Chapter 7: steel he’s made of

Avery refused to talk with Grey until the end of the party and they were heading towards the car.

Avery stopped walking and turned to look at Grey. “I hope you know there’s no fucking way I will come home with you. I can’t live in a house like that,” she snapped.

Grey watched her for a moment. “I’m your husband after all, why can’t you?” He teased.

Avery scoffed. ” Seriously? Is this because my grandfather gave me to you on a platter of gold? I’m sure you know my worth.”

” But we are married now. Should there still be any barrier?” Grey probed deeper.

” How the fuck did you get on my bed in the first place?” She asked angrily.

Grey sighed. ” I wanted to ask you the same thing.”

” Well, I don’t care. You should find something to do with that. I’m out of here,” she said tiredly. One of her guardians opened the door for her and she entered.

Grey watched her until she was out of sight. He sighed and looked down at his ring.

What if he hadn’t worn the ring to the party?

.

The alarm rang and jotted Grey out of his trances. He turned on the bed and eventually collided with the floor with a sudden thud.

He sat up and rubbed his arm slightly. He had dreams about himself, John and his father.. And it still pained him to realize that they were gone and he would never be able to see them again.

But he was somehow grateful for Alfred for he did all he could to make sure that the business empire did excellently and the mafia group didn’t break. And now that he was back, it was his turn to continue the work they had started.

his father would keep the mafia group away from him. Maybe if he hadn’t, he might still

he would still need to keep a low profile. He had a job as

the famous Hercules’son is a delivery man?

He still had the cheque that Alfred wrote for him but he had no

was already driving to the delivery company on

delivery man,” Chris teased with a smirk the moment he walked to the

of the workers that was always embarrassing him at any free chance that they got. And seeing that Chris was a

work,” he muttered

something. “Anyway, the boss

and walked towards the boss’s office. Replying to Chris would be a

knocked slowly. “Good morning

now before I force you to,” Philip

to review a robust man in his

see me,” Grey tried his

hands in front of him. “What is good about the morning, Grey? Why were you absent from work

really thought of

mouth to say something. ” I’ve always known that you were this good-for-nothing pauper. How dare you do business

no use for your baubles! Just leave this company, Grey. You are fired!”

actually expecting him to fire him because he

settle with Seth, he would always find a way to humiliate him wherever

absent the day before, then Philip wouldn’t have used

nodded briefly. “It’s alright. I am going to leave your company but

dreaming if you think that would happen. You don’t deserve a penny and you

Are you kidding right now? I worked for this! It’s my payment!”

picked up the telephone. He pressed some

talking when the door burst open and eight men

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