Jimmy nodded briefly. "Yes, she is."Grey smiled softly. Though, he was seeing Hattie's backside and didn't know what she looked like. But at least, he didn't come to the auction house in vain. Grey raised his tag. "6.7 million dollars," he announced suddenly.Everyone craned their neck backward to look at Grey. It was like they didn't expect anyone to say anything. It looked like people were intentionally keeping shut.Though, Hattie didn't turn back, including a guy in a black shirt that sat beside her."6.7million dollars for Mr. fennel.""7 million dollars!" Hattie announced quickly.Grey smiled again. Actually, it reminded him of the first day he met Aphrodite. They had to bid and he won her. Though, this time was going to be very difficult."7 million dollars for Miss Hattie," The auctioneer revealed."7.1 million dollars," Grey raised immediately.Some guys got up from somewhere and walked out of the room. Somehow, the room was suddenly getting scanty."7.1 million dollars for
The great news about the auction was that Hattie and Giovanni didn't even know who he was, which meant that the spy hadn't seen anything.Though, he was concerned about finding out who Pablo was. He needed to do it quickly before the spy found out about his identity. Grey made a mental list of people that knew about his identity to see if there was a spy among them.It turned out that Charles wasn't working against him, though he desperately wanted to see if he was really working with his father. Maybe he planned to take over his estate because he didn't say anything.Anyways, Don and Richard were loyal, including Maria. That aside, it turned out that Audrey's previous men were also loyal.So, the spy was still far from reach."I'm sorry father," Emma whispered. "I thought I could test him and see what he would do. Actually, the lady told me that he fell for it. She didn't tell me that she had initially explained to him which meant he would have fallen into the trap if Nora had not e
"What should we do, Boss? I think you need to speak with Aphrodite." She repeated anxiously.Grey thought for a moment, unable to wrap his head around what to do.He knew that David would try to do something but he didn't expect he would delete the pictures which were so bad for him."Boss," Maria called again, softly."Tell Aphrodite that we are taking a short break and I would get back to her soon. Meanwhile, gather all the executives that are present in the next room. You will be having a meeting with me as the Hercules."Maria's eyes went wide with shock. " Are you revealing yourself?"Grey shook his head slightly. "We have phones, don't we?" Maria nodded quickly, baffled somehow but she knew that Grey had plans."Do what I ask you to. Get the executive in the room and call me on my Hercules lune. Leave the rest to me," he ordered.Maria nodded briefly. " I will do that now," she assured before she walked out of the room.Grey thought for a moment. Would it be considered wickedne
Grey hung up and sipped more of his fruit juice. He decided to speak with Aphrodite as he knew that he would be so frustrated. He took a sip of the fruit juice before he walked out of the room.He walked to the changing room where he knew that Aphrodite would be. "Grey, what the fuck was that?" Aphrodite yelled suddenly at one of the makeup artists. She sounded so angry." I'm so sorry!" The makeup artist uttered, confusingly.Aphrodite was taking the frustration out of her.Grey sighed. "Novia," he called softly.Aphrodite turned back, and on seeing Grey, a smile appeared on her face. "Grey!" She called, exhausted.Grey smiled and looked at the make-up artist. "Leave us," he uttered.The makeup artist bowed slightly and walked out."How the fuck did the photos disappear?" She complained.Grey moved closer to him. " I'm sorry, Novia. It's all my fault. I'm so sorry for disturbing you," he said softly and moved to sit in front of her." I'm so frustrated. Would I have to do the shoot
The shoot was going well.Grey decided to stay throughout the session. David kept throwing daggers at Grey. "That's cool! Let's stop for a few minutes while the Aphrodite changes into something else, " Maria announced.Some of the attendants hurried to give Aphrodite a bottle of water.Grey flashed her a smile before she walked inside. Maria walked to Grey. "Here, I got a very nice one that revealed her face as well as the product. You should use this on the bus," she stretched out his phone.Grey took it and stared down at the picture. An approval smile showed on his face. "Yes, this is great. What about the one that would be on our polo?""I found one for that as well. Let me have the phone," she took the phone from him and flipped through, then she stretched it back to Grey.Grey took it and nodded. "I love this. Will I have them as hard copies by tomorrow? We will need to place some in the company."Maria nodded. " I understand and I will arrange for that. You don't have to wor
Avery watched Chloe's expression. "Is there anything you want to tell me?" Chloe sighed. " Nothing. But I just think you should sit and think about it deeply. This isn't something you can just decide on without proper thoughts."Avery shrugged slightly. " What difference does it make anyways? We all know who Grey is and how rich Chris is."Chloe moved closer as if she was scared of other people hearing what she was about to say. "Have you ever thought of the possibility of Grey being rich?"Avery stared at her, confused. " What do you mean?"" Like maybe Grey is rich but he's hiding it from you. Do you think it could be possible? Like he's someone wealthy and influential, you know anything can happen."Avery burst into laughter. " That's the funniest thing I have ever heard. Of course not! Why would I think to such an extent? Grey is wretched, poor but maybe he's managing now. It's not a day job to be influential, he has a long way to go.".It was getting even late into the night. A
"Stay out of it!" One of the men yelled at Avery. "We are not here for you."Avery was more than confused. "How did you know my name? What are you doing with him? What do you want with him? We are together. "" The only thing we want is for him to leave this place right now and he should stop disturbing you. You are married. "Avery was shocked by the bone marrow. How did the men know she was married?One of the men turned to the others. "If he doesn't want to leave, force him to. If he struggled with you, then deal with him," he ordered.Avery's heart took on fast breathing. " You can't do this. Who are you? And why must you threaten him? Who sent you? " She bombarded them. The man regarded Avery for a moment. " Why should we tell you? You are going to do what we want or you will face the consequences," he warned in a thick voice."Don't worry, I will leave but tell me who sent you." Chris urged softly.The men went silent and the only thing Avery could do was observe them, perhaps
The open day came so fast. Grey couldn't return home the day before. He slept off at Beatrice's place and even went to work from there.But when he got home last night, Avery still refused to speak to him and Grey decided she was still angry at him. Though, he wondered how long she would stay angry. And he wondered the kind of lies Chris had made to her recently.In fact, Avery didn't let him talk. It wasn't just ignoring, it felt like a deep resentment.It was the open day and Grey didn't want Avery to ruin it for him. Though, he planned on having breakfast that morning."Seems like the boss decided to have breakfast at home today," Smith teased.Grey looked up at him. " Should that be an issue?"Smith grinned. " I was only saying. Just you take everything the wrong way?"Avery was strangely quiet, different thoughts going through her mind in a whirling confusion."He's working extra, perhaps he wants to buy us a house," Emma said suddenly.Avery looked up at her mother and opened h