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After the meeting, Alice is so happy that she is playing music in the car as she drives Gray back to his estate. This is the happiest day of her life. She loves how much Gray has changed her life! Shs is driving the car with a big smile on her face. “My mother wants to invite you for dinner at our place. It's in a small town in the middle of nowhere, I told her that you won't be able to come, but she was just so happy and she had to offer,” she chuckles. “I am so happy for your family.” Gray looks out of the window. “And we owe it all to you, sir.” Alice tells him. “My family now have warehouses all over the country and even abroad. You have changed our lives forever.” If there is someone whose life deserves to go turned around for good, it's Alice…As she drives down the road, she wants to make the final turn to the house, but Gray stops her. “Can we turn to the left side of the road? I need to purchase something quickly,” he instructs her. She crooks one of her eyebrow in a
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Another employee walks into the place. He has short blonde hair and he is wearing a white packet shirt and black pants. A dressing code for the junior workers. He looks smart in his work clothes, but he looks so tired that his eyes look that they are sinking into his face. He is just nineteen years of age. Freshly out of highschool and he is just trying to make a living to support his sickly mother. So, that's why he hasn't quit in this shitty place if work. That's why he swallows all the bullying that his seniors serve him on a daily basis. He puts on the best smile on his tired face and starts to walk to Alice and Gray. “Good morning, ma'am, sir, he greets. “Welcome to Grand motors. Can I know what kind of car you are seeking to buy, so that I can know what to show you.” Alice is standing behind Gray, her hands folded over each other.She thinks that Gray is here just to purchase a car for himself , but she is very wrong. “Young man, do you have a Rolls Royce La Rose Noire?”
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Alice frowns when she hears the man said that they can't afford to buy the car. The other woman said that they are wasting her time and she left! Gray doesn't say anything, he is not disturbed with the embarrassing way this people are treating him. The boy, the young teenager salesman, he picks up the key and walks up to them. “Sorry for my boss, he is just tired. Come, I will show you the car!” He takes them upstairs to where the car is displayed on the another floor. The car is kept separate from the rest. It's a beautiful red car and sparkles in the white lights. Alice draws breath, because she seems to be finding it difficult to breathe in front of such a beautiful car. Tommy is smiling too. This is one of his most favorite cars in the world.“Isn't she beautiful?” He chuckles. “She is a masterpiece of design and engineering. It will interest you to know that this case is so expensive and precious, only a few has been made.” Gray turns around, observing the car too. Alice
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Alice laughs as more tears drops from her eyes. This is a day that she is not going to forget in a haste. Gray now turns to the salesman and asks for the price. The smile on Tommy's face goes away. It has come to the hard part, maybe they won't want the car after hearing the hefty price. “Sir, this is a very expensive car, like I have said many times. It's forty.” He says. “Forty thousand?” Alice asks. “Million, miss. It's worth forty million dollars.” He corrects her. Alice's heart sinks to the ground immediately. What was she even thinking? This car is way above her. There is no reason for Gray to splash so much money on a car for her. She is after all, nothing but his worker. She drops her head as she sighs. “It's okay, sir, you don't have to buy this car for me. It's too expensive. I can buy a smaller one.” Alice shrugs. “I am thankful for the fact that you even offered to buy it for me.” But Gray snorts as he takes out a card from his pocket. “Nonsense. The car is your
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Mister Smith is a very evil boss. He thinks that this is a chance for him to steal the naive teenager’s salary. Tommy is going to gamble with his salary and Mister Smith knows that he is going to lose. He laughs in his heart because he will take the money and buy himself a good bottle of beer at the end of the month! “You want to gamble with your salary, go on.” Mister Smith says with a grin. “Promise me that I will get the bonus if I sell the car.” Tommy begs. “I will get the bonus.” Mister Smith snorts. There is a way that this man is going to be able to afford this car. Look at their poor clothes. So, he thrusts the machine to Tommy. Tommy looks at Gray, who gives him an encouraging nod. “Go on, boy. You think that this is a good bargain? Let's see how far your faith takes you.” Tommy mutters a prayer as he swipes the card. If this doesn't work, his mother might not get the money to even buy her drugs by the end of the month. He wills this to work with all his might. His ey
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Mister Smith jaw drops to the ground. He can't believe that he fumbled the biggest deal he would have made in his lifetime! He passed the deal to the clumsy teenager! Tommy is still jumping around, thanking God for giving him this great blessing. He goes to Gray and kneels down in front of him, and starts to thank him for changing his life. “Thank you! I am just nineteen years old, but this money is going to change my life!” Tommy has tears in his eyes. “Thank you! Thank you so much!” Mister Smith looks very uncomfortable. He pulls Tommy up and tells him to put himself together. He is just jealous of Tommy and his sudden success. “We are just very respectful to our customers,” Mister Smith laughs. “I taught him well. In Fact, I told him to treat you very well when he came to my office. I just had a good feeling around you.” Gary exhales because he is tired of hearing Mister Smith's bullshit. He glances at his wrist watch as he turns to Tommy. “Grab the paperwork, boy.” He ins
