The breakfast was weird that morning. No one was talking. Everyone ate in silence.Smith couldn't stop staring at Grey. He got to KK corporation the day earlier and discovered that Grey had done some adjustments. He was really going to make use of the company.The funniest thing was that he was getting into the same business-like as them.Smith couldn't believe it at first until he saw the evidence staring right in his face. Grey was even going to start production soon. When Smith questioned Linda about the name of the creams, she refused to say it. It seemed like she had changed her loyalty. Well, typical of her.Avery however was thinking about the lies that her mother had cooked up earlier because of Grey and the fact that she was reluctant to come home, and was still trying to make Avery see sense in what she did.However, Avery didn't know if she wanted it or not."Avery, where's your mother?" Lucy was just so tired of the silence and the fact that Emma had refused to come home.
Chris had to see Smith immediately. He knew he had to curb Grey quickly. He had to do all he could to make sure he was useless in the fight against him.But he was very confused, he didn't know how Grey was getting such a promotion and was quickly accelerating. He needed to ask Smith about everything.There was no way he would be able to deal with Grey unless he knew more about him.So, he drove right to LX corporation. He knew that Smith had taken over the company. He arrived at the company in no time and entered the lobby.Just before he would speak with the receptionist, Smith emerged from within as if he knew that Chris was coming."Oh, Chris. What are you doing here?" "I'm here to speak with you. Can we have some moments to ourselves?"Smith regarded him for a moment before he nodded towards the direction of his office. "Let's go then," he turned to look at the receptionist. " Get me the copy of the file I requested earlier. I what it faster."" Alright, sir."" Let's go," Smith
Giovanni has been asking Jane for some information about Grey but she has been reluctant to share.Actually, Jane met Giovanni at a birthday party and since then, the two have been a bit closer to each other.Jane didn't know if Giovanni liked her genuinely but she wasn't ready to place business and personal matters at the same level. So, she had never given out anything concerning Gio.But that was exactly what she was going to do. It was going to be a payback at Hercules that lost a loyal worker."So, Jane. It's rare actually that you would want to see me like this," Giovanni smiled softly. Even at sixty, he was still a good-looking man. Sometimes, Jane would wonder how handsome he must have looked when he was very young."Actually, I wanted to tell you something. It's a positive response to what you've been asking for me," she revealed.Giovanni gave her confused brows. " Seriously? What can that be?"Jane closed her eyes for another moment as she berated herself. Was she supposed
Grey let out a low rumble of laughter as he watched Kanye."Seriously?" There was a twist on his lips as he watched Kanye."What? You won't do it?" Kanye was enraged the more." Well, the guy is stubborn," Chloe remarked." I'm going to count 1-3 for you to do what the pretty lady just asked or you will regret every time that you have spent on this Earth," he threatened in a thick voice.Grey ignored him, not really interested in his threats or what he could actually do. He wouldn't be there anyways if the elders didn't insist on meeting that night. Grey was very tired. Well, he had always been tired these days. All he wanted to do was go home to sleep."_3!" Kanye finished counting. Grey didn't even know when he started. Anyways, his eyes almost turned red with furry and he raised his hand towards Grey's cheek.Suddenly, his hand was suspended in the air. A hand was suddenly preventing it from going down.Kanye and Grey craned their necks to look at Gregory. There was a dark frown on
"If you are not ready to do that, I will leave then," Grey announced suddenly.Chloe let out a sigh and suddenly went to her knees. "Grandfather."Grey smiled. "Good," he looked at Kanye. "Don't do anything. Keep everything you discussed a secret."Kanye nodded briefly. " Alright boss," and he walked away, not after eyeing Chloe.Grey turned to regard Chloe for another moment. "Don't tell Avery all this or I will come back for you," he threatened in a deep voice.Chloe nodded slightly. " I won't," she stood up slowly and watched Grey walk inside one of the rooms with the rest of the men.Shock kept Chloe motionless for a few minutes. She had not expected that Grey was someone important and rich. Well, ur was the only reason that these people were calling her a master.To even know he knew someone like Aphrodite amazed her. Aphrodite was a popular and classy lady. You might have her membership card and you still wouldn't have seen her. And the question was, who Grey really was and why
Grey looked at Charles and slowly released a sigh. "I can't tell you who it was," he turned to look at Alfred while Charles released the breath he didn't know he was holding.Though, he wondered why Grey didn't tell the truth. Grey doesn't like the fact that he had to keep it a secret but he knew what the repercussions would be if he told the truth. The elders would split.That aside, he still needed to find out more about it before he tendered it.If Charles collaborated with his father to kill his father, or if he knew he was going to do it but did nothing to stop it, that was something else. "Why? Why can't you say it?" Jayden inquired.Grey looked at Jayden. " I have my reasons. I just want you to trust me, till whenever I'm ready to tell you about him," he declared.Gregory groaned. " He's right anyways. We have to trust Hercules. He would let us know when it's the right time." He affirmed."It could be Giovanni," Luciano suggested.Grey shrugged slightly. "Let's pend the matte
Who knows what Chris said to Avery but it got her laughing again and the action took the wrong side on Grey. The fact that it was Chris that was with Avery makes his blood boil.Grey moved closer without a second thought. "What is happening here?" He boomed as he stood beside Avery, startling the two for a moment.Avery looked at him, with eyes that showed she didn't expect to see him there. "Grey, what are you doing here?""I should be the one asking that question. Why are you here?" He turned to look at Chris, pointing an accusing finger at him. " Did you lure her to come here?"Chris smirked. " Seriously? Is Avery a twelve years old girl that she can't decide where to be and who to be with?"Grey eyes hardened on him." And I hope you don't forget that she's married. You should stop crushing on her."Avery felt embarrassed at this. " Grey, stop! Since when do we monitor ourselves? Don't tell me you followed me here?"Grey regarded her for a moment. " Yes, I did. Now, let's go."" No
Grey waited for some hours before Avery finally walked inside. He actually thought she wasn't going to come home that night.Avery ignored him and entered the bedroom.Grey sighed and followed after her. "Avery," he called softly.Avery turned to look at him. "What do you want?""Are you alright?" He asked, concerned. "I've been waiting for you," he complained.Avery smirked. " So, you won't ask how Chris is doing?"Grey smiled. " I don't need to ask, I know he's very fine. All I want to know is if you are alright."If it was some days, Avery would have loved his explanation but on a day like that, she felt angry at everything."You are seriously out of your mind! Wait, did you think you've done something that deserves an award from me? What kind of person are you? You don't have money but you have pride. Isn't that so?" Avery inquired in harsh tones." I don't have pride? Well, I don't," Grey corrected softly. "But why will you think I do?" " You don't?" Avery raised skeptical brows
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