Secretly The Billionaire Boss by Debbie chocolate

Chapter 372: Clashes

Pain stabbed Grey, even harder. He couldn't believe his ears or maybe they were just playing tricks on

him. It wasn't true. There was no way Caramel would abort their baby. They had a life together, didn't

they?

And everything was going well, even before she discovered who he really was.

"Calm down, dear. You are just frustrated because of Beatrice. Beatrice would be fine, this I promise

you. You don't need to get so worked up over it."

Caramel blinked once and let the tears stream down her face. "I love you, Grey. I love you so much,"

she stressed as if she was battling with her inner voice.

Grey nodded once. "I love you too, Caramel. And we can work this out."

Caramel looked away for a moment as different thoughts collided in her mind in some sort of crazy

confusion. "It can't work out, Grey. It can never work out. I've thought about the possibility before I

aborted your baby.

There's no going back now.”

It was when Grey snapped back to reality. "You aborted my baby? How could you do that, Caramel?

How could you even take a life!" He yelled at her.

He had always thought Caramel was the best and the softest of them all. He had planned out his life

with her but it hurt him so much to discover she wasn't interested in him like he was interested in her.

"It was what I had to do!" She yelled back. "Did you think I really want to abort it?"

"But you did? Why did you?"

"I had no choice!" She let out in one breath and hesitated. "As I said, there's no place for me beside

you! They're not! How could I have fallen in love with a mafia lord?" She shook her head briefly and

turned away. "This was clearly not what I signed up for."

Grey got taken aback by her choice of words. "That's the issue, right?" Caramel ignored him. "You

didn't want me to be the mafia lord? That's what all this is all about?"

Caramel sighed. "I love the man I fell in love with, Grey. I love Grey and not Hercules," she stressed.

Grey went quiet for a moment that seemed like an eternity as he took in Caramel's word. He hasn’t

been able to link everything together but at that moment, it was happening so fast.

They started having issues after she discovered that he was Hercules.

"So, you loved me when I had nothing but you started hating me when you discovered I had

something? Ironical!" Hercules scoffed even though he was having a heavy heart.

"No," Caramel looked at him. "I fell in love with you because I saw you were an ordinary man. But how

could you be a mafia lord? Not just one but Hercules?" She still could remember how she found out or

the hints that Grey had been giving her before she did. Actually, she would have loved to be in the

darkness, even though she desperately wanted the truth.

Well, if she didn't know the truth, she wouldn't have known the path to take.

Grey cupped his face for a moment as he dragged in a ragged breath before he looked at her again.

"What does being Hercules have to do with the feelings you have for me? Are Grey and Hercules so

different? Aren't they the same person?"

Caramel shook her head briefly. "They are not, Grey. They are not the same! " She held his gaze for a

moment. "I've been talking to Grey since you

entered this house but you showed me the brief personality of Hercules at Alfred's house," she

confessed. "You were so bold and ready to kill. No, that's not what I signed up for."

Grey felt confused for a moment. "But it's my birthright! I can't stop being Hercules!" He stated. "But

that doesn't mean I can't protect you. In fact, I could be Grey around you and be Hercules to protect

you and your mother, " he stressed in a strained voice. He didn't even know what he was supposed to

say or do to convince her.

Caramel shook her head briefly. "You wouldn't do that. Like I said, being Hercules Is part of you but you

wouldn't be able to protect me as well. Or would you lock me in this house forever? Won't I have to go

on with what I love? My life has always been threatened even before I discovered who you really

were," she paused slightly as she gathered more words to say." I didn't even know then. I didn't know

what really happened but now that I think about it, it made a lot of sense."

"Caramel-," Grey called softly.

"And with what just happened, it has been confirmed that I would never be safe with you. So, I need to

move far away from you. You are Hercules and so you have a lot of enemies."

Grey took a step closer. "Listen to me, Caramel."

"I decided to go to Seattle to be away from you, Grey. That was why I deleted everything about you

from my phone and laptop. I didn't want to be able to reach you. I didn't want you to reach me either,"

she continued to explain while ignoring his calls. "But it was too late. I started feeling sick and I

discovered I was carrying your child," she sucked in a breath. "I was devastated. I knew what that

meant but I wasn't ready for it. I knew I might be forced to return here, I would be forced to stay with

you."

"Caramel!" Grey called so that she would stop talking.

"I couldn't!" Caramel yelled. "I couldn’t raise a child with you. It's too dangerous. I wasn't ready to risk

it," she sobbed quietly. "So, I aborted our baby. Did you think I seriously wanted to do it? I had no

choice!"

Grey had to blink back the tears in his eyes but it was really painful to him that Caramel would abort his

baby.

"I'm sorry, I did, but it was what I had to do. I had no choice!" She continued to sob.

Grey turned aside for a moment. "So, what do you want now?"

"I want to leave for a faraway place after my mother wakes up," Caramel whispered.

"You don't want to be in my vicinity? Fine!" He decided. "I will let you leave, you have my word. And

when it's morning, I will find a place for you to stay so we can be apart. Satisfied?" He didn't wait for her

to answer before he walked out of the room.

His heart was heavy and maybe it was best to avoid Caramel that night.

Caramel, on the other hand, couldn't stop crying. She loved Hercules but some things were hindering

them. Her life has been threatened numerous times and she didn't want to die. She didn't want her

mother to die as well. She really wanted to live a normal life. Is that so difficult to ask?