Chapter 7

I sit next to Dex quietly with my eyes down on the ground as he speaks to Father and Grant. At that moment Grant and Father were arguing which is what they have been doing for the last five minutes. Dex sat up and cleared his throat which caused everyone's eyes on him even mine. He was looking at the wall. "You are the ones who requested a meeting with me. You are wasting my time. I highly suggest you talk very fast." 

"I asked for a meeting with you. Not with William." Dex looks at Grant. 

"Get to the point of you being here, Grant." Grant opens his mouth to say something but Dex shakes his head. He huffs. 

"I am here because I think Olivia is worth more." Luca snorts causing Olivia and me to look at him. He smiles and leans on the couch behind me. 

"Olivia used to be worth more but now she isn't." Grant scuffs. 

"I disagree." Dex sighs. 

"Olivia has been a huge pain in my ass. If you are asking for more for her then you aren't getting it. I suggest you walk out with what you have or you get nothing at all and I still keep her." Grant huffed. Father looks at me. 

"How much is Grace worth?" He asked. Dex looks at him and looks at me. I look at Dex as he looks me up and down. He smirks and turns to him. 

"William, you and I have been really great friends for some time now. I would highly recommend you don't say or do something to jeopardize that." Father looks at him with a smile. 

"You are giving me the same amount you are giving Grant. But the difference is you aren't currently sleeping with his daughter. And you aren't marrying her anymore either." Dex hums. 

"Correct, however, I am not going to pay you any more money unless you and I talk about a date. Unless you give me a date you will keep getting what I give Grant." Father nods. 

"This Friday," I stood up surprised. Dex looks at me. I hug myself as I look at Father. He looks at me amused. "Something wrong, Grace?" I looked at him and gulped. Olivia laughs. 

"Little Miss Perfect doesn't want to follow the rules." She mumbles. I glanced at her to see she thought it was amusing. I opened my mouth to say something but closed it and sat back down. 

"Is that what you want?" Dex asked. I look at him to see his eyes on me. He turns his attention to Father. "A wedding in three days?" I looked at Father with pleading eyes which only made him smirk more. 

"I want it doubled," He said switching his gaze onto Dex. Dex nods. 

"Friday then." He stands up as did Father and Grant. He shook father's hand. He looks at Grant. "You are welcome to attend the wedding." Grant nods. I look at Luca who looked a bit shocked himself. He walks around the couch to walk them out and I walk upstairs. I sigh and lay back in the bed. I picked up my phone and dialed a number I was hesitating to call. 

"Hello?" He said. I take a deep breath. 

"I am getting married," I breathed. 

"Grace?" He asked surprised. I closed my eyes. "Wait, what? Your father actually agreed to allow him to marry you?" 

"Yes," He takes a deep breath. 

"Well, how bad is it? I can make an offer." I shake my head and sit up. 

"You don't have to do that." He scuffs. 

"I will if I have to." I shake my head again. 

"Dex doesn't treat me bad. It's not as bad as I thought it was going to be." 

"Do you trust him?" I think about it. 

"Yes," He sighs.

"I will be there tomorrow," I swallowed harshly. 

"Ken, you don't have to." 

"I will see you tomorrow, Grace." I nod. 

"Fine, okay," 

"Goodnight Grace," 

"Goodnight Ken." The phone goes dead and I look at the ground. I woke up the next morning to shuffling on the bed. I look over to see Dex looking up at the ceiling. I sit up and look at him. "How long have you been up?" He swallows. 

"A few hours." I look at him surprised. 

"What have you been doing?" With his eyes still on the ceiling he replies. 

"I was watching you sleep for a little bit." I nod and flip the blankets off of me. I open my closet and start going through the clothes. "Who were you on the phone with last night?" I gulp and look at the clothes. 

"A friend of mine," I say quietly. 

"A friend of yours that has enough money to make an offer for you?" I turned to him and for the first time since I woke up his eyes were on me. 

"He's a gang leader." He sits up. 

"Is that what you want? For him to make an offer for you?" I look away from him. 

"I have known him for a few years. He's always looked out for me." 

"Do you have feelings for him?" I look back at Dex. 

"No," He narrows his eyes. 

"You don't?" I shake my head. "I thought you said I was the first guy to show you kindness?" I nod. 

"You are the first guy that was a business thing that didn't treat me like I was a whore. Ken is the first guy that I met that helped because he wanted to with nothing in return." He nods slowly. 

"And you don't like this guy?" I give him a small smile. 

"You are jealous?" He sighs and slides off of the bed. 

