Giovanni made a nod of his head, a smile on his face. "Good. I must do all it takes to be the next king of the world. Nothing must stop me." "Exactly. I'm not even sure anything can stop you. Hercules is gone. So, we just have to focus on the billionaire president from other countries. I'm sure it would be a success," Lawrence, one of his elders assured. Giovanni nodded again, with a satisfied grin on his face. "Alright, no problem." They raised their glasses, cheering for their victory but the door opened suddenly and one of Giovanni's men walked inside. Giovanni looked up, his expression changed slightly, "What is it?" He bellowed. The man bowed slightly. "I have some information concerning the young boss, sir. I thought I should let you know about it as quickly as possible.” Giovanni groaned inwardly. “Tell me about it then.” “The young master invited some guests to his house. He made it look like a club. In fact, they are currently partying,” he announced. Giovanni couldn’t
Grey took the letter from him and tore it. He hesitated before he read through what was written on it. He hesitated, confused. The message in the letter was very confusing. Aphrodite wanted him to come to a particular place. And that was why Grey found it confusing. Though, he was relieved. At least, it means he knew where Aphrodite was currently.But there was something else he needed to think about. Aphrodite could have called him to come over. She didn’t need to be sending letters to him as if they were strangers. Or could it be that she wanted to surprise him with something? Aphrodite could act naughty sometimes. Or maybe her phone was off or perhaps, stolen. Grey didn’t want to have dirty thoughts. Well, he knew that Aphrodite could handle herself. That aside, she could even be with Thomas. But there was no point in her calling him if she was really with Thomas. Those two, as Charles had said earlier, have gotten so close that they do things secretly too. They go places too, to
Several men walked out, dressed in black attire and they attacked him immediately. The next sudden kick from three men caught Grey off-guard and he fell to the floor, the phone still in his hand.“Who are you?” Grey demanded.His question was met with no answers from the men. Instead, they moved even closer to him. Grey got up quickly just as another guy aimed at him. Grey was quick to dodge this time and also gave out a taste of his own on the attacker.Two men rushed forward to grab Grey’s hand, while another aimed a punch at his face. Grey hit his head against the attacker and pulled at the men holding him so tight. They were forced to hit each other and fall.“You aren’t so bad at this,” a voice said suddenly. The voice sounded familiar but Grey doesn’t remember where he had heard it from. The men stepped back a bit at the sound of the voice and one would know the speaker was the boss.Grey turned around again, to see who it was. His eyes went wide with shock as he beheld the man
Vincenzo looked at Maximo with shock. He didn’t expect to see him at all. He didn’t even know that he was aware of all he was doing.“What are you doing here?” His anxiousness showed in his voice.Maximo was filled with rage. “I should be asking you that question!” He yelled. “What are you doing here?”The men that were fighting with Grey, stopped and stepped backward.“Maximo, this is totally not yours to interfere with. I have to teach him a great lesson,” Vincenzo explained.Maximo huffed, feeling irritated. “Seriously? Do you even know who he is? How dare you do that to him?” He yelled again, his nostril flaring around. He looked over at the men. “Lead Grey to the car,” he ordered.The men moved forward, pushing Vincenzo’s men in the process.Vincenzo clenched his fist with anger. Maximo was really messing with him and he didn’t like it. Though, Maximo was someone he didn’t want to mess with. They had both agreed to go their separate ways. One was never to interfere with the other
Vincenzo drove inside the garage roughly. He was a bit angry at the sudden call. If his father hasn’t interrupted him, he would have been able to deal with Grey.Also, he had to find something to do with Maximo. To him, Maximo was biting off more than he could chew. He didn’t know why Maximo had to meddle with everything. It made him so angry.He just wouldn’t let Grey go with insulting him like that.He got out of the car and hurried inside the living room. The president, his father was waiting for him.“You took longer than you were supposed to,” he muttered.Vincenzo grunted. “I came back as fast as I could. What were you going to tell me that couldn’t wait till morning?” He asked and sat, still fuming.The door opened suddenly. Leonardo, Dante, and Enzo walked inside.Vincenzo sat up, as fear entered his features. “What’s going on here?”The men didn’t answer and went to sit instead.“I called you over because of them. I heard something was going on at your hotel. Is it true?” Vi
Grey walked into the garage. Two men rushed to him.“Is there anything we can do, boss?” Grey regarded them for a moment. “I want one of you to return this car to Maximo,” he ordered and walked to another car by his left. “Should we go with you, sir? I mean we wouldn’t want what had happened before to repeat itself,” one of the men explained.Grey shook his head briefly. “I will handle this myself,” he didn’t wait for them to say any more words before he got into the car and drove out of the garage.He was fuming with rage when he pulled to a stop in front of the bar where Thomas said he was.He rushed inside the bar, in anger. The place was seething with people and the lights that were changing from orange to purple, to blue and orange again prevented Grey from seeing Thomas.He pulled his phone out of his pocket and dialled his number again. It rang severally before Thomas eventually picked it up.“Where the fuck are you?” Grey yelled into the receiver.There was hesitation. “Calm
“What did I tell you, Alex!” Giovani yelled at him.Alex couldn’t talk, he didn’t even know what to say. So, he kept mute. “I just asked you a question. You should answer me because I clearly gave you the instructions to follow. Why wouldn’t you follow my orders?”Alex muttered some inaudible under his breath.“Answer me!” Giovanni yelled.Alex looked up at him. “I didn’t go against your order. You didn’t want me to go to clubs or bars. And I decided to have a party at my place. Why is that so wrong?”Giovanni hit him across the face and pulled back immediately before he would hit him again. “I’m protecting you and you have to show your interest in wanting me to continue to do it. If you keep on behaving like this, I will be forced to let you be,” he threatened.Alex looked away, a dark frown on his face.“Understood?” Giovanni yelled.Alex nodded briefly. “I understand.”The door opened suddenly and a man walked inside. “Boss, your guest has arrived,” he announced.Giovanni looked
Grey stayed beside Aphrodite till the next morning, he actually slept off.When he woke up the next morning, Aphrodite was suddenly gone.He was shocked at first. The doctor said she might not even wake up throughout the second day. Does that mean someone walked in and took her while he was asleep?That wasn’t really possible anyway. Grey was a light sleeper alright but the course of events of the day really affected him.But he still couldn’t believe it. He got up and his neck felt stiff.“You could have slept on the bed beside me instead of sleeping so uncomfortable,” a soft voice said suddenly, jerking Grey out of his thoughts.He didn’t even need to turn to know who the speaker was. “Novia?” He was shocked.Aphrodite smiled. “Good morning, Grey. It feels like I’ve been sleeping for ages. I think I’m the live adaptation of the sleeping beauty,” she laughed.Grey regarded her for a moment, a smile on his face. “You seem ok, joking like that. I thought something was going to happen