Black and Grey | Book 1

C h a p t e r 3 6

Turned out that Grayson and the rest of the men had planned to go to the villa in about 15 minutes. Right now I was situated in mine and Grayson's hotel room. I waited for him, while nervously playing with my fingers. I conjured up a whole plan in my head to follow them. When there were 5 minutes left, I would go and book a taxi that would take me to the villa.
I came out from the bathroom in leggings and a simple top to make it seem to Grayson that I planned to stay in. When I exited the bathroom, he was sat on the side of his bed on his phone. He looked up at me while I went and laid down on the bed, turning on the tv.
"We're going to leave in 15 mins." Grayson said, looking at me.
"Okay." I said dryly, not moving my eyes from the tv. From the corner of my eye, I saw Grayson's eyes avert from me to the tv to me again. He sighed frustratedly while running his hand through his hair.
"I don't care what mood you're in, you're not coming Iris." He said and I decided to rile him up.
"Mhm." I said, still staring at the show that was now playing on the tv. I heard him sigh again and he grabbed the remote that was in my hands.
"Iris-" He started.
"What? I get it, I'm not going. You just said you don't care if I'm in a mood, so just go already." I snapped at him and he threw the remote on the bed.
"Well I fucking care okay? What's so hard to understand that I'm just trying to keep you safe?!" His voice getting more angry.
I was going to bite back, but I decided to side with him, to make things flow more smoothly.
I sighed and looked away from him.
"Okay, you're right." I replied quietly.
"What?" He replied back, confused.
"I get that you're trying to keep me safe. I'm sorry." I said and he stayed quiet. I stood up and walked over to stand in front of him, now being genuine.
"I just- I just thought that this is all happening because of me, so I should be going there and fighting too. It's not fair that other people have to fight my problems for me, but if you want me to stay here, then fine, I'll stay." I was lying straight through my mouth, and I felt bad. Grayson still didn't say anything back, he just observed me, staring sat me curiously.
I frowned, but sighed and started to walk away.
"Yeah okay." I said and cleared my throat.
Grayson, all of a sudden, grabbed my arm and tugged me back into him.
He turned me around and placed his hands on my waist.
"You'll actually stay here?" He asked and I nodded and he squeezed my waist in response.
"Thank you." He said in relief and sighed.
I felt guilt rush through me and I looked down to the floor.
"Hey." He said and placed his hand on my chin and tilted my head to look into his eyes.
"Seriously thank you, Iris. I just want to keep you safe. I don't know what's going to happen when I go there, but I just don't want anything to happen to you." He said and I smiled gratefully.
Grayson lowered his head down to mine and placed his lips on mine. A surge of excitement and sparks rushed through me. Although, I still felt guilty. I kissed Grayson back, letting my guilt overwhelm me.

Time was running out and I needed to know when there were five minutes left until he had to leave. To distract him, I placed my hand on his chest, trailing my hand down softly.
His arms on my waist tightened.
"Iris." He slightly growled and took a step back from me, breathing hard.
"I've got to leave soon, otherwise I would stay with you." He said sadly.
"It's okay." I said, pretending to be sad as well.
"How long until you leave?" I asked and he checked his watch.
"Five minutes." He replied back and went to the drawer to get his gun out, where he had placed under all his clothes. He took it out and slightly tucked it into the back of his trousers.
"I'm going to go order some food. I'll be back before you leave." I said and he nodded. I took my phone with me and quickly ran down the stairs to the lobby.
I needed to call a taxi to take me to the villa. I went through a series of rooms, just to make sure that no one would find me.
I came to a stop and closed the door behind me, realising that I was in the cleaning room.
I typed in the number for a taxi, but no one picked up. I gritted my teeth in frustration, I needed to be quick in case Grayson decided to get suspicious and come looking for me. I tried again and sighed in relief once I had heard a voice on the other end.

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"Yeah sure. Also, can you just park a street before the hotel please? Thank you." I said quickly and ended the call.
I quickly ran back to my room, relieved to see Grayson still there.
"You okay?" He asked, concerned as he saw me out of breath.
"Yeah. I thought that you had gone. Just wanted to say goodbye to you, in case anything happened." I said and he nodded while smiling.
"Come here." He said and I walked towards him. He engulfed me into a hug and I relished in his warmth. Anything could happen today, and I just wanted to make sure that I could share this moment with Grayson, whether that meant lying to him as well.
Grayson's phone started ringing. He unwrapped one arm and answered his phone, his other hand playing with the strands of hair falling over my shoulder.
"Yeah okay. I'll come down now." He replied back and ended the call.

"I've got to leave now." He said and sighed. He pecked my lips and placed a kiss on my forehead.
"Stay safe." I said and he nodded. "You too." He replied back.
He left the room and I watched him. I made sure that he had got down to the lobby, before rushing back into the room. I threw on a black hoodie and grabbed some money for the taxi.

I left the room and rushed downstairs and out of the hotel. I ran all the way to the street before and saw the taxi that was waiting for me. I got in and nodded to the driver to go. The driver started the car, and drove on before sighing in frustration.
"What's wrong?" I asked, looking out of the window, noticing that we were right in front of the hotel entrance.
"There's traffic and the people in front of us decided to stop. Oh, there's someone getting out. Why couldn't they do it before?" He said and rolled his eyes. I looked closer and my eyes widened once I realised that the person getting out was Grayson. Why was he getting out? I frowned as I noted that he had gone back into the hotel. A few seconds later, my phone start ringing and I looked down to see that it was Grayson.
"Fuck." I swore under my breath.

I contemplated on whether I should pick up the phone or not. To make him not worry, I decided to pick up.
"Iris. Where are you?" He asked, confused.
"I-" I started, but slapped my head as I didn't know what to say.
"Why aren't you at the room?" He asked, and I noticed that he started to get suspicious.
What do I say?!

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