A Few Shades of Steele

Chapter 4

I push away from the desk after an hour of answering emails still having more, but it is nothing that can’t wait. I pace the room running my hands through my hair.

            “Man what’s wrong with you are you on crack or something?” Elliot comes back in rubbing his hair dry from his shower standing in some pants without a shirt.

            “Nothing I am fine just feel like moving is that a problem Elliot?” I snap on him.

            “Hey chillax man I was just noticing you are acting different that you normally do but what is really normal for you?” he smirks teasing.

            I glare as I lunch a pillow at his face which he doges and misses by a hair.

            “Well someone is touch about this,” grinning there is something you are not telling come on spill Christian”

            I shake my head, “Not now not till I know what I am doing.”

            “Always one to be in control,” rolling his eyes, “Anyway when are we going home?”

            “You can go home anytime you like I am going to stay here and check on some business,” and hopefully someone along with that.

            Elliot narrows his eyes slightly, “This has something to do with the thing you are not telling me doesn’t?” I don’t answer him looking at the room service menu, he breaks into a cheeky grin, “I am totally staying I need to find out what has my brother so screwy in the head.”

            I let out a low growl, “I am not screwy and if you are staying no girls no partying no being Elliot in the room got it douche?”

            “Hey that hurts man right here,” placing his hand over his heart chuckling, “But fine,” he gives in throwing himself on the couch flipping through channels before he lands on cartoons. What a child.

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            For the rest of the week I am all around Port Angeles paying surprise visits to some of my assets down here, which is something I should really do more often, because some of the businesses where nowhere near my standards so I gave them warning and I will send someone down at the end of the month, which they don’t know about, and there will be people out of jobs if they don’t straighten up. I am Christian Grey if you work for me you will work to my standards I am the one who runs the show in all aspects of my life but one.

            I went to WSU to check to make sure my grant is being put to go use and I took a walk with the Dean around the campus talking about handing out the diplomas and all that blah, blah, blah crap I didn’t listen to, but instead was keeping my eyes out for Miss Steele. I didn’t see her, but when the Dean took me into the library I finally got an idea for her.

            When I got back to the hotel Elliot had apparently talked Taylor into a game of cards as they sat around the coffee table with a small pot in the middle. “Welcome back Mr. Grey,” Taylor stands up from his seat.