"You do?" Avery raised a skeptical brow at him. "How much do you even know? How much do you know that makes you despise me so much?"
All the things that Avery had done to him during their marriage, sprang to his lips but he bit them back quickly. Truly, Avery really made him go through a lot. All the pain have transformed into anger in him but he wasn't going to take it up. He didn't even have it on his agenda. The only thing he didn't want was to get close to her. He didn't want it.
"I don't despise you, Avery. What got you upset?"
"You don't? How can you say that when the evidence is so crystal clear like daytime? Have I done so wrong than asking you to work for me?"
Grey watched her for a moment. " You forced me to work for you."
"Is that it? Is that why you hate me so much?" She asked but Grey didn't respond. "Answer me, David!" She yelled. "Is it because I forced you to work for me, is that why you hate me so much?"
Grey sighed. "Let's leave this place. We can talk about this elsewhere. People are watching."
"I don't care, David. The moment I leave here, I don't want to see you again," she turned and started back towards her car.
Grey took long strides behind her and stopped her before she opened the door. He took her off the group and headed towards the passenger's side.
Avery struggled with him. "Let me go or I will scream!" She warned but Grey didn't answer. Instead, he opened the door. "Help me!" Avery screamed out loud. Grey tried to settle her in. "Let me go! You have no right! This is my car!" She protested.
"Calm down, Avery. Hear me out, please."
"No, there's nothing else to say. Just let me go and we will never meet again! No, I'm going to leave Italy and never look back."
"But at least, just hear me out. Avery!" He yelled at once, in a deep and frightening voice.
Avery was forced to a sudden stop. She stopped struggling.
"Let's talk in a secluded place. We will settle everything," he assured, closed the door, and moved to the driver's side. He got inside and Avery couldn't stop staring at him.
She was so shocked.
"I promise, everything will be alright," he reminded before he started the ignition and drove right towards the suite where the special members were. It was only a few minutes to 9 and he felt he could still speak with her and still be able to meet up with time. He really wanted Avery to speak with the special members.
Avery released a sigh that she didn't even know she was keeping. There was nothing that could make her doubt the fact that David was really a mafia lord. He shows it, he controls it.
Grey glanced at her and wondered what was going through her mind at that moment.
He soon pulled up into the suite parking space. He looked at Avery. "Can we talk about this?"
Avery didn't look at him or respond to him.
"Avery, why do you think I hate you?"
Avery released a sigh. "I don't want to talk about it. Are you going to force me? Are you going to threaten me?"
"No, I just want us to talk about this," he regarded her for a moment. "I don't hate you, Avery and that's the truth."
"Then explain," she looked at Grey suddenly. "Explain the reason why you do look down on me like that. Why do you speak to me like that? What have I done so wrong? Is it wrong to want you to work for me? Is it wrong to want you close to me because you look like someone I used to know?"
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