"We are leaving immediately! Find a way to distract them so that I can safely escape," Grey ordered.The man nodded and walked out.Grey looked at the unconscious Avery. Maybe he was selfish but he didn't even reason calling her parent over. His phone rang suddenly. It was Maria.Grey got off the bed and took his shirt. He walked out of the room before he picked up the call."Hello boss," Maria's voice boomed from the other line.Just as Grey moved to his right side, Avery's parents and one of Grey's men walked past him, towards Avery's room. It turned out that the man intentionally misled them into going elsewhere."Is everything alright, Maria? How is the public taking the news?" He inquired, as he managed to wear his shirt."Well, I have a bad news."Grey hesitated before he entered the elevator. There was no one in the elevator with him. "Did something happen? The public didn't accept the explanation?""No, boss. That's not the case. Someone published something about you, an hou
She blinked once, then twice. She heard everything actually, the fact that Grey has a soft spot for his ex-wife and well, for Caramel.Well, she knew that Grey didn't leave Caramel willingly. If Caramel wasn't so unbending, Grey wouldn't let her go.But Aphrodite didn't mind. Grey was Hercules. In fact, it was normal for mafia bosses to have a lot of women. There was nothing bad about it. In fact, she wasn't going to be mad if Grey ends up dating all three of them, as long as he doesn't stop loving her. She was only concerned about staying with Grey. It was either Grey or no one.The thing was that Grey was different."What do you mean? Avery might die?"Grey sighed. " Sincerely, I'm so scared. I will never forgive myself if something happened to her. It was my fault that she got shot. And damn, it was in the head."Charles released an exasperated sigh. "She passed the difficult stage already, let's hope she gets better."Grey regarded him for a moment. "She hasn't. The doctor said s
Grey didn’t want it to look weird, so he didn’t walk inside and instead decided to continue eavesdropping until Aphrodite was done talking.“But how did you discover this? You’ve been unconscious since the night of the announcement and I don’t remember anyone discussing it around you.”Aphrodite nodded once. “I know. But it doesn’t really matter how I came about it. I’m just concerned about Avery. I hope nothing happens to her.”Charles released a sigh. “Grey is not like other mafia bosses. He has a great heart. He’s only concerned with Avery. I don’t think he’s ever going to give saying Avery a chance. His marriage with her was under circumstances and it ended in a bad way,” he explained.Aphrodite scoffed. “Maybe but well, I’m not concerned about that. I just want to make sure that Avery is fine.”Charles nodded once. “I will ask about how she is doing from Grey,” he assured.Aphrodite smiled at this. "Thank you. So, what about Alex and Giovanni?""Well, Alex has been taken. Grey pr
Jimmy regarded the man in front of him for a while. "What did you say?""You heard me well, Jimmy. I have no plan on repeating myself."Jimmy looked away. He was lost for a moment. He had known Mark since he started working for Giovanni. So, they have been together for a while. As much as he was loyal to Grey, he didn't want to give up Mark's life."Aren't you going to answer? Well, I will give you some minutes to think about it. If not, I will help you choose. And do you know what that means?" He laughed. "Mark will die," he finished and walked out of the room.Jimmy released a sigh. Has Grey forgotten about him already? Jimmy couldn't help but think about it..Grey released a sigh and looked up again. His phone rang suddenly, it was one of his men.He picked it up. "Hello?""Yes boss, Giovanni just moved out with the men," he informed him.Grey nodded once. "We are coming over immediately," he finished and hung up. "Take off," he ordered.One of the men bowed slightly and hurried
Grey had to go back home with Jimmy and Mark. Though, he didn't say a word to Mark or try to stop Jimmy from bringing Mark along.Infact, he didn't even create space for Jimmy to talk to him concerning the matter.He got changed and walked out of the room again. He needed to hurry up and meet with the special members."Boss," one of the men moved closer to him.Grey regarded him for a moment. "Just take care of the men. I will be back very soon," he assured and walked out of the house.He entered the car and relaxed. He released a sigh of relief before he pulled out of the garage.He arrived at the suites in a few minutes. He knew where the meeting was happening, so he went there directly.There were three men standing guard outside the door. They bowed slightly on sighting him.Grey walked inside. He hesitated slightly as he regarded the men for a moment."Why will the big Giovanni come to see the members so late in the night," Grey said suddenly, drawing attention to him.Everyone l
"Miss Avery has woken up," the doctor announced. Grey went mute for a moment. "Seriously?""Yes, she is. I had to call you immediately, though she's taking a nap currently but she's successfully out of the coma," the doctor explained.Grey released a sigh of relief. "Thank you so much, Doctor. I will see you when I come around," he assured."Alright, Mr. Grey. Talk to you later," he muttered and the line went off.Grey dropped the car and a wide smile spread across his face. He was so happy about the news. He didn't expect Avery to leave the coma so soon. He was overjoyed about it."Is everything alright?"Grey nodded once. "Yes, everything is fine. Let's toast to the great future ahead."They all burst out laughing..Grey got to the hospital so early the next day because he wanted to see Avery and be assured that everything was alright.And he also wanted to see the doctor and make sure everything was alright with her. So, he was still scared somehow because of the impairment that
Grey felt dejected when he got home. Though, the doctor said the eyes could still be repaired but there was no certainty about it.And Grey was pained by it. He would do literally anything for Avery to regain her eyesight but he didn't forget to remind himself that it might all be a failure.Maybe he didn't have to be so concerned. Maybe he merely has to be optimistic about it.He wasn't even able to talk with Avery. Though, he wasn't really planning to. He didn't know what talking to him would do to her. But he wanted to at least know how she was doing at that moment.Well, she would be more devastated, and scared than he was. But_Grey was just being indecisive about it.Aphrodite was coming home the next morning and he had already changed his bandage before coming home with the box that the ex-King of the world gave him.There were a lot of documents there that he had to go through.He picked one of the papers and went through it. There was a list of women he could select as his se
Caramel stood up unconsciously. She was shocked. "Are you for real? I mean does that even make any sense? Grey was buried. I still visited his tomb before we left Jacksonville.""Yes, that's why this was so surprising as well. But the news is a fact. I've just sent word to someone from Jacksonville and they confirmed it. Grey is alive."Caramel felt close to tears. "Seriously? And he's back in Jacksonville?""Yes, he is. I saw him on the news. I'm so happy to see this. It's a relief that he's fine.""Yes," Caramel stifled a sob. "I'm so glad about it.""Alright, I will talk to you later, Caramel. Or maybe we will talk better when I get to your place later in the night," Beatrice explained."Alright Mom," Caramel finished and hung up. She collapsed on the floor and tears streamed down her face. She didn't even know what and how she was supposed to feel.But she felt relieved at least that Grey wasn't dead. The sadness in her heart slowly ebbed away.She sobbed for some minutes on the f
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