ZHAN POV
Yibo and I went into the underground
offices; I considered what Liu could possibly want from the both of us. We walked into his office and he stood up and greeted us and we took our seats.
"I heard today was your ceremony,
congratulations" he said sitting down
"Thank you" I said.
"I got a mission for you" he said looking at
Yibo
"Our good friend He Peng has a security memory chip he stole from us, we need to retrieve it back immediately. We cannot
have him access top secret information in that chip." He added.
"I'm in" Yibo said with a grin
"I haven't seen him in a while" he added
Wait if this was a mission for Yibo, what
was I doing here?
"Um where do I fit in all of this?" I asked
dumbfounded, Liu smiled.
"You're going to set things into motion, we
are going for the element of surprise. He already knows he's a CIA target," he said
"The guy probably sleeps with bodyguards," he added with a chuckle.
"You mean Zhan should go after him first?" Yibo asked
Liu nodded
"He already knows you, and most likely knows our other good agents as well, but he doesn't know him. He can really go undercover undetected" he clarified.
I smiled, my very first mission. And I get to do it with Yibo.
"What must I do?" I asked, as he stood up
switching his monitor on
"Like I said the guy probably has bodyguards in the bathroom, we need to set up a trap for him. Get him alone and unprotected, this will make getting it back quicker and simpler" he said,
"Once he's alone, you come in Yibo and finish the job" he added.
Yibo nodded
"And how is he going to go about this?" he
asked, his eyes narrowing.
"He Peng loves to go to Burlesque Men Club in South Street every Wednesday, that's the best place to catch him off
guard" he said.
A burlesque Men club, me? Oh no. Just then Yibo started laughing hysterically that I stood up
"You want me to go undercover as a
stripper?" I asked
This is not my ideal mission; I'd probably
blow my cover. I didn't know the first thing about stripping except that it's disgusting and degrading. Then I remembered that to do this agent thing I have to sacrifice who I 'am for what the situation requires me to be; even a stripper.
I sat back down
"Exotic dancer" he clarified
"Will that be a problem? Should we find someone else?" Liu asked and I shook my
head.
"No" I said, Yibo was stifling a laugh when
I glared at him
"You're loving this, aren't you?" I asked.
"Tremendously" he said,
"I hate to say this..." he added
"Then don't," I said chuckling too.
He got me, he warned me about this but I insisted I could do anything. But I wouldn't give him the satisfaction of watching me chicken out. I turned to Liu
" I'll do it but I don't know anything about
dancing in a burlesque club" I said
"Don't worry about that, you'll work with the club's choreographer for the next two days. You should be ready by Wednesday." He replied.
"I'll give you the building's floor plans so
you know where to do this" he added.
"Alright, anything else?" Yibo asked,
"That's everything, you got one chance to do this or he might think of skipping the country," he said.
"Got it" Yibo said and we stood up, Liu
thanked us and we went out of his office.
"Welcome to the world of secret agents my dear" he teased kissing my hand
"Shut up" I said then I thought of something, beating him at his own game.
I sighed theatrically
"I wonder what my fiancé would think about me parading around perverted men in sexy costumes" I said, he froze and I stifled a smile.
He looked down on me and I gave him an
innocent look
"You play dirty" he said.
He always says that whenever I get him, I
stuck my tongue out at him and he chuckled. After saying goodbye to Bin we drove back home, discussing how we'll go about getting He Peng.
Even though the whole stripping part bothered me, at leased I got to work with Yibo, how many rookie agents can
brag about that?
We drove up the driveway only to see a dark blue BMW convertible there, I didn't recognize the car.
"Whose car is that?" I asked as we got out,
he smiled
"Yours" he said simply, I stared at him wide eyed.
"What? You bought me a car?" I asked incredulous. He nodded
"That's the Z4 roadster, fast pretty little
thing" he said looking at it
"Its in your favorite color" he added and I threw my arms up
"That's beside the point, I'm not taking it.
You might as well add it to your long list of collections" I said and he frowned
"I can't, the car was practically custom made for you," he said
"What do you mean?" I asked and he grabbed my hand leading me towards the car and opened the door gesturing for
me to get in.
