In less than four hours, the elders were in Grey's estate except for Aphrodite.Aurora refused to leave just yet, so Charles had to put her away in one of Grey's rooms."So, have you thought of a perfect way to bring Giovanni down?" Gregory asked.Grey sat well. "Not yet, but I need your help to teach Alex a lesson. I know I said I didn't want Alex to die before Giovanni but that doesn't mean I won't deal with him for what he has done to me.""This meeting is about Alex?" Jayden inquired.Charles nodded once. "it is. Apparently, he's still upset about what had happened so far and still wants to get back at him after you had stopped him."Gregory nodded once. "So, what is this whole thing about? What is the plan?""I need to get Alex out of prison. I need to be the one to teach him a lesson.""How do we do that? Giovanni controls almost 80% of the police. There's no way we can pass them even though we have some spies amidst them," Gregory explained."Well, fortunately for us, I have go
Giovanni looked up for a moment, a dark frown on his face. "Speak," he ordered."We've literally searched everywhere in the city but we can't find Richard," the man revealed, with a little fear.Giovanni grunted. He didn't even know how he was supposed to feel. In fact, he couldn't even inform his elders about it because what Richard was doing was top secret.But at the stage that he currently was, knowing fully well that it was Grey that took Richard, Giovanni was ready to do all it takes to get him back.And that was the main reason why he brought forth the secretary's plan. The Secretary would be ae to reach a part in Grey's life and so, help Richard escape.Though, he had no idea what had happened to Richard or what Grey had discovered so far.Fuck! If Grey used the weapon against him, it won't be good at all.Even though Richard was yet to even discover the perfect steps for the recipe, he was still worried. Grey was a very intelligent guy. It won't be difficult for him.Though,
Grey reasoned it for a moment and stood. "There's only a way to find out. You guys can go in now. I will get back to you later," he assured.Cynthia and Mercy bowed slightly and walked inside.Grey glanced down at his wristwatch. He needed to leave immediately so that he could catch up with Aphrodite.Just as he stepped out, he noticed a figure leaning on his car. He moved closer nonetheless, only to realise it was Aurora."Aurora," he called softly but no answer came. "Aurora," he called again and she jerked up. Grey regarded her for a moment. "What are you thinking of? Are you alright?"Aurora released a sigh and managed a smile. "I'm fine. I just had a lot to think of. And I want to discuss something very important with you."Grey watched her for a moment. "What happened to you?" Aurora released another sigh. "I don't know how this is going to be but I still think I need to speak to you. You and Charles are close like brothers. So, I just feel it wouldn't matter."Grey moved to st
Grey and Aphrodite stepped inside. They quickly found their way to the secured corner, without anyone noticing them.The place they were, made it easier to look down as the others dine a few feet below them."This location is cool," Aphrodite complimented as Grey beckoned the waitress over."Good evening, what would you like to get?" She stretched the menu over to Grey and Aphrodite.They took it and went through it quickly."Get me a nice red wine, perhaps the most expensive one," Grey started. "And spaghetti Bolognese and fried chicken.""Alright," the waitress nodded once and took the menu from Grey. She looked at Aphrodite, expecting her answer."You know what," Aphrodite sighed and stretched out the menu to the waitress. "I will just have Spaghetti Bolognese and fried chicken as well.""Alright, on it," the waitress took the menu and walked away."There is a lot of food here that I get confused sometimes.""What do you order here whenever you come here?""Well, sometimes, I take
Grey was taken aback. "What do you mean by no way?" The security guard looked at Grey again and did a mental check. "This car can never be yours. There's no way it's yours."The statement upset Grey. "How can you say such a thing? Why would you even say something like that? How can you say my car isn't mine?""Because it cant be. This is Bugatti La Voiture Noire. It is worth 13.4 million dollars. There's no way you can afford such a car unless you want to steal it."Aphrodite was shocked. "What?""This car is mine. I gave the key to the security guard I met here when I came. How can I be lying about that?"The security guard had a wide smile on his face. He didn't believe Grey could be the real owner of the car. Though Grey was dressed attractively, the guard just thought he wasn't really dressed for the worth of the car. "You had better leave at this moment before I call the police," he warned.Grey scoffed. "I need to see the manager. I really need to because there's no way I will
Alex awoke with a sense of doom. His senses rushed in quickly.He opened his eyes briefly but all he saw were rays of light. He closed them back quickly.He mentally counted from 1-3 before he opened them again. At this time, he could see his surroundings very clearly.He was in a room. A nice one at that. But he had no idea how he got there. It felt as though his head was blank.His head hurts a lot suddenly as if he had banged it hard on something.Everything still looks dizzy to him, even his thoughts.He tried to sit but realised he had been bound to a chair. He struggled for a moment as if the ropes would go loose on their own.After several minutes of trying, he stopped struggling and tried to think of what he was doing in the room and how he even got in.Then it came at him at once. He remembered eating hamburgers at the prison. There was Kingpie, a man he just met sitting in front of him as if they were old friends.Then, he remembered how he started feeling weak and dizzy. An
"You do know how my father can be. If you kill me, you know what my father would do. It wouldn't matter. He would search through every corner for you."Grey laughed briefly. " I'm not scared of your father. If I was, I wouldn't have brought you here in the first place but_," he hesitated for a few minutes as he regarded him. "But I don't plan on killing you, Alex. "I didn't bring you here to kill you. As I said, even if you close your eyes this instant, I will have people to wake you up.""What?" Alex was shocked."Death is far too cheap for you, Alex. You wouldn't know the gravity of what you have done. Instead, I will show you," he smirked.Alex suppressed a shiver."Mind you, you are in my estate. You can scream as you like and no one will hear you talk more of coming over to save you from me."Alex's heart made a sudden thud. "That's a lie! My father will find me! He will!" He repeated as if merely trying to convince himself.Grey took the gun again and moved closer to Alex. "You
Giovanni's phone rang suddenly. He stirred in his sleep for a moment but before the phone would stop ringing, he had already reached for it. He placed it on the bed tiredly, still feeling very much sleepy.It stopped ringing, only for it to start ringing again.He cursed mentally before he picked it up. It was the captain that was calling."Hello, Captain. Good morning.""Good morning, boss. We just discovered that Alex is not in prison."Giovanni sat up. "I don't understand. What do you mean?""Didn't you rescue him out of the prison?""What are you saying? He was supposed to stay calm for some days. There's nothing we will gain if we rush this, and you are aware of this. So what are you talking about?""Well, we can't find Alex in the prison," he announced."What!" Giovanni exclaimed softly. "What the fuck happened?""Well," the captain took a deep breath. "According to the CCTV camera, we realised that he was taken out when he was unconscious. There's one of the prison mates that w
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