Secretly The Billionaire Boss by Debbie chocolate

Chapter 289: The truth is confusing

Leo was all bloody and he could barely feel his body. The torture was too much and Leo didn't think he

could handle it anymore.

"Please stop!" He screamed suddenly. Tm ready to talk. Please, call Giovanni."

The man regarded Leo for a moment before he slowly dropped the metal in his hand. "Don't play me. If

I call him and you don't talk, it would mean death for you."

Leo nodded quickly. "You bastard! I'm serious!"

The man sent him a glare before he turned away and walked out of the room.

Leo had to think of something. He had to think of the best way to escape. If he could reach forward and

grab one of the hot metals, he could use it to free himself before the man that went out would return

with Giovanni.

Alfred looked at Gregory. "The men are rounding the area while we will try to check the alley. Let’s be

sure he's not around here before we enter the building," he suggested.

Gregory nodded briefly. "That's ok actually. Let’s go,” he cocked his gun and got out of the car. Alfred

followed behind quickly with five more men.

They walked in a straight line toward a particular location. It was dark but there was light coming from

the moon.

Gregory stopped suddenly and signalled to others to do the same. "I hear some muffled sounds coming

from that side,” he pointed in the opposite direction.

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Alfred nodded briefly. They moved closer to where the Sound was coming from slowly.

And they sawthem-

Actually, two men held Leo so tight in their midst while the third one had a gun held to his forehead.

"Fuck! We need to be careful!" Alfred muttered.

"On it," Gregory smiled and aimed at the man holding the gun.

A shot and the man went flat on the floor. The rest of the men shot at the other two men.

Leo yelled in fear.

Alfred stepped out. "Man, it's us," he announced.

Leo looked at him and his eyes adjusted on him. "Why are you here?"

"To get you out of course," he looked at the men. "Unloose him and get him to the car."

The men complied and Alfred moved to Gregory.

"Get out of here. We are done.” Alfred announced and they both walked to the car.

"But what really happened to you there? You are soaked!" Gregory demanded but no answer came. He

glanced back and saw that Leo had fainted. "We need to get Leo to the hospital. He just fainted!" He

informed Alfred.

Alfred pulled to a sudden stop. "Take on the wheel, I will call my doctor," he stepped out of the car while

Gregory also did the same.

Alfred went to the passenger's seat while Gregory took the driver's side. Gregory took off while Alfred

placed a call to the doctor.

He knew anyways that Leo has gone through a lot, considering the blood and bruises on his face. Only

God knew what Giovanni had done to him. They were even early or Leo could have died.

Alex walked inside the living room. Giovanni sat, with his head bowed. He seemed to be in deep

thought when Alex walked inside. He regarded him for a moment.

"Is something wrong?" Alex demanded.

Giovanni didn't say a word. He cupped his face in his hands. His head was really calculating. He

couldn't believe it. Who would have? It still doesn't make any sense to him.

"Dad, what is wrong? Is Leo gone?"

Giovanni finally raised his head. "I let him go. He agreed to be our new spy," he crossed his leg. "For

Hercules," he revealed.

Alex regarded Giovanni for a moment. 'Then, what seems to be the problem?" He took his seat in front

of his father.

Giovanni let out a sigh, the words felt so hard for him to say. In fact, he still had the shock all over him.

"Leo told me the truth," he started.

Alex raised skeptical brows. 'Then what happened?"

Giovanni looked up at Alex, and he hesitated. "I know who Hercules is."

Alex's eyes went wide with shock and excitement. "Seriously? Who is he? Is it someone we know?"

Giovanni nodded briefly as he stood up. "You won't believe who it turned out to be. I'm still finding it

difficult to access the whole thing. How can it be? He was right under my nose, and has always been!

But I didn't know."

"But dad, who is he exactly?" He asked anxiously. He didn't like the suspense that Gio was giving him.

He was getting really curious.

Giovanni let out a sigh. " Grey is the Hercules!" He announced.

Shock kept Alex motionless and speechless for a moment. Then, he burst into laughter. "Stop playing

dad, that's not even possible. How would Grey be Hercules?" He hissed. "I told you that Leo isn't

someone we can trust. He's part of Hercules' elders. He would always try to hide him."

Giovanni looked at him, "what if it's true?"

Alex shook his head briefly. "It’s not possible! I did a DNA test and it didn't match at all. This could be a

ploy! These men are really using Grey! I'm sure it's only that and nothing else is involved."

"I tortured Leo so hard, he wouldn't have lied to me. He wouldn't do it when he knew I wouldn't spare

him."

Alex cursed under his breath. "I don't believe you trust Leo. Leo betrayed Hercules once, he's not

worthy to be trusted."

"Well, he betrayed them once and can do it again!"

Giovanni turned away for a moment, as he thought about it. Alex was telling the truth. He had the DNA

and confirmed that it wasn't Hercules but why did Leo insist on it? There was something wrong

somewhere and Giovanni planned to find out.

He turned to look at Alex. 'Tm going to believe Leo partially. Leo is currently pretending. He doesn't

have memory loss but he’s lying. That means he's still fooling the elders and Hercules himself. If he

insists on this, then I have to act on it."

Alex bowed his head in deep thought. "But why doesn't the DNA match?" 'That's something you should

find out. We are having another test on Grey," he looked away. "Something feels so strange on Grey

and I’m going to find out.”