It took almost forever before the door opened slowly and Jane walked inside.Grey could see the fear in them. In fact, he had to stop over at SU before going to Protos Pubblicita that morning. Because it was morning, Grey was sure that Giovanni wasn't watching. And well, he was with Don and Richard like the elders have wanted.The moment she was inside, Richard moved closer to the door.Jane regarded Richard for a moment before she fell to her knees in front of Grey."I'm doing what you want. Please, don't kill me." She beseeched softly.Grey ignored her and looked away. "Has Giovanni called?" He asked instead.Jane went mute for a moment as the words were stuck in her throat."You better answer the boss now before_," Don's thick voice trailed off when Grey put up his hand to stop him."Yes," Jane released a sigh and tried to stabilise her heavy breathing. "He has. He called me several minutes ago."Like magic, the phone started ringing again.Jane froze for some minutes in fear, befo
"The cream," one of the reporters added, as if aware of Grey's confusion.With Grey's intelligence, it didn't take long before he understood what they meant. Someone must have tampered with the cream and he knew exactly who that might be.The door opened suddenly, and Don squeezed himself into the front seat. "Lock the door now." He ordered.Richard complied just in time as one of the reporters tried to open the door."We are moving! Get out from behind us or we will be forced to drive you over!" Don warned.Richard started the ignition and the people jerked back in fear. He reversed and eventually took a U-turn.Grey's phone rang suddenly, its noise almost deafening him. It was Alfred."Hello Grey, where are you? Something had happened with Victoria Skincare? "He announced.Looks like the news is everywhere already. "I'm in the car, on my way back to Protos Pubblicita. I was coming from Victoria Skincare and I'm not sure what happened just yet.""I don't advise you to go to Protos P
"Call the men to a standby. You are taking Lawrence the moment he walks out of that hotel," he ordered.Don nodded briefly. "Alright, Boss," he got out of the car to make some calls while Grey continued to watch the entrance of the hotel.It took over three hours when Lawrence walked out of the hotel."He's out," Don said to the receiver."That man," Grey said suddenly as he pointed towards a man that walked out with Alex.Don followed the path of Grey's gaze. "Who?" He demanded with confusion written all over his face.Grey didn't talk again as he continued to watch the man closely walking with Alex. There was no way his eyes would be playing tricks on him. It was the man that attacked him the night before. So, he was right and he was really working with Giovanni."Let's move," Grey said suddenly as Jane walked out of the hotel."Yes boss," Richard responded and started the ignition. Jane was still walking along the street, looking confused and in deep thought.Richard pulled up be
"I'm warning you, Lawrence, for the last time to stay out of lane," he finished and turned around, leaving Lawrence with his mouth wide open in agape.Grey and the rest of the men walked back to their cars after leaving Lawrence in the middle of the road."Hey! Come back! You don't dare leave me here!" Lawrence yelled in anger, till their cars were out of sight.."Where are we going, Boss." Don inquired."To Alfred's house," Grey responded. He still didn't want to go home. He had no idea how the next morning would be for him. And for that moment, he wanted to avoid any excuses.He didn't know if Lawrence would listen to him and finally pull back but that was the only warning he would give him. If he tries any shit with him again, Grey would make sure he never wants to stay in Jacksonville again.Grey's phone rang suddenly, forcefully pulling him out of his thoughts. But the caller wasn't who he expected, not at that moment.He hesitated for some moment before he eventually picked it
Grey released a curse, unable to hold back his anger. Pablo Gotti killed Francesco? It came as a shock to him but he was still skeptical about when it happened. If Pablo was around two days ago, then when did he kill Francesco? Alfred gave Grey confused brows. "Do you know who Pablo Gotti is?" Grey sighed and nodded briefly. "He was the man that attacked me yesterday. He works with Grey now," he explained. "But why would Pablo Gotti be working with Giovanni?" Alfred regarded Grey for a moment. "I don't get this, you mean you've fought with Pablo?" Grey nodded once. "I have. When did your father die?" "Three days ago." So, Pablo came over to Jacksonville after killing Francesco. Well, killing each other was what was associated with the mafia. They were always walking on a thin thread. James stood up. "A lot of troubles lie ahead, Grey but I need to kill Pablo as soon as I can." Grey released a sigh. "Pablo is coming after you, Grey. You need to take him out before anything e
"What!" Grey got up. "How did she disappear?""I_," Tiana choked on her words. "she went into one of Giovanni's hotels and she has refused to come out. I've gone inside now and there's no one in the room that she was supposed to be. It looks like she outsmarts me," she explained.Grey tried to call down. Jane had probably told Giovanni about everything. And he needed to act fast.What was he supposed to do?Well, he had a trick to play to buy himself time anyways but he needed Jane for it. "Keep looking for her. We will talk later," he informed her before he hung up.It was almost time for him to see Emily. Linda was one of his loyal workers and he mustn't abandon her.His phone rang suddenly as he walked out of the bathroom. It was Emily. He picked it up."Hello, Emily. How are you doing?""Fine boss. I'm ready."Grey nodded once. "I will pick you up soon. Send me your address.""Alright, boss," she responded and the phone went off.Just as Grey finished dressing up suit because he
"Richard, I need you to go through the internet and see who the victim was," he pointed out to him and looked at Don. "As I've said earlier, you should check the victim at the hospital. I want you to give me feedback today.""But what about going to work? You shouldn't be alone," Don protested."Don't worry, I won't go to work. I will just call Maria over. And that's when I will need you, Jimmy." He looked over at Jimmy.Don nodded briefly. "We will depart now and meet you at home very soon," he muttered and got down from the car. Richard and Jimmy do the same as well. But Jimmy went to the driver's seat and got inside."Where are we going, Boss?"Grey watched Don and Richard for a moment until they entered a taxi and drove off."We are heading to my house."Jimmy turned to look at Grey. "Is that fine? I mean reporters are looking for you already.""They wouldn't be able to come when I do what I have in mind. There's a huge plan coming up and they wouldn't have any choice."Jimmy nodd
"That's actually a nice idea but Giovanni would try to get out of it easily. It would be as if it never happened," Alfred observed. Gregory nodded once. "You are right," he looked over at Grey. "Is this where your plan stops?" Grey smirked and slowly shook his head. "Unfortunately not. You are right, Giovanni is known among the police and it would be easy to stop the media and seal the police's lips. But," he hesitated and sat up. "What if a dead person is involved?" "What! A dead person? But who?" Jayden demanded. "Here's what will happen. After the news spread out, Giovanni might not be that worried but Alex will. He's impatient and acts blandly sometimes. And we are going to use that against him," Grey hinted. "Seriously? You are really a good judge of character," Luciano smiled. "Yeah but," he looked at Maria and realized the phone was in her hand at the moment. "Maria and Jimmy should go ahead with the press and share the information on the internet. You must make the news a
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