Grey felt a slight stab of annoyance but he decided not to say any word. Seth was always used to twisting his words.
Suddenly, a Bugatti Centodieci pulled up in the parking lot. Grey and the rest looked back as Alfred got out of the car. He was however accompanied by another man.
This man was Gregory, the CEO of the popular clothing line in the city. He was also a boss of a big mafia in the city.
Grey eyes widened. He’d heard a lot about Gregory. He just didn’t believe that the person he was supposed to meet was Gregory.
No, the real question was why would Gregory want to see him? Was it trouble or not?
Gregory was a tall and sturdy man like Grey. He was just slightly taller and with a face that could be described as being handsome.
He was dressed in a Dormeiul Vanquish ii suit worth $95,319. Everything about him actually speaks rich. Grey had also heard about him but it was the first time he would be seeing him.
“What the fuck is happening here?” Alfred asked the moment he was closed enough. Gregory stood by the car and he seemed to be on a call.
“I’m sorry sir but the only thing going on here is about this man. I refused his entry because he was a thief.
“What!” Alfred yelled angrily and slapped the waiter on the face. “How dare you call him a thief? And why the fuck will you refuse him entry. Is this your restaurant or my restaurant?” He boomed. “Anyways, I invited him here and for treating my guest in such a way, you are fired!”
“Oh my!” The waiter went down on his knees immediately. “Please don’t fire me!” He pleaded.
Grey looked up at Seth and Nora. There was a surprised look on their face as they hurried into the restaurant.
Grey smiled, feeling happy in himself.
"Please,I'm so sorry! Please! I'm so sorry for looking down at you!" The waiter screamed desperately, his gaze on Grey as he was led out.
Grey watched him for a moment until he was out of sight.
"Please, do come in," Alfred urged and walked ahead while Grey followed quickly. He noticed that Gregory was also walking behind him but he was careful to keep his pace.
That was actually the number one characteristic of being proud.
They took another route by their left and walked out to various rooms by the left. Before they could step inside, a waiter hurried closer to them.
"Welcome boss, can I get you something?" He said with respect. His eyes darted at Grey, then back at Alfred.
Alfred nodded. " Yes, wines will do. Can I get the list of wines that you have currently? I mean top-notch."
The waiter smiled. " I have it memorized already. So, we have Tequila Ley which costs $3.5 Million, Billionaire Vodka which cost $3.7 Million, Isabella Islay Whisky which costs $6.2 Million, and Armand de Brignac Midas which costs $265,0000," he replied with a bright smile, feeling proud of himself.
Grey exclaimed softly. Wines that cost a lot of money. Who would have thought he would be able to drink wines like that?
Alfred thought for a moment. "I have special guests with me today. So, I think I will be going with the highest. Isabella Islay Whisky is best. I want three in the VIP room right now."
" Understood boss," he took a short bow and turned around quickly.
" Why must your Waiter mention the price of your wines before you choose the one you want?" Gregory said suddenly, with a teasing voice, yet his voice was deep and with a strange aura.
"Because I don't follow the taste of wines, I go with the event of the day. And the prices of the wine would determine what event it would go with."
Gregory chuckled. " Weird equation."
Alfred moved to the first door and unlocked it. He stopped to look back at Greg. "There's privacy here,You won't have to worry about anyone revealing your identity."
Grey nodded and followed him inside the exquisite room. It was a big room with a small round table and six comfortable chairs around it. There were two bouquets at each side of the room, close to the table.
There was a big chandelier hanging over the table that almost looked as though it would come down at any moment.
They all moved to sit. Grey used the opportunity to give Gregory a deep scrutiny. Nice cheekbone, well-carved eyebrows that could move at intervals, and a mouth that played quickly.
The way he sat, Grey realized that it showed power. He commands power and he wouldn't be someone that would easily be ordered around. And Grey might have a problem with that. Though, it was nothing that couldn't be settled that night.
" so, " Alfred turned slightly towards Gregory. "I found Hercules's grandson but he's currently undercover which is why I had to call him here."
There was a soft knock on the door. It opened almost immediately and two waiters walked inside. One was with two buckets of wine while the other was with a bucket of wine and three glass cups.
"Anything else, boss," the guy stepped aside while Gregory helped himself by pouring the wine into the cup.
"No, I will call you if I ever need to," Alfred assured and the waiters walked out.
" I supposed he is Hercules?" Gregory moved the cup to his mouth and watched Greg through the transparent glass.
"Yes. I wanted him to meet with the elders. I think he should do that before he would come to the group to address the members."
" There's something that amuses me," Gregory scoffed suddenly and looked down at the wines on the table. "I wonder why you are the one doing the talk. Is the Hercules dumb?"
" You will not speak like that to Hercules!" Alfred said at once.Grey laughed and looked up at Gregory for a moment. "I like your boldness. No wonder you are the boss but you should accept who you are. I am Hercules and I am here to take my position."Gregory laughed. " Seriously? You were absent for so long!" He snapped. " You can't just come back one day and start claiming the position."" Right," Grey nodded briefly, " I know I have been absent for so long but I'm back and I will try all I can to prove to everyone how much of Hercules that I am."Alfred smiled. " That's what I wanted to hear."Gregory scoffed suddenly and forced Grey’s gaze towards him. He wasn’t really expecting him to accept him immediately.Gregory was known for his stubbornness. That aside, who would let a kid like him control him?But what was he supposed to do?" Not mine!" Gregory snickered. " I haven't accepted you as my boss! And I'm going to challenge you!"Alfred turned to Gregory. " Stop this Gregory!"
