My Wife Is A Secret Assassin

Chapter 176: Last Day on Earth

Avenue real estate anniversary celebration, was a lavish event at one of the luxurious hotels in New York, The Plaza. 

The employees of Avenue Real Estate, their families and all close friends of Lucas were present at the party.

Chance and Samantha entered the venue, their arms entangled together.

All the employees and Chance's close friends, who saw them enter, were surprised to see the new couple.

There was a rumour in the company and in their social circle that, Chance started a new branch in San Diego, for a woman he fell for but no one was able to get a confirmation on it.

But now seeing this beautiful woman, who came with him as his date, the rumour got confirmed.

Although Chance was involved with a few women, and had a 'playboy' reputation, he never brought a woman with him to the company party as his date. 

This was the first time.

Therefore, it was enough confirmation, that they are dating.

There were murmurs around the hall, but Chance and Samantha were indifferent towards it as their minds were occupied with other important things.

Mia and David met with Samantha and Chance. After exchanging pleasantries, they joined Abigail and Jack, who were enjoying a few drinks.

The three couples were having a casual conversation when they saw Edwin enter the venue.

All the six people had mixed emotions when they saw Edwin.

"How shameless is he? He actually showed up" Mia commented.

"Yeah, when Carol told me about his request for invitation, I thought she was exaggerating but boy I was so wrong. He actually showed up." Abigail commented.

A day before, Carol met with Mia and Abigail and told them everything, updating them with the new events in her life.

She shared how Isaac proposed to her years ago, how she rejected him for Chance and now how the two reconciled during their dinner.

She shared everything from the beginning of their new relationship to her breakup with Edward.

The two women were shocked to know Carol hid all about Isaac from them, all these years. This was like the biggest gossip for them.

After knowing the whole story, the two girls were happy that Carol finally moved on from Chance and is giving a fair chance to Isaac. 

They could clearly see how deeply she was in love with Isaac already. The deep friendship Isaac and Carol shared for years could be reflected in the way Carol looked when she was talking about how amazing Isaac is.

The only thing that confused the two women was Edward's shamelessness to invite himself to this party but Carol asked them to not bother with it.

Yet, the two women were not able to stop themselves from judging Edward for his appearance.

Samantha, on the other hand felt a bit sad as this was the last time she would be meeting with Edwin.

She promised Grim Reaper to help him in killing Edwin. So, Sam knew he will die today and it his last day on Earth.

Once Grim Reaper lays his eye on a target, they have to die.

'I am not even sorry, Edwin. You shouldn't have messed with another assassin in spite of knowing what Excalibur did to my mother. I gave you an opportunity to run away but you decided to fight with GR instead of hiding yourself. You brought this upon yourself. I can only pray for your soul to rest in peace' Samantha thought.

Chance and David were calm, as their perfect plan was in place to kill Edwin.

Edwin walked around the party hall and occupied a corner seat, to minimise his presence as much as possible.

Later, Isaac and Carol entered the hall, everyone present there was shocked to see them together. 

Avenue Real Estate's employees knew Isaac well as he is their boss' best friend and one of the richest men in town.

Carol and Isaac then joined the three couples.

After exchanging pleasantries with them, Carol took the centre of the stage, to officially start the party with her moving speech of how Lucas would always be remembered by them and this anniversary is dedicated to him.

The party officially began and there were games at one side to keep the attendees entertained with interesting rewards for winners.

On the other side, there was soft music playing to which other people were dancing with their partners.

Everyone was having a gala time there.

Samantha remembered the promise she made to Isaac, so she met with Edwin at the food counter.

"Hey" She greeted him.

"Hey" Edwin suspiciously looked around everywhere, before saying, "Sam, I don't think it is a good idea for you to meet me" 

"Why? What happened?" Samantha looked confused.

"Didn't you say Grim Reaper knows how you look like?"

"Yes?"

"I am sure he is present at this party and if he sees you talking to me, he might doubt me" Edwin kept looking around his surroundings.

"Actually, I came to talk to you about the same thing" Samantha took a pause before continuing, "Isaac is the Grim Reaper"

Samantha hesitated only for a second but then she thought of Chance and her hesitation was gone.

"Wait, what? Are you sure?" Edwin looked shocked as Samantha revealed a big information so casually.

Although he had his doubts on Isaac, nothing was confirmed yet until now.

"100% sure, my team confirmed it, the last three days I kept digging deeper about him and it is confirmed" Samantha smoothly lied.

Edwin had a wide smile painted on his lips he was grinning from one ear to another.

"Thanks Sam, you are the best" Edwin left from there and Samantha kept looking at his retreating back with mixed emotions.

She deeply sighed and joined Chance, to distract herself.

Chance officially introduced her as his girlfriend to a few close friends of his, who had no idea about his true identity as an assassin.

Samantha gracefully interacted with them as all of this came naturally to her.

To hide her true tomboyish persona, Samantha adapted a lady-like attitude to disguise herself.

After interacting with all the guests, Chance informed Samantha, "Sam, me, Isaac, Jack and David are planning to visit a special spot which was close to us and Lucas to spend some time reminiscing him. Will you be fine being alone at the party for a while?"

"Of course, don't worry about me" Samantha assured him but she was wondering how come Isaac is going with them as he was supposed to kill Edwin.

Just then Mia joined them, "Don't worry Chance, we will take good care of her, you four have fun"

The four men headed out the party hall, only to get followed by Edwin. Samantha saw this and walked away with Mia as she didn't wish to know what Edwin planned.

"Hey guys" Edwin called the four men.

Jack was the only one confused while the other three were not surprised as they expected this.

"Actually, my car is broken and I need to urgently go back home. It is so urgent, that I can't waste my time in hailing a taxi. Can you drop me, home?" Edwin desperately explained himself as he was not able to find any other excuse to meet Isaac alone.

"Fine, join us four" Jack innocently suggested.

But before Chance could say anything, Edwin suggested, "Please, no need for you four to drop me, any one of you can do so, I don't want to bother all of you"

"Umm, actually we four were planning to" Jack was not sure how to put his point across without being rude but before he could complete his statement, David interrupted him.

"No worries, you three can go to that location, I'll join you guys after dropping Edward" David said.

Edwin could feel his plan being ruined, so he suggested, "Hey Isaac, I actually had something to talk about Carol. Would you rather drop me home? On the way, we can talk."

"About Carol? What about her?" Chance faked a worried expression.

"It is personal, I'll be only comfortable talking to Isaac about it" Edwin just wanted to be alone with Isaac and came up with Carol's excuse to make his plan work.

"It's okay, we are all very close. Isaac will anyway share, whatever it is with us" David said.

"Please, I want to be alone with Isaac" Edwin decided to be blunt if needed.

"Fine, I'll join you three later" Isaac decided to stop troubling him by keeping him alive for so long, he wished to see this annoying guy die as soon as possible.

"Okay, we will be waiting for you" Chance said.

Isaac and Edwin then left in Isaac's car, while Chance, David and Jack sat in theirs.

"Jack, I got your favourite drink" David handed over a beer can to Jack, which he had been holding for a while.

It was an opened can.

"Dude, I had been waiting when you will hand this can to me, thanks" Jack patted David and drank the can in one shot.