Just as the conference call was about to start, a soft knock sounded on the door.Grey groaned and stood to open the door. Tina was at the door."I'm sorry for disturbing you but I had to remind you of the meeting. It's 2 already and the investors have arrived," she revealed.Grey nodded once. " Yes, I remember. I will be off soon. Let them know I'm on my way," he muttered."Alright," she nodded as well and walked away.Grey locked the door again before he moved back to his seat.Finally, he started the conference call."Hello, Hercules. It's a pleasure to be on a conference call with you," Joe uttered, with a hint of happiness." Yes, I was surprised when Janet told me you would like to have a conference call with us. It's a pleasure," Andrew laughed." Yes, I'm so glad that you have me as an audience," Grey started. " I really need your help."" Really? What could it be?" Gaius inquired. " We will gladly help."Grey smiled. " I'm so glad for that reception. Anyways, I will get strai
"Wow! How did you convince them, Boss?" Liam asked, surprised. There was a big smile on his face.Maria regarded Grey for a moment. "I knew he had a perfect plan. We don't need to ask how he did it, as far as everything is moving accordingly," she rescued Grey.Grey gave her a nice smile. " She's right. Well, so our investors are back. We should proceed with our daily affairs."" Did you tell Hercules about the situation here?" Liam inquired suddenly.Grey watched him for a moment. "No, why should I? And only Jane has access to Hercules. I'm just a manager of SU world," he explained.Maria nodded. " Yes, do you know the type of people Hercules speaks with? I'm sure we are not in his league," Maria pointed out.Grey laughed at this. To think he was the Hercules they were talking about.Liam nodded. " I will go back to work then, even though I feel like we need to celebrate our success," he suggested with a smile.Grey observed him for a moment and slowly shook his head. "I don't think
It was impossible, could the death have come alive?Grey found it strange to even imagine it. Alas! Behold, it was Leo, Charles' father.Were his eyes playing tricks on him? Even after he closed and opened his eyes, he saw the man as he turned around and started towards the elevator.Grey hurried closer to him. If it was true and Leo was alive, then, he must speak with him. He must ask him why he killed his father and attempted to take his life as well.One of the maids pulling a serving tray rushed out from the room beside Grey, obstructing him for a moment. When Grey reached the elevator, he saw that Leo had taken the ride to the last floor.Greg rushed to the second elevator as well. His heart was thumping madly in his chest.He made a calculation, a hard thought at why Leo would be alive and the elders wouldn't know about it.Alfred told him that he died in the accident. Even though, he knew that it wasn't an accident and something fishy was actually happening somewhere.Damn, he
Charles stood in shock for a moment, unable to believe the question that Grey was asking him."Who the fuck are you asking for? My father?"Grey felt a stab of annoyance. " You heard me clearly, Charles. I'm not going to repeat myself. Where is your father? Is he in? Where have you been hiding him?" His deep voice rang through the night, leaving an echo.Grey's fist clenched even harder, anger fueled him up.Charles chuckled. "You are not making any sense, Grey. My father is dead."" Is that supposed to be a tease or a lie? I know you are hiding him and it will be the best for you if you let him out of that door!" He muttered.Charles regarded him for another moment. "I don't even know what you are talking about. Why are you asking about my dead father?" He inquired with confused brows.Grey advanced closer, taking Charles by the collar and pulling him back until his back was against the wall.Four men emerged from behind the flower suddenly. Clad in black suits, they stepped closer t
Grey turned away from him immediately and suppressed the emotion building up in him. “Like you’ve said the other day, I did enjoy your wealth, I won’t deny it. Maybe it’s time I die. I mean what’s the essence? How could I live with the truth anyways? But one thing I won’t take is the fact that my father is truly dead. I saw his corpse. Even though he was burnt beyond recognition, I knew it was him,” he explained.Grey sighed again and rubbed his face in frustration. Maybe it was true. Grey could have seen the wrong person. There was no valid reason as to why Leo would be alive.He turned to look at Charles still on his knees. For a reason unknown to him, he wanted to believe him, just as he had believed Lan even though there were lots of possibilities why he shouldn’t.Should he follow his instincts? Well, he had always done so.“Get up,” he muttered.Charles got up slowly. “What are you going to do to me?” He looked up at him, his face hard with expression.Grey released a sigh. “I’
“You think I care?” Smith spat out, his eyes almost glowing. “And lemme warn you this last time. If you and your useless husband love yourself, never meddle with me ever again!” He warned sternly.“Are you like this because grandfather isn’t around?” Avery accused.Smith regarded them for a moment before he walked out of the house in anger.Avery took in a deep breath and looked up at Grey, a bit touched by his action.“Are you alright?” She sounded worried.Grey nodded once. “I’m fine,” he lied and moved towards the room.Three maids rushed inside.Avery regarded them for a moment before she went for the first aid box. She didn’t know how much damage the chocolate had done to Grey but she knew that he was just lying about being fine.It was her fault anyways. And if Grey hadn’t hugged her, she wondered where the chocolate would have spilled on.When she walked inside the room, Grey was staring in the mirror and the shirt was still on him.“Are you truly ok?” Avery hesitated by the do
