“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
Don laughed. "Why do I feel like it's very impossible? I'm not trying to be pessimistic but we couldn't even get your identity, how are we supposed to get Giovanni's son? " He questioned, bewildered." Yes, Boss. He's right. There's no way we will be able to find him. We don't even have a hint of what he looks like, " Richard chimed in.Grey smiled. " Who said I was going to find out?"Don stared, shocked. "But you just did, " he pointed out.Grey chuckled. " Don, you are very funny when you do that. Well, I didn't mean it like that. What I was trying to say was that we will make Giovanni's son come out on his own. "Don blinked once, confused. " What do you mean?"" When Richard thought I was getting into trouble with Audrey, he revealed my identity. His son is going to do the same," he expressed." How? We don't even know him," Richard stressed.Grey nodded once. " We might not know him but we know where to find him. If Giovanni's son is really in town, he would in no doubt visit h
It took Grey a while before the information would finally settle in. As usual, it looked like James got into trouble. Grey shook his head briefly, James was always getting into trouble. And he was going to protect him, as usual.Grey hurried back to the car and picked a nose mask. He needed to hide his face because he would still be visiting Atomic Liquors. He kept the face mask and ran after the men and realized that had chased James out of the vicinity. He saw where they were going and knew how to corner them. He knew the street like the palm of his hand anyways. He had always delivered to that part of the world."Get right here, you bastard!" One of the men yelled in frustration.Grey heard this and knew he was near. He hastened up and eventually collided with James again.Grey caught him before he fell and pulled him back up. "Are you already?"James nodded briefly. He was almost out of breath. "I am but," he looked up and his eyes went wide with shock. "What are you doing her
"You are in a serious mess and you are clapping. These men have seen your face. How would you do it?" Grey asked, worriedly.James sighed and his expression morphed into a dark frown. "I know. I guess I'm going to stay hidden for a while," he sighed. "Thanks for saving me anyways."Grey regarded him for a moment. " Is something wrong? Why are these men after you anyways? Did you support Hercules in Atomic Liquors again? " He teased.James burst out into laughter that lasted for a minute. " That was funny but no! Damn! I was drunk that day," he protested.Grey shrugged slightly. " You could be drunk now."James shook his head amidst another round of laughter. "No! Not that actually," he became sober again. "I'm investigating. "Grey raised skeptical brows. " Investigating? Are you a police officer?" James shook his head quickly. " I'm not. I was just looking for someone and I thought she was here. But that doesn't even look to be the case, " he said dejectedly. Grey regarded it for a
Grey stared for a moment, shocked. Lan did tell him that his wife and daughter were the ones kidnapped by Audrey.So, somehow, if they weren't in Audrey's house. Then, they would be somewhere else. Grey just didn't have a slight hint of where she could be.Perhaps, she had been killed. Well, he couldn't be sure but he silently hoped that she was alive. Well, Grey promised to keep Lan's family saved. All, and not just one."Though, I wonder what Audrey was doing with these kids," Gregory's voice brought Grey out of his thoughts.Grey looked at him. "Thanks, Gregory, I really appreciate this. I will fix them where to stay, they wouldn't be a problem to you," he assured.Gregory nodded. " I will be in the house if you need my help," he took a short bow and walked away.Grey looked at the children for a moment until his gaze rested on a girl that wasn't with other girls. She had her head on her knees, and her legs pulled together.Grey didn't know what she was doing but there was a high p
Nora couldn't stop thinking. She lost the appetite to eat, especially seeing that she was hopeless. She cried several times while blaming herself for abandoning Grey. She slept late the night before and found it even difficult to do anything that morning.Who would have thought that Seth would leave her? She had always thought he was going to propose to her. Well, he showered her with a lot of gifts and did everything to please her.But she was just too blind. She could have stayed with Grey. She knew that Grey would never leave her. It was something she was very sure of. Grey wasn't like other men. In fact, there were some things that she hated about Seth but had to keep up with him because he had the money.But Grey was perfect, except for the fact that he was poor. Somehow, that personality was changing.A loud bang on the door jotted her out of her mind. She sighed and got up forcefully. It felt like she had a heavy weight on her head.She opened the door and gave Tracy a cold gla
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