9th March

Emotion causes weakness, and the woman on the phone screen was inciting his weakness.

He couldn't allow that.

A severe frown crossed his face while he stared unrelentingly at the screen. Sensing the illegitimacy of the demand, his jaws clenched visibly.

If a human could represent the purest form of art, the woman in the picture was exactly so. Her beautiful doe-like eyes, creamy skin, pert soft lips... were undoubtedly screaming nothing but innocent beauty. Although there was a blend of sadness in those eyes, yet none could deny that they were the best pair representing a pure form of life.

He couldn't understand exactly what she had to do with the ferocious man sitting in front of him.

The man across from him cleared his throat and said calmly, "You must realize this before we proceed with our deal, that it is completely reasonable for me to ask something in return. Besides, I don't want unwanted attention toward me and my men just yet. I have other commitments right now. So, I need someone else, someone less suspicious, to do it for me. You seem perfect. You do it for me, and I'll present the papers that you need. A perfect businessman's deal."

He glanced up and looked dead into the negotiator's eyes, who deliberately added without breaking his gaze, "Do you agree?"

Even though their business meeting tended toward a more sensitive issue, he couldn't disagree with this elder man. As his own motive was also demanding his consent.

He had to find her to save a thousand other lives.

He glanced at the phone screen one last time before throwing his resolute stare back at the man sitting in front of him. The single syllable of agreement left his mouth shortly, which he didn't yet know would turn his entire world upside-down in the time to come.

"Yes."

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Author's Note: Hi, I write from my heart. You may find some parts scarily relatable because they aren't fictional. 

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