First I want to say thank you all very much for all the amazing reviews. There is however a few things I want to say. To the guest who had said I have a habit of leaving my stories in the middle while starting a new one. To answer that, I haven't left any of the stories. 1 it's called life, we all have one. As I have stated before in many of my other stories I work a full time job that is very demanding of my time.
Not to mention that my job requires me to go out of town at least twice a month. Second it's called writers block and I have gotten a few times and I'm sure other writers have gotten it too. That's why I haven't been updating as often as I should.
Don't think by any chance that I have abandoned them what so ever because I haven't. It just takes me a while to get back in the swing of things. With that being said I hope you understand where I am coming from.
On another note. Pinterest. Someone had reported me to the Pinterest police for one of my pins saying that it was too sexy! I'm not sure which pin it was because it didn't say. But like I said in the first chapter there are going to be a lot of hot and heavy pins and Gif's as the story continues. So if they upset you in any way I suggest you don't even go on Pinterest for this story.
I lay flat on my back and stare up at the ceiling. This is amazing. Wait? Where is the bathroom? I sit up from the bed and look around the room. There is another door on the other side of my bedroom. That must be the bathroom. I get to my feet and walk across the room, I open the door and once again I am freaking speechless. There is a bathtub that is big enough to fit like five people, the shower alone looks as if ten people could take a shower in there and still have room to move around.
The walls have shelves and shelves of body wash, shampoos, perfume and make up. This is out of this world. I feel like a kid in a candy store. I don't think I will ever be able to repay her for all of this. I exit out of the bathroom and go back into the bedroom.
About 3 hours go by and I hear a light knock on the door before Elena come in. She tells me dinner is ready. I follow her to the dining room and we take our seats. The housekeeper comes out with two plates. Throughout dinner she asks me questions about my mother and I answer them the best way I can.
I asked her questions about my biological father and what he was like, even after we finished dinner we stayed at the table and just talked. It was as if she knew me my whole life and I knew her. I was able to open up to her about how I had to take care of my parent's, she told me how her and her husband ended up in a divorce. Had something to do with him wanting children and she didn't.
We moved our conversation into the living room, where she poured us both a tumbler of brandy. I took a small sip and thank god that I did because it burned the shit out of my throat.
By 10 o'clock she told me I should call it an early night, since I have to be at GEH before noon so that I can get my security badge and a tour of the building. She gave me a simple kiss on my forehead and wished me goodnight.
I changed into a cute pair of pajama shorts and a matching tank top. I climbed into bed and before I knew it, I was asleep…
9 o'clock the next morning I am rudely awakened by Elena's housekeeper.
"You need to wake up now. No sleep in for you" she says to me in her broken English.
"I'm awake, I'm awake. You don't have to be so rude about it. A simple good morning would have worked"
"You get up take shower. Breakfast is ready, you eat then go. Ms. Lincoln waiting. You go now take shower chop chop" She swats me on the butt as I am getting out of bed.
"You better watch your hands lady, I don't float that boat" I roll my eyes at her and stick out my tongue. I know it's very childish of me but really did she have to smack my butt like that.
Anyways I hurry myself in the shower, I wash my hair and my body. I want to make a good impression on my first day so I make sure everything is shaved. After I am dried I wrap myself in a towel and go over to wear the perfume is and spray a little on me. The bottle reads 'Lucky' smells amazing. Hey who knows maybe I'll meet someone there my own age and get lucky? Yeah right who am I kidding? I'm sure all the guys that work there are old, bald, gray haired men who can eat their weight in donuts.
I mean if this Mr. Grey is friends with Elena he has to be in his late 40's early fifty's. I'll probably end up getting him coffee every few hours and answering phone calls.
I walk out of the bathroom carefully the last thing I want is for that damn housekeeper to stare at me half naked. I look around the room and thank god she is gone. I'm going to have to say something to Elena about her waking me up like that.
While in my closet I pick out something that would work well in the business field. I found a gray silk long sleeve button down blouse, with a nice pant suit to go with it. For shoes I grab a pair of black high heels, but for some reason the souls of the heels are red. Huh?
