Episode 3: Old friends

“Looking for me?”

Sophie quickly turned around.

“You?”-she asked.

A tall, handsome man stood in front of her. His red hair fell beautifully on his face, and his hazel eyes burned in the semi-darkness. He was dressed in a suit that fit perfectly, and a blue bow tie was neatly tied around his neck.

\~He hasn’t changed a bit,\~-thought Sophie: \~The same smug jerk, with a same devil smile.\~

“Expected someone else, baby?”- asked Spencer.

Sophie became red:

“Don’t call me that, jerk. I’m here to make a deal, not to flirt with you.”

“A deeeaal.. Hmm.. Interesting.”- said Jaden:

“But I’m afraid, I’m not making deals today.”

“I know you stole my birth documents”,- ignored him Sophie.

“Let me guess, you want them back?”

“I spend my whole life trying to get them, and then I was closer than ever it was YOU who stole them from me!”- Said Sophie angrily and pushed Jaden against the wall.

“You’re so pretty when you’re angry,”- laughed Jaden. “ I actually can give them back to you, but with one condition”.

He leant very close to Sophie.

“Be my girlfriend.”

“Eww, disgusting ,”- Sophie pushed him away. “Actually, I have a better idea”.

She straightened her beautiful dress and whispered softly: “Remember that password for the safe in the main office of the Senate?

You can learn everything about their plans for the city”.

“You know me better than anybody else,”- said Jaden with amazement.

“Yeah, it’s because we are enemies.”- said Sophie. “ So, I hope we have a deal”.

“Tonight , at the bridge, and btw, that dress on you is amazing”,- whispered Jaden and disappeared into the crowd.

\~Ugh, I hate him!\~-though Sophie and went to look for her friends.

-.-.-.-.-.

Big Bridge. 3.00 am.

Sophie stood at the edge of the bridge and looked at the starry sky. She was a little distant that such a beautiful night she had to spend on work. Girl never actually liked being a mafia leader. Sometimes she just wanted to have a normal life, normal work, friends. She wanted just to be happy but she avoided even thinking about it.

\~This is my honor, my destiny to take revenge on the people who killed my family! There is no time to dream\~,- though Sophie.

“Missed me?”- someone said.

Sophie wasn’t surprised - Jaden liked to appear suddenly.

“So, you came,”- said Sophie and turned slowly to her enemy.

“Of course l did,”- said Spencer and took out some papers from his bag. “I fulfilled my end of the bargain, now it’s your turn”.

“Ugh, how unofficial,”- Sophie chuckled.

“You know how I hate this mafia official transactions”,- laughed Jaden.

Sophie looked at the documents. Everything seemed to be normal.

“Very well”,- Sophie gave to Jaden a small piece of paper with a code. Their eyes met for a second, and then Sophie turned and walked away. Just for a moment, a trail of pink hair with a scent of lavender flashed in front of Jaden’s face, and then his mysterious enemy disappeared behind the doors of a black car.

Jaden was in no hurry to leave. He was thinking about what he just saw. Sophie - his greatest enemy, brave, strong and heartless woman, stood on the bridge and looked at the sky. She seemed so peaceful and happy about this moment! Jaden was ready to swear he noticed the sadness in her eyes for a second.

\~Interesting\~,- he thought. \~Maybe, she is not that simple.\~

Jaden returned to his office at 5.00 am. He wasn’t tired. Hour ago, he instructed his people to open the safe with a code that Sophie gave him. Everything was as planned.

“Boss Jaden! Please spare me!”- someone yelled.

“Ugh, what it is?”- asked Spencer.

“The code is wrong!”- said man.

“I really was expecting that.”- laughed Jaden. “Sophie gave me the wrong code on purpose. But don’t worry - we will open the safe soon. I also prepared a surprise for her. and yet we are very similar.”

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