Chapter 82: Firm decision

"What!" Lucy felt a flicker of anger at Grey's word. "What did you just say?"

"I said Avery will disagree. She's not interested. You can as well give the position to Smith as you've done initially," he responded calmly.

" Are you talking back to uncle?" Smith yelled.

"What are you doing Grey?" Benjamin was more than frustrated.

" Well," Grey started. "If something hasn't gone wrong, then you wouldn't have taken the job from Avery. And well, if something else hasn't happened, you wouldn't have decided to return it to Avery. Tell us what really happened. Has Smith disgraced you?"

Smith lurched forward quickly, furious. "How dare you say something like that!" He pulled him by the collar. "Shut the fuck up and apologize to uncle!" He ordered.

Grey regarded him for a moment and slowly smiled. " I'm not done talking, Smith," and he hit his hand so that Smith would be forced to pull away.

" What the fuck! Is your hand made of steel!" Smith was very pained at what Grey had done.

Grey dusted