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Jones Rodrigo has been the acting chairman for Gray group of companies and now he has announced to the workers that their boss, the richest man in the country, will be coming to visit them. They are thrown into preparation. The workers wear their best clothes and make sure that everything is sparkling clean. They have held the honour of being of the best companies in the city, and they will see the man that they have been waiting to see. Unfortunately, Gray doesn't show up that day, or the next. They are worried and contact Jones. He is not in the country, but he tells them that they should just go about their jobs, that he will show up sometimes in the week. So, everyone returns back to their normal job and slowly starts to forget about their boss that would soon return. The truth is that Gray has suddenly become very busy and had to cancel a few times. But after he has cleared his calendar, he decides to go and pay them his visit. He wants to introduce Alice as their new boss,
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Alice is boiling with rage. This lazy receptionist is just disrespectful towards the man. That is the reason why she has an employment. Gray runs his hand through his hair as he steps back for a while. The reason why Jones didn't come with them is because of a clash of schedules. Jones has Jetted out of the country for a few meetings. Alice doesn't leave the desk, she will try her best to talk sense until this dumb girl! “Listen, it's not nice that you left us unattended while you giggled away on your phone,” Alice says. “The best you can do right now is pick up the phone, call the bloody manager and tell him that Mister Lance wants to see him!” The receptionist looks at Alice from her head to her toes. Who is this lady that thinks that she can speak to her the way she likes? “Girl, you can't come to my place of work and tell me how to do things!” The receptionist huffs. “come back another day and if it's not good enough for you, come back another day.” Alice slaps her hand loud
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This is an entire irony for Gray, that the president is promising to make him the most powerful man in the world. He thinks that it's so ridiculous, that he laughs out loud. The president laughs. “You think that I can't do that, Mister Lance?” “More like why would you want to do that? Being the most powerful man in the world, I would assume that you wanted to keep that position for yourself.” The president throws his head back and laughs. “I am already powerful, Westland is the most powerful nation in the world, and I want you to get to taste my level of power. Being rich and so powerful, do you know how unstoppable you will be?” Gray looks at him with a small smile on his face. “How do I know that I can trust you, mister president? It was just weeks ago that you had a grudge against me because of the award given to me by the world union.” “Ahhh,” the president laughs and waves it off. “That was like a century ago, we are gentlemen and I am sure that we can put our differences
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Alice hasn't gotten over the surprise of suddenly seeing him in the meeting room, when he raises a glass and hands it to the president. The president smiles, raises the glass in the air, before drinking out of it. “Such a calm place you have got here.” “Right? Not many people are allowed to make it this far, to this floor. It has all the privacy one can wish for.” “Yes, the entire privacy needed to stay away from that terrorist called the Mars.” The president mutters. Alice suddenly feels her hands stiffens against her side. She looks slowly at Gray, he is taking it better than her. “That's very terrible, I heard what happened.” “Crazy, that's the only word for it.” The president nods. “Half of the people think that I'm being incompetent and scared, but the bastard that won't even dare show his face is the incompetent one!” Gray nods in agreement. He picks up a glass of his own and takes a seat. The president joins him. “That's why I have come here, because I think that you ca
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Alice is running around in her high heels. This is a nightmare, this is a freaking bad dream! The president is coming to see the anonymous trillionaire uninvited, and he has refused to be turned away! She has less than thirty minutes to get everyone ready, not just to receive the president of the country of Westland, but also an impromptu visit from the anonymous trillionaire. Calls, preparing refreshments, it's almost too much for her that when she takes a turn to the left, she bumps into someone and almost loses her balance. Thank God the person is quick enough to catch her. It's William, thank God he came back as soon as he delivered the message to Gray. “Are you okay?” William asks her. “I'm not, he is mad at me.” She pushes her hair away from her face. “I don't think he has ever been this angry with me.” She holds her hand over her face, and he feels pity for her. “Do you need me to do anything?” He asks. “I can help, you know. I'm not just good at shooting guns.” She s