I groaned and got in, I gasped as I looked
around. It had breathtaking ivory white interior, but more so because my name was printed on the leather seats in handwriting I recognized all too well. It was printed in the same blue of the
exterior. I looked at him even more shocked now
"But how?" I asked
"I signed it myself and sent it to the
customizers" he said, but I just continued to stare at the car in awe.
He continued to sell me on the car, telling me about the cool things he had installed. I knew he was trying to sell me on it and
damn it was working.
I had an appointment with the choreographer of the club the next day; according to Liu my alias was Zen Yao. I had to wear a wig, and contacts, which made my eyes, have a strange brown color. I went down to the club, parking
the BMW far enough so I could walk there. I doubted strippers owned such cars.
According to the manager I was the new guy, that would get a solo performance on Wednesday, I'm pretty sure Yibo had something to do with that. The choreographer introduced herself as Fang; she was nice enough.
She taught me the group routine and the solo one I would be doing on the stage and pole, glad I didn't blush at the blatantly sexy moves. While in between I checked out the building and where we could hold He Peng without drawing too much attention.
On Tuesday we were putting the finishing
touches to my routine, just when I thought the routine was sexy; the costumes were worse. I decided to fish for information about their clientele, fortunately Fang mentioned He Peng as one of the
club's most loyal visitors. I fished some more and she told me that he had a reserved seat and what he normally did here, I had to stifle a cringe every time.
Wednesday Yibo and I went into his secret
room he grabbed a couple of gadgets and guns. He dressed in a dark grey slacks and a red plaid shirt; he had its sleeves rolled up. He looked absolutely magnetic
"Are you ready?" he asked as we got in his
Bugatti.
"Hell yes, lets get this bastard," I said and
he chuckled, speeding out of the estate.
Mari felt better that I was doing this
mission with Yibo, although I didn't tell her about the stripping part of it.
He parked at the back of the club so I could get out
"I won't be far, signal me when you have him" he said kissing my forehead. I nodded already feeling adrenaline course through me.
His car drove away and I went in through the back door I was immediately met by a heavily tattooed redhead
"Who are you?" he asked.
"Yao, I'm the new guy" I said and he
nodded
"Go get dressed, the group act goes on in twenty minutes" he said and walked away.
I went into the dressing room to see other
guys get ready; I quickly grabbed a costume and got dressed.
Walking to the mirror and doing my pinup girlish makeup
"Apparently he's the new guy, getting a
solo today" I heard some guys whisper,
"What? A new guy never gets a solo, something's not right here," another one said.
I tried to avoid them and act like I didn't
hear anything, the redhead came back and told us to take our places, and I took my position in the middle. My heart was beating out of my chest, I knew I was a fairly good dancer but I'd never done anything like this before. The curtain came up and the spotlight flashed on us as the music began.
Being trained to perfect everything had its perks, I easily remembered what moves to
make and when. I looked at the crowd and like Fang said I saw He Peng in his special seat in front of the stage perfect, right where I want him I thought.
I looked further and saw a recognizable figure on the dark spot next to the
Bar in the back. Yibo had a hat pulled low over his eyes so I couldn't see them, and he was smoking a cigar? Yibo didn't
smoke.
Nice cover I thought,
I wouldn't have recognized him if I wasn't so in love with him. If I didn't know the exact build of his body or the set of his strong square jaw, He looked devastatingly sexy at that moment.
The song ended and the crowd cheered as the curtains came down, I immediately ran to the dressing room. I changed into my solo costume, it was a sexy woman nurse costume,
I couldn't help but smile knowing that there was a weird connection there. Since I was working for the CIA. I walked back to the stage taking my position and a couple of deep breaths. Soon enough the spotlight was on again, I knew I had to do this to a tee in order to get He Peng's attention. For a moment I pretended like there was no one else there, that I was dancing for Yibo only. Keeping up the charade I picked up the dollar bills they gave. I hoped these men didn't make
an attempt to touch me because my cranky fiancé was in the room.
And they may not wake up with their arms in check tomorrow. I lingered in front of He Peng trying to give him the most seductive stare I could master. Thankfully the music ended and the crowd cheered, part one was complete.
I started calculating part two of my plan when I went into the dressing room. I
didn't miss the three huge bodyguards behind him, but hopefully he'd agree to go alone with me. Still wearing my costume I walked through the club, towards him. He already had two guys sitting on his lap, he shooed them away when he saw me approaching. I bent down and whispered in his ear that I wanted to give him a private lap dance; his excitement was evident in his eyes.