Grey regarded the Robinson family for a moment before he picked his fork. Spaghetti Bolognese was served.Avery looked at Grey, remembering what he did for her the previous night. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't stop thinking about it."Are you alright, Avery?" Emma demanded, her gaze hovering over her for a moment." Yes, mom. It's actually_," she trailed off, looking over at Smith with icy eyes.Smith smiled softly as if daring her to speak up."So, how was the appointment with Protos Pubblicita?" Lucy brought up suddenly, interrupting Avery from what she was about to say."Fine," Avery responded quickly. "We decided to bring in a model from our side. And we settled on Chloe," she announced.Smith's gaze shot up. " Behind me? How could you decide on that alone?" His angry voice boomed.Lucy looked at him, confused. " What do you mean by that? Weren't you present at the meeting? Didn't you discuss it together?"Smith sighed and hesitated. " Hercules didn't allow it. Jane m
Grey barely pulled to a stop in front of Don's house when Don and Richard hopped in. "Good afternoon Boss," they chorused at the same time.Don sat in the passenger's seat while Richard took the back seat."Do you want me to drive?" Richard offered.Grey shook his head and pulled out of the parkway in a rough way that Richard almost knocked his head at the front seat."That's rough, Boss," Richard complained."Seat belt, Richard. Why are there seatbelts?" Richard muttered. He was in fact in a hurry to meet with Lan.The message Lan sent the day before indicated that they had just a few minutes to speak and he didn't want to waste time."So, start talking to Don," he urged."Ok, we have good news and bad news. Which one would you like to hear first?" Don jibed." Goodnews should come first.""So, Audrey's family isn't in the city. In fact, most people thought he had no family. Guess what?" Don said excitedly. " I realized he's trying to keep his family off his dirty business," he reve
Avery woke up with a scream. Her head was still banging but she wasn't in the airport anymore.She held onto her temple for a moment.The door opened suddenly and Emily walked inside.“Avery!” She called, with worries written all over her face. “What happened? Are you alright?”Her eyes were shut tightly. “Headache,” she whispered.Emily rushed out of the room suddenly. She rushed inside almost immediately but was accompanied by some doctors.Avery felt a stab of the syringe and suddenly, the pain started to ebb away.“Avery! Are you alright?”Avery opened her eyes and looked at her mother. “Mom, where is Grey?”Emily hesitated briefly. “What about the headache?” She asked instead.Avery looked at the doctor, ignoring her mother's question. “Grey was brought in here, right? The VP of Protos Pubblicita. Where is he? How is he?”One of the doctors regarded her for a moment, then looked at Emily. “Are they_”“He's my husband!” Avery said quickly. “If he's here, I demand to know how he's
“Grey!” Avery yelled again, in despair and pain.The phone dropped from her hand but she barely noticed.She couldn't believe what she had seen. She was actually thinking of surprising Grey by coming to the airport.But since Grey didn't want to see her, she was going to leave. Just seeing him from afar was enough for her.Avery raced closer. Her heart was pounding madly in her chest. “Grey!” She yelled again and felt the tears slide down her cheeks.Then she saw some images flash across her eyes. She saw herself standing beside a car with Grey.A serious headache hit in and he held onto her head a bit to stop the pain.But it worsened.Avery couldn't move as several images flashed across her eyes. The pain in her head got worse.She yelled, much in sadness than in pain. Grey was slipping off her hands and instead of helping, she could not.But it felt like she was starting to remember everything. She was starting to remember everything about Grey.“You ruined my life!” Avery saw her
Avery didn't believe it, couldn't have imagined it. Grey was a nice person. How could he have treated him badly?She felt a purge of sadness. She closed her eyes for a moment and shed unseen tears.“Sean, I need to meet you alone,” she muttered and walked away.Emily and Benjamin stared at her for a moment, confused.Emily turned to look at Sean. “And what are you doing here?” She yelled at him, anger vivid on her face.Sean looked down in guilt. “I'm so sorry. I really am. That's why I'm here. Please,” he beseeched softly and looked up at her again. “That's why I'm here. I really need everyone's forgiveness. I really hope you can forgive me. I've learned my lesson,” he rushed out with a solemn expression.“You_” Emily started but Benjamin cut in quickly.“It's ok,” Ben muttered. “You should go and see Avery. When you guys are done talking, you should see me before you leave.”Sean bowed slightly, with a slight smile on his face. He hurried towards the direction that Avery had gone.He
