Alice has to visit Gray in two days. She is so happy that she almost crashed her new car when she drove into his house. When she gets out, she rushes down into his house with a bottle of expensive wine. “Sir! Sir!” She calls as she goes around the house. She finally finds him in the dining section of the house. He is dressed very casually with his sleeves rolled up. There are pictures and papers on the wall, they are joined by red lines and she can tell that he is working very hard to bring his plan to life. “Alice, hi.” He briefly looks at her. “Aren't you supposed to be out of the country for a meeting?” “Um, I had to cancel because I needed to come see you immediately,” she sets the bottle on the table. “This looks so complex sir, have you been resting at all?” “Don't worry, I am taking care of myself.” Gray chuckles. “So, are you going to tell me what you are doing here?” She sits down at the table. The excitement of the news she brought has almost left her now. She is m
It takes only a few minutes, but the news goes around the whole country like wildfire. “The anonymous owner of the Gray corporation, has just officially been announced as the first trillionaire of the world. The whole country of Westland congratulates him on this great feat…” Gray lights a cigarette as he walks out of the estate. The estate is very quiet, that's one of the perks of living in very rich neighborhoods. They are barely around. When he gets out of the house, it has just finished raining. He doesn't have an umbrella, so he just casually walks down the street till finds a taxi. The driver stops and waits for him to get out of his car. “Hey, mate. Where are you heading to?” “King's estate.” Gray says as he enters the car. “That will be fifty bucks, my friend. Not many people like to go there.” Gray looks out. The driver steps on the gas and drivers away. He starts to switch through the channels of the radio. “Gray corporation is one of the fastest growing businesses
Dan walks into the house first. He still has a strong strut, and that's courtesy of the throw that Alice threw him days ago. He almost turns white when he sees Gray, but he recovers when he sees that Alice, his nightmare, is not in the house. Wendy comes in next, she is wearing very tall stilettos, and she is rummaging through her bag. She lifts her eyes and sees her ex-husband. Her eyes grow dark immediately with hate. “Oh, I thought that the place stank with the strange odor of poverty. Mum, how long has Gray been here?” She asks. “Thirty minutes,” her mother answers. “Oh, he hasn't been here that long. It's not like he is too busy, it's not like he has something else to do.” Wendy throws her Chanel bag on the chair and sits down. Her brother sits down next to their mother. Their eyes are focused on one person in the room– on Gray. “So, you came to my house the other day.” Wendy crosses her legs. “I heard that a friend of yours assaulted my brother.” “Look, she barely touc
Wendy, Dan, and Mrs Blanchard burst into a terrible fit of laughter. They are almost falling over, tears are trickling down their eyes as they slap their knees and laugh some more. “This has got to be the most stupid shit I have ever heard in my life!” “The poor man wants to marry the girl that is in debt!” “What are you going to do married to each other? Get poorer!” They are laughing and laughing, but Gray is not laughing. He means what he said, and he is still standing by it. No matter how much they laugh. Gray allows them to laugh and laugh and when they ask done, they stop laughing. “Wait, you are serious?” Dan's face freezes with realization. “As a heart attack.” Gray affirms. “Are you dumb, Gray? Did you hear what I said?” Wendy snaps. “Stacy is in debt. She doesn't have a job, she doesn't have money saved anywhere! Why do you want to marry someone who is in debt?” Gray leans forward with a cheeky smile on his face. “Why, Wendy? Are you jealous?” She jerks back with
Stacy's jaw is on the ground. She has known Gray, as her cousin's husband, but she has never really had a thought behind that. During the wedding, though, she was a little bit down because for a slight moment, she felt like a failure because her cousin found love and she hadn't. Regardless, she was happy for her cousin. Fast forwarding now to the present day, that man she felt made her cousin so lucky, that man is asking her to marry him. Gray is handsome, very handsome to see. Stacy is very beautiful too. She has these almond shaped eyes that seem to be thinking all the time. Because of the failure that her family suffered, she now suffers from low self esteem. She doesn't think that Gray should be with someone as wretched as she is. “You should be with someone like me,” Stacy shakes her head with tears in her eyes. “I can't do anything for you. I have bad luck, my whole family died. I'm in a bad place right now.” “I'm in a bad place too,” Gray tells her in a calm voice. “But i
Wendy, seeing that her brother has pulled a fast one on Gray, starts to laugh with him. “Oh, there is no way that he will be able to afford that. Look at his shoes, they are so cheap but he can't even replace them!” Wendy laughs. “How can I be able to afford a bride price of such an amount?” Stacy sighs and drops her head into her hands. Her eyes are quickly filled with tears, but she brushes it away. What was she even thinking in the first place? That the Blanchards are going to allow her to go just like that? “You know what, Gray? Just forget about it. It's not worth it.” She exhales. “Dan is asking you for twenty million as bride price, but I owe them ten million. I am not worth the trouble, thank you for trying to help me.” Wendy chuckles when she sees the pain in her cousin's eyes. She loves every bit of it. “Look at you, such a sad girl! Go and clean my Gucci shoes, I have a party to attend!” Gray looks up with a look of new hope in his eyes. He looks at Stacy and he kno
The truth is that Gray would have gotten that money by just the snap of his fingers, but Dan Blanchard dared him to get a loan without the help of the Gray corporation, so that's what he is going to do. So, just like that, he goes to the silver line bank in the heart of the city. He didn't choose any random bank, no, he chose a small bank that is affiliated to the Gray corporation. This bank was the one he helped two years ago. This is a bank that belongs to an acquaintance of Mister Jones, called Aaron Spears. Aaron was a young man, struggling to start his small bank, but he keeps getting cheated by huge men and he starts to fall into depression. Jones asked if Gray would be kind enough to open an account with the company. Just one account with the company and that causes their shares to skyrocket! It generates so much traffic and makes Aaron his first hundred million! Silver line bank is now one of the best banks in the area, all thanks to Gray Lance, so he chooses to go to t
The manager sees that Gray is not pleased with what he has said, he laughs shortly and leans forward with a cheeky smile. “Let me be real with you, Mister Lance. Nothing is free, not even a loan. You are supposed to think of this as a favour, because you don't tick all the criteria on the list.” “What is the criterion that I haven't fulfilled? Tell me!” Gray asks with annoyance. “I already told you that I have an account here.” “Come on my friend. What's the use of checking the account? I know that it's less than a hundred dollars,” the man snickers. The man smiles, thinking that he is the smartest person in the world. “Don't teach me how to do my job, Mister. You look like a good man, I want to make things easy for you.” He says. “That's the way that this will go. I will approve the loan immediately, but I have a fee and that's one million dollars.” Gray grunts and looks away. This has got to be the most stupid thing that he has heard in a long time. “Why would I give you one