Chapter 23: Totally put me up for adoption.
"Nobody can fully understand the meaning of love until he''s owned a dog. He can show you more
honest affection with a flick of his tail than a man can gather through a lifetime of handshakes." -
Anonymous.
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Raina Williams
"You haven''t said much about your trip ?" Grayson muttered as he made himselffortable in my
office.
"Uhh, it was great." I bit my pen, thinking about my uing case with Derrick.
"I meant your meeting with Angelo a week ago..." He grimaced eagerly.
"Oh that." I shrugged my shoulders. "We just sorted out our differences." I sighed. I don''t know why
talking about him made me feel tired.
"I swear that guy has it out for you." He added sitting with one leg on top of the other.
"What do you mean ?" I said feeling more than confused.
"Isn''t it obvious, well I''m a guy and I can tell."
"I''m confused."
"He likes you." Gray muttered making meugh hysterically.
"Right." I curtly replied not minding whatever he was about to say.
"Well maybe he doesn''t like you but there is something between the two of you. The way he looked at
you when we were at the airport gave me the wrong idea about this whole situation." He grumbled
typing on his silver iPhone.
"Angelo is like that, he enjoys fooling people especially people like me. He will convince you that he
likes you then Nope!" i smiled absent-minded atleast I didn''t like him anymore.
"Not that babe like seriously the way he looks at you makes me have second thoughts." He suggested.
"I don''t care really, don''t mind him.." I shrugged.
"You still up for being a bridesmaid ?" He smirked.
"Yes, trust me I''m not going to be some ex or whatever who will sabotage their beautiful ceremony."
"You would be doing Angelo a favour from my own perspective, he looks like he doesn''t know what the
fuck he is doing."
"Stop having these silly ideologies.." Iughed.
"No but seriously does he need to call you about the twins all day everyday.... or maybe he just wants
an excuse to talk to you." He said thoughtfully.
"He loves his kids so he would rather call every chance he gets." I defended.
"Bullshit, I tell you." Grayson rolled his eyes.
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"Gray, we decided to be friends and be mature about it." I exined.
"I would hate to tell you I was right in the near future." He gave a tensed smile. I knew he was just
looking out for me but the truth of the matter is Angelo is just tolerating me for the twins sake nothing
else.
"Okay."
"I was thinking..." He straightened the cuffs of his navy blue zer.
"Yeah ?" I added.
"Why don''t you be my front until I''m ready toe out ?"
"What but how do I became your front ?" I was shocked.
"You pretend to be my girl friend." He said calmly.
"Why ?"
"Because you are my friend are you not ?" Gray pouted.
"Yes but you are being maniptive." I pouted back.
"Whatever I take it that''s a yes ?" He questioned.
"Sure." I said without hesitancy.
"Great. I knew you would say yes." He smirked and I simplyughed at his gesture of trying to be sexy.
"Uh huh..." I stared at him in disbelief.
"When exactly do you n oning out ?" I asked.
"When my dad goes back in prison and hands me my shares to thepany." He bluntly said.
"Well that''s not happening because that''s my reputation on the line, i can''t lose this case. It''s the
biggest case I have ever handled."
"You are my friend and a pretty goodwyer but my dad is going to jail, he killed someone.. he isn''t
getting away with it this time." He replied.
"What do you mean this time ?" I pryed.
"Did I say that ?" He nervously chuckled.
"Are you trying to say he has killed someone before...?"
There was silence.
"Well he kills people all the time but he doesn''t have to do the dirty job... this time is different because
he did it himself and messed up." He paused. "Do you really think anyone will believe he didn''t
deliberately drive into the poor guy?" He muttered.
This was a new lead, i knew Gray wouldn''t lie about something as serious as that. He was Derrick''s
son for goodness sake.
"Wow." was all I could gasp.
"Let him go..." He shrugged putting his feet on my mahogany table.
"That''s your father we are talking about." I gritted through my teeth.
"Yeah, i know." He snorted.
"He''s still your father even if he hasmitted some-"
"You mean murdered. It takes alot to get to the top and you should wonder why and how ourpany
stays at the summit."
"You talk about it so normally, I mean doesn''t it scare you that your father has-"
"Nope it doesn''t, i grew up with him."
"What would happen if he found out about your sexuality ?"
"Totally put up for adoption." Heughed. "You know what i mean."
"Gray trust me, your father loves you. I have seen the way he''s eyes dte when he talks about you.
He will ept you for who you are...he doesn''t have much family or friends but he holds you on a high
position." I paused. "When he got arrest, he called me and told me that he was scared about how you
would see him from there onwards. He didn''t care about the press or the world or the investors...he
cared more about your opinion."
He was silent as if trying to register what I had just said to him.
"Really ?" He raised his head to look at me with those blue eyes. Tears wailed under them. I stood up
walking around my mahogany table to go give him a hug. He needed it. He stood up still towering over
me, he embraced me in a hug and I instantly hugged him back.
"You are my best friend, you know that?" Heughed while wiping tears from his eyes. I always thought
Alma was my best friend but frankly all she does is hurt my feelings so she isn''t. "You are mine too." I
smiled and hugged him again.
The door flipped open revealing Angelo, i instantly pulled back. He looked stunned but why would he?
He knows Gray is my supposed boyfriend. Gray stood there in a ck Louis Vuitton suit and Angelo in
a charcoal armani suit. The tension was tense even with my four inches high heels they both towered
over me.