Chapter 159Pops smiled at them but they didn't share his sentiments. "Are you kidding me right now?" Henry grumbled."You have lots of time to kiss all you want but we have a problem." He told them and they sat up straighter, their initial ire forgotten. "I've been made to know that we have to return to Venice because according to the law, you have not been cleared. So leaving makes you a criminal."Henry let out a litany of expletives that would make a nun blush, "What the fuck?" His grandfather raised a brow in warning, "Language boy." Pops replied and Henry shut up immediately. He was also scared about how he was going to protect Henry from Greg and whoever was after him."We estimate that you'd not spend more than ten days." Henry rolled his eyes in consternation, he didn't want to spend another minute on this soil because it was bad for him. This wasn't a place where one would sit and expect that he would be free. The thought of going back alone was killing talk more when he a
Chapter 160The iridescence of the sky illuminated against Clara's skin causing her to look so radiant. Henry couldn't help but admire her features. She was beautiful. It seemed as though he was just seeing her for the first time. "Maybe it was because I'm just admitting my feelings." He thought.Caine coughed, jolting him out of his thoughts and Henry looked up, he rose immediately and felt his head pound against his skull. "Hey, good morning." Henry greeted him and sat down." I'm sorry my head hurts." He apologized and Caine smiled in understanding.They had steered clear from this part when he heard that the lovebirds were catching up with each other. "I didn't want to bother you." Henry nodded at him, "I'm sorry for everything that had happened in the past few months." He apologized, the guilt was still fresh in his mind.Caine smiled at Henry, he felt the apology come deep from him. He had made peace with things. He just wanted to get home to see what his wife thought and cons
Chapter 161They landed at two minutes to ten a.m, as the chopper raced through the tarmac, before finally coming to a halt. The pilot came out of the cockpit and smiled at his passengers. “ I hope you have a good trip flying back to Venice, my brother will be picking you up soon.” He said while adjusting his cap.Fred stood and trudged gently toward the door, as they made way to alight. “Oh, we are flying back immediately as soon as I get the signals from the tower.” The pilot told him. It was just a quick stop so that they could drop Henry. “Oh, okay.” Fred replied and watched as everyone hugged Henry as he prepared to alight too. “I'll miss you.” He heard Clara tell Henry as they hugged for the umpteenth time. Now they weren't even hiding their affection anymore, and it made him smile. He could feel the tension between both of them, and was sure that they were going to last. Henry stared at her like she was going to disappear in a minute, and he chuckled loudly, cutting their a
Chapter 162When the pilot announced touch down, Henry was not feeling too enthusiastic because he didn't know what lay ahead of him in Venice.The plane finally landed and he, with a reluctant move, picked up his bag and began to walk down the flight of stairs. “ I will be your driver for today.” A man said with a small bow, making him wonder when all of these had been taken care of.“ Okay.” He ended up replying, and they walked together to the car waiting in the distance.“You will be staying in the cottage at the outskirts of town for today, then your lawyer will arrive tomorrow. I hope you are okay with that?” The driver asked from the rearview mirror. His gaze was completely focused on the windows. He had no phones yet, but Pops promised that he knew these people and that they were trustworthy, so he had nothing to fear. After a few minutes into the journey, the driver swerved right, leaving him wondering what was actually going on.“ Where are we going?” He inquired warily,
Chapter 163“Just drive me home.” Henry replied, not having time to talk about anything. There was no need for him to start explaining anything to a total stranger. Without thinking much, he decided to text pops again.“Can you please send me Clara's number if she's settled in?” He inquired, and Pops took a minute before replying.He had figured that Pops was probably busy. “ Thank you.” He responded and dialed her number immediately.“ Hey, how are you doing?” He inquired and she chuckled. “I'm good, I'm just lounging in the garden, taking in some cool breeze.” Henry felt more energetic talking to her as he stared on, his eyes meeting the drivers who were busy staring at him. “ I hope you don't run me into a ditch.” He said, and the driver faced his front immediately.“That's cool, have you spoken to Adrien?” He inquired, knowing fully well that was one of her greatest fears.“Yeah, funnily enough, he wasn't as angry as I had expected, he was even telling me not to be afraid of any
Chapter 164“ Park the car here.” “ What's going on there?” Clara asked as she panicked hearing his voice. “Can you put Pops on the phone?” Henry replied coolly as the driver pulled into the parking lot adjacent to the house as he tried to read the signpost. “ Are you serious about this?” He muttered to himself while he waited for Pops to pick up.“ Why didn't he just call me directly?” Pops muttered before collecting the phone. “ Are you home now?” “ That's the reason I called you, I was unable to enter the house because there's a boulder in front.” Henry explained.Pops was confused, according to the realtor who gave him the house, it was in no need for repair or demolition. So he didn't understand what was going on. He looked around for a few minutes before relying on. “Don't go anywhere.” Some people were probably after Henry because it was too direct to be a coincidence.Why was it today, of all days that the demolition had to commence? “ I'll talk to someone to come over and
Chapter 165Clara's eyes narrowed at her brother in anger. " How dare you talk about the people who helped you? Gave you a shelter over your head, and made sure your mother had quality healthcare?" Adrien clutched his cheek, his eyes roaming through his sister's eyes, "Why are you fighting with me?" He said and Clara pointed at him and wiggled them at him in warning. "You have to look beyond what you are shown. I don't believe that you would want to return to the infinitesimal circle of running around." Clara was gobsmacked by her brother's ingratitude. It was one thing for someone to reject an offer but to talk in a degrading manner about a person who had been nothing short of a helper and still having the guts to stay under his roof was pure foolery. "You're evil and I dislike you for this. It's annoying. I can't think that you of all people, after everything that he has done for you would ever utter this statement. Can I tell you what this is? Sheer ingratitude and I won't toler
Chapter 166Liam knocked more frantically refusing to leave without seeing Henry and Henry was forced to signal to the driver to wind down. Liam's brows were drawn in tight concentration and annoyance, " Why the hell were you wasting my time all this while?" My name is Liam, I was sent by your grandfather to come check out what happened to the apartment. He's in the hospital though. Will you come down so that we can have a conversation?" He asked him.Henry alighted gently and stared at the man before him, he tried calling everyone's number and discovered that it was not going through. Conflicted on whether or not he should believe this man who stood before him, he decided to trust his instincts which said he should go with him."I delayed due to lack of confirmation." He replied abruptly.Liam nodded, " You will not be staying here tonight because I am yet to figure out who made the order but if it's anything to go by, I'll take you to a safer place. I hear that you would be going t