He moved closer nevertheless. "I will take a cab," he told him. Alfred nodded in understanding. "I will see you soon right?" "Oh yes," Grey smiled. "I lost my job and I need another. So, I'm thinking your company can actually serve well by hiding who I am." " Great," Alfred opined. " You can come to P.K corporation tomorrow. I will definitely find a suitable position for you." " Thanks, I will leave then," he announced again. " Wait then," he opened his car and retrieved a wine bottle. " Here's Diva Vodka and it's worth one million dollars. I think you should give it to your in-laws since you will be seeing them for the first time." Grey took the wine bottle and handled it like an egg. Then, he looked up at Alfred again. "Thank you so much." Alfred flashed him a bright smile. "My pleasure, Hercules." He got a cab and left even before Alfred did. He suddenly developed sweaty palms while thinking about his in-laws. The car pulled up in front of the big house and Grey's heart sk
Benjamin laughed out loud. " He has some courage and I love that!" He complimented. "He's bluffing!" Emma hinted. "Well, you asked for it. Prove to us that you weren't a pauper that wanted some solace."Grey's smile widened. He was Hercules after all.Grey smiled, flashing them his neatly arranged set of white teeth. He was confident anyway since he had already discussed it with Alfred. And he was certain that Alfred would let him work with him for as long as he wanted. He was his boss after all. He turned around again, leaving Avery's parents on the seat before he walked deeper into the house. He knew he couldn't go back to his house and would have to pass the night at Avery's house. Also, he didn't know where Avery's room was, he only followed his instincts, coupled with the conversation of the maids that he eavesdropped on before walking inside the living room. He stopped before the door and knocked on it. It took a moment before the door opened. As Grey was about to step in
Grey stared harder at the list but he couldn't avoid the dirty stare that the secretary was giving him as if he was some sort of bug. He ignored her. He was supposed to act undercover anyways. He stared harder at the list and realized that some were starred. He looked up at the secretary and she turned around quickly to avoid his gaze. "The starring_," he dragged, really not interested in explaining. "Those stars mean that we don't have a vacancy for it," she turned around again and faked a smile. " Will you like coffee or tea?" Grey ignored her as well and felt her body go rigid. She seemed to have gotten angry. "I will be the manager," he said finally and placed the file on the table to look up at the secretary. "But," she started, with a dark frown on her face. "You saw that it was occupied already." "Yes, I did. I asked you," he said softly. " So, why occupy a position that has been occupied? Are you going to demote the employee?" Grey watched her for a moment and star
Grey's eyes nearly went out of their socket. "What the fuck did you just do?" He yelled at him.He didn’t believe the cheque was a fake one, he trusted Alfred.But why was the cheque invalid? Would Alfred have given him a fake cheque? Was he supposed to doubt him?Well, his father's friend had betrayed his father. What's there to know? Though, the fear of it was more than finding it out.Peter scoffed and turned towards Jessica. "Call the securities right now and get this guy out of this place!" “Using a fake check, I’ll call the police and charge you with fraud!” Peter laughed. The door behind them opened quickly and Grey bent to pack the pieces of the cheque. His hands shuddered beside him as he clenched his fist in anger. The securities moved nearer to him and he contemplated quickly on what to do. The door opened before he could do anything and a familiar deodorant filled the air. Grey was very angry now and all he wanted to do was punch Peter in the face, even though he might
“It was Mr.Alfred who wrote it! Do you think you have authority to check the information on this cheque?”Jayden yelled.Peter looked up at him as if he couldn't quite believe the word coming out of his mouth. "What did you just say I should do?""I don't like repeating myself Peter and you know it!" Jayden said strongly." If you are unable to make it as whole and new as it's always been, then you will be sacked," Gregory moved to sit but still looked up at him. " I'm going to give you an hour."Grey stared at them, surprised. Actually, he wondered how many workers he actually had. And wondered how many he was still supposed to meet as the elders.Peter looked over at Gregory as if he still couldn't believe what was happening. Then, back at Jayden, with a blank expression. But he knew with Jayden's facial expression that he meant business. He wondered however why they were helping the delivery man. Slowly, he bent down to pick the pieces. He turned to leave but stopped slightly to l
Grey whipped his head towards the ladies. Didn't they just mention his name?He chuckled. He couldn't just control it. The ladies were talking about him and they didn't even know. So hilarious! The ladies turned towards him like he was a joker. "Why did you laugh?" "I didn't laugh, I chuckled," Grey corrected with sarcasm. The first lady gave him a dirty stare. "Whatever! All I want to know is why you did that thing you just did. What is so funny in what we are discussing?" Grey scoffed. " You are discussing seducing someone when you should be discussing prospering. That's gold-digging!" The lady placed her hands over her waist. " Hey, cut it! We are discussing one of your fellow mates. Isn't Grey Fox a man like you? He can afford what you can't. He can buy your kind of man a hundredfold." Grey laughed again. " No, he can't," he shook his head slightly. Just as he was about to tell them who he was, a car pulled up in the parking space and a man in Gucci clothes got down. "It's
Caramel sighed."I'm going to take very good care of you," he continued. "This guy doesn't deserve you a bit," he glanced at Grey. "He looked like a loser, and losers shouldn't be with girls as prettier as you," he explained proudly." What the fuck are you doing?" Grey was already boiling in rage.The man turned to look at him. "You are not worthy of her and you know that. Perhaps you only want to snitch off her."Fine! That was the height of it!" Grey muttered as he stood up.Before the man could blink, Grey's fist collided with his face and sent him reeling backward. "What the fuck!" Everyone gasped around him, however, Grey wasn't done. He was fuming with rage as he moved nearer and pulled him up by his collar. There was blood on his nose already. "What the fuck did you say I was? The likes of you need to be punished!" He muttered and ducked a blow in his stomach. The man puffed out blood. "What the fuck! He's going to kill him!" A voice yelled from the crowd and Grey finally
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