Grey had to wait in front of the door for the girls to finish up. It took a while as they were laughing and chatting. Grey groaned severally but he knew that Avery wouldn’t want to be late as well. She was currently the CEO of LN material company and she wouldn’t want to disappoint her grandfather.Truly, the door opened a few minutes later and Avery stepped out, still laughing with Chloe.“Good morning,” he greeted but the ladies were too busy talking that they didn’t even hear him or maybe they heard and didn’t want to reply, Grey couldn’t say.Grey entered the room and tried to get ready very fast.As he was making his tie, his phone beeped. It was a message from Aphrodite.Grey's eyes went wide with shock as he read through. The Blue Diamond was really rare, that was what Aphrodite confirmed. In fact, only one of the diamonds was in the city at the time of the auction to that moment. It was because of this that Aphrodite desperately wanted to buy it. That was why she kept increas
Chris was too shocked to speak for a while. After several minutes, he decided to act along. Since Avery already saw it as the original ring and because he had no money to buy the original, he would just play along. He placed a call right to Avery. It took a while before Avery would pick it up. "Hello, Chris." Chris smiled. "I'm sorry but I had to do something real quick. What were you asking the other time?" he feigned ignorance. Avery cleared her throat meaningfully. " I'm talking about the blue diamond that you got as my gift." "Oh, that?" Chris laughed shortly. "You were really notified of the price. It's fifty million dollars but I got it for more at the auction." Avery couldn't believe her ears and she gasped softly. "You got the ring from an auction?" "Yes, anything for you. And well, I will do more if you can accept to be with me," he urged softly. Avery was moved. She didn't know that Chris would spend such a huge amount on her birthday. Though she didn't really know
Smith walked into grandpa Lucy's office with a sad face."I don't know what's wrong but Protos Pubblicita is terminating the contract."Lucy's face took on a wry line as he regarded Smith. " What do you mean? Everything was going well. Why would they terminate the contract?"Smith shrugged slightly. " We need to sue them. Hercules shouldn't terminate like that!"" You idiot!" Lucy snapped at him. " How could you even think of something like that? Hercules is a prominent man in society. We might find ourselves falling into the mud. We should rather seek his favor rather than his wrath."" What should we do then?" Smith murmured.Lucy looked away as he thought about it. " Does he state anything he wants?"Smith thought quickly about the question and his eyes sparked. " He wants Avery to be in charge.""What?" Lucy couldn't believe his ears. How did Hercules get to know Avery that he would be choosing her over Smith?"I told you. I told you that Avery had been disgracing you secretly. I'
“You came home earlier yesterday,” Avery repeated as Grey made his tie. She was watching Grey with so much curiosity. He looked so handsome and had all the physical attributes of being a man but he lacked them mentally and he wasn’t even as rich as Chris. Avery would have never imagined herself getting married to someone like Grey. To that day, she still found the incident unclear.“I was so tired,” he looked up at her. “I saw the ring that Chris gave you_”“Very good!” She said quickly, interrupting him. “That should remind you that you didn’t even get me anything for my birthday.”Grey sighed. “You went out with Chris, remember? If you hadn’t, I would have given you something nice.”Avery waved it up and stood, showing her nice shape to Grey. “It wouldn’t be worth Chris's gift anyway. I don’t regret what I did that day,” she took her bag and walked out of the house.“Troubles always come whenever you are around, Smith,” Emma teased.Chloe wasn’t around. So, Grey took his seat besid
Avery's last words kept ringing in Grey's ears. Well, he was also tired of hiding but there was nothing he could do at that time.He still needed to stay hidden, he needed to pretend for his wife and others. He had to trust Alfred and the rest of the elders, except for Charles anyways.Grey kept thinking Charles might know something about his father's death. Though he hadn't confirmed it he hoped to do so soon.So, there was no way he could stop being the live-in son-in-law. It was what he needed at that moment.A soft knock sounded on the door again and Maria walked in."Here, it's the copy of the signed contract," she stretched out a file that Grey took.He flipped through the pages while perusing them."A half payment has been made? The WW Products?" He raised questioning brows.Maria nodded briefly. " Yes, we are supposed to deliver the full products on Monday, which are already available. However, we got the message that they would be needing an extra package," she explained." T
Avery didn't talk to Grey that morning, despite how much he tried. He didn't bother having breakfast with the family and he didn't know if they discussed Protos Pubblicita or not.Well, he had already told Jane to give him feedback. So, if she hadn't called, it only means grandpa Lucy didn't talk about it at the breakfast table."Don't be late and get Grandpa a nice gift," Avery muttered before she eventually took off.Grey found an old box at the maid quarter. He kept the wristwatch in it as he didn't want it to attract any attention. He was only going to drop it at the gift area.Some ladies were chatting when Grey pulled up in front of the hall.Avery said Lucy was going to invite friends and families but it looked like it was the opposite or perhaps, they had a very large family."Who's that getting down from that less fancy car? He's handsome" One of the ladies complimented, her gaze at Grey." Avery's husband, of course," Smith said suddenly, almost startling the ladies. " He's
Emma eyed Grey levelly. "As if he would be able to get a decent gift. He just started working as a manager and he has a lot of money to pay back at his previous work," She hinted." Yes but maybe he took some advances," Smith laughed." Grandpa, you can always check it later. It doesn't have to be now," Avery complained, supporting Grey." He's one of my sons-in-law, it's right that he presents it to me as others have!" Lucy said with finality and with a voice that left no room for more.Grey looked at Avery but she averted her gaze, already feeling embarrassed.Grey stood up, with the box and moved closer to Lucy. Just as he stretched it out, Smith rushed forward and took it from him."Let's see what you've got," he smirked and brought out a stainless watch. He blinked once as he stared at it.It was Patek Philippe Ref 1518 in stainless steel. It was the same brand as the watch Chris got but it cost much."Is that Patek Philippe stainless watch?" Diana's eyes bulged at the realizatio
"What!" Lucy felt a flicker of anger at Grey's word. "What did you just say?""I said Avery will disagree. She's not interested. You can as well give the position to Smith as you've done initially," he responded calmly." Are you talking back to uncle?" Smith yelled."What are you doing Grey?" Benjamin was more than frustrated." Well," Grey started. "If something hasn't gone wrong, then you wouldn't have taken the job from Avery. And well, if something else hasn't happened, you wouldn't have decided to return it to Avery. Tell us what really happened. Has Smith disgraced you?" Smith lurched forward quickly, furious. "How dare you say something like that!" He pulled him by the collar. "Shut the fuck up and apologize to uncle!" He ordered.Grey regarded him for a moment and slowly smiled. " I'm not done talking, Smith," and he hit his hand so that Smith would be forced to pull away." What the fuck! Is your hand made of steel!" Smith was very pained at what Grey had done.Grey dusted