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
"What the fuck are you doing, Smith?" Avery yelled suddenly, in fright. She knew who Don was because she had encountered him before. That day, it was Chris that rescued her. There was no way Grey would be able to escape it. That aside, Grey might know some things like dodging and punching but Don was great in martial arts. Avery feared Don might even kill Grey in the process. "Trying to teach him a lesson," Smith smirked in response. Avery couldn't stop the hard beating of her heart as she hurried to Chris. "Please, stop Don. Don't let him kill Grey," she might not love Grey but she didn't want him to die. Chris sighed. "You and I know Don," he looked over at Avery. "There's nothing that can stop him if he sets his mind to something and he's really popular around here, anything can happen to whoever tries to stop him, except for Hercules anyways," he smiled faintly. " Only Hercules can stop him." Avery raised skeptical brows. " Hercules? Why him?" Chris regarded her for a moment.
Grey regarded her for a moment. "I'm Grey, the husband of your friend."Caramel sighed, frustrated. "You didn't get beaten. I heard you when you were speaking with Don. There was no way you would have talked down like that to him. And today, why did Smith turn back?"Grey sighed. " I have no idea what you are talking about. These people drugged you, you could have been hallucinating. Your ears might be playing tricks on you."Caramel shook her head once. " I know what I heard, Grey but you aren't saying the truth. Who are you really?"Grey watched her for a moment. " No one, Caramel. There's nothing to know about me. I'm just a poor live-in son-in-law that is thriving to live," he acknowledged. " I mean aside from the fact that Mr. Alfred seemed to know my father, there's nothing else."Caramel felt like she was slapped. She couldn't stop thinking about it and she was sure that he was lying. She only needed to find the right answer.She nodded briefly and pushed the matter to the back