "Or would you?"

"Nope." She smiled grandly.

Amir shook his head at her. "Just be downstairs in thirty."

"Yes sir. Thirty years you say?" she asked with a face coated with seriousness.

"Chloe!"

"I will be done in thirty." She got off the bed.

"See you," he walked towards the door, a smug look on his face, a swag in his steps.

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Dressed in a very comfortable grey coloured pencil gown which had a low turtle neck feature, Chloe felt confident of the day ahead. She walked out of her room feeling rather good.

She had closed the door and was about to make for the stairs when her eyes met Nathaniel's from a distance. She felt a loud thud in her head or maybe it was in her chest. That was the first time she was seeing him after a week of the little incident.

Chloe resumed her walk towards the man who was taking slow strides, her eyes anywhere but on him. When she made it to his side, she wanted to say something. But she did not see the need. So, she just squared her chin and continued her walk resisting the urge to turn back and look.

Soon, she made it downstairs and with her instincts, she followed the chatters that were coming from a room.

"Just ensure that shipment makes it here tomorrow. We are all sick of waiting." Amir was saying that to Sebastian who nodded in response before his head went to focus on his laptop.

"Eh-ehm," Chloe notified them of her presence.

"Oh you are... here..." Amir's eyes ran through her as she walked further into the room. He followed her with his eyes as she found herself a seat. His eyes narrowed, he said, "You look... hot." He chuckled.

"Yeah, you can stop eye fucking me now sir."

"I have got this feeling that you would be good at being a cock tease."

Sebastian looked her way finally. He didn't stare much. Instead, he said, "She is actually dressed for the job."

As her hand reached to play with her ponytail, she adjusted in her seat. "What is this job?"

"Well, I believe Amir has told you that we found out who the man framing him is. Well, for sometime now I have been trailing him and with a recent opportunity I had to tape him, I have found out that he will be striking again tonight."

"Who is the victim this time?" she asked a bit uneasily.

"No one. The victim is never predetermined. He just approaches a lady who wants to have fun, makes sure Amir is in the club and does what he has to do."

"So... what exactly is this job?"

Amir exhaled before facing her. "We need you to lure him out. You don't have to say yes to it because it can be dangerous. He can heavily drug or heaven forbid, something might go wrong before we make it to you. So Chloe, if you are not going to do it, I will understand."

Chloe's eyes traveled to the wine cellar ahead. Amir was right, anything could go wrong. But then, she was undercover and at any moment something might go wrong. Her life practically reeked of risks.

"Am I going to be taped or what?" she asked Sebastian.

"Probably. Even though I have planted a camera in all the rooms, following your movements from the start would be playing safe."

She nodded. "I guess I will do it then." She could already imagine Agent Markings annoying frown. She snickered in her head. He definitely did not know how uneasily she was moved by certain things.

"Really?"

"I approached you because I wanted to help didn't I?"

"Oh, you are a darling." Chloe smiled. For some reason, as she smiled at him, she felt bad that one day Amir would find out who she was. She won't be a darling then.

"Well Chloe, tonight's the night."

She exhaled. "I feel it will be a long one."

Sebastian faced his laptop her way showing her a man's image. "It is really going to be a long one."