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Chapter 423: Reiner - An Order to Kill

Chapter 423: Reiner - An Order to Kill

“Where have you been spending your nights?” his father asked.

“Why are you asking about something that you already know?” Reiner asked in reply.

King’s lips curved into a smirk, and he did not avert his gaze from his son. Reiner saw no reason to justify his actions and decided to remain silent to see what his father truly wanted.

“She’s not your fiancée,” King stated flatly.

“Is that a problem?” Reiner asked bluntly.

The smirk on King’s lips deepened before he started chuckling softly to himself. Reiner wasn’t sure what his father found so amusing about the conversation that they were having but he decided that the less he said, the better it would be. King was hard to read, and he was very unpredictable. Dealing with King had never been easy, and Reiner had figured out that staying passive was the best approach. He decided to simply wait and see.

“Not at all. As long as the child is yours, I couldn’t care less who the mother is,” King replied before grinning at his son.

“Is that all?” Reiner asked as he wondered if the conversation was now over.

“I wasn’t going to tell you this because I don’t have a need to...but...” King said before ending with a small sigh.

Reiner’s eyes widened at the file that his father slid across the table towards him. The folder was plain black and had no lettering to indicate what was inside.

“Open it and see for yourself,” King said as if he wasn’t bothered to explain much.

Reiner slowly reached for the black folder on the table. He felt an ominous feeling that he couldn’t quite explain when his hand touched the folder. Reiner stared at the folder for a moment as if trying to figure out what was inside. Black folders are for high-ranking missions that were either difficult to execute or extremely high priority based on the client’s request or amount that they were willing to pay.

“Is this assigned to me?” Reiner asked curiously.

It wasn’t like he was against taking on missions at this point. If King wanted him to do it, he’ll have to do it. It was as simple as that.

“No. It can be assigned to anybody...” King replied passively.

“I see...” Reiner muttered as his blue eyes tried to read his father’s emotionless face.

His father’s face gave nothing away as the older man smiled cunningly at his son. Reiner sighed in resignation. There was no point trying to guess the content of the envelope; he might as well just open it and get it over and done with. Whatever mission it was wasn’t going to surprise him.

Slowly, he opened the black folder and began reading the paper inside. He was right, the papers inside contained details of a high-class mission; however, he was wrong about the part that it wasn’t going to surprise him. Reiner eyes widened and then narrowed at what he was seeing. It’s impossible...

“A request came in from one of my old clients. As you can see, the request is simple enough but due to the urgency and the amount that the client is willing to pay to get this issue dealt with, it has been classified as a S rank mission with extra high priority,” King stated passionlessly as if reciting from a textbook.

Reiner didn’t say anything in response to his father’s words. He was too shocked at what he was seeing as he reread the content of the mission over and over again as if the details would change if he did. He had faced many unexpected situations in his life, but nothing had prepared him for this.

The mission was simple enough just like King had said. The objective was to kill the target in any method possible and provide proof to the client that the target had been eliminated successfully. The details and terms were standard. Reiner’s eyes narrowed as it focused on the detail of the target and the overly attractive photo attached.

“I just thought that I should let you know so that you won’t be too surprised if, you know, she goes missing and never returns,” King said in a completely detached way.

Reiner ignored his father’s words as his eyes focused on the familiar face and smile that looked back at him alluringly from the photograph as he willed the sight in front of him to disappear. The photo was probably taken by someone from the press during one of the target’s previous appearances on the red carpet. Natalia dressed in an elaborate red dress smiled back at him with her bright red lips.

“I’m not asking you to take care of this mission, so you don’t need to worry. After all, I’m not that heartless. I’m just following protocol and I hope that you’ll understand that,” King stated matter-of-factly.

“Natalia is employed by our company. As per the protocol, she should receive our protection,” Reiner quickly argued.

“She’s not an agent and neither is she listed in the list of people we are liable to protect. She’s just a secretary...even if she happens to be yours. She can easily be replaced at a cost much less than the profit that we will earn from this simple but over-priced mission,” King said.

“What do you really want?” Reiner asked as he slowly stood up from his seat.

King glanced up at his son as he wondered how long Knight can keep his composure. The request was a surprising one and he had to say that timing was more than perfect.

“Nothing. As I said, I just thought that I should let you know. You are my son after all...” King replied like none of this concerned him at all.

“Turn down this request. I’ll pay you and the company whatever the client wants to pay,” Reiner demanded as he leaned across the table towards his father.

“You know that I can’t do that. If I do, how will the company uphold its reputation. We will work on all requests from all clients as long as it follows our protocol,” King said resolutely.

--To be continued...

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