Secretly The Billionaire Boss by Debbie chocolate

Chapter 390: Unyielding

Grey got home early that day. He rounded everything off so he could attend to the letter from Italy.

Grey opened the door and hesitated. Charles was already inside, waiting for him.

"I quit work earlier for you. I couldn't wait to read the letter from Italy. I wonder where it came from," he

smiled softly and raised the letter. It was already in his hand." I think you should freshen up. I will read

this and get back to you."

Grey smirked. "Alright, give me some minutes," he said and walked to his room. Before he

disappeared, he caught Charles opening the letter.

He walked inside the bathroom for a quick shower. He felt new after it. He got dressed in a trouser and

a black t-shirt.

When he stepped out again, Charles was having a drink at the bar.

"So, what’s in it for me?" Grey walked to him and sat in front of him.

Charles nodded once. "I don’t understand it. I think you would if you read it," he placed the letter in front

of him and continued to sip his wine.

Grey regarded Charles for a moment before he took the letter and perused it.

It read. ‘Come to Italy and save me’.

His forehead was gathered together after he was done. He didn’t understand the letter at first. Could

someone need his help from Italy? And who could that be?

"I don’t even have an idea who it can be," Charles muttered. "Maybe you can talk to Alfred about it. He

should definitely know about it."

Grey nodded once. "You are right," he pulled his phone out but hesitated. " But could it be James?" He

placed a call to Alfred nonetheless. He picked it up after the second ring. "Hello, Alfred."

"How are you doing, Hercules?"

"Fine but I got a letter from Italy. Someone wants me to help out but he or she didn't make any

indication of who it was. Do you have an idea?

Though, I’m thinking it could be James. I just don't know why he would need my help."

"I knew this was going to happen, Hercules and it's definitely James. I told you, remember? I told you

earlier that James wouldn't be able to control the other mafia bosses in Italy. He's not strong enough,

not like his father anyways," he revealed.

Grey released a sigh. "But he could have called and discussed it with me instead of sending me this

letter. This is quite suspicious."

Alfred went quiet for a moment. "You are right. I will send someone to Italy to see what is really

happening. I will get back to you concerning it," he promised.

Grey nodded once. "Alright. How is Beatrice by the way?"

"She has started to respond to treatment but she hasn’t yet woken up.”

Grey released a sigh. "Alright. Take care then." he dropped the call and looked at Charles. "Alfred

thinks it's James but I still find it weird. So, he's going to check it out for me," he explained.

Charles nodded once. "Alright. So, are you going to join me tonight? We should drink."

Grey chuckled. "No problem actually."

Charles pushed a cup to him. "You can't escape it this time," he muttered and poured some wine into

Grey's cup.

Grey took it and gulped the content down at once. Charles laughed and poured more wine into the cup.

"So, can we talk right now? About Aphrodite?” Charles said suddenly just as Grey had placed the cup

in his mouth. He hesitated before he gulped down the wine again.

"What do you want to know about her anyways."

Charles laughed. "For being so shaken. Well, you won’t be able to escape it this time around," he

joked.

Grey laughed. "Alright. I'm with you this time. I will answer whatever question you throw at me."

Charles smiled. "I saw the way you were looking at Aphrodite. Is there really nothing happening

between you?"

Grey chuckled. "What do you mean by that? Explain so I can understand."

Charles held his gaze for a moment. "You two should be in a relationship."

"No Charles, Nothing like that happened. Well, you know I adore Novia but that's all. There's not going

to be anything like that between US actually."

"Why can't it happen? Is there something already happening that I don't know about?”

Grey smacked his lips and sipped the wine slowly while remembering the conversation that had gone

between him and Aphrodite previous days ago.

"Nothing," he muttered, not willing to say anything else.

"Novia loves you so much, Grey," Charles said suddenly.

Grey looked at him. "What? How did you know?"

Charles went silent for a moment, as he grabbed another bottle of champagne. "While Novia loved you,

I loved Novia,” he revealed.

Shock kept Grey motionless for a moment. "What?”

Charles nodded once. "You might not have noticed since the incident happened so quickly and well,

during those times of your disappearance, Novia refused to yield,” he explained.

Grey took the bottle of champagne from Charles.

"I confessed my feelings for her but she wouldn't accept me because she already loves you. And guess

what, she wasn’t even ready to let another man into her heart even though she thought you were

dead," he added with sarcasm.

Grey looked away ."Novia confessed her feelings for me recently but-,” he hesitated. "I declined her."he

completed.

Charles looked at him. "Why can’t you love her? Novia doesn’t deserve to be alone. She doesn't

deserve to be treated like you are doing to her."

Grey sighed. i'm sure she would consider you now that I've declined her," he drank more of the wine.

Charles chuckled. "We both know that Aphrodite is one of the most stubborn ladies on earth," he

laughed. "She's not only adamant but unyielding. She would not change her mind so easily."

Grey looked away as he thought about it. Charles was right. Novia was really stubborn but Grey wasn't

in the mood to get into another relationship. He didn't even know if he wanted to have another girl after

what had happened between him and Caramel.

The future will tell anyways.