CHRISTIAN POV:

It's a scary sight: Mia Grey quiet, not talking, not even able to bring herself to her trademark 'OMG''

"Oooooooooo... Emmmmmmmmm... Giiiiiiiiiii!"- Nop, I spoke to soon...

"You like her? You really like her! Oh my God of course you like her or you wouldn't be here in the first place! Kate's best friend? Ethan's favorite person? This is perfect! We'll all be like a tight knit family!"- She squeals.

"Stop mapping out the future Mia, she just...interests me. And you are also way too young to be thinking about anything serious with Ethan Kavanagh!"

It's been 3 whole days since I saw Anastasia and they have been hands down the most confusing days of my entire life. She goes and kisses me and then leaves me hanging! Ok, granted; I froze on her when she touched my chest but still. She bolted to her apartment and other than an extremely frustrating text message I know nothing about her. What I do know is that I can't get her out of my mind! The kiss, the way she smelled, the texture of her skin and her hair... I don't even want to go there unless I plan on yanking one out in my sisters bathroom.

"Christian you are talking to me, your baby sister..."- Mia says in a soft loving tone, yes... I do dote on her more than necessary.

"I know that you are very private and I'm not even sure you speak to Elliot about your stuff if there even is any stuff to begin with but c'mon on! It's the first time I've seen you take interest in a woman! This is not me rubbing it in but you came to ask for my advice! I am trilled Christian and I want to help you as much as I can. Look, as far as I'm concerned Ana is a nice girl. We started with the wrong foot but I am going to win her back since she is such a big part in Ethan's life but if you want me? I'll be in your corner all the way"-

"Think you can sway Elliot into that corner? He wants me as far as possible from Ana"

"Well, that I can't figure out why. Again I assume that El not only knows things about you but also about Ana. Christian you are kind of getting to know about Ana since the wedding but she's been a constant in Elliot's life. I swear he loves her more than Kate but that is still no excuse to go against your own brother"- Mia pouts offended but she also isn't aware of my predilections... No doubt that is why Elliot want's me to stay away from Anastasia, she doesn't seem to have a submisive bone in her body!

"So? What's the plan?"- Mia says bouncing up and down her bed like a five year old. It makes me smile. "Do you want to pursue her romantically? Take it slow?"-

"I don't know.. I just want to... be with her, get to know her that is" I correct myself as Mia's eyes practically fall out of their sockets.

"Ok... what about a classic dinner?"-

"We already went to dinner Mia, she ended up shutting her door at my face and texting me this" I say as I hand her my cell phone. I also chose to leave out the part were we made out like horny teenagers. Christian Grey does not make out!

'I'm sorry. It was a mistake. Please forgive me. Have a good night. A' I think I read the damn thing every fifteen minutes.

"Uhmmm so what about a more informal kind of dinner? I already told Ethan I wanted to cook something for Ana and make amends for being somewhat defensive towards her."- Bitch being the proper word for it.

"Why don't I arrange everything so that day you can just casually pop up and say hi!"-

"Mia I assume that the meting will be held in Ethan's apartment? Why on earth would I casually 'pop up' at his place? I hate the kid!"

"Christian don't be nasty! Remember he is my boyfriend and I'm hoping it will be for the long haul"- I grimace. "Anyway, trust me I can handle the meddling. Let me talk to Ethan and pick a day. I'll call you when it's settled"-

"Thanks Mia, I really appreciate it" Not even Taylor and Barney could form some plan of counter attack. Taylor even said that I was way over my head. I fired him on the spot...thank God he never believes me.

...

Lunch was nice, we decided to pick up Mom from work and eat together. She immediately asked how everything went with Anastasia but true to her word Mia had my back and said that it was just wonderful and that we were planing on getting together again this week.

'Oh Christian she is just such a nice girl. I really hope you get to know her better outside of Copping Together' where Grace's exact words so it's nice to know someone else is on my side other than Mia but my main concern is still Elliot. I can't funcion without his approval. Ever since we reconected from all those extranged years he's been my rock so I still want to talk to him about my feelings; whatever the hell they are.

"Mr. Grey? Sawyer is here Sir"-

"Thank you Andrea, send him in"

This is another part of the puzzle. Barney was right; Sawyer would be great helping into giving me an opening to talk to Anastasia but I want to play my cards right. I've been avoiding him since Monday, it's clear that they have obviously developed some kind of friendship and he knows about my lifestyle so I am going to have to tread lightly. He's a smart one Sawyer, I wouldn't have him on my team if that wasn't the case.

