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