Total pages in book: 111
Estimated words: 102942 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 515(@200wpm)___ 412(@250wpm)___ 343(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 102942 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 515(@200wpm)___ 412(@250wpm)___ 343(@300wpm)
Finding a piece of paper on the small desk, I scribble out a note, letting Kiara know that I haven’t just fucked her and ghosted. I spare one final longing glance toward my bed.
Shit. Why is leaving her suddenly the hardest thing I’ve ever done?
Taking the note, I place it on the bed, my gaze sailing over it one last time.
Conference meeting.
Should be back in a few hours.
With that, I get on with my day. The sooner I can get this over and done with, the sooner I get to sink straight back inside her. Assuming she still wants me. Last night . . . I’d of course hoped for it, but she’s always been so firm in her rejections. Telling me to get fucked has been her favorite brand of heroin. Now that she’s worked me out of her system and knows exactly what she can expect, there’s a good chance that she’ll fold me back inside that little box and close the lid on whatever this could have been.
Not wanting to overthink the situation, I grab my shit and hightail it out of there before I miss my shot at securing this contract. Within the space of ten minutes, I’m down in the hotel parking garage, my rental car screeching around the corners before coming out onto the main road and heading just out of town.
I drive for a little over an hour before pulling into the small town of Tossa de Mar. It’s much quieter here, a far cry from the craziness of the peak season in Barcelona. And honestly, it’s just as beautiful with its medieval walls surrounding the town and the turquoise views of the ocean that seem to go on for miles.
It’s the kind of place someone could come to have peace, and to hide from the eyes of the main city. Perfect for back-room deals and closed-door schemes that can be cleaned up without anybody the wiser.
Driving straight into the heart of the town, I park the rental on a back street before grabbing the case that sits beneath the passenger seat and heading out. The town is easy to navigate, and I quickly find where I need to be before making my way straight up to the rooftop terrace and looking out at the town around me.
I’m surrounded by old stone buildings and boutique hotels lined by narrow cobblestone alleys. It’s the perfect, authentic European town, and I absolutely love it. I’m a few minutes early, and I take the time to feel the breeze on my face before setting up everything I need.
Then, after glancing at my watch, I make myself comfortable, lying down at the highest peak of the rooftop terrace, and looking through the scope of my precision rifle to the private estate across town. I lock in on my target: Javier Rodríguez.
He stands in the dining room of the home he shares with his mistress, and I take a moment to learn the property, glancing through the windows to make sure he’s well and truly alone. The mistress is supposed to be at the local spa, and from what I can tell, his associates have not yet arrived for their midday meeting. But they will soon, and in the spirit of getting this done without witnesses and getting back to the beautiful woman sleeping in my bed, I focus my attention on Javier.
He stands by the dining table, papers scattered in front of him, and as he flicks through them, I curl my finger around the trigger, preparing to take my shot. It’s just shy of half a mile, an easy shot, but I double-check everything.
I don’t miss. I have perfect aim. It’s why I’m the best assassin in the world, but you don’t gain that title by being reckless. You shoot once, hit your mark, and get out of there. If you miss, you blow your cover, and if you’re lucky, you’ll be sleeping with the fish. If you’re not, well . . . you might as well take your own life before any of your targets eventually catch up to you. Any quick death you could give yourself would be a million times better than what any of these men would put you through.
With everything lined up perfectly, I go to take my shot, but something flashes in the dining room window. In a matter of seconds, a woman dressed completely in black leather, her face completely covered, moves in behind Javier. She lifts a gun, a silencer twisted onto the end, and takes a clean shot straight to the back of his head.
Javier goes down in a flash, and just as quickly as she came, she disappears.
I try to track her movements through my scope, watching her move in a blur through the small estate. Once outside, she launches over a fence into the neighboring property before taking off on a jet-black motorcycle and speeding through the town.