The door opened suddenly and Maximo's secretary walked inside.Alex stopped walking and turned around, his focus now on the secretary, the book shelf already forgotten.The secretary gaze searched around briefly."Yes, what is it?" Maximo demanded."Miss Robinson is here. She's supposed to see you this morning. But I don't know if you are ready to meet with her."Maximo cleared his throat meaningfully. "Let her in. I'm free at this moment to attend to her."The secretary bowed slightly. "Alright boss," she finished and walked out.Maximo looked at Alex. "You will have to leave now. As you can see, I have something else to do."Alex gave him a long stare. "I will be watching you," he gave him the last warning before he walked out of the office.Maximo closed his eyes briefly, while inhaling a sighing breath. "Make sure Alex leaves this territory, before you report to me," he ordered.The man bowed slightly. "Yes boss," and walked out of the office.A soft knock sounded on the door almo
Avery stopped the door before it would close. She rushed out of the elevator and realised that the man was gone.Wait, she couldn't have imagined him. Avery had Grey in mind but he wasn't the one he was thinking about at that moment.There was no way she would be hallucinating. It was very impossible. And the man clearly walked past her. It was weird.Avery walked back to Maximo's office and regarded the two men in front of the office for a moment. She didn't know if she was supposed to enter Maximo's office. What excuse was she going to give Maximo? That she wanted to check if her ex-husband was in his office.What if he wasn't?Damn! Grey was dead!Avery heard the news as well. She didn't get herself for some days after the announcement. The fact that she knew that Grey was killed gave her a feeling close to fear.Grey was bombed. He could have been annoying when they were married but Avery wished she could meet him again. In fact, she realised after a few months that Grey was a g
Grey pulled out of the garage while Charles spoke to Luciano."Luciano is on the way to your house. He would contact Dante on his way," Charles announced.Grey nodded once. "Good," he muttered."What's your plan?""Call the men. They are supposed to meet us at the hotel. Find a nice hostel to lodge them."Charles was alarmed. "Are you going to show yourself to Alex? We can't afford that actually. It's going to ruin our plan.""I have no plan to do that, Charles. So, relax. I'm going to protect the men but I won't risk my life either," he took a turn suddenly and glanced back. "Why aren't you calling anyone?""Why do I feel like you are about to embark on something very dangerous?"Grey smiled softly. " If Alex is here, he must definitely plan to stay in Italy till he can return to Jacksonville as a free man. And that will totally happen when Giovanni gets the award as the king of the world," he explained.Charles regarded him for a moment as realisation dawned on him. "Because he gets
"The men will lead you to where Alex has kept the web developer. I won't be going with you. I will instead meet with Luciano. Also, Dante should join you at Alex's place. Just send me the address," he uttered. Charles nodded once. "Alright, I understand." Aphrodite looked at Grey. "Should I come with you?" Grey nodded once. "Yes, we are going home together. Charles will handle the rest." Aphrodite nodded once and walked to one of Alex's cars with Grey. Grey bent slightly to look at one of the reporters who was shivering in fear. "It's ok. You are safe," Grey assured and pulled down the mask so that the reporter would see his face. The reporter nodded once. "Thank you so much, sir." "Let's go. There's a place you have to be. You need to relocate now anyways since someone is after your life," Grey explained. The man nodded once and got out of the car. And they both walked to one of their cars and drove off, leaving Charles behind with the men. Charles moved closer to one of the m
"So, what do you suggest that we do? Maximo leads the mafia bosses here. We can't turn against me."Grey shook his head briefly. "I'm not saying you should turn against him, Luciano. I'm just telling you what I think. I know what to do about him and I will very soon," he assured. “The reason I called you over will soon arrive.”It didn’t take up to a few minutes when Charles stepped inside the house with the web developer.Grey looked at Aphrodite and made a facial gesture. Aphrodite walked inside.“I hope it wasn't such a long fight,” Grey said as Charles sat.Dante sat. “Do you know that Alex is in Italy? And we would have lost these people if Grey hadn’t decided to rescue them.”“What do you think we should do?” Luciano questioned just as Aphrodite walked inside with one of the reporters.Grey sat up. “The reporters and the web developer will have to leave Italy,” he announced. “What! What about our lives in Italy?” The web developer uttered.Grey turned to look at him. “I promise
“You did?” Maximo felt enraged.“I’m so sorry, boss. I did what I thought was right,” Simon announced.Maximo regarded him for a moment. “Did you tell him that Grey is alive?”Simon shook his head briefly. “I didn’t. I didn’t do that. I merely wanted Alex to see Grey. This was why I staged everything.”Maximo clenched his fist in anger. “How could you let Alex suspect me? I still had a lot to deal with from him! How could you let him do that to me?” He yelled.Simon bowed. “I’m sorry boss. You have to forgive me. I did it all with your best interest in mind,” he pleaded.Maximo hit him across the face so fast and in anger. He pulled him up violently. “ How dare you do that? I’m the boss! You don’t act behind my back!” He yelled.“I’m sorry, boss. I thought it was the best!”Maximo released him suddenly. “This had better be the last time you will do this. If you try something like this again, I will have no choice but to kill you!” He shouted. “Do you understand?”Simon nodded quickly
“What?” Grey still couldn’t understand him. “What do you mean by that?”The door opened before Maximo would talk and one of his men rushed inside. “Boss, Simon drove out several minutes ago and he didn’t say where he was heading.”Grey stood up immediately. “We must find him before he gets to Alex! He must never tell him the truth about me!” He said hurriedly.Maximo nodded. “Take some men and go after him. Make sure you stop him and get him back here!” He ordered.“Alright boss,” he muttered and hurried out.“You might need to go after him yourself,” Grey suggested.Maximo regarded him for a moment before he rushed out of the room, leaving Grey inside.Grey placed a call to Charles and he picked it up after the second ring. He must be asleep. “Hello Grey, is everything alright?”“Not really but I need you to do something for me.”“Yes, what might that be?”“One of Maximo’s men was actually the one telling on me and he’s currently on his way to Alex. Perhaps to tell him I was alive al
“What! You did what? You killed him? But why did you do that?”Maximo released a sigh. “Well, I had no choice.""Of course you did. You could have left the city. Why would you think the only solution is killing him?""Because that was the only solution," he sighed. "He kidnapped Simon and threatened to kill him if I didn't show up," he revealed.Grey stared at him for a moment. "What!"Maximo nodded once. "I couldn't let Simon die. We've been together since we were so young. I just couldn't_," his voice trailed off.Grey released a sigh. "I understand, Maximo. I would do the same actually."Maximo looked at him for a moment. "I planned to speak with him. I had nothing to say but it was all to fulfil my intention," he chuckled. "So, I killed him," he revealed.Grey nodded once. "And what has that got to do with Alex?"Maximo went quiet as if trying to remember what had actually happened. "He had me recorded. And he's currently using it against me."Grey released an exasperated sigh and