Chapter 86 - for a change

3 days before the D-Day.

Seraphina was busy modifying her wristwatch. While she was focusing on attaching an ultra-thin solid material cautiously. Riggs slowly watched her working hands admiringly. It was not a rare sight he could behold but whenever she does something like this back when she was in Luciano's disguise, he would always watch her for him to learn and maybe borrow sometimes.

Seraphina's busy hands halted, she spoke.

"You're too close." referring to how close Riggs' head almost blocking her sight to what she was doing.

"Oh…" realizing his action, he straightens his back letting her do the work. As she successfully did her job, she assembled her watched back making it look like a normal wristwatch.

As soon as she was done, Seraphina pulled a small black item from her desk then wordlessly threw it on his direction. As expected, Riggs caught the thing effortlessly.

"Ey? Why do I need this?" examining the mini black tracker on his hand, he asked.

"You'll know when the day comes." she briefly explains. Not going through the details, Seraphina hopped to her other concern.

"After the transfer of shares, they will be a ball that our company will host. Grab some flowers from this shop."

"Ey, boss~ why would I need to do this too?" Riggs' lips twitch hearing her orders. He would understand if it's something shady and dirty, dangerous even yet, this job is not his forte.

"For a change." her subtle smirk was indiscernible. It didn't give off the idea of whether the job is good nor bad which also made him skeptical. Riggs sluggishly reached for the piece of paper where the location and information of the shop were written then departed in despondency.

30 minutes after he left, Seraphina also departed without any certain location she wanted to go.  As she drives her black Porsche Panamera turbo, she constantly glances at her rear mirror from time to time. Noticing a black sedan car following her since she left the company, Seraphina's eyes smiled from excitement.

"They're fast." she mumbles. Deliberately decelerating her speed, she turned to one of the city's unpopular location. People insight became less and by the minute, she reached a secluded area. The car tailing her instantly overtakes her, grabbing the chance to stop her.

As the cars successfully passed by her, it abruptly stops in front of her causing her car to screech as she steps on her brake. Without a second delay, few masked men exited the car and immediately dashed to her vehicle.

Purposely unlocking her car door giving them full access, the men harshly enters her car with a gun on their hand. One man opened the driver's seat door then roughly pulled her out.

"Wha-- who" she spoke in a panic tone to these men. Anyone who can see the scene will pity her, albeit, not the people who truly knows her.

The man wordlessly pushed her on the back seat first before he followed suit. Seraphina was being sandwiched by these rouges. She tried to retaliate seeing the driver seat being occupied by another.

"Help!!" she shouted, alas, the man perching on the front passenger seat pointed a gun on her, annoyed.

"Shut up woman!"

Seeing the pistol on her face, she pressed her lips on a thin line.

"Good." the man holding the gun spoke.

"Who hired you? I can pay you. I swear I won't tell, please!" she pleaded audibly. The man who was holding the gun clicks his tongue as he ordered to the man beside her.

"Knock this b*tch out." Before she could react, a loud sound crashing to her head made her instantly unconscious. The assault was so rough that made her side head bleed a little.

"Hey! Are you crazy? You might kill her before we get enough information!" reprimanding the man who knocked her out, the man on the front seat shouted.

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Riggs reached the particular girly flower shop his boss ordered him to make a deal. He nonchalantly entered the shop expecting nothing in particular, Alas, as the chimed resonated -- an extra muscled man greeted him with a blooming smile on his face.

"Welcome customer, what can I help you?"

As both of their gazes met, both of them were stunned seeing each other.

"Tito?!"

"Riggs?!"

Calling out each other in disbelief, their expression turned from shock to glee.

"Tito, my man!" Riggs reached out for his hand as they did a masonic-like handshake before tapping each other's back.

"Woah, when did you arrived?" Tito asked with his usual big grin as soon as they'd done their brief handshake.

"Ey? Shouldn't be me who should be asking that?" Riggs brows knitted in confusion. The overly muscled man in front of him also tilted his head by his statement.

"Big Daddy gathered us here." Tito states in a trivial tone.

"Ahh. I see…" Riggs wasn't surprised at all by the sudden information and instantly acknowledges it. After all, his boss is on the move and would require all of them soon. On the brighter note, it just means he doesn't have to do all the work.

"What brings you here?" Snapping him back from his jubilation and daydreaming, he was reminded by his main agenda. Glancing around at the small flower shop, there were no clients in sight and could tell that it still doesn't have regular customers.

"Ey? I need flowers, obviously."

"Flowers? For who?"

"Uh, right. I'm working as a very important bodyguard to the most gorgeous boss on the entire planet! We needed flowers for her 'succession' event." he said in a matter-of-factly tone. Though Riggs wanted to prattle about his job under Seraphina, the fact that she knew about Tito's arrival yet she didn't reveal herself means she still doesn't want to tell him the truth, thus, he could only plant a few good words to let his dissing be tampered when she disappeared and change it into compliments ones.

"Wow, you're really into your job. I heard Uno is also a bodyguard."

"Oh, he's with me but his role is being an oblivious one." Riggs pretended to whisper as he mocked the unaware Uno who's assisting Sebastian Yue.

"Funny." Tito let out a small laugh at this short-tempered guy.

"I see. How many of them?" getting back to business, the hulk-man inquired.

"Many or just as many flowers you have." He too was unsure about flowers arrangement, not to mention, he never has done this job but knowing Seraphina, even though there is a supposed person in-charge of this task, if she ordered him to do it instead, that means she doesn't expect anything from him. Riggs continued,

"I'll send someone to pick them up in three days." Tito nodded in understanding as he jotted down notes.

"Why don't you sit first?" he offered him a seat for clients which Riggs immediately agreed. As soon as Tito was done preparing juice for refreshment, he heard his confidant spoke again.

"It's a good thing you are hired in this cute job."

"Hehe. No one would hire me, It's my shop and Wren."

"Ohh, where is he?" reminded by their business-minded confidant, Riggs inquired.

"He's in a business trip and probably would open one here since Boss gathered us here. You know him." Tito spoke as he perched at the other seats in front of his dear friend. Alas, before Riggs words could slip from his mouth, he felt a sudden vibration inside his pocket suit. He immediately pulled the thing revealing the small tracking device Seraphina gave him earlier this morning.

Seeing it lighting red, he felt his heart pound uncontrollably. Panic, bewilderment, and nervousness immediately engulf his heart. Jolting from his seat, he spoke in a hurried manner.

"Man, do you have guns? I think you need to close your shop early."