Sure enough, in less than twenty minutes she emerged looking radiant with her hair up in a sophisticated updo. Her light green eyeshadow and dark red lipstick definitely complemented both the green dress as well as her green eyes and red hair. As she walked over to find some shoes, her voluptuous curves were very noticeable. She didn’t need to expose her body for its obvious female assets to attract attention. The way she moved was all that was needed, especially once she stepped into her four-inch heels.
Yury exclaimed, “Ah, perfect as always! Let’s go down and get you something to eat.” He knew how much she enjoyed great food and knew once they were in public, she would turn on her devoted mistress act. She would also charm all the guests and that would surely work to benefit him as well.
Upon entering the dining room, they were greeted by about forty others whom Jaikun had brought there. Naturally, after being escorted around for some introductions, Missy ended up being seated right next to Jaikun with Yury on her other side. Most of the people there were able to speak Russian so Missy had no problem communicating.
As the waiters began serving platters of food to all the guests, Missy had Yury fill her glass from the bottle of baijiualready on the table and then she stood and raised her glass high in the air. “I ask you all for your attention as I wish to make the first toast tonight. I have travelled here all the way from Moscow today just so I couldinsiston doing this. I want to toast my favorite host, Mr. Jiakun Wu, and rather than waiting as is your custom for him to give the first toast I want to be the one who does that instead. Forgive my being soRussianbut we love to celebrate and before we begin our wonderful meal, we need to all drink to Jiakun’s health and good fortune. Bottoms up!”
Missy downed her drink as all around her began cheering and did likewise. It was obvious they liked how boldly she was behaving and many of the guests commented how she certainly was living up to her reputation. Yury, of course, was very pleased. Jiakun, meanwhile, rushed to stand and praise her effusively.
Baijiu was much stronger than vodka and perhaps the most popular spirit in the world. Missy had insisted on always drinking that whenever she was in China and it was evident those around her appreciated her doing that. There would be a great deal of drinking that evening. As with her acting boldly and provocatively, Missy lived up to her reputation for being able to drink everyone else under the table.
Chapter Ten
Saturday, June 11, 2022
Stepan Valnovitch was with his two guys at a hotel several blocks away from theCitadines and was listening as they each repeated everything they had accomplished so far. They had confirmed the arrival the night before of Yury’s mistress. They were familiar with all six members of Yury’s security team and that team’s normal routines. Since the two men who had stood guard all night outside Yury’s suite would go off duty once Yury left that morning, there would only be four of his bodyguards travelling over to the conference with Yury and his mistress.
Since Yury never had any of his security team ride with him and his mistress, the four men would be in two separate cars, one ahead of Yury’s and one behind. This was how they typically did things and today should be no different.
The drivers for these three vehicles were local Chinese people and had been thoroughly vetted by Yury’s team. Access to the three cars had not been easy but Stepan’s two men were experts at this and had managed to place explosives under all three of the vehicles the previous evening. Since they couldn’t be certain which car would be selected for Yury, they had done that for all three. The explosives could be detonated remotely and it was planned to do that when Yury was about one mile away from the conference in a less populated section of the city.
All that was needed was for them to follow behind within a half mile. They needed to have line of sight to Yury’s car and they then could trigger the explosion.
“All of these explosives were made right here in China,” explained one of the men. “Likewise, for the remote detonators. There is no way anything can be traced back to us.”
“What about when you two were placing those charges under the cars last night?” asked Stepan. “Tell me again how you evaded the surveillance.”
“Well, as we explained, we managed to identify all the cameras inside the parking garage earlier since we knew which garage would be used. Then, we saw where those cars were parked when they returned from the conference yesterday afternoon. We only needed to disable one of the cameras last night as the others were not covering where the cars were.”
Stepan asked, “Okay, but if one of those cameras was disabled, won’t that have drawn some attention?”
Both of his men laughed and one said, “We arranged for a big distraction last night. They won’t be noticing how one of their cameras stopped working for a short period untilafterthe explosion, assuming they eventually even go back and check the tapes.”
“Yeah, the man monitoring those cameras was getting a blow job during the period we had that camera turned off,” explained the other man. “We were in and out and had the camera turned back on before the poor bastard even got his rocks off.”
“Okay, what about the girl you paid to do that?” asked Stepan.
“Well, she’s Chinese and we’ve already made her disappear. She won’t be found and there’s nothing that willprove we arranged for anything. Not for her to do what she did, not for her getting paid and not for her disappearance. Nothing.”
“It will all look like part of some Chinese conspiracy, just as you asked for.”
Stepan nodded, very pleased. “Okay guys. Let’s check out of this hotel. We’ll follow behind Yury and once we blow up his car, we can drive to the airport, turn in our rental car and fly home to Russia. Nikolai will be pleased and we can collect the balance of the million euros he’s paying us for this job.”
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Missy had made the bed she had slept in and had made sure the room looked unused. She had used Yury’s bathroom and then had gotten dressed while he’d waited for her in the large living room area. They then had gone down together for some breakfast, followed of course by the two burly bodyguards who had been stationed outside their room all night.
Her outfit for the day was an off-white blouse and skirt appropriate for being at this big conference and she had her hair down. She had applied very little makeup but was wearing some nice jewelry including a small tiara containing several small diamonds with one big emerald stone in the center. She would still look great for the many photos which she knew would be taken all day long.
Yury watched her eat and as always was amazed at how much food she always would have. He asked, “How can you sit there and eat all that, especially after the way you were drinking last night?” He had a bit of a hangover and had only managed to eat one sweet roll with his coffee.
Missy looked up from her food and grinned. She not only had selected bacon and eggs but had also added some rice porridge congee, steamed buns and noodles. She had orange juice as well as black coffee. She said, “We’ve talked about my unique metabolism and how my exercise routine can be extreme. Were you satisfied with how I handled myself last night, despite my heavy drinking?”
Yury chuckled and said, “As usual, you were able to charm everyone there and remained as sharp as always while those around you got sloppy drunk. Having me at your side helped you fend off various lustful advances without offending anyone. Are you able to manage that when you’re alone?”
Missy smiled and said, “Oh, yes! Manipulating men was a skill I mastered early on. I find it’s best never to bruise their fragile egos while denying them what they want. Make them believe they might yet have what they hope for while doing that is the trick. They end up blaming themselves rather than me for missing out.”
“And what about those men like me whom you are blackmailing?”
