This is a teaser for my new story which I will be posting chapters and updating weekly starting in November. Please leave a review/follow if you are interested in this story. When complete, this story will be a shorter version of all three books in the trilogy mixed into one. There will be some twists and ideas of my own too and this version is set in London, England. The background to all the characters is the same. Hope you enjoy! Becca x
All characters and the Fifty Shades trilogy belong to E L James, everything written in this story is my own so please don't use any of my ideas without asking.
Ana POV
I am really not a morning person. It's 8:15am on a mild August morning and I still feel half asleep. Luckily there was a Starbucks on the way from my apartment to the train station so I could grab a hot chocolate for breakfast. I don't drink coffee but the sugar from the vanilla syrup in the hot chocolate should wake me up a little on the hour and a half train journey to King's Cross Station in London. I have to travel there from York for a conference today. I'm in my final year studying english literature at university here and I was lucky enough to be offered an internship by only publishing house around here. York is a traditional, touristy English town and it's really beautiful but I love London. I love the non-stop city life and it's where I feel at home. Today I have been given the responsibility of representing the York branch of BXC Publishing at a conference alongside interns and employees of the company from around the country. Sharon, the editor I work with, was supposed to be coming with me but seems to have caught the same flu as my roommate, Kate. They announce the train and I step forward to the edge of the platform so that I can board the train and find my seat. I feel a little out of place in first class but there have been a lot of changes since the company was taken over a couple of weeks ago including the requirement that all employees travel first class to company events, courtesy of the company. I asked Sharon and she doesn't know who took over the company even though she is one of the highest paid editors working for them. I questioned Kate about it too as she has an internship at the Business Times so she is one of the first to hear about takeovers but still, nothing. I feel awful that she has the flu and I can't be there to look after her today but she is travelling to London to interview some CEO next week and I offered to go with her so we could spend the weekend there. I glance at my watch after going through my schedule for the day and realise that there is still another hour to go before I arrive. I decide to put my earphones in and try to think of ideas for another story that I hope to start writing. My dream is to publish books and possibly become an author but right now between classes, studying for exams, a part time job and my internship I really don't have much spare time to write. I type down a few points on my phone about a romance between two colleagues who meet on a business trip but that seems too cliché, I need to think outside the box if I want my ideas to become best sellers. When I look out the window again I notice that the train is pulling up to the platform. It's just after 10 but I need to get to Canary Wharf which will take 30 minutes to get to via the Underground. I make my way to the Tube and arrive at Canary Wharf earlier than I thought I would. I open Maps on my iPhone to find the nearest Starbucks or coffee shop to work in until 1:15pm as the meeting is at 1:30. I choose a seat looking out into the street as I take out my iPad and connect to the wifi to check emails that I may have missed as there is no cell service on the underground. There are a couple of iMessgaes from Kate telling me to be careful by myself because, as she keeps telling me, I am one of the clumsiest people that she has ever met. I scroll through emails about end of season sales in stores and the latest one that pings is one from Sharon.
From: Sharon Warner
To: Anastasia Steele
Hope you arrived in London safely. No pressure but I was just informed that the new boss is going to be attending this meeting too. He's the CEO of Grey Enterprises Holdings, Christian Grey. Good luck!
Sharon Warner
Editor, BXC Publishing Co
The name sounds familiar, I think he's the guy that Kate is interviewing next week. 1:15 rolls around so I quickly collect my things and head towards a very impressive building in the heart of Canary Wharf called Grey House. Well, time to meet Mr Grey.