Grey couldn't believe it. Was it just a coincidence? That Avery was the one he so desperately wanted to rescue?"Leave now! While you still can," a deep voice muttered suddenly. The door opened and two men got out of the car."Deal with them!" Grey ordered.Grey's men rushed at the other men. A car pulled to a stop beside Grey suddenly and the last of Grey's men rushed out of the car. He hurried towards the others to help out.Grey watched the men for a moment before he moved closer to the driver. The driver launched an attack at him again. Grey caught his fist in his hand, groaned, and squeezed it.The driver yelled out as Grey continued to squeeze even harder until the driver slowly went down, while cries of protest filled the air around them."Where is she? Where is the woman you took?""In the booth!" He said quickly. "Please, let me go. I beg of you," he beseeched softly.Grey released him and hit him in the chest. He hurried over to the back of the car and struggled with the boo
Grey safely placed Avery in the car and walked towards the other men from Jacksonville. Two of Grey's men were watching them while the last one was the one that came with Grey from the lake."They still failed to say why they kidnapped Avery?" Grey asked in a deep voice.One of his men nodded positively. "No one is talking."Grey regarded them for a moment. "Kill them," he muttered.The other men looked up suddenly, and fear gripped them. Grey could see this in their eyes as he turned back. "Kill them and dispose of their bodies. Then, find a way to meet me at the suite.""I will talk," one of the men said suddenly as Grey took a step forward. He stopped but didn't turn to look at them. "I will tell you everything you want to know," he promised.Grey whirled around to look at them again. "And start talking before I change my mind!" He yelled in a deep voice.One of the men swallowed harder. "The boss wished to have her. So, we are supposed to bring her to him," he explained.Grey grew
Within minutes, Grey was inside Avery's room and gently placed her on the bed.Two men came over to show him another door inside the suite so he wouldn't have to pass the main entrance and risk people looking at them weirdly.Just as he pulled himself up, he realised that Avery was holding unto his clothes firmly.He looked at her for a moment. She was asleep while her right fist held the clothes in check."Don't go," she said softly as if she was somnambulating. Grey didn't know actually if that was the case or maybe she was just dreaming.However, he secured a place beside her. It was getting even late now and he thought he would be on the evening plane back to Ravello but that was no longer possible. As long as he wanted to leave, there were several reasons why he shouldn't.He just couldn't leave Avery in the state that she was in. Even though Maximo was on his way, Grey felt he still had to stay behind. Besides, he had to speak with her. If he leave, Avery would call him out agai
“Seriously?” Grey laughed at her boldness. Though, he wasn’t surprised. Avery has always been daring and bold. “Are you saying you are going to force me to work with you?” Avery watched him for a moment. “Why did you save me?” Grey couldn’t believe it. “Are you going to use that against me? That rescuing you would be the death of me?” “Why don’t you admit it?” She stressed in a voice higher than her normal one. She took three steps closer to Grey to fill the gap in front of them. “Why don’t you tell me that you didn't want to work with me because you are scared?” Grey huffed. “Scared of what?” “Why don’t you tell me about it? Then maybe I can understand and let you off,” she muttered. “You can’t force me, Avery. That’s not possible and you know that,” Grey said stubbornly, anger growing in him now. Avery watched him for another moment before she eventually looked away. “How close are you with Maximo? You guys seem to be as close as friends which brings me to the fact that he lie
Grey watched him for a moment, unable to comprehend it all. He didn’t know what he was supposed to make of her. Avery was being stubborn as usual. She didn’t even care if it was going to cause her trouble.Though Grey wasn’t in any relationship with her, he didn’t want her to die. If Grey tried to do it the normal way, it’s either Avery gets to discover the secret he was keeping or she gets in danger and Grey doesn’t want any of the options.Grey released a sigh, while still watching Avery with a confused look.Avery was disturbed. Though, her mind was made up already but she desperately wanted Grey to accept her proposal. And it doesn’t even matter if Grey was going to accept to work for her, she was still going to find out who David was to Maximo, secretly.Grey cleared his throat meaningfully. “What position are you going to offer me?”“My secretary,” she muttered.Grey chuckled. “For real? Are you kidding?”“Why?” Avery pouted funnily. “A guy can’t be a secretary to a lady? Is tha
“What?” Grey inquired. It was as if he didn’t hear what Maximo had said or perhaps he was just playing tricks on him.“Alex called me now to ask me some questions and he knew. He said he knew that you were alive and currently in Italy. I tried to argue and act as if I didn’t know what he was talking about. But he said one of his men saw you. He even emphasized the fact that the guy recognizes you very much. So, he was positive that it was you,” he explained. "Now, Grey. What the fuck happened? How were you able to be recognized by one of Alex's men?"Grey released an exasperated sigh. For a moment, he was short of words. How should he say Alex found out? Could it be that the other guy sent it to Alex before he was killed? That was the only explanation that Grey could gather in his head."I told you that Avery was kidnapped by Giovanni's men, right?""Yes, you did," Maximo responded immediately."Well, it was one of the men. One of them recognized me and sent a message before he died.
"Tell me about it and let's start with the process. We can't afford to tarry. The more we wait, the more dangerous this can get."Grey nodded several times. "I know. Did you bring the boss' phone?"Charles nodded once and delved into his pocket for the phone. He withdrew it and stretched it out to Grey. "Here it is."Grey took it and went through it. It took a few minutes before he dropped the phone. "Let's wait for feedback from Alex."Charles nodded again. "What else are we supposed to do?" "I need to speak with Maximo. We need to lure Alex back to Jacksonville and he has a part to take in it. Even if Alex had told his father, it wouldn't matter. We just need to confuse him and make him return to Jacksonville. Well, I will be doing just that,” he assured.Charles nodded at this. “Alright. Do that and get back to me on the outcome. While you do that, I will take a bath. I’m so irritated. I need to get this blood off me,” he complained as he walked away.Grey nodded once and dialled
Alex regarded the man for a moment. “Strange men?”“Yes boss,” the man nodded once. “Should we get them? We could question them what they are doing in our territory,” he suggested.Alex nodded once. “Get the men to do that.”The man bowed slightly and walked out.Alex took his phone and read through the message again. He found it strange. Why would he inform him that Grey was in Italy and then, he’s saying it might be his lookalike?Surely, that could have been true but Alex didn’t want to believe, not yet because it kind of sounded somehow.And that means he won’t be telling his father until he has confirmed everything.He dialled the number. It rang severally but no one picked it up. He rang it the second time before he gave up on it.Maybe he was asleep or perhaps he was at a nightclub. So, he decided to send him a message.The door opened again and the man from earlier on walked inside. “Boss, they left before I got out. They left in a hurry, according to the men outside. One of t
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