In the small hours, after working off his fury at being targeted and nearly killed,
Hunter showered, dressed, and prepared to leave.
He stopped by the bed and eyed the supposedly sleeping Killer Wife.
He raised an eyebrow—he could tell she was faking.
He slipped a hand into his pocket as if searching.
In fact he took a tiny key from his private space,
the key to the cuffs locked around Jane's right wrist.
He set it on the bedside table. "I don't care who you are—professional assassin or a friend of the enemies I've eliminated—"
"you tried to kill me twice."
"I've had you twice; we're even."
"Feel free to come after me again,"
"but next time survival isn't guaranteed."
"I know those cuffs won't hold someone of your skill,"
"but I'm leaving the key anyway."
He turned to go,
then paused as if something had occurred to him.
He glanced back at the feigning sleeper
and added, "Oh—don't forget the morning-after pill."
With his anger spent,
Hunter rubbed his still-sore nose
and walked out of the hotel.
The door opened and shut; his footsteps faded away.
Only minutes later
did Jane snap her eyes open.
"Damn bastard!"
She didn't leap up.
A professional killer, she slept lightly.
Even after hours of exhaustion,
instinct had woken her when he rose for his shower.
She'd tried to slip away then,
but her body needed more rest.
So she'd stayed.
Once sure her target had left, she tried to roll over—
and felt the cuffs.
A glance confirmed standard police-issue restraints.
She could pick them,
given a moment.
But since the brute had left the key,
she endured the ache and reached for the bedside table—
only to spot the scattered condoms on the floor.
They'd used up the hotel's entire box,
and still run short.
Remembering his final warning,
she snorted in irritation.
"Hmph!"
The hit had looked simple.
Instead she'd failed and paid for it with hours of ordeal.
She didn't care about sleeping with a man other than her husband.
In permissive Europe and America,
plenty stayed active after marriage.
As a hired killer,
she could kill a dozen people without blinking,
yet afterward the pressure still built.
So she'd find release—bars, clubs, random hookups.
The first two years of marriage had been bliss,
but familiarity soon bred contempt.
Gradually, the intimacy lessened, and Jane partially returned to her pre-marital lifestyle.
Regarding her failed assassination attempt just now, where she ended up being dealt with instead.
Jane treated it as spending a weekend with a lover and didn't take it much to heart.
It was just a bit more tiring than usual, and she only disliked it at the very beginning.
Once she got used to it later, she didn't mind; instead, Jane felt a long-lost sense of satisfaction.
However, her anger was also very real.
After all, this was the first time since Jane's debut...
...that she failed to complete an assassination commission. Just thinking about how the company would evaluate her after today...
...and the gossip from the assassins she had suppressed for years within the company...
...the fire in Jane's heart began to burn once again.
"This guy can't possibly be just an ordinary eighteen-year-old asian."
"His skills and strength have already far surpassed mine."
"The information the company gave me also mentioned that he might be skilled in long-range sniping, capable of precise assassinations from hundreds of meters away, and even having the ability to easily break into a heavily guarded private hospital to kill and then quickly escape."
"Maybe he really is like me, a member of some assassin organization."
The Assassin Company usually doesn't let its assassins know who the client is.
But Jane was an exception; she was the ace of her Assassin Company.
Therefore, she still had some understanding of this assassination mission.
It was said that the mission was issued by the owner of a private hospital.
Because a few days ago, Jane's current target had broken into their hospital and assassinated a patient undergoing treatment in a VIP ward.
That private hospital was originally a relatively famous hospital in Los Angeles.
Many Los Angeles celebrities, wealthy businessmen, and politicians liked to be hospitalized there when they fell ill.
As a result of this assassination, the hospital's VIP clients all felt in danger.
Many politicians, celebrities, and wealthy businessmen immediately checked out and moved to new hospitals for recuperation and treatment.
The loss of a large number of high-quality clients made the family behind that private hospital very angry and dissatisfied.
Consequently, through some connections, they contacted the Assassin Company Jane worked for.
And Jane's Assassin Company was quite powerful.
After a few days of brief investigation, they even obtained the Los Angeles Police Department's investigation report and identified the highly suspicious target, Hunter.
Furthermore, the Assassin Company managed to obtain surveillance footage from around the hospital.
By continuously comparing the imagery in the surveillance videos, they identified a late-night motorcyclist on the nearby streets before and after the assassination.
Then, by analyzing the motorcyclist's build and the model of the motorcycle, they roughly verified their suspicion.
After all, they were an Assassin Company; their investigation didn't need more corroborating evidence like a police case would.
Just a few clues pointing to Hunter's suspicion was enough.
Thus, considering the abilities Hunter displayed during the three assassinations that night...
...the Assassin Company recommended this assassination mission to the company's ace assassin, Jane.
Little did they expect that she would suffer such a huge setback here.
At this thought, Jane's heart was filled with a mix of emotions and an unspeakable anger.
After picking up the key and unlocking the handcuff binding her right hand...
...she tossed it carelessly onto the bed beside her!
Right now, Jane's entire body felt numb and weak.
Even if she wanted to leave, she couldn't move for the time being.
Simply put, after sulking for a while...
...she closed her eyes and began to rest.
Jane was indeed exhausted today; her body was very weary, but she was also very satisfied.
Consequently, she soon entered dreamland and fell into a deep sleep...
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