Breakfast had went on for much longer than I had planned just for myself but , since I had company and , not to mention an audience , the time had stretched on . It was by no means unpleasant or uneasy being in Elliot' s presence . Since he was my newest client , it was insightful to catch a glimpse of the man behind the successful tycoon image that the rest of the world knew him by . Thus far , I learned that he had lost his dad before he was even born in a tragic car crash . I did express my condolences but he waved it away and brushed it off as him being unable to grieve someone he never even met to begin with . Even thought he said so , his chocolate brown eyes conveyed differently but , obviously , I did not poke further . He had two brother , both of them being older than him and h