Here I am again with a short chapter but I thought you deserved it because I hit 100K on my very first story and it's been a very long time. My apologies.

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APOV

Avoiding Christian proved to be easier than I thought. Since I got the job at Grey House, it had been impossible not to run into him but I found that I actually could if I were really to try. It's been two weeks since Christian found out that I was in love with him but the look in his eyes was one I'd never forget. It's as if he was repulsed by it. By me.

Ever since then I've been throwing myself into my work, going to plenty of meetings out of town or just making sure I wouldn't have to be in the building for it. I think I've been in Grey House for a whole three days out of the fourteen that I worked which is clearly not a lot.

I've also avoided staying at Escala because I would never know if I could run into him. Instead I've been staying with Ella's parents because I know he wouldn't think of looking there.

But boy, I was wrong about that.

It was my day off and I was dressed in some casual wear. It had begun to cool down as October came but it was still quite nice out. For that day I'd decided to wear ripped jeans and a white shirt with white sneakers and my hair was up in a half ponytail and braids.

I was home alone with Christian Junior because Lily and the others were out of town, Ella included. I occasionally checked up at the apartment to see if it was being cleaned and such but I always made sure that I didn't stay longer than absolutely necessary and never longer than 30 minutes. I also made sure to do it during office hours so that Christian was at work and I'd have no chance of running into him.

When the bell sounded through the mansion, I was surprised and Junior as well. He offered to get it, which I allowed him to do. "Christian!"

"Junior! Hey, is Ana here?" He asked.

I heard his voice and froze, not knowing what to do. When Junior said where I was, I woke up from my stupor and walked to the entrance hall where the two were. "Christian, can I help you?"

He looked at me, his eyes widening. "Ana."

"Yeah?" I was acting as if nothing had ever happened, as if he didn't know what I felt for him. "Is there something I can help you with?"

"Uhm, yeah... I was wondering if you would take a walk with me? I would like to talk to you." He offered, gesturing to the open door.

I smiled and nodded. "Sure. Chris, you'll be fine right? You know where everything is and how to take care of yourself for an hour or so?"

The young boy nodded. "Yeah, of course. Go. I'll be right here when you return."

"Okay."

The first couple of minutes were silent and awkward. We just walked down the empty, calm streets that were abandoned at this hour in the afternoon. Nearly everyone in the neighborhood was gone, off to work or somewhere else. The houses were empty as the driveways predicted and the streets were eerily silent.

I had enough of the silence, it was too much and it made everything even more awkward. "Christian..."

Aparently he'd had the same idea because at the exact same moment, he said "Ana..."

We both laughed but he was the one to speak first. "Ana, look. I know that my eyes must have said the exact opposite of what I actually wanted to say that night. It was a total shock that you liked me. That you were in love with me. I mean, how could you be in love with me? I was a no one, really. At least, I was a no one to you. Wait, let me finish. You didn't see me as a hot shot billionaire, you just saw me as a 28 year old man, nothing more. So really, I was a no one to you. You only saw me as your friend... or so I thought."

"Christian, you were never a no one to me." I said.

"No, apparently not. Because I was falling in love with you since you ran into me in the lobby of Escala but you were just... You never looked at me like that so I thought that you wouldn't feel the same for me but then I heard from someone else that you did. I was so shocked by it but then you ran and I couldn't find you... hey, where did you go then?"

"I went to Kate's apartment that night. She called me a coward." I confessed. "I really am."

"No, you're not but I get you. I was shocked and I am not known for my poker face when I'm caught of guard and trust me, I was caught of guard that night." He took a deep breath. "Now comes the most important part of my speech, Anastasia Rose Steele. You are the most amazing woman in this world and in my life. I am in love with you and as it turns out, you are also in love with me so I would love if you'd go out on a date with me."

I was shocked. He was in love with me too and he admitted it so easily. He was in love with me.

Christian Trevelyan Grey was in love with me, Anastasia Rose Steele.

I was shocked, as I had already said. But there was only one answer I could give. "Yes."

I know it's a short chapter but it's the best I could do.

Also, quick question... Am I the only one or is anyone else here obsessed with BTS and KPOP? Because I am? I am so obsessed with it that I have started writing a fanfiction on Jungkook on Wattpad. If anyone is interested in reading, the link to my account is on my bio.