Secretly The Billionaire Boss by Debbie chocolate

Chapter 555: Deceived Grey placed the phone in his pocket and got out of the car.

He went inside the house straightaway and collapsed on the chair. He felt a bit exhausted.

He pulled out the watch and regarded it for a moment. The watch looked very old.

He couldn't wait for Alfred to come so they could sort it all out. He would like to take Giovanni down very fast, he couldn't wait.

It was taking time.

His phone rang suddenly.

Grey stared at the screen for a moment.

It was the governor.

[ "Hello, Governor." "Thank you so much, Hercules," The governor muttered. His voice was filled with a lot of emotions. "And I'm so sorry that I nearly betrayed you, I'm really sorry," he beseeched softly.

"Well, you don't have to be sorry. I understand. I'm so glad we were able to solve it all earlier." "Yes, boss. Alex is in our custody, currently receiving treatment. I will take the case harder than you imagine.

Iwill do a great job," he promised.

Grey smiled softly. "I know and I'm counting on it. Alfred said you would fly your family out of the state tomorrow morning until the case is all settled?" "Yes, sir. I decided to agree to that

because of how dangerous it is getting." Grey nodded unconsciously. "Nice.

Like I said, if you need my help, let me know." "I will, boss. I'm so grateful.

Goodnight. I will make sure to give you feedback on how it goes," he assured.

"Alright, goodnight." The door opened suddenly just as Grey hung up the call and Alfred stepped inside.

Grey stood up anxiously. "You are here," he muttered, just as Alfred moved closer.

"Yes, boss. I had to hurry over here. We must make haste in whatever we do.

~ May I have the watch?" Grey nodded once and stretched it out to him. > Alfred took it and caressed it slowly. He proceeded to twisting and turning something on it. He hesitated, lost in thought for a moment before he looked up at Grey.

"Something is wrong," he muttered.

Grey raised confused brows. "What is it all about?" Alfred didn't respond quickly and instead, he tried turning the switch around the watch. Then, he brought it to his eyes and continued to watch it closely.

"Grey," he called softly. "This watch isn't the original," he declared.

"Grey stared at him, more confused than shocked. "What do you mean?" — Alfred sighed. "We've been deceived, Grey. This is not the real watch. This is an imitation." Grey raised a skeptical brow. "They sell imitation items as auction items?" Alfred shook his head briefly. ""Not really a copied item. It is an imitation because it's not the first and original watch but it does look like the second edition," he explained.

Grey went still for a moment. He couldn't make up for what had just happened. It doesn't make sense actually.

Then, he remembered the fact that Giovanni had a less worried look on his

face when he left the auction hall.

"Do you mean the original watch could be with Giovanni all these while?" "Well, that can be the case. And if it's that, then he would have destroyed it already. We might not be able to use it again," Alfred explained.

Grey sank onto the chair. He felt exhausted all of a sudden. Giovanni knew all along and he played it all well because he wanted to get Alex out.

Perhaps he was even the one that came up with the idea. Perhaps he owns the imitated watch. Perhaps he just gave his money to Giovanni unknowingly.

"Twill do more research on this. I'm sorry I didn't do that earlier. The time was closing on us," he beseeched

1 softly.

Grey shook his head briefly. "It's no use. Giovanni clearly knows what he was doing. He must have planned everything from the beginning and we danced to his tune because we were desperate." Alfred released a sigh. "I know and it's all my fault. Yet, I will get to the root of the matter and back to you," he assured.

Grey released a forced sigh.

Giovanni stared down at the screen of his phone. He has received the money that Grey used to purchase the watch.

And he felt happy about it.

"He successfully deceived Grey.

The only thing he was waiting for at that moment was his son. He had sent out some men early so that they could attack Grey's estate and get Alex out.

Giovanni already knew that it was where he would be. Even at that, he had some selected men to check all his bases.

He was actually very sure that Grey wouldn't have guessed it. Alfred was too desperate. They both got desperate when they heard about the watch, without knowing he fabricated it.

His phone rang suddenly. It was the captain. Giovanni sent him and the others over to make sure that the FBI return the case to the police.

BREE a BR ae ~ And to do that, they decided to get a bit aggressive. The governor's only child was kidnapped and a threat was made.

He release a sigh and silently prayed it was successful.

"Hello, Captain." There was a hesitation. "Boss, we failed," he announced. "The case is still back with the FBI and we can't even access any of the governor's family members," he explained.

Giovanni groaned inwardly. "It's no problem, we will do it again. You must find a way to get his son. Do it at all costs. Alex's life depends on this," he uttered.

"Alright, I will get back to you as soon as possible."

~ "Good, I want nothing but positive energies," he muttered and hung up.

The door opened suddenly before he could drop the phone and one of his men rushed inside.

"Boss, we are in trouble." "What is it? Tell me!" He ordered.

The guy released a sigh. "Alex has been taken by the FBL." Giovanni's eyes went wide with shock.

"The shocking thing here now is that he has and uses his left eye."