Alex intentionally left his phone behind because he didn't want any disturbance. He knew what to do and he was going to do exactly it.If his father was close by, he might have been able to discuss it with him before he decided to act up. But he didn't know where he was at that moment and he was certain that he was still angry at what he did. He wouldn't want to listen to him.Well, Alex would go ahead with what he wanted to do. By the time he was done, Giovanni would be grateful he did.He pulled to a stop in front of the huge building, another of his father's houses in the city. It was where Jane was.He didn't even know why his father was protecting her. Jane caused everything anyways, it was only normal if she was the one that solved it.Two of the men staying watch of the house hurried towards Alex."Is there anything we can do for you?" One of them demanded.Alex regarded them for a moment. "Where's Jane?"The two men exchanged looks. "She's currently asleep. Is something wrong?
Giovanni already sent out a man to check on Alex at home. He had also sent someone to get Jane to his other building. He was to get Jane and bring her over as fast as possible so that they could clear the mess they'd gotten themselves into.He doesn't know why he kept having feelings that Alex was going to do something very stupid. He just had to stop him anyways.He sat, waiting impatiently for the men to come back. Yet he kept on calling Alex but he didn't pick up. It was as if he left his phone behind and went somewhere.Or could Alex be in one of his clubs after he had forbidden him not to? Giovanni was getting furious again.It was Alex's fault anyway that they were hiding. He had no right to go to the club at such a trying time.The door opened suddenly, jerking him out of his thought. He looked up at the first guy he sent out to look for Alex. Also, his other house is kind of far from his location. So, he wasn't really expecting the man he sent over to o come earlier."Yes, whe
Grey pulled up in his house and entered the living room. Gregory and Alfred entered the room behind him."I thought we agreed to kill Alex. Giovanni should know how it feels when we lose someone we love, someone close to us," Alfred muttered.Grey regarded Alfred for a moment. "You still don't understand it? Alex must not die before Giovanni. Giovanni dies first. When he's dead, Alex and I will battle," he announced.Gregory exchanged a look with Alfred but didn't say anything."After Alex is in the prison, we will plan on how to deal with Pablo, then Giovanni. I won't be the only orphan here. Alex will be an orphan too," he finished and walked upstairs.Alfred turned to Gregory. "I think we should try to understand Hercules. He's probably feeling more pain than we are. I mean, it's not really easy on him," he explained.Gregory nodded once. "I was just surprised at his sudden change of mine but he seemed to always have a plan in mind," he released a sigh. "I guess we should continue
Grey walked out of the room in pyjamas. He entered the living room and switched on the TV. “Are you happy?” Aphrodite asked suddenly as she moved closer with a cup of coffee in her hands. She handed one to Grey and sipped hers slowly. “I’m not happy, not yet. I won’t be happy until I’m done with Montego,” he slipped the coffee slowly as he continued to watch the news. “The next person is Lawrence,” he turned to look at Aphrodite. “I need to put him in his place before we start with Pablo.” Aphrodite nodded briefly. “I understand. Oh, that reminds me. I found some information about Lawrence. His daughter is getting married on Saturday. We could find something to do then.” Grey looked at her. “Nice,” he smiled softly. “I will think of something good.” . “Fuck! What have you caused!” Giovanni couldn’t stop yelling. He couldn’t even think at that moment, everything felt blurry to him. He wondered how Grey was able to think to such an extent. He really surprised him and Giovanni wou
Gregory dropped the magazine on the table in front of Grey. "The news is all over the town," he announced. "Yes, Alex is behind the counter and awaiting judgement," Jayden chimed in. Grey crossed his legs. "Now, I'm happy about this. So, now, I think we should be worrying about Pablo. He's currently the next on our target. Though, Giovanni would be very angry now." Alfred nodded once. "He would be planning well with Pablo." "That's why we have to think of an excellent plan," James said quickly. Grey looked at him. “Do you have anything in mind?” “We need to trap him. I will come up with the strategies today and give you feedback by tonight. How about that?” Grey nodded briefly. “Nice because I need to be at work presently. I have something to settle. Let's meet at Alfred’s house tonight.” James nodded once. “That’s fine. And yes, congratulations on your successful job well done on Alex. Though,” he hesitated. “I was expecting you would kill Alex because that was what we discuss
Grey was too shocked. “Aphrodite?” He called as Aphrodite pulled back.“What?” Aphrodite smiled. “As smart as you are, Grey, there’s something you don’t always understand. That’s the way to a woman's heart,” she revealed and pulled back the more until she was out of Grey’s arm. “You just asked me a very difficult question, Grey.”She looked away and left Grey hanging. He was more than shocked.Maybe it was true that Grey didn’t understand the way to a woman's heart but it wasn’t entirely his fault. There was no way he would even think so far of something with Aphrodite. Aphrodite was supposed to be his close person. Who would think that Aphrodite was in love with him?“I’ve had a boyfriend, one,” she started as she stared out through the window. “Just one but I had a lot of lovers, sex man. I just have men for sex, not because I love them. The first guy I dated after you went missing was the only boyfriend I had and we broke up a year later. Since then, I have been clubbing and you kn
Two of Grey's men started forward but Grey raised a hand to stop them."What's happening here?" Aphrodite asked, confused. The salesperson recognized Aphrodite quickly. "Ma'am. Is there anything you would like to get?"David was surprised and didn't even know what to say about Aphrodite with Grey. He suddenly bit back all the words on the tip of his mouth.Well, Aphrodite was a very important person in society, and crossing with her would feel like crossing with Hercules. Though, he knew that Grey must have done something to her for them to be so close."He wants the salesperson to send me out of the store," Grey revealed."What? Does he know that this store belongs to Hercules?" Aphrodite was a bit disappointed as she looked at the salesperson. "You were going to tell him to leave?"The salesperson shook her head briefly. "I'm so sorry ma'am.""No, you shouldn't be apologising to me. You should be apologising to him," she snarled and looked at David. "And you_.""Send him out," Grey
Grey had difficulties taking in what was really happening and he was forced to swallow the wine even though he knew what it was all about. "Novia, what are you doing?" Grey muttered. Aphrodite smiled. "Don't get up Grey if you don't want them to see your face. They are all in anticipation of what you look like," she glanced around. "Do you want more wine?" Maybe Aphrodite wouldn't do anything if she hadn't confessed her feelings. Or maybe she wouldn't have talked if Grey hadn't asked. It was all Grey's fault. "I'm fine, just give back my mask." Aphrodite chuckled, unwilling to release it. "It's an order, Novia, from Hercules!" He muttered thickly. Aphrodite's expression changed slightly and she reluctantly covered him. She took the wine and left. Grey got up and stared behind her for a moment. He looked away and caught some ladies blushing. They were very much expecting Grey to follow Aphrodite or maybe they thought that was going to happen. If only they know. Grey let out 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