Before I leave the closet I grab a pair of matching bra and panties, a cute baby blue color. I strip myself of the towel and put one the panties then the bra. Wow I feel like a million bucks already and I haven't even finished getting ready. Once my skirt is one, as well as the blouse. I go into the bathroom and dry my hair and apply light makeup. Mom always told me that I have natural beauty and that I shouldn't cover it up. So I only put on eye liner and mascara, and a hint of pink lip gloss. There now I am ready.
"Good morning" I say as I walk into the kitchen greeting Elena.
"Good morning dear how did you sleep?" she gets up and kisses me lightly on the cheek.
"Surprisingly really good"
"Fabulous, would you like anything to eat?"
"No I'm not that hungry right now. But I could use a cup of coffee"
"Well we can get coffee on the way, I'm afraid if we don't leave now we'll be late" Late? It's only just after 10? How are we going to be late? We have like two hours.
It's not until we hit the main roads that I understand what she means. It is bumper to bumper traffic right now. How can this be possible? Georgia is nothing like this in the morning.
Finally around 11:30 we pull into a big underground garage. She parks her car and we both get out. Looking around I see a lot of really nice cars. Most of them are either BMW's or Saab's. But there is one that catches my eye. It's a sweet Audi R8, all black and its shinny. I think Elena notices me looking at it because she says,
"That's Mr. Grey's car you're eyeing over there"
"He has great taste in his cars then because that is one hot car" We continue to walk until we reach the elevators. We get in and she pushes the button for the main lobby. The doors close and we are lifting away.
No more than a minute later the elevator comes to a halt and the doors reopen. We both step out and walk right pass the front desk. How come no one is stopping us? She stops in front a set of doors and knocks. A red headed buzzed cut man steps out, he is wear a dark blue suit and has an ear piece in his ear.
"Ms. Lincoln"
"Good morning Taylor. This is Anastasia my niece" His eyebrows do this crazy dance. He looks at me with a puzzled look.
"She is the daughter of my best friend who passed away last month. I am caring for her until whenever she feels fit to be out on her own" He nods his head at her then turns to me. Oh shit.
"Welcome to GEH Miss…?"
"Steele, Anastasia Steele. But please call me Ana" I smile politely.
"Welcome to GEH Miss Steele. Here is your badge, this will give you access to any door or elevator in this building" He hands the badge to me and I clip it to the top of my skirt.
"Thank You, Mr.?"
"Taylor"
"Thank you Mr. Taylor"
"No ma'am just Taylor"
"Ok Taylor, thank you I will guard this with my life" I say jokingly, but he doesn't smile.
"Well we must be going, Christian is expecting us" Again he nods his head and returns back into the door he came out of.
We walk down a small hallway until we come upon another set of elevators. As soon as she pushes the call button the doors opens up and we walk in. She pushes for the 20th floor and once again we are whisked away.
"Now remember be polite and only speak when spoken to. Got it?"
"Yes, only speak when spoken too and be polite"
She didn't say much to me after that, and because of that it made this ride up seem as if it is taking forever.
The elevator doors open, we step out and make a left. There is a large desk with two blonde haired women behind it with headphones on. The one is on the phone while the other is typing away on her computer. Her eyes never leave the screen, she hasn't even blinked yet.
As soon as the one blonde ended her phone call she looks up and sees that Elena and I are standing in front of her.
"Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Grey is waiting for you. You can go in"
"Thank you Andrea. This is Anastasia, she'll be the one covering you" Elena said a little snotty.
"It's nice to meet you Anastasia" She turns her head to smile and me.
"It's nice to meet you as well" I smile back at her, she seems very nice and sweet.
"Why don't the two of you get better acquainted while I go in and have a few words with Mr. Grey?" Elena pats my hand.
"Alright"
She leaves Andrea and me at her desk and we both watch as Elena walks down the hallway to a large set of double doors. Elena stops just in front of the doors and adjusts herself. Andrea softly giggles to herself, I turn to look at her. Her smile disappeared and she mouths 'sorry' to me. I shrug my shoulder at her letting her know its fine. She gestures for me to have a seat next to her and I take it.
