Henry The Secret History Novels & Stories

His voice was low and threatening as if daring Zayn to challenge him. Zayn couldn't understand why Henry would want to keep it a secret, it was great news and he should be happy to share it with their family. "You know I can't keep something as big as this a secret?" Zayn looked away from Henry, feeling a bit intimidated by his Aura. "Find a way to keep your mouth shut, I will break the news when I'm ready." Henry sat back down, the cloud in his eyes started to settle and his mood changed a bit.

Nico’s POV Adrian’s report arrived before sunrise. I hadn’t slept. The photograph remained on my desk, turned facedown because every time I looked at it, I imagined my hands around Ethan Hale’s throat. Adrian entered carrying a thick folder and placed it in front of me. Leon followed, although no one had invited him. “Ethan Alexander Hale,” Adrian began. “Thirty-two. Chief executive of Hale International. Hotels, private resorts, property development, and logistics holdings across the United States and Europe.”

Victoria didn’t handle failure well; she would blame me, and that blame would fall on my mother’s shoulders. And then there was the secret I held. I knew he was talking drugs. If I reported that to Mrs.Victoria, she would be ecstatic. She would praise me. I headed out to the main compound to clear my head, and then i saw him—Mr. Sterling. The old man was in the garden, struggling with a pair of shears. His hands were shaking, and he was hacking at a beautiful hedge with jagged, uneven strokes. "Sir, let me help you with that," I said, stepping forward.

He was running his hand through his hair and face to decrease the pressure on his mind. On the other hand Isabella was concerned about Zara. He came to know her that secret that she wanted to hide all the time came out today. She tried, she tried her best to hide it all her life. But she failed! But she wouldn't let any other truth come out. The grimmest reality of her sufferings. Zara was looking at both her mother and Alex couldn't understand what she said wrong? The intense atmosphere was broken by a phone ring. It's Alex's phone. He pulled out his phone from his pocket and put it near to his ear.

he said gently. “I’ve kept something important from you for a number of years and I think it’s finally the right time to tell you.” Was that a smile on Henry’s face? He blinked and Henry’s face was neutral again, but there was an undeniable twinkle in his eye. “I’m intrigued,” Henry said. “You can tell me at your own pace.” The sweat building up on his palms was unbelievable and he could feel his heartbeat increasing in speed. He reminded himself that the time had come and he needed to let his secret out so he could heal from the past.

"This was delivered for you, sir. Personally." Henry raised an eyebrow, taking the folder. He dismissed the butler with a nod before opening it. His eyes scanned the first page, then the second, and then the third. His fingers tightened around the edges of the papers as he read through the incriminating evidence compiled against him. His youthful mistakes. His covert alliances. The financial records that should have remained buried. The scandal that had been wiped clean but not erased from history. Page after page, his sins laid bare before him.

“He has been doing nothing but making my life tough since he appeared, and I’ve grown fed up with it.” Pest. He could only be referring to Gabby’s first love. What did her father and that guy have to do with one another? “Why hasn’t Gabby ever mentioned you?” I ask, though I really don’t give two shits. All that mattered to me was getting better and killing that bastard hanging around Gabby, then claiming what was mine. “Because I hold her deepest, darkest secret,” Henry responds with a broad smile. “She knows if it gets out, then she will certainly be hated by anyone she comes in contact with.”

There he was—leaning against a pillar near the far wall. Rook. He dressed in a dark suit , hair slicked back and arms crossed. His gaze stared at nothing in particular but his jaw was tight. Like he was trying not to look at me but failing miserably. "Because that guy's ass over there would be gone along with his scholarship." Henry said quietly. I froze, my throat closing up. I didn't think anyone else knew. I had been careful enough to take the fall and kept my mouth shut. Henry turned his gaze back to meet mine. A small smile spread across his lips, "Of course I know." He said, like he'd read my mind. "Trust me, I know a lot of things."

I also wanted to play some music so I needed a cable to plug the phone in the living room. “Fuck,” I had forgotten my charger. I could see Hendrix’s but I wondered if he had a spare cable which I could use in the living room. I opened the first drawer on the side of his bed and did not find it. I opened the second drawer, not winning. Then I opened the last drawer. There was nothing else but a white large envelope with a large ‘confidential’ red mark. It was how large that ‘confidential’ in block letters was that drew me in. I closed the drawer but quickly opened it again.

"The leaks online, that was you? Why help me?" Leonardo set down his knife and fork, his gaze intense as he looked at me. His tone was sincere, without the slightest hint of insincerity. "Now that you're my fiancée, this is what I should do. Let me tell you a secret. I actually fell for you at first sight seven years ago and searched for you for so long. I didn't expect that you were in a relationship with Dante back then." He paused, a touch of melancholy in his eyes.