Chapter 159: Suspect Isaac (3) - The Commission and Inquiry

The two people reacted immediately to the sudden knock.

Isadora sat in the chair at the very back of the office, gazing toward the window and setting the mood, while Isaac opened the door with a fluid, natural motion and welcomed the visitor.

Whether the performance had actually worked or not, the client who stepped into the office flinched and trembled for a moment.

She was a petite woman who looked to be in her mid-thirties.

Her plain work clothes, far removed from anything fancy, were worn and frayed in places, and the smell of iron filings and oil wafted from her body.

Her eyes were bloodshot, as though she had barely slept for several days, and the dark circles beneath them spoke of profound exhaustion. Yet her gaze gleamed with a strange fervor.

“…I came because I’d like to commission you.”

At the client’s words, Isadora turned in her chair while puffing smoke from her pipe.

There was an air of formidable experience in the way she regarded the client with languid eyes.

“I….”...