"So Anastasia, I know for the next two weeks I'll be training you until you start school. So why don't you tell me a little about yourself?"
"Well there isn't really much to tell about me. I'm 18 I'll be turning 19 in 4 weeks. I'll be a senior at Seattle prep"
"19 and a senior? Should you be on your way to college this year? She asks
"It's a long story. Pretty sad actually"
"Well we have a little time, they'll be in there for a while before they call for you"
"Ok well, Just after my 18th birthday both my parents got diagnosed with mesothelioma. In the beginning it wasn't so bad but towards the middle of the school year it has gotten worst so I pretty much stayed home as often as I could to take care of them both. I tried to do as much work I could from home but I started falling behind. So I never got to graduate with my class. Then over the summer both my parents died"
"Oh god Anastasia I am so sorry"
"Thanks" I sniff trying to hold back the tears.
"If you don't mind me asking, how did you come to live with Mrs. Lincoln?"
"Well her and my mom were best friends from the time they were 3 until just after I was born, and then my mother moved away to Georgia. While I was cleaning and packing my family's things I came across a letter my mother wrote to me. It seems my mother got ahold of Elena a few months before she passed away and asked if she would look after me"
"Wow"
"Yeah"
"No I mean wow as in I never pictured Mrs. Lincoln to be the motherly type"
"Well she isn't doing a bad job so far, you should see my room. Oh my god, I nearly died. Oh and my closet, holy shit! The bathroom alone is worth dying for" Andrea lets out a giggle.
"I'll take your word for it"
"So what's it like working for Mr. Grey?"
"Well he's…um….he's polite, intense, smart and really intimidating"
"Intimidating really?"
"Yeah you don't want to get on his bad side either"
"Well I'll be sure to stay clear of him then" We both giggle a little. So far Andrea has been really nice and very kind to me as we sit here waiting for Elena or Mr. Grey to call me back. She shows me a few things that I'll need to know. So far everything seem pretty easy. She shows me a list of people who are allowed to be put right through to his office phone. I look over the list and see that most of the people have the same last name so they must be his family.
Andrea and I talk a little more with each other but this time she tells me a little about herself. She is married with two kids, one is in 3rd grade and the youngest is starting Pre-K this year. She has also told me that she has been working for Mr. Grey since he first started his business. Although in the beginning she admits that the pay wasn't very well but as time went on it got better.
Andrea and I were interrupted from our conversation when Elena stood in front of Andrea's desk and cleared her throat.
"Everything is all set Anastasia. I will see you later tonight" I stand up from my seat and walk to the front of the desk and hug Elena. She smiles don at me and kisses me sweetly on the top of my head.
"Now you be sure to listen to everything Andrea teaches you, and remember what I told you in the elevator. You follow that you'll do just fine. We'll go out to dinner tonight to celebrate your first day"
"Sure can't wait"
"Goodbye dear, Andrea you make sure you keep a close eye on her"
"Yes ma'am I'll be sure she is on her best behavior" Andrea smiles but it doesn't reach her eyes.
Elena takes her leave and waves goodbye to me one last time before stepping into the elevator. Andrea lets out a long sigh and frowns.
"Everything ok?"
"Yeah, it's just…..Mrs. Lincoln makes me feel uncomfortable when she is here"
"Sorry"
"It's not your fault, she makes a lot of people here uneasy. There is something about her that I feel she is hiding, but hey it's none of my business so…oh well"
"So when do I get a tour of the monster of a building?"
"Oh yeah…Well I can see if one of Mr. Grey's security members are free. I would do it myself but as you can imagine I can't leave my desk" She makes a quick phone call to someone telling them I need to be shown around the building, then hangs up the phone.
"Someone well be up to get you in a few minutes. Until then why don't I show you where you'll get the coffee for Mr. Grey?"
"Sure lead the way" She put don her headset and gets up from her seat, she adjusts her skirt and steps away from her chair and begins to walk me down the hallway into a little break room.