"I am allowed to be jealous." I giggle. He walks over to his closet. I got dressed in a light tan summer dress that fell just above my knees. I threw my hair into a ponytail and turned to Dex who was back in his tux. He finishes up with his jacket and walks towards the door. "Let's go get ready for your friend." I looked at him to see if he had anger but he didn't look like he was angry at all. I take a deep breath just as a knock comes from the door. Dex opens it. Luca smiles. 

"Kenneth Walker is downstairs." Dex looks at me. 

"Kenneth from the Horsemen gang?" I nod. He sighs and turns back to Luca. "Alright move." Luca steps aside and I follow Dex downstairs. I made it to the bottom step and Ken's eyes were on me the whole time. "Kenneth? It's been a long time." Ken nods and looks at Dex. 

"Yes, it has." Dex nods as he pours himself a glass of bourbon. I looked at Kenneth to see that he looked good. He had fresh faded hair cut and seems he added a few more tattoos to his arms. The plain black t-shirt he wore hugged him perfectly as did the grey joggers he wore. He turns his attention back on me with a smile. "I see you have been doing good." I give him a small smile. 

"I told you it's not bad here." He nods as he looks me up and down. 

"Well, considering you are getting married I figured I would see you before since it has been a few months." I look down. Dex hums. 

"What could you offer me?" I look at Dex as does Ken. 

"Excuse me?" Dex shrugs. 

"You told Grace you would make an offer. What could you offer me?" I look at Ken to see him smiling. 

"I've got information that may be of some use to you." Dex scuffs. 

"I have more information than you must realize." Ken chuckles. 

"The location of Roy Wilson?" Dex takes a step forward surprised. Ken chuckles again. "I have the means to completely crumble Willimans empire. I have the means to bury Grant. I have information that you may not think exists. Just ask Grace. She could tell you exactly how good I am at making offers." Dex looks at me and I look at him. He sighs and turns back to him. 

"Is that what you are doing? Making offers?" Ken shrugs. 

"Depends on if you are willing to take them." I look at Ken and he looks at me. 

"I'm sorry but Grace is worth more than anything you can offer." I look at Dex confused. He looks at me. "But if that is what you want I can take an offer?" I shake my head at him. 

"I didn't want him here to make you an offer. He is here to show his support and observe. Anything he has to offer is not on the table." Dex nods. 

"Grace?" Ken says. I look at him. 

"You want me? You would trade anything you had for me?" He nods. 

"I told you before if I have to I will." I cross my arms. 

"You don't have to. I am happy where I am." He looked at me surprised. 

"You are happy?" I nod. He sighs. "Okay," I let out a breath of air I didn't realize I was holding in. Arms went around my waist and I look up to see Dex watching me. 

"Are you going to keep your answer about the marriage thing?" I nod. He smiles. "Than we are getting married in two days." I look down lost in thought. 

"Kenneth Walker?" I hear. I look past Dex to see Olivia smiling as she walks down the stairs. I look at Ken as he looks at her with a smile. 

"Olivia Manson? Aren't you a sight for sore eyes?" I scuff. 

"I'll say," I mumbled while crossing my arms. Olivia glares at me as she reaches the bottom. She opens her mouth to say something. 

"Do not start." Dex snapped and she looked at him and gulped. 

"What am I missing?" Ken asks. Olivia turns to him while crossing her arms. 

"I was to be married to Dex first until he saw her and now they are getting married. I'm stuck in this house to obey his orders." She said. I look at Ken as he looks at me for more information. I roll my eyes. 

"Grant sold her to Dex but Dex didn't want to marry her anymore. Dex let her leave with her father and then I came along. She came to visit with her dad on a business trip but decided to get cocky and now she's stuck here to complain." I said looking at her. She glares. I roll my eyes and look back at Ken. "How do you know her?" He tucks his hand in his pockets. 

"She and I used to date. We broke up on a good note and we just stayed friends." I look at her and back him. 

"Now I know you had your desperate moments but I didn't think you were that desperate." He scuffs. 

"Hey," I giggle. 

"Can't be too desperate if he wouldn't date you," She says. I look at her. 

"Why don't you do what you do best and follow Luca around like a lost puppy?" She takes a step towards me. 

"Olivia!" Ken and Dex chime. She looks at both of them and takes a step back. She turns around and walks up the stairs. I look at Ken for a moment before looking at Dex who looked pissed as he looked at Ken. 

"I apologize. It's not my place and she's not mine to boss around." Dex nodded. 

"You just better be grateful it wasn't Grace." I look at Dex. His eyes go on mine. "You have a wedding to plan today. Do something with your friend." I nod as he walks away. I turn back to Ken. He sighs as he tucks his hands in his pockets. 

"I should have known not to piss off the king. He can bury me without blinking." I roll my eyes. 

"He wouldn't do that." He scuffs. 

"And why are you so sure?" I shrug as I turn towards the living room. 

"Because he knows I care about you."