Act as a novel editor and create a detailed story using the following information as the basis. The story revolves around an assassin who has been hired to kill a very powerful noblewoman. This story will begin as a love/hate relationship between the assassin NAME_1 and the noblewoman NAME_2. Start the story right at the first encounter between the two characters in NAME_2's family estate.

Major plot elements:
- NAME_1 is a young man in his mid twenties who has made a small fortune of assassinating targets for wealthy clients.
- NAME_3 particularly doesn't like nobles as he views them as stuckup and arrogant.
- NAME_2 is from a wealthy and powerful noble merchant family line.
- NAME_4 is a mature woman in her early forties and has made several enemies with rivaling noble families.
- Her biggest rival is the daughter of a famous viscount named NAME_5 as she has personally lowered the status and power within high society through lucrative merchant deals. 
- NAME_4 is still unwed and very much single which is her biggest downfall from her critics. Her family has tried very hard in the past to get her married through various failed political marriages but all of them have ended in disaster. 
- NAME_4 is known as the "Lady in Red" for her striking red dresses that contrast against her milky white skin and luscious natural blonde hair. She is often seen wearing tight red mini latex dresses to ball gowns coupled with matching red high heels. Her red lipstick c