1 Her Best Shot

"She is the one I was telling you about," Kay said to the elegant lady who was sitting in the café. Based on her looks, she obviously belonged to a high society.

'Well, most of the time looks can be deceiving.' Arya thought to herself. Kay had asked her to come with him and meet someone who could help her get a job with great offers since Kay knew Arya had an unfortunate situation right now.

The lady scanned Arya from head to toe and said, "You are right, she looks fit for the task." Then the lady gestured the two to sit opposite her.

The lady introduced herself as Rita who was probably in her twenties. Rita discussed her offer with Arya first.

Arya's jaw dropped upon hearing how good Rita's offer was. Then she asked, "That seems too good to be true. But what's that job? I hope it's not illegal."

Rita smiled and discussed the task Arya needed to do to close the deal.

"Why are you doing that?" Arya asked Rita out of curiosity. She couldn't believe that something like this happens in real life and that someone could even bother to plan something like this.

"You don't need to know the reason for it. But, I hope you agree to do this job." Rita said plainly.

Arya frowned and looked at Kay with a confused face.

Kay understood her look. He sighed deeply and said, "What option do you have? This is your best shot at the moment. You will not kill anybody or do something bad. Just follow the plan and Rita will take care of everything."

Kay was right, given her current situation; Rita's offer was her best shot.

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A week later…

Arya was sweating. She was so nervous. She inhaled and exhaled deeply before she entered the restaurant.

'I must act natural. Don't get nervous Arya.' She told herself silently. She walked inside, she could feel the gazes, both stolen and directly at her. She was used to this kind of things since she looked stunning.

Today was her first day. She just needs to finish this job and execute everything perfectly.

The target was Ryu Ken, the most powerful man behind the technology business, responsible for the growth of online shopping and e-commerce Ramada.com, the world's largest online shopping retailer. He was the CEO of Ramada, the company's chairman and the largest shareholder.

She spotted her target. Her designated table was opposite to his and she sat where she could face him. He was having his lunch alone. He lived with his trademark as a snob, cold billionaire and Arya could feel that. Almost all men in the restaurant had noticed her except for him who was busy with his laptop.

She doesn't know why but she felt intimated by his aura.

The waitress had given her the menu and she had ordered a lot. She was a glutton. Kay just told her to act, like herself so she just did.

She ate to her heart's content. In truth, she had a big appetite though she eats and moves with grace and poise.

Then her phone rang. It was just a number but she was sure it was her ex boyfriend, Jim. Whom she had caught with another woman. 'How barefaced!' she thought in her heart as she recalled his reason for having an affair was because he couldn't do intimate things with her. She was too conservative when it came to sex. Yes, although it doesn't show because she was liberated when it comes to dressing and dolling herself up.

She pressed the cancel button. However, it kept on ringing so she answered thinking it could also be her father but regrettably it was Jim.

"I told you to stop calling me and don't look for me okay. Suffer the consequences of your mistake! Don't expect me to return after what you did! Oh yeah right, I am celebrating right now. I will eat, drink and party afterwards. You are nothing but a loser and not worthy of my time! Asshole! Oh right you did that because of sex right? Who knows, I might give it to someone deserving tonight!" She said in a moderate sharp tone, enough not to cause any attention to others. Then she quickly hung up the phone.

She was in a bad mood so she ordered wine. She had finished one bottle already and had ordered another one.

She almost forgot the reason why she was here because of that ex-boyfriend of hers. She looked at her target and found out that the latter was now staring at her. She narrowed her eyes and stared back at him. He was not batting an eye so she did the same.

'What's with him?' Arya thought. He frowned but never stopped and continued to just stare at her.

'What is this? Survival of the fittest on eye staring?' Arya thought to herself. It looks like she will be the one not to survive his stare so Arya cupped her face with her elbow on the table as a support. Then she arched an eyebrow.

"So tell me, why are you staring at me? Do I look that lovely huh?" She asked bluntly while she made the beautiful eyes thing like a child blinking her eyes multiple times.

The man just smirked and shook his head before he rose up and left the table.

Arya's jaw dropped. 'Did I just shoo him away?' she thought to herself as panic crossed her mind. She was totally busted. She can't even do things properly. Why would he call her now? She had blocked his number already but he keeps on calling her with other numbers.

Arya sighed and dialed Kay. "Can you just ask me to do another job instead? I think I will not be able to pull this off." Then she told Kay what happened.

The latter laughed so hard on the other line and said, "You are doing great."

Arya crumpled her face and thought how she did well when she drove Ryu Ken away and the worst part of it was he might think she was weird or brazen.

Hearing no response from Arya, Kay added, "Dear you are the perfect person for that task okay? Trust me on this and just stick with the plan. Besides, Rita already made the arrangements to help you. You can call your mom to confirm it."

Arya sighed deeply and said, "Alright, I will do as you say."