"Sir? Good evening Sir"- Sawyer says walking inside my office, ever the professional. I tell him to sit down.

"How's 'Mia Watch' going?" I smirk. Everyone of my employees thinks they are in the dog house when I assign them to my little Sister.

"It's been interesting Sir... but she's a nice kid so no complains on my part. She bakes me goodies every day"-

"Nice to know that... I wanted to talk to you about what happened Monday night" Well, this is awkward...

"Of course Sir..."- That's all he says and I am already pissed off. I hate crossing the line with my employees. I hate it even more because I am doing because a woman I hardly know and blew me off.

"I believe things escalated a bit when you saw us" I say... no reaction from him "How is Miss Steele?"

"She's great! Getting herself acquainted with Seattle once more since she was gone."- Again, nothing. This is ridiculous, I'm just fixating on the girl only because I haven't had a proper fuck in months. I'm about to dismiss Sawyer and the whole idea that represents Anastasia Steele when he speaks.

"Permission to speak freely Sir?"-

"Of course..."

"She's a nice girl Christian"- I don't know if I am going to like what's coming. He called me Christian. "Like a good girl, daddy's girl, all american girl"-

"Ok... where are you going with this Sawyer?"

"She's not one of the 30"- He says strait on looking at me and for some reason I feel ashamed and I have never, ever felt like that regarding my habits. I need them, they have made me who I am. I signal him to go on.

"I known her for lest than a week but Ana is just one of those people that warm up to you. She's nice, funny, cute and sexy as hell. She's like the whole package in one"-

"I've noticed..." I say through gritted teeth, jealous of the fact that he has gotten the chance to enjoy those qualities first hand.

"Christian... I'm just going to say it; you don't see them. The girls? Once you terminate their contract? It's bad, T and I get to see it all from the beginning. You wine and dine them, give them vip access to the billionaire lifestyle and then you drop them faster than a dinner napkin. Some go in it for the money, others for the sex... either way they all end up crying in the back of the car. Ana is not like that, I just don't want her to go down that path not that I think she'll be interested anyway"-

"Jesus Sawyer... cutting right to the chase uh?" I say sighing and running my hands through my hair.

"That being said... what exactly are your intentions?"- I looked up again. Was there a chance?

"I know you Christian... In the end you're a stand-up guy, and need I remind you that you gave me permission to speak freely so; you like weird shit BUT that being said? I have never seen you show interest in a woman out of the bedroom and even then they come to you, not otherwise so..."- Sawyer looks at me expecting me to elaborate further but I can't help but smile...

"So...you think I have a change with Anastasia?"

"She clearly isn't immune to you from what I saw the other day..."

"Well, I like her. I'd like a second chance but she's been ignoring my calls since that day. That is definetely a first for me"

"Ok...now that that is out in the open what exactly do you want from me?"- I square my shoulders, this is business 101 and no one does it better than I do.

"You've obviously have grown closer to her...by the way; what where you doing in her apartment that late at night?"

"She's my friend! I went over earlier to see if she wanted to hang out but Taylor was already waiting for her. I just stayed talking nonsense with her roommate Jose"- Not sure if that's the truth and definitely not liking men even if friends only have such freedom to her home.

"Anyway... I'd like to get to know her better. We aren't in high-school Sawyer, I am not going to tell you to pass on paper notes"

"Ok...and what about the other stuff, you know: the weird shit?"-

"Well I don't know enough the girl to know about her sexual preferences do I?"

"She won't like it and I think that's a deal breaker with you!"- Has Sawyer been talking with Flynn behind my back? "But anyway, I'll help... Ana is a big girl, its up to her in the end to chose what and who she likes"-

"Good man" I say, that wasn't so hard, now all I have to do is wait for Mia's magic.

"There is however something I would like to talk about...about your dinner on Monday"-

"Did she tell you something? Does she hate me? Was I too forward? Should I go over her house?"

"Jeeze Boss take it easy... you kind of need to for what I am going to say, you should bring Taylor in as well"- I do as he says and I am not at ease, I don't like it. As soon as Taylor comes Sawyer spills the beans.

"You've been breached"- Taylor and I look at each other, Sawyer has nothing to do with GHE. so it has to be personal. Fuck!

"How bad?"- Taylor is the one who asks. I am trying, really trying not to strangle someone. You had one job, one motherfucking job.