Avery couldn't stop thinking about all Grey had told her. She still found it hard to believe. How was she married and they weren't intimate?Does it mean she forced him to marry her? But then she wondered why she would do such a thing.She took her phone and placed a call to Sean.He picked it up immediately. “Hi, sister.”“I'm on the way home. So, come over. I won’t wait too much for you,” she finished and hung up immediately.The car pulled into the garage and Avery got down before the engine of the car would even stop.She walked inside the living room.“Ben, have you_” Emily started but stopped suddenly when she saw Avery. Her eyes widened with shock. “Avery!” Joy exploded in her eyes.Avery managed a smile and met her mother midway. They hugged.“Where have you been all these while? Why did you decide to stay away from us all this while?” She sobbed quietly.“I'm sorry,” Avery responded and pulled back to look at her mother fully. “I just need to get myself back. Besides, there a
Avery stood in front of the mirror, with two dresses. She was indecisive about the one to wear. She just freshened up and the only thing she could think of was to go back to the hospital because of Grey.She just wanted to be with him. She didn't want to think of anything else.She eventually decided on the black one, deciding it was a bad idea to be overly dressed when she was in fact going to the hospital.She dabbed some perfumes on herself and eventually walked out of the house. She got inside the car and drove right to a restaurant nearby.She thought of getting Hercules some cakes. Her phone rang suddenly as she walked back to the car. She hesitated briefly, as she took a while to find her. The phone had stopped ringing when she finally found it.She was about to check the caller ID when the phone started ringing again. It was an unknown caller.She hesitated again and contemplated on whether to pick it up or not.She eventually decided to.“Hello?”“Hello, sis!” A familiar de
Charles looked at Grey, still shocked. “Don't tell me you will team up with this good-for-nothing guy? You know he's not to be trusted!”Grey nodded once and looked at him. “I know but you do trust me, right? Just trust me.”Charles regarded him for a moment and slowly released a sigh. “Alright then.”Grey looked at Dylan. “But this teamwork will not work if we don't have the evidence we can pin Giovanni down with,” he explained.“Well, Giovanni is supposed to die, and not be jailed for killing your father.”“Well, I won't need the evidence after Giovanni dies. So, this deal will be useless for me. Besides, Giovanni will not live after killing my father. Don't think I plan on sparing his life.”Dylan laughed. “I like that! I sincerely do!” He muttered, dipped his hand into his pocket, and pulled out a phone. “It's here, everything on the watch,” he revealed, placed it on the bed beside Grey, and smiled slightly. “I will be in Jacksonville soon. We will talk then,” he finished, got up,
“Well, let him come,” Grey decided and looked at Avery. “I'm done with the food. Thank you, I really appreciate it,” he said with a smile.Avery nodded once and packed the lunch boxes. “I will leave then so that you and Dylan can speak.”Grey nodded. “Alright. Take care of yourself.”Avery smiled slightly and walked out eventually.Charles turned to Grey. “I will kill him today if he tries to act sneaky!” He swore.Grey smiled slightly. “Just calm down and let's hear him first.”Charles groaned inwardly and pulled a chair for himself to sit. “I'm seriously going to kill him!” He promised.Grey laughed and his phone made a beep. It was a message from Avery. He read through and looked at Charles.“Dylan is here,” he announced.Charles nodded several times as if it was taking every ounce of his strength to keep calm.A soft knock sounded on the door. The door opened almost immediately and Dylan pushed his head inside, a wide smile on his face.“Hi everyone!” He said with sarcasm.“You be
“Are you sure?” Grey nodded once, with a soft smile. “Yes, I am. I will handle him. So, you just stay calm,” he responded and dialed Charles's number.Avery nodded once. “I will call him back then.”Grey nodded again. “But tell him I would like to choose the venue. If he's not agreeing with that, then I won't see him,” he muttered and looked at the phone screen only to discover Charles had picked it up.“Hi Charles,” he said into the receiver and relaxed back on the bed.“Grey, where have you been?”“Well,” he smiled softly. He would have never thought he was going to get so sick. He hadn't gotten so sick in a long time that it felt like he was immortal, immune.“I got sick Charles. In fact, I'm currently at the hospital.”“Damn! Send me the address. I will be there now,” he assured and the line went off.Grey looked at Avery and caught her staring. He smiled. “What did the doctor say is wrong with me?”“Well, I will tell you that while you eat. You haven't eaten since morning.”Grey
Consciousness returned to Grey slowly and his gaze searched around.Where was he?A slight headache hit in. He groaned and reached for his head.“Are you alright?” A soft voice asked suddenly.He looked up at a pair of brown eyes. Wait, a nurse?“Yes, just a slight headache,” he responded.The nurse smiled down at him. “You will be fine with this,” she assured and raised a syringe. She regarded him for another moment before she injected him.Grey didn't flinch. It was as if nothing penetrated him. Well, a lot had penetrated him before. What more could a syringe do?“Wow, I'm impressed,” the nurse smiled.Grey didn't really remember anything. In fact, the headache was making it difficult for him. But then, the pain ebbed away slowly as the nurse had said.“Where am I?” He said and groaned inwardly. “I know this is a hospital. I'm sorry for that stupid question.”The nurse laughed.He did as well. “I mean how did I get here?”“Well, your girlfriend brought us here. She stepped out a few