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Chapter 9
Christian POV
Did she really just say that ? Am I that obvious ? I look outside just in time to see her get in her car and drive away. She put cash on the table I didn't even see. I roll my eyes. I take my phone and call Cam, he'll know where she works. Maybe after my meeting I could visit her there.
I get out of the meeting room at five in the afternoon. I've been in there since one o'clock and it was boring. At least during those four horrible hours I found out where Ana works. I call Taylor and tell him where I am. He comes and I get in, he asks if we go straight to Heathman but I give him Ana's work adress.
I get out of the car and into the store. I know the owner so that's a good thing. I go straight to him and ask where Ana is. He says she's in the back restacking. I ask when she's done with work and as answer I get half an hour.
I find Ana indeed in the back, restocking cable ties. I sit down next to her and help her. She's wearing earbuds and doesn't notice me until she sees my hands. She pulls the earbuds out of her ears and grins at me. "Christian, how nice to see you here, but this zone is staff only." I shrug. "Your boss said I could come back here, I saw you here and decided to help you." She smiles at me and what it does things to my heart. Like serious stuff. I've never felt like this before. And I would do anythimg to make her feel the same, if she doesn't already feel like this. "Of course he did, I suppose you know him ?" I nod and laugh. "You know, just like your library, I should be shocked but I'm not." She rolls her eyes. "How did you know I worked here, I know I told you a lot about me but I'm pretty sure I didn't tell you this." I shrug. Indeed she did not. I hadn't asked her. "Your brother." She nods and isn't surprised. "Of course it was Cam. Who else would tell you where I work ?" I smile. If only she knew. "How long do you work here now ?" I ask, genuinely interested. She thinks. "Uhm, four years part time and if you count vacation jobs too, six." I smile. After that I just help her without saying a word.
Half an hour later I look up at the clock for what felt like the hundredth time and get up, I give Anastasia my hand, she looks up at me. "What ?" I point at the clock and she looks at it. "You're done, right ?" She nods at me. "Good, I'm taking you out for dinner." She takes my hand and I help her get up. "Where ?" I shrug. "I'll find a place." She nods. "I'm sure you will."
An hour later we're in a restaurant not that far from her appartment. She looks at me. "You, Christian Grey, take me here ?" I nod. "Why ? Anything wrong with it ?" It looks fine to me. Romantic, but not too romantic and open. It's nice and I've been more than once to these kind of places. The owner of this place has multiple places, in different cities, including Seatle. She shakes her head. "No, not at all. It's just, this place is so plaine, nothing special or fancy, the way you know things." I sigh. "Aha, there we have it. The way I know things, not the way I like things. Come on." I take her hand and we get inside.
Half an hour we sit at our table with our empty boards. "Care for dessert ?" She shakes her head at me. "No, I'm good. I'm full, anymore and it comes all back out." I laugh. I'm full too. "Good, I don't think I could take anymore." I ask for the check and Ana looks like she's going to say something but doesn't. "What ?" I look up at her. "You wanted to say something, what is it ?" She shakes her head. "How much do I own you ?" I laugh. "You don't own me anything." She shakes her head again. "No, how much did my food cost ?" I shake my head. "For you ? Nothing, I pay." She sighs. "You win this one, Grey, but next time, I win. I promise you that." I raise an eyebrow. "Do you now ?" She nods at me. I smile. "Come on, let's drink a glass of wine somewhere." We stand up and get out.
We walk to our cars. "I'd invite you to my appartment but I don't have any wine, I don't even think I have any coffee." She says. "Okay, we can go to my room, in the hotel." She nods. "Okay. Let's go."
I open the door to my room ten minutes later. She walks in after me. "Nice room. The biggest one, right ?" I shrug. "I think so. Why ?" She shrugs. "Just wondering, how big is this place ?" I look around. It comes nowhere near my place at Escala. "Pretty big, not as big as my place in Seatle though." She looks at me and smiles. "No, it doesn't." I lead her to the little kitchen in the room and give her a glass of wine. "So, I want the same as those others, huh ?" She looks at me with a questioning look on her face. "What ?" I nod. "What you said, this morning right before you left." She still doesn't know what I'm talking about. "What ? I have no clue... O, that." She finally gets it. "Yeah, that, so I want that, huh ?" She smiles. "I don't know, maybe, I wanted you to remember me through the day. Do you ?" I smile at her. "Who knows ? But not now, though." She smiles at me. "Why not ? Not feeling it, I wo..." Her Phone rings, she looks at it and puts it away. "Don't you need to take that ?" She shakes her head. "No. It's not that importnant." Her Phone rings again and I smile. "I think the one that's calling you thinks differently about that." She smiles and puts her Phone away. "The one that is calling me is Jase." Jase ? A boyfriend. "Jase ? Who would that be ?" She smiles. "Not a boyfriend, I know that's what you thinking, but no, we had a few nights together but that's it and that was over two months ago now." I nod. "So... What ? You only hook up ?" She smiles. "Aha, no. I look. I thought I found what I was looking for with Jase but I hadn't so I stopped looking, I decided that if I didn't find it, it would maybe find me." I smile. "Did it already ?" She shrugs. "Maybe, I think so, you see, my brother took me along to this lame thing last week and I met a guy there, an intimidating guy, but fun, too, he might be the guy that has what I'm looking for." I raise an eyebrow. "Why haven't you done anything then ?" She shrugs. "We're both too proud, I guess." I shake my head. "No, no, why haven't you done anything ?" She points at herself. "Me ?" I nod. "Because I'm too proud. I don't want to be rejected." I nod. "Sounds reasonable. Why do you think the guy hasn't done anything ?" She shrugs. "I don't know, maybe he doesn't feel anything." I nod. "Are you sure ?" She shakes her head. "No, I'm not, but he might know I'm not going to make a move." I come closer to her. "And what do you want him to do ?" She shakes her head. "Anything he wants. Even if that means kicking me out." Kicking her out ? I want to do a lot but kicking her out ain't one of them. "Who says he wants to kick you out ? Maybe he wants the same as you." She shakes her head. "I wouldn't know. He hasn't done anything to let me know. Does he ?" I shrug. "Maybe. Who knows ?" She shrugs. "Indeed, who knows ?" She looks at the clock. "Okay, I should get going, I still need to study." I raise an eyebrow. "Tonight ? It's almost eight. When are you going to sleep ?" She shrugs. "Probably at eleven. I'll text you tomorrow." She kisses me on my cheek and takes her bag. She walks to the door and I follow her. She opens the door and wants to walk out but I stop her, turn her around and kiss her. Like really kiss. I pull away. "Now, you remember me tonight." She smiles. "I will." And with that she leaves.
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