Another chapter - hope you like it! And feel free to share your thoughts on this and what might happen in the next chapters - it is pretty interesting to read your ideas! :)

Again, thanks to Chris for editing :)


CHAPTER THREE: SURPRISE

"Urgh!" Ana groaned as she heard the doorbell ring. Who the hell was at her door at 9:30 A.M on a Saturday?

It actually was a normal time to wake up and she had overslept from being out late last night. She climbed out of the bed and put on her silk robe.

"In a second!" Ana yelled at whoever was knocking on her door as she looked in the mirror and fixed her hair into a messy bun. It would have to do for now.

But as she went to the door, she was not able to see who it was. Instead, she saw a beautiful bouquet of pink roses.

"Oh God!" Ana exclaimed. None of her former boyfriends have ever done this.

"Miss Steele, I need you to sign the delivery papers. Could you please first take the delivery?" the delivery man said and Ana immediately took the flowers and placed them on her kitchen table. She would deal with them later.

But when she returned, she was surprised to see there was more. Only this time it wasn't flowers.

"And also this." the delivery man said and handed her a huge Dior bag.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! I don't remember ordering anything..." Ana replied, looking at the bag confused.

"Miss, just sign here. Someone must like you very much." the man said giving Ana a small smile.

Ana smiled at his last words and signed the sheet. As Ana closed the door, she wanted to see what was inside the Dior bag and who sent the flowers. But she wanted it to be special, so she decided to wait.

She put the flowers in a vase from her cupboard, ignoring the white card. She decided she would first make herself breakfast - a cup of coffee and a sandwich. Then, she would sit at her kitchen table, read the card and look inside the bag.

But as she waited for the water to boil, she just couldn't resist.

Ana took the card out of the envelope and found a note written in perfect penmanship. The card read -

Anastasia,

I couldn't stop thinking about you the whole night.
And I wanted to apologize one more time for your coat.
I hope this will make you look even more beautiful, if that's even possible.
Maybe I should see for myself to be sure I got the right size?
Tomorrow night if you are free? Call me.

Christian

Anastasia. She had not been called that in so long. But that wasn't the the point, he wanted to see her! She turned and rushed to the Dior bag and opened its contents.

Inside was a red cashmire coat with black lace details. Oh, God, it must be the most beautiful coat in the entire world. And it must have cost a fortune. Even she, who appreciated the best fashion, would not spend so much on clothes.

Could she take it? No! But at the same time he had his point – she could not wear her favourite red coat now.

But what was more important was tomorrow evening. She went back to the card and took his business card he had left with it.

It read - Christian Grey, CEO of Grey Enterprises Holdings

And she now had his number. Should she call him? Thank him for the flowers and the coat?

She needed a bath, she needed a long hot bath. And while the water was filling the bath, she decided to find some information about Christian Grey.

She typed his name onto Google search on her Macbook Pro and in a few seconds she could see thousands of entries about this man. News, photos, gossip. She read his Wikipedia page and found out he was only thirty-one and one of the most successful businessmen in America.

Ana then typed "Christian Grey girlfriend" onto Google search.

There were many pictures with him talking to women, but Ana couldn't find any woman twice. So, Ana came up with the conclusion that he was a player. It's not like Ana expected him to be "the one" or that they would form a serious relationship. If it did not work out with Christian, at least she had something new to write about for her blog.

But, then there were pictures from last night's event.

The article read - "Christian Grey leaving the opening of his new restaurant in New York with a mysterious woman."

And then Ana looked through the pictures and saw his hand on her back as if he was leading her somewhere. To his car? To his hotel room? To his bed?

But that had to be after she had left the event. But how? He said on the note that he had been thinking about her!

"Fuck!" Ana cursed as she remembered about the bath. She got to the bathroom just in time before the water overflowed. She took her clothes off and got into the bath. She needed to relax.

After her bath, she walked back to her desk and got a piece of paper and a pencil.

She wrote down "pros and cons of going out with Christian Grey" and put a line down the middle. The left hand side was for the "pros" and the right hand side was for the "cons."

PROS

Handsome

Must be smart

Can afford living in his own place

Funny

Gentleman

CONS

Player

No future together

Out of his league

One nightstand

That was all Ana could think of for now.

Even though the man had seemed to be something last night and even this morning, she would just be wasting her time with him. Unfortunately, as she thought about it, she wasted her time with almost every guy she went out with.

Of course she wouldn't sleep with him tomorrow night if they went out, it was not her. And he went home with another woman right after she left. He didn't even try to say goodbye to her.

He thought he could just buy her with a Dior coat and the most beautiful bouquet of flowers. He was so wrong.

She put the piece of paper and pencil away and got her phone. She needed to speak with her best friend.

"It is 10 A.M on a Saturday morning and you are calling me. This better be an emergency." Kate said gruffly onto the phone.

"Christian Grey wants to go out with me." Ana said without saying hello to her best friend.

"I told you so! You should have went back to the event last night!." Kate said with excitement.

"No reason for that when I received flowers and a new Dior coat from him this morning." Ana told Kate.

"Whoa, what? How did he even get your address? Kate asked confused.

"Kate, I don't care about that. The fact that he wants to see me is more important." Ana looked through the open door to the table where the vase was. The flowers were beautiful. And the beautiful Dior coat was now back in it's bag on the couch.

Ana thought it was sad he couldn't even spend one night without sex. Because she would have called him. But not now. She knew that if she agreed to go out with him, it would not have last for a couple of days.

But she did not need or want a one night-stand now.

"So, tell me Ana. Where are you two going? What are you going to wear?" Kated said probing Ana.

Kate always wants to know everything. That was Kate. How disappointed she would be when she finds out that Ana had no intention on going on a date with Christian Grey.

"Nothing." was all Ana said.

"Oh, Ana. A meeting in bed?" Kate asked teasing her best friend.

"No, Kate." Ana said rather loudly. "There will be no date."

"WHAT?" Of course, her best friend's reaction was like this. "Look, Christian Grey, the Christian Grey asked you out and you are saying 'no'?!"

"No, I am not. I thought about calling him before, but then, I searched his name on Google and found out that he left with another woman last night. I don't want a one night stand." said Ana.

"Even if he is Christian Grey?" Kate asked. Ana smiled, thinking about her self confidence – saying no to Christian Grey.

"Yes, even if he is Christian Grey."