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Stacy suddenly loses what is left of her appetite as she sees the gory images on the television. She doesn't know when she drops her plate of breakfast and starts to rush to the bathroom to throw up. She is bent over the toilet bowl, and pouring the contents of her stomach out. She feels like she is going to die, but then she feels some gentle fingers going through her hair, and rubbing her back while she throws up. She opens her weak eyes to see that it's Gray. She is so weak, but she manages to press her face into his shirt after wiping her mouth with the back of her hand. She is so tired. He strokes her hair as he flushed the toilet. “I told you to stop watching the news, Stacy.” He mutters. “I told you that there is nothing good on the news nowadays.” “I just… I didn't know that the Mars would kill the Generals like that in the airport. It's a horrible sight.” She shakes her head. “I know that they are evil people, but I can't help but feel sorry for them.” Gray sighs and h
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All the Generals of Westland are dead, throwing the president into a fit of rage and sorrow. He calls for a press briefing and for ten minutes straight, the whole nation watches as the president cries his heart out on live national TV. How can he not cry like a kid that dropped their ice cream in a park? He just lost the leaders of his army! He blows his nose into his handkerchief and shakes his head when one of his assistants offers him to quit and do this on a later date. “No, the world needs to know what the Mars has been doing! It's safe to say that the masked man has turned into a terrorist!” He yells into the microphone. “Do you all hear me? Your hero has turned into a terrorist! He killed the Generals of the army like they were nothing, and what does that tell you people? That this country is under attack!” The journalists look at each other, before leaning forward even more. “Mister president, can you speak about the news that the Generals were found with questionable
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William almost drops a few tears when Gray told him that. He gets to kill those good for nothing sons of bitches?! “Yes, sir! Are you kidding me?! I will be the happiest person to be the one to kill all those wicked men!” William rejoices. He is so happy that he doesn't even know when he hugs his boss! Gray doesn't take offence to this, he knows that William is just being happy! William wipes the tears from his face. “William, look at me, this is the most serious thing that you have ever done in your life, are you sure that you can do it?” Gray asks. “Yes, sir, I can do it! I will use everything that I have to make sure that this is done well!” William says. But Gray is still very serious, he places a hand on William's shoulder. “You are going to put on my uniform, you are going to wear my mask, and you are going to kill all of them. Is this too much pressure for you? Tell me, and I will get someone else to handle it…” Williams lips parts. Will he get to wear the Mars' uniform?
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William doesn't know what Gray wants from him, when he drives him to the park one evening. He has been waiting for the almighty Mars to send him on a mission, but he has spent weeks in the house, sometimes helping Miss Yashin around at the office too, but he hasn't done much. He has decided to keep himself very busy by going to the gym for hours, and helping Stacy around the house. He has been very restless, because he wants to kill and repay all the evil that was done to his family, but the Mars has been very calculative and slow with his plan. He didn't ask for any progress, out of respect and fear of the Mars. He was starting to feel impatient, but he calmed himself as much as he could….Then the strange day comes when the Mars asks him to pack a bag, and he drives them to the park. They get out and take a walk, around the running kids and relaxing adults. William notices the way that Gray's eyes are expressionless, and that makes the anxiety inside of him grow even more. H
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Gray smirks, even when it seems like his secret has come to light, and he should be panicking. “You think I am the Mars?!” He cocks his head. “Of course not.” Mateo says. “That's not exactly what I am saying, you see…” Mateo pauses his sentence to pull a chair and sit in front of Gray. “You are not the Mars, but you work for him, you are his… puppet and he makes you do his dirty work. That's the only way that he keeps being mysterious and keeps slipping through my fingers, because you are his doppelganger. You put on his mask, and do some of his dirty work for him…” Mateo holds his breath, he feels very happy with how he has dismantled this situation. “Wow.” Gray claps his hands slowly, shaking his head with a fake impression. “Are you mocking me right now?” Mateo squints. “I mean, that's a very creative mind you have there, for you to think that I, the man you haven't thought much of, is the one who has destabilized the country.”Mateo feels a hot rush to his face, maybe he d
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Of course the president hates that Mateo has not been able to keep his side of the promise, he doesn't even hesitate to give Mateo a piece of his mind. He is at the office, and he is scared that his assistant would hear, so he gets into the bathroom and shuts the door. “Mister president, if you can just give me a minute or two to explain myself.” Mateo runs his hand over his forehead. “Please, I don't wish to waste any of my time with you! How dare you, Mister Mateo?! You want to make me the laughing stock of the country?!” He blasts. “Sir, please give me a minute –” “The Mars is still out there, acting with a mysterious air around himself, and I have to explain to the people why he is still free– defying me!” “Mister president, please!” Mateo begs. Can this man just stop screaming for a while and let him get some few words out! He hits his hand against the wall and his face contorts with suppressed anger. “Sir, I didn't say that I wasn't going to kill the Mars for you, I only