"Define bad... Ana said that she heard two chicks talking in the bathroom of the Mile High Club. Apparently they knew someone who was intimate with Mr. Grey that was bragging about it"-

"Other than bad timing with Ms. Steele I don't think it's an issue. Many deluded women like to make up they sleep with Christian Grey. No sub is going to risk their anonymity and paycheck"- Replies Taylor. He seems sure of it, I'm not. People will always want more money.

"What did Anastasia tell you Sawyer?"

"She said that when she was in the bathroom the women were talking about knowing a friend of a friend that said she had slept with Grey. And I quote 'The guy is loaded and apparently is even better giving orgasms than making money, has dependency issues and is better at giving orgasms than making money'. End quote"-

"Still hearsay"- Taylor replies, this time not so sure.

...

3 hours later I am locked in the conference room with my team minus Ross, she already gives me enough shit for her to know about my sex life! Taylor, Sawyer, Welch, Barney, Andrea and Gail by phone call have managed to put up profiles for each and every one of my thirty submissives as well as the inbetweeners; random fucks.

"No, not that one... what was her name? The one with the fake nails!"- Says Barney while Andrea taps on her phone.

"Melissa!"- She replies giving a look of distaste. "Her voice was like a drowning cat"-

"What about the redhead?"- Sawyer asks me.

"Ivette? She was too extreme! I ended her contract after a week"

"No you didn't, she wasn't one of Lincolns. You meet her at the governors balls"- Says Taylor.

"Really, I could have sworn Elena introduced us"

"Uhm Mister Grey I'm afraid you are mistaken with the submissive you had at the time. She was redheaded as well, Gaby I think was her name"- Said Gail over the phone. Ohhh yes, I remember now! I was already in my sub funk so I slipped with Ivette at the party too lazy to even call Gaby. I look across the table and see Sawyer scrutinizing me. Yes, I know; Anastasia won't definitely put up with this kind of behavior. I haven't had sex in almost two months that must count as he clean start doesn't it?

"Mr. Grey; Mrs. Lincoln is on line 1 for you sir"- Andrea says annoying me even more. Since I am no longer contracting subs communication with Elena has been cut down severely and she his nagging my ass for attention. I really don't know what as gotten into her, normally we could spent weeks even months without talking only communicating via email but lately she's been downright needy. I take the call right in the conference room, I want this call disconnected as quickly as possible.

"Christian Darling whatever are you into? Is there any new deal that I don't know about? You've been completely ignoring me"- See what I mean? We are both busy people, she's fif..forty something for Gods sake let alone in a relationship with me.

"Elena..." I say as clipped as I can "I'm in the middle of a meeting. I am quite busy at the moment collecting data, what do you want?"

"To see you of course! To restart our monthly business dinners what else? We also need to talk about your subs! Remember Christian; all work and no play make Christian a bad, bad boy"- She tries to purr over the phone but she just sounds like someone who smokes too much.

"I'll have Andrea contact you if I have a clearing on my schedule other than that I'm in the middle of a takeover Elena so I wont have time for needless necessities. But I will have you chose a date for a meeting with my accounting department. I need to revise the numbers for Copping Together a soon as possible"

"Oh, it's that so? Is there an event coming up? Grace hasn't mentioned anything about that!"- It was a minimal raise of her tone but I noticed it. Strange...

"Just a new member... I'll let Andrea handle everything. Goodnight Elena" I say quickly disconnecting the call.

"What about the one who dressed like a geisha?"- Asked Barney. This was going to be a long night.

...

I finally made it out of GHE at eleven at night with a massive headache. It was settled that Barney would look up at the video footage from the Mile High Club that night to run a facial recognition on the two women and we managed to narrow it down to two subs most likely to run their tongues ahead of themselves. Other than that Elena's words ran heavy on my mind 'all work and no play'? Just makes Christian more horny as fuck, it's infuriating! Even more infuriating that I can't get Anastasia out of my head! Not even after an entire afternoon of naming women I have literally fucked to oblivion.

I know Gail as the equivalent of a drug store back at Escala but my head hurts so I tell Taylor to stop at the nearest store so I can buy something, I could also stretch my legs a bit. Annoyed that my face is on more than two Seattle Gossip rags I go over to pay when I backtrack a little, I know that ass... It has no comparison whatsoever.

"Anastasia!" My mouth speaks before I can hatch some kind of plan if she decides to bolt on me again but she looks equally surprised.

"Christian!"- She says as she has a couple of grocery bag in her hand as she was buying batteries.

"Expecting a power shortage?" I ask making her flush instantly. She is so gullible and innocent...

