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THE TIMING IS WRONG
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2026-10-23 23:50:09
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FOUR SHADES OF DREY MAYBE THESE THINGS ARE UNRELATED
Chapter 141I open my notes and write down the details of each incident.Dreyven: motorcycle brakes fail after sale. Customer injured. Police investigation underway.Dreylen: artwork accused of copying another artist's painting. Both works exhibited within hours of each other. Original sketches available.Me: acquisition suspended over unspecified financial discrepancies. Independent review confirms our figures match the records.I read the list.There is no obvious connection between the three problems. One concerns a motorcycle, another an artwork, and the third a business deal.But all three threaten something my brothers and I have spent years building.Our reputations. Our livelihoods. The trust people place in us.I stare at the notes for another moment before closing the document.I need more information.......The afternoon slips into evening before I hear from Dreylen again.My phone rings just as I'm preparing to leave the office.“Tell me you have good news,” I say as I an
FOUR SHADES OF DREY THE TIMING IS WRONG
CHAPTER 140DREYDENThese are the first words out of my mouth, and judging by the silence on the other end, Dreylen knows exactly how ridiculous the accusation sounds to me.“I'm serious, Dreyden.”“So am I. How the hell can someone accuse you of stealing another artist's work?”“That's what I'm trying to find out.”I pull into the nearest available parking space and switch off the engine.“Start from the beginning.” Dreylen exhales sharply.“The painting I exhibited yesterday. The one I've been working on for weeks. Someone has come forward claiming I copied their work.”“Who is this person?”“I don't know yet. The gallery director called me after receiving a complaint. Apparently, the person exhibited their own painting a few hours before mine went up yesterday.”I frown. “A few hours?”“Yes.” I lean back against the seat.“Dreylen, you've been working on that painting for weeks. How can someone claim you copied their work when you haven't even seen it?”“That's exactly what I told
FOUR SHADES OF DREY SOMEONE IS ACCUSING ME OF STEALING
Chapter 139Dreyden "I'm good, it's from the office."“What kind of accident?”“One of the motorcycles I sold yesterday. The customer's brakes failed while he was riding it.” My hand tightens around the phone.“Is he alive?”“Yes. He's been taken to the hospital, but I don't know how badly he's hurt.”“I'm coming. Don't touch anything until I get there.”“I haven't touched anything.”“Good. And Dreyven?”“Yeah?”“Don't start blaming yourself before we know what happened.” He doesn't answer immediately.“Just get here,” he says at last.The call ends. I grab my jacket, tell my assistant to postpone my next meeting, and head for the elevator.Dreyven has been running his motorcycle business long enough to know what he's doing. He's meticulous about his work, and he would never knowingly send a faulty motorcycle out of his workshop.If the brakes failed, we need to know why.By the time I reach the car park, I'm already calling him back.He answers on the second ring.“I'm on my way. Ha
FOUR SHADES OF DREY THERE'S BEEN AN ACCIDENT.
CHAPTER 138DREYDEN“Are you checking Aurelia’s picture again?”I look up from my phone to find Dreylen standing at my office door, grinning like he has just caught me committing a crime.“Don't you have work to do?”“I do, but apparently, you have something more important to attend to.”I turn my phone facedown. “Get out.”He laughs and walks into my office, dropping into the chair opposite my desk.“There's nothing wrong with missing your woman, brother. You don't have to hide it.”“Coming from the man who spent half of breakfast staring at her across the table?”His grin disappears. “I was listening to her talk.”“You were staring at her mouth.”“Dreyden!” I burst out laughing, and he points a warning finger at me.“Keep laughing. I'll remind you of this conversation when you start behaving like a lovesick idiot again.”“You mean when I do exactly what you do every day?” He rolls his eyes.We both know there's no point pretending. All four of us are hopeless when it comes to Aureli
FOUR SHADES OF DREY SOMETHING USEFUL TO THINK ABOUT
Chapter 137"Tell them the arrangements are being postponed. Nothing needs to happen until I give you the word.""Some of them may lose interest.""Then find people who can be patient.""Aurelia, you know this isn't as simple as making a few phone calls.""I know.""Once you start pulling at these threads, you may not be able to control where they lead." I close my eyes."I've thought about that.""Have you?"His question irritates me because it sounds too much like concern, and I am not in the mood to be reminded that my decisions might have consequences."Julian, I need you to understand something. I'm not asking you to do anything today. I'm asking you to wait." Silence stretches between us.Then he asks, "What changed your mind?"I could tell him the truth.That Dreyden kissed my forehead last night, and for a moment, I wanted to forget every terrible thing I had learned about these men.That I laughed with Drayton this morning and caught myself wondering whether we could ever ret
FOUR SHADES OF DREY THAT I DON'T KNOW
Chapter 136AureliaDreyden's words settle between us, warm and tender, and for a moment, I forget how to breathe.He is looking at me as though I am the only woman in the world capable of making him feel this way, his fingers wrapped around mine while his thumb moves slowly over my knuckles.I want to believe him. God, how badly I want to believe him.Because if there is one thing I have learned since returning to this house, it is that falling in love with these four men again is far easier than I ever expected. They make it effortless with their ridiculous arguments, their unexpected kindness, and the little things they do when they think I am not paying attention.Dreyden remembers how I take my coffee.Drayton knows exactly which jokes will make me laugh when I am trying to remain angry.Dreylen looks at me as though every expression on my face is worth studying, and Dreyven still has the annoying habit of placing himself between me and anything he considers dangerous.Sometimes
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