A/N- Sorry for the delay. I hope you enjoy- thank you for all the reviews


Christian and Jade were finally getting somewhere, it had taken years but they were getting there slowly. The dinner and boat trip had been perfect, he genuinely felt like a weight had been lifted off his shoulders by the end of it when they had all gotten off at the dock. After the meal Jade had been talking to Mia by a railing, looking out over the water, both giggling at something. Christian had glanced over at Luke, who was talking to his Grandparents, and had seen the look on his face when he glanced over at his fiancée. It was complete and utter love and adoration.

That night Christian had gone to bed a much happier man than he had in a long while, frankly Ana seemed to have more than enjoyed herself too.

Luke had awkwardly returned to work as Christian had asked, punctually turning up at 9 am with Jade in tow. He kissed her briefly and went off through the apartment to find Taylor as usual. Jade wandered into the Main Room, seeing Ana eating her breakfast and Mrs Jones cooking something. 'Hey' They both looked up and smiled 'what are you doing here?'. She turned around and saw Christian had come into the room, dressed in his sharp suit. 'I don't mean it's a problem, I was just surprised' she laughed lightly 'I'm meeting Elliot, he said he was coming here to see you this morning?'. Christian nodded 'he's doing some work on my Aspen house, I'm giving him the file today, he said he'd be here by now' Jade shrugged 'he's never on time Dad, you should know that. He told me to meet him here, we're going to one of his new builds across town'.

Ana looked intrigued 'you're working with Elliot?' she nodded 'yep. He's done a gorgeous house and the owners have asked me to do the art for it. We're heading over there today, showing them the first three paintings I've done, then doing three more for them'. Ana looked impressed 'is it good pay?' Jade nodded 'those six paintings will pay for six months' rent on my studio and probably a new Tiffany necklace' the last part was directed at Christian, referencing the comments he had made when he'd got the call from the bank 'the family are filthy rich, and that's coming from his daughter' Jade had a slight smile on her face and motioned to Christian and Ana smirked. 'And what, Jade, is that meant to mean?' She raised an eyebrow 'nothing, Dad'

'If you'd accept it I'd pay for your rent on the apartment and the studio, it's not like I haven't tried'. Jade smiled and shrugged 'as an entrepreneur I'd have thought you'd appreciate the whole 'going out on my own and not using Daddy's money' thing here, but evidently not'. Christian was about to speak but at that moment Elliot appeared in the doorway. He was wearing dark blue suit trousers, a white shirt with the top two buttons undone and the sleeves rolled up. 'Well it looks like I'm on time. Makes a nice change'. Christian glanced at his watch 'well actually you're about fifteen minutes late but that's an improvement'. Elliot rolled his eyes and smiled at the two women 'Morning ladies, we won't be long'. He mock bowed to them and then pointed at Jade and used a stern voice 'Jade. Eat something, you're looking about two ounces less than you did yesterday!'.

Everyone in the room looked at Elliot with confusion and Christian spoke first 'What the hell was that?'. Elliot shrugged 'I was doing a 'Christian Grey''. Ana snickered and Jade laughed, though Christian simply rolled his eyes. 'Are we going to look at these documents or not?'

Elliot and Jade had obviously made a good impression at the house, the home itself was finished and looked amazing, and the paintings were impressive too. Elliot hadn't seen any of them in progress and the huge canvasses had been an expensive investment if they hadn't liked them. Thankfully they had been blown away by them, much as he had been by his nieces work.

They were all images of places in and around Washington State, one was of Seattle, one was a painting of one of her images from Olympic Park, and the most incredible one was from Congaree National Park in South Carolina which was breath-taking. The family had asked for 'earthy' type pictures to fit in with the house Elliot and his team had created. They had increased the amount of paintings they still wanted from three to a further six, meaning they wanted nine in total and some were now going to be put in the Family's office in Seattle.

Elliot took Jade to lunch at her favourite restaurant in the City, not needing reservations to be ushered to the best seats with a fantastic view. They came so often that neither needed a menu to order, Elliot got a half lobster and spaghetti dish as usual and Jade got the chilli crab pasta, getting a bottle of wine between them to celebrate.

Elliot raised a glass to Jade 'well done to you, on getting a fiancée and making some fucking good paintings in the same week' she laughed and drank slowly. 'So, how is Luke?' he was smirking slightly and she raised an eyebrow, a grin on her face 'how's Kate?' Elliot laughed, shaking his head and taking a drink 'touché Miss Grey, touché'. He smiled, pouring more wine as Jade's phone buzzed loudly on the table. She glanced at it and cancelled the call, looking a bit annoyed but continuing the conversation.

It was at the seventh cancelled call in twenty minutes that Elliot finally spoke up 'Who're you ignoring?' he glanced at the screen, which was displaying that 'Bitch' was calling. He smirked slightly until she exhaled sharply 'It's my Mum, she's found out about the engagement and seems to think she should be involved. Stupid bitch'. Elliot was as shocked by the venom in her voice and the fact she knew who it was 'sorry- what? You know who she is?'. She shrugged and sighed, turning off her phone 'of course I do. She's never made much of an effort…when I was brought back from Israel-' she didn't notice Elliot flinch slightly at the memory of her lying comatose, broken and bruised in a hospital bed '-she seemed to suddenly want a relationship, but it was a bit late by then frankly'. Elliot nodded and spoke quietly 'too little too late?' she simply nodded.

Christian had come home with Ana, Luke and Taylor after work, having picked Ana up on the way. They were walking through the apartment, Luke and Taylor just behind them when they went into the main room. Jade was standing there, wearing jeans and a plain black top. The first thing they all noticed was her expression, she looked absolutely livid, hands balled into fists. Ana spoke first 'What's happened?' she glanced at the phone clenched in her hand 'My 'mother dearest' has rung again'. She exhaled deeply, clearly incredibly angry, her eyes flashing darkly at her father 'Can you tell that fucking bitch to leave me alone'. Christian narrowed his eyes 'She's your mother-'. Jade snorted derisively. 'Yeah, that's one word for her'. Shaking her head she stormed out of the room, muttering darkly. 'I'm going to my studio, I've got work to do'