"Uhm yes for lanterns. Yes! The batteries are for lanterns! And clocks, yup, some run with batteries as well! I also have a mechanical music monkey Elliot gave me, I hate the noisy thing but I can use them on it as well..."- She was a rambling mess and I cant help but to step closer and put my hands on her shoulders. Biiiiig mistake. Her skin is hot against my touch and now I'm pretty sure that I'm the one who is blushing. It was if I burned my hands when I touched her but a good burn, like a bittersweet sensation. She felt it as well...

"I... what are you doing here?" I ask reverting to my teen years where I wasn't even capable of looking a girl in the eye so I focus on the next best thing; her legs! She has on one of the ridiculously hot high waist shorts women seem to favor these days and an old West Point baseball shirt; must be her fathers...

"Batteries!.."- She mumbles as she sighs the next time she talks. "And food also... I'm sorry Christian, how are you? You just startled me that's all"- She says walking over to the cash register.

"At this hour? Hey you forgot your batteries" I say running quickly to get her a couple. She blushes some more as she takes them then silence falls between us as we both pay for our purchases.

"So I guess I'll see you around..."- She says as we walk outside into the crisp Seattle night.

"Wait, you are walking back to your house?"

"Yeah, it's close and I needed fresh air"-

"Anastasia that is simply unacceptable! It is nearly twelve o clock at night! You can't just go parading yourself alone on the streets, it isn't safe. Come, I'll take there" Did she just roll her eyes at me?

"Christian really, it's barely a ten minute walk. Thanks but no thanks... I am not about to trouble you, you look like you had a hard day at work. Don't worry about me and go home"-

"If you don't want to trouble then get in the car Anastasia"

"I am not getting inside a car with you!"-

"Then I'll walk you!" I say as fast as I can ignoring the stab I feel of her not wanting to be alone with me. Also, it's a free country, she can't say anything if I happen to walk next to her till she reaches her apartment.

"You are exasperating did you know that?"- She says as she lets me carry her grocery bags but I just smile back at her.

"You have no idea Miss Steele"

My headache is completely gone, I must look like a smiling idiot as we walk the short distance to her house. She was right, it was a quick walk back as I drag my feet wanting to spend more time with her.

"Christian? I'm sorry for what happened on Monday. I acted far from proper with you and I apologize. It wont happen again"- She says looking anywhere but me but I'm not having it, she's not getting away from me: period.

"Anastasia I believe we both let ourselves get carried away that day but I'm not sorry for what happened" She looks at me with curious eyes as we arrive back to her apartment building.

"Look, we started with the room foot but remember what we talked about the other day; we are going to be in each others life through Katherine and Elliot so it's not like we can ignore each other. Most importantly I don't want that! I want to get to know you, outside of any joint venture or a third party involved"

"Christian I..."- She's about to refute me yet again but I see uncertainty in her eyes, I smell blood so I go in for the kill. God I want to eat her up even more when she is biting her lip. Unconsciously I lift her shin up and caress her lower lip, she trembles at my touch and I die by her softness.

"Anastasia I am not asking for your hand in marriage...not tonight at least" I make her smile. "I'm just asking for an opportunity for...more. I wont try to kiss you anymore I promise; scouts honor" I was never a boy scout...

"I'll call you ok? I just have a lot on my plate right know"- Bullshit! It's on Steele, prepare for the full Christian Grey assault.

"Of course..." I say like the gentleman I am not as I open the door for her and wave goodbye as she enters the building.

"Did you strike out?" Taylor says as I enter the SUV, he followed us from the convenience store.

"I believe I have three strikes Taylor and I am only warming up" He just laughs at me but changes into his business demeanor immediately.

"Barney called; he managed to pin down the friend the women at the Mile High Club where talking about"-

"Who's about to have their audi totaled?"

"Leila..."-

"Of course" I mutter trying to get my anger at arms length. "Take care of it tomorrow" I tell Taylor and he nods. I trust him and right know I don't give a rats ass if the whole lot go on a interview binge telling everything about me to the media. As of today I have a life's mission; Anastasia Rose Steele will be mine.

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ANASTASIA POV:

I wake up smiling like an idiot but completely at ease... Thank God, scratch that; thank Jose for buying me a vibrator. Thank God for creating Christian Grey!

I stretch like a cat in bed content and relaxed remembering bits and pieces of my dream with Christian. I swear I can still smell the roses on the prairie... Wait, am I still dreaming?

On my night table there is the most exquisite red rose bouquet with a small bag besides it. I instantly read the note:

"I am not sorry. It wasn't a mistake. Forgive me for not doing this earlier. Have a good day. C"... The bag had a set of rechargeable batteries.


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