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I WAS GOING TO LOSE MY MIND.
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FOUR SHADES OF DREY I WOULDN'T BE THE ONE WHO RAN
Chapter 86AureliaSienna let herself into my flat a little after nine the next morning, the way she always did when she decided knocking was a waste of both our time, and found me still sitting on the couch in last night's dress with a cold cup of coffee going untouched on the table in front of me."Well," she said, dropping her bag by the door and taking one long look at me. "You look like you lost a fight.""I didn't lose anything.""Didn't say you lost. Said you look like you were in one." She crossed the room, picked up the cold coffee without asking, and dumped it down the kitchen sink before starting a fresh pot like she owned the place. "How'd it go with Dreyden?"I thought about giving her the short version. The one where I walked into that briefing, said three sentences to the man, and walked back out again with my dignity fully intact.That version wasn't a lie, exactly. It just wasn't the whole truth either."He asked if I was okay," I said instead, watching the coffee mak
FOUR SHADES OF DREY WRONG ABOUT HER
Chapter 86DreylenI've spent my whole life learning to read a room without anyone catching me at it. Standing at those ropes that night, watching my brother take shot after shot from a man built to hurt people for a living, I read this one easy enough.Nobody here was going to stop it on their own.Drayton wouldn't, because some stubborn, loyal part of him thought letting Dreyden take a beating was the same thing as letting him grieve properly. Dreyven wouldn't, because he'd gone somewhere quiet behind his own eyes the second he said her name, somewhere none of us could follow him to. And Dreyden sure wasn't going to stop himself, not when getting hit again and again seemed to be the only thing actually working.That left me. It usually did.I'm not built like the rest of them. I don't fix things with my fists, and I don't fix things by taking charge of a room either. What I do is notice, quietly, from a few steps back, until noticing turns into something I can't just sit on anym
FOUR SHADES OF DREY DIDN'T NEED HIM TO EXPLAIN IT TO ME
Chapter 84Drayton"Hold up, Drey," I shouted, stepping right between him and Dave before my main sparring partner could even get his hands raised.Because there was no way in hell I was letting my brother go bare-knuckle against a guy who hit heavy bags for a living in my gym.Dreyden didn't even look at me, his eyes locked onto Dave’s chest like he was staring right through the man, and he muttered under his breath, "I don't care about gloves, Drayton, just let him hit me.""I'm not letting anybody break your jaw," I grunted, grabbing a pair of grey sixteen-ounce training gloves off the turnbuckle and shoving them hard against his soaked chest, adding, "Put 'em on, or you can walk right back out that door you just shoved open."Dreyden took the gloves without saying another word, his hands shaking so violently he could barely shove his fingers into the leather.So I reached over, yanked the velcro straps tight around his wrists, and felt how cold his skin was while his pulse hamme
FOUR SHADES OF DREY I WAS GOING TO LOSE MY MIND.
Chapter 84Dreyden The gym sat on the edge of the warehouse district, a squat brick building with Drayton's name hung over the door in metal letters, put up the year he turned pro. Even from the parking lot, I could hear the dull, steady thud of leather hitting canvas coming from somewhere inside.I parked crooked and didn't bother straightening it out. I walked in already working the buttons of my shirt loose with one hand, my jacket left behind on the passenger seat where I'd thrown it without thinking twice.The place smelled the way it always smelled, sweat and leather and the sharp chemical bite of whatever they used to mop the floors every night. Under the bright fluorescent lights, two men were still working. One threw punches at a heavy bag near the far wall. The other shadowboxed in front of a long mirror, moving with the kind of ease you only get from doing something ten thousand times over.I peeled my shirt the rest of the way off as I crossed the floor, folded it once
FOUR SHADES OF DREY FIVE YEARS IS A LONG TIME.
Chapter 83DreydenI stood there and watched her walk away from me.She didn't look back once. Not at the door, not over her shoulder, nothing. She just kept walking with her chin up and her shoulders straight until the crowd near the exit swallowed her whole, and I stood in the middle of that hall like my feet had grown roots into the floor.I still had a room full of people to talk to. A city councilman wanted ten minutes of my time before he left. Two board members from the shipping alliance were waiting by the drinks table, hoping to pull me into a conversation about next year's contracts. My assistant, was already crossing the floor toward me with her tablet in her hand, ready to walk me through the rest of the names on my list for the night.None of that mattered to me anymore. Not one bit of it."Mr. Grey, a word before you go?" The councilman got to me first, his hand already out for a shake, his smile doing all the work his eyes weren't bothering with. "I wanted to ask abo
FOUR SHADES OF DREY YOU DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT ME
Chapter 82Aurelia I needed to make my next visit look like it was just happen and wasn't orchestrated by me.They were smart. If I keep meeting them in the I did, they'd know I came for revenge. And they shouldn't know. Not one bit. The next person on my list was Dreyden.I opened my laptop again, brought up a blank browser window, and started searching through the city's upcoming business schedules. I scrolled past real estate expos, charity luncheons, and private club dinners. None of those felt right. If I showed up at an event happening today or tomorrow, it would look rushed. Dreyden wasn't stupid. If I suddenly popped up right after seeing his brothers, he would start asking questions.If I wanted this to feel completely real, I had to tread carefully. I had to wait.Then I found it.The regional Port Authority public briefing. Three days from now, held in the main conference hall downtown.I looked at the attendee list printed on the side of the screen. The Grey family n
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