"This is the break room. Over there is the coffee pot, make sure you make a new pot every hour, even if Mr. Grey doesn't ask for the coffee make it anyways. This way he always has a fresh cup for when he does ask for it"
"Ok got it a fresh pot every hour"
"All the coffee mugs are in this cupboard" she points and then opens the door.
"This cupboard are for snacks, feel free to bring anything you want or make a list on the things you want and someone will get it for you. Until then feel free you to have anything you want. Since you'll be here from noon until six for the next two weeks you can have a 30 minute lunch break around 3 o'clock. We ask that you stay inside the building but if you feel you need or want something from an outside store let one of the security members know and they'll get it for you"
"Wow ok" it'll be nice for once to have someone wait on me hand and foot.
"As for the refrigerator, there are plenty of drinks in there. Again help yourself and if there is something that you want and isn't in there add it to the list" We walk out of the break room and as we are walking back she points out the conference rooms. There are 3 of them.
"When Mr. Grey is in a meeting do not disturb him unless it's absolutely necessary, you know like a family member calling to speak to him" I nod my head.
When we get back to Andrea's desk there is a man standing next to her desk, he is dressed just like Taylor was and has an ear piece in his ear as well. He is very stocky both his hands are behind his back just like someone from the military would stand. I'm guessing ex-marine.
"Ah here we are. Anastasia this is Luke Sawyer. I take it you have already met Taylor when you came in, Sawyer here is Taylor's right hand man"
"Nice to meet you Mr. Sawyer"
"Just Sawyer ma'am"
"Does everyone in Mr. Grey security go by their last name?"
"Yes ma'am we do, Mr. Grey prefers it that way"
"Can you maybe not call me ma'am? Anastasia or Ana will be just fine. Calling me ma'am makes me feel old and I'm only just going on 19"
"No can do ma'am"
"Ok how about Miss Steele? Can you call me Miss Steele" I ask.
"Yes Miss Steele"
"Great. So how about that tour, I'm ready to get to know my way around this place"
"Right this way" he gestures for me to follow him.
The tour took us a little over an hour, but he managed to show me everything. While walking through the halls we talked and asked each other questions. Of course I told him how I came into this intern job. He was a little shocked when I had mentioned that my mother and Elena were best friends. He was even more shocked that I was living with her and that she has spent an insane amount of money on me.
We took the elevator back up to the 20th floor. When we reached Andrea's desk she was talking to a red headed women with a short haircut. The only way I can describe her is….hmmm she reminds me of Miranda from sex in the city. Andrea sees me from the corner of her eye, she excused herself from the redhead and came over to me.
"Anastasia this is Ros, Ros this is Anastasia. She will be the one covering for me in the evenings"
"Nice to meet you Anastasia. Aren't you a pretty little thing" She extends her hand for me to take. I'm a little hesitant at first but I take it anyways.
"It's nice to meet you as well"
"Ok Andrea I'm off. Christian has everything he needs. Call me if anything changes but I doubt it. Nice meeting you again Anastasia"
"Bye" I wave to her as she walks over to the elevators and get in.
"I'm not sure but I think I was just eye fucked by that women" I say to Andrea and she laughs.
"Yes you were, but don't worry about it Ros is harmless. She is married to Gwen who works in our legal department"
"Ok so while you were gone Mr. Grey was in a meeting. Nothing important that you need to worry about right now. Did Sawyer show you everything that you need to see?"
"Yes he did thanks" Her intercom beeps and a deep voice comes over.
"Andrea send Miss Steele in to my office" Andrea rushes to behind her desk. She pushes a button and says,
"Right away Mr. Grey" She looks at me and gives me a shy smile.
"You heard the boss. Just go straight in, no need to knock he knows you're coming" I take a deep breath and nod.
Oh god I am so nervous, what if he is mean to me? What if he thinks I can handle this job? What if he hates me? Even though Andrea told me I didn't have to knock and that I can go straight in I still lightly knock on the door before pushing it open.
I peek my head in the door and take a quick look around. I step in and take a quick look around. His office is big and white. There is a big mahogany desk that sits at the far end of the office near the floor to ceiling windows. There is not many things on his desk. There is a Mac computer, along with a Mac book next to it. A phone and a stack of papers. There are two white blush chairs sitting across from his desk with a glass coffee table in the middle.
