Maria walked out to Jane having a chat with one of the employees. “What do we have here?” Jane turned to look at Maria, with a dark frown on her face. Yes, what do we have here? Who is this?” “I should be the one asking you that. I am the one and only secretary here. When did they employ you anyways?” Maria smiled softly. “I will warn you for the last time, to leave when you can still do so or I will call the security guards on you!” She warned. Jane hesitated for a moment. “You! Maria!” She took a step closer to her. “Do you remember where you were? You were working at one of the lowest companies owned by Hercules. You aren’t up to my standard!” “Well, now everything has changed, hasn’t it? You now work in the lowest company while I’m working in Protos Pubblicita.” Jane laughed. “No problem. I’m coming back and when I do, I will be taking the seat that belongs to me,” she turned around and left angrily. Maria regarded her for a moment. “That is if you can come back.” .Just
Gregory already got the ship ready. In fact, the men were already making their way inside the ship after getting tattooed when Grey arrived.Alfred moved closer to him. “I need to ask you a question, Hercules.”Grey looked at him and nodded briefly. “What’s it all about?”Alfred sighed. “I wanted to ask about Leo. Should we-,” he hesitated. “I mean, I don’t know how you will take this in,” he paused as he let out a sigh. “Should we take Leo in?”Grey clenched his teeth unconsciously. “No. I don’t want a murderer on my ship!” He muttered and walked away.Alfred sighed and looked at him until he was out of sight. He knew that Grey wouldn’t agree to it anyways. Though, he still needed to take it easy. But he knew it wouldn’t be so easy to forgive a man that killed one father.Alfred didn’t know if it was good to leave him at home alone. He had no idea what Giovanni would be up to. What if they check his house, find him there, and kill him?Well, Grey wouldn’t care about this. He’s sure h
Grey looked down at his men from a corner. Even though they were worried about the fact that some of their men might pull back at the news, the turn-up was still massive. Hercules has a lot of men and Gregory got the right ship for it.Grey’s eyes searched around quickly for Caramel as if he would see her amid the crowds.The ship has taken off already and Grey knew that she would be inside somewhere. He didn’t know if he was doing the right thing by letting her in but he sure knew that he would lose her if he didn’t. And well, Caramel might eventually find it out and the funniest part is that it might be clear to Alex sooner than later who he was.And he wouldn’t be able to harm Caramel. He wouldn’t! There was no way he would order something like that.Gregory walked closer to him. "Boss! We are far from the shore already. I think we should start whatever you plan," he informed.Grey let out a sigh and looked at him. "Gather the elders, I'm coming out soon," he ordered.Gregory nodde
Grey walked to a raised podium. The room was seething with Hercules'men while the elders were already waiting for Grey at the raised podium. Grey moved closer to them. He was wearing a blue suit and a black mask. And he was followed by Aphrodite. He hesitated in front of the crowd as they went silent in anticipation. "Is Hercules truly dead?" Someone asked suddenly, from the audience. There were a few minutes of dead silence as everyone thought over the question. It was palpably clear that they believed the news. "It doesn't matter if he is. I will always be for Hercules!" Someone said suddenly, with a raised hand. "Yes, me too!" Another person joined in and soon, they were all saying the same thing. "I spread the news," Grey started suddenly. "About my death!" He added quickly. The look on each man changed briefly at the announcement. "Does this mean Hercules lives and you are the Hercules?" Another man demanded. Grey didn't respond. Instead, Charles stepped out. "Here's the
Grey made to move but Aphrodite stopped him quickly. “Where are you going?”Grey looked at her. “I have someone to see at this very moment,” he said hurriedly and walked past her while Alfred said the last words before the men continued with jubilation.Aphrodite regarded him for a moment until he disappeared. She saw her anyway. She knew that Grey's new girlfriend was invited on the ship.Grey walked out in a hurry to look for Caramel. The ship had already taken up. So there was no way she would get off. She could have been taken aback by the revelation, surprised, and had hidden somewhere.“Caramel!” He called suddenly, then hesitated when he saw her from afar staring out into the water. It was getting darker slowly and the ship had already been turned around.Grey let out a sigh before he moved nearer to her. He wondered what was going on in her head or how he was supposed to start his conversation with her.Caramel jumped up as Grey touched her. She looked up at him with surprise
Caramel stared at him for a moment as if she was preparing the next thing to say. “Yes, I’m fucked up! I can’t keep doing this.”Grey regarded her for another moment. “Why? Why do you want to break up with me? Is it because you are scared of Alex? Or is it that you can’t bear staying with me because I’m Hercules?”Caramel blinked once and looked away. She sucked in her breath. “ No,” she dragged, “no,” she repeated as if she was indecisive about her decision. “I love you, Grey but I’m scared. Oh, what I ever wanted was not to get into all this shit. I don’t want to get involved with anything Mafia. My mother was killed by one of them and…” her voice trailed off.Grey didn’t say a word. He didn’t want to interrupt her and make her forget what she was about to say. Caramel let out a sigh. “All I ever wanted was to have a normal man as my boyfriend. I didn’t want to get into the mess again because I’m scared of it. I don't want someone from the mafia, I don't want that,” she sobbed sile
"She just told me she's leaving," Beatrice voiced out.The ship successfully returned to the shore. Caramel left even before Grey would be ready to leave. She was already avoiding him. Grey drove Beatrice home and left the elders in charge.Grey nodded briefly. "Are you leaving with her?"Beatrice hesitated. "I guess I will have to stay behind. I mean I need to help you here."Grey regarded her for a moment. " What did she tell you when she discovered you actually worked for me?""Well, she was disappointed," she sighed. "But there's nothing I can do about that or is there?" Grey nodded briefly. "Someone will be joining you at work. Teach her everything she needs to know about the cream so that you can join Caramel wherever she's going. She needs you more than I do."Beatrice watched his expression. "Is that ok with you?"Grey nodded briefly. "It is. Just update me if anything comes up."Beatrice nodded once. "I will do that. Thank you."Grey's phone rang suddenly and it was Alfred's
"Where is my father?""He's having his breakfast," the maid supplied.Caramel nodded briefly and walked past the maid to the dining. Her father was truly having his breakfast."Hello father," she moved closer and gave him a peck. "Good morning.""Good morning Hunny," her father stared at her for a moment. "Are you ok? You look pale."Caramel nodded briefly and pulled out a seat for herself. "I am. I just need space. I'm leaving Jacksonville," she announced to her father's surprise."Why, Caramel?"Caramel stared down at the food that have been placed in front of her. "Nothing, really.'"Nothing? You stopped working at my company and you said nothing. Now, you are leaving and you are still telling me it's nothing?"Caramel sighed. "I'm really ok. I just need to clear my head. I will be fine when I return, I promise," she said with a smile.Her father nodded in acceptance. He had always been understanding anyways."So, when am I seeing him?" He asked all of a sudden.Caramel gave her fa
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