"Follow Me," I purred and he got up, I saw
his bodyguards shift too
"You might want to leave them behind, what we'll be doing is not for a crowd" I purred.
"Don't worry baby I'll send them away and be with you in a moment" he said, I smiled victorious.
I took steps back to give them some privacy; they seemed to be arguing. I glanced in Yibo's direction and he tilted his hat up slightly motioning with his fingers for me to come over. He Peng seemed preoccupied with his men so I walked over to him. He laid his cigar on the ashtray and grabbed my waist pulling me closer, his gaze holding mine relentlessly. He lifted my leg up a little, I felt his hand slide up my skirt and place what felt like a small pistol in my garter belt. He let me go and pulled his hat back down on his eyes then I felt someone roughly tug at my arm.
"Have you forgotten who you booked slut?"
He Peng spat irritated, I stifled a flinch just as I saw Yibo's fists clench. I tore my eyes away from Yibo and walked away with Peng following behind, at leased with no bodyguards this time.
I led him to the room Yibo indicated upstairs of the club. I closed the door behind me as he sat down on a wooden armchair.
"What are you going to do to me baby?" he asked and I smiled pulling out handcuffs
"I'll be confining you" I said.
He smiled as I placed the handcuffs on both sides of his hands, locking him to the chair. Idiot I thought as I pushed the button on my mic, signaling Yibo to come.
"What are you waiting for sweetie pie?" he asked and I smiled
"Someone you certainly won't like to see" I
said, he gave me a confused look just as Yibo walked in, I enjoyed watching Peng's eyes widen in shock and fear.
"What the fuck?" he said glancing between
Yibo and me. He fidgeted with the cuffs, but I made sure they were locked tight.
Yibo gave me a long jacket he was carrying; I slid it on glad to be covered up.
"Yo! Peng, long time no see man, you look like you've seen a ghost. Surely you knew this was coming. You have something that's ours, we came to get it back" Yibo said menacingly pulling out his gun and pointing it to him.
He chuckled without humor
"Yibo, somehow I knew you were that guy at the bar, you always did wear your
intimidating demeanor like a neon sign" he said.
"But being the perverted fool you are, you
ignored that" Yibo said
"I heard you put my good friend Jun behind bars again, bravo" he said sarcastically.
Yibo shook his head smiling; I blinked a lot to get my contacts out.
"Oh no I didn't do it. he did," he said
pointing at me.
Peng's eyes widened as he looked at me
"I don't think you've met my fiancé Zhan" he said as I pulled off my wig running my hands through my own hair.
"Even Wang Yibo cannot resist the charms
of this pretty man, good to know" Peng smiled deviously
"I'm going to love pulling his pretty hair out"
Yibo chuckled
"I'd love to see you try" he said grabbing his neck
"Give me the chip Peng" he barked.
Peng laughed sadistically
"You think I carry it around with me? I hid
it where you would never find it, and I certainly won't tell you where" he said.
"I was hoping you'd say that" Yibo said
pulling out a metallic wristband and locking it around Peng's wrist. It flashed a red light, I realized what it was and I smiled.
No wonder Yibo is so respected as an agent; he was again one step ahead of his opponent.
"Listen up Peng" he said
"You are going to get that chip for me and hand it to me down 6th Street Bridge. Fail to do this in an hour and a half and that thing on your wrist will electrocute you to death" he added and Peng's eyes widened again.
Yibo pulled out a little remote
"Don't try anything stupid because I can still make it electrocute you before then, so it's in your best interests that you play along. No one has to get hurt," he said smiling.
"You son of a bitch!" Peng spat and Yibo
punched him so hard I flinched,
"That's for calling my fiancé a slut," he
said looking at me
"Take the cuffs off him," he added and I
nodded.
I pulled out the key and unlocked the
handcuffs around his wrists. Yibo just watched as Peng quickly got up trying to grab my neck, I caught his arm first twisting it with all my might. He let out a cry of pain as I double kicked him on the head; he fell down. My heels probably scraped his face a
little, he groaned.
Yibo laughed
"Oh I forgot to mention, he's also a secret agent" he said.
Yibo held out his hand for me and I took it
"Tick tock Peng" he called out to him as we went out of the room.