Also in the office are a few weird looking sculptures in the office, one in the corner which kind of has the look of a totem pole, a huge weird looking globe that is made out of thick pieces of wood blocks. Near the totem pole looking thing is a large glass table with four white chairs on wheels. On the right side there is a bar with a few crystal bottle filled with amber colored liquid.
He is standing at the window just feet away from an indoor tree looking out into the streets on Seattle. I don't see his face but I can see his backside. Well for a late 40, early fifty year old he seems to be in shape. I guess my assumption of him being bald and fat was wrong.
"Have a seat" he tells me not turning around to look at me. I have a seat in one of the chairs across from his desk. I don't know how much time has passed but I remain seated in my chair waiting for him. Finally he moves, he runs his right hand through his hair and lets out a breath I didn't know he was even holding. He slowly turns around and that's when I realize he isn't any 40 or fifty year old man.
My eyes widen as I see that he must only be in his mid-20's. His face is perfectly cleaned shaved. I take notice that he is wearing a dark gray 3 piece suit with a white suit shirt and a tie. Good lord. He sits down in the chair behind his desk, unbuttoning his suit jacket as he does so. He doesn't make eye contact with me yet.
He is type away on his computer then switches to his laptop. I still don't say anything, remembering what Elena said to me about only speaking when spoken too. I keep my head down and focus on my hands that are fidgeting in my lap.
"Miss Steele?" I look up and I am met with a pair of the most amazing grey eyes. I watch as his eyes widen, and he breaths in deeply. Wow he is gorgeous, like Greek God gorgeous.
"Y-yes M-Mr. Grey" I stutter. A small smirk creeps on to his face, I think he knows that I find him attractive. But by the way he is handling himself I can't tell he gets that a lot.
"Are you nervous Miss Steele?" he looks me right in the eye. Shit what do I say? If I say yes he'll think I'm weak and if I say no he'll think I am full of myself.
"Uh just a little. I've never been interviewed before"
"I would hardly call this an interview Miss Steele. Thanks to Elena you have already been awarded the job. It's also to my understanding that you will only be working part time, why is that?"
"School Sir" His gray eyes darken a little. "I missed a lot of school last year because of my parent's being ill, I had to stay home and take care of them"
"Yes I know Elena explained it all to me"
"She did?" he nods his head runs his finger across his bottom lip, his finger ever so slightly touches his tongue. Holy fuck that's hot.
"Yes she did"
"Then why ask me. Sir?" His eyes harden on me and he gets up from his chair and walks in front of his desk. He leans himself on the edge of it, and he crosses his arms over his chest and looks at me.
"How old are you Miss Steele?" He asks. I'm a little taken back, I figured Elena would have already told him my age. I mean she did mention about me going to school and only able to work part time.
"My age?"
"Yes Miss Steele that is what I asked"
"18 Sir. I turn 19 next month on September 10th" I hear him whisper something under his breath. Before I know it he walks back to behind his desk and sits down again.
"Thank you Miss Steele that is all you can go now. Please mention it to Andrea that you need to sign a NDA" He sounds a little pissed off at something? Was it something I said?
I get up from my seat and straighten out my skirt that had ridden up my thighs, I hear Mr. Grey let out a gasp. I look up to him and he is licking his lower lip slowly. Once I am situated with my skirt I extend my hand to him for him to take. At first he doesn't move, he just sits there looking at my hand. So I retract my hand and start making my way to his door. Just as I was about to push the door open I hear him call out my name from behind me.
"Miss Steele" I turn around, he is less than a foot away from me. He extends his hand. I look at his hand then back up to him. Keeping eye contact with him I take his hand into mine. Holy fucking shit, what in god's name was that. Some kind of freak electric shock passed through me. Did he feel it too? If he did he is showing no sign of it. Maybe it was just me?
He removes his hand from mine, I push the door open to his office and walk out. Before I completely close the door I sneak a peek at him and he is just standing there staring at his hand that I shake. Maybe he did feel it?
