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Note: Hi you all! This is another short story, and is set in an alternate universe. (A/U)
I love writing long fics, but writing short tales is awesome too! ;)
With limited chapters, I'll try to make you feel for our beloved main characters.
In this one, Christian is the CEO of a successful company... however, he is also doing 'something' else on the side.
Picture this: he helps the Police with tasks, only he and his team could do. ;)
And... Ana is his employee, but she also helps him with Christian's 'side job' ;)
Wanna find out more? Let us, shall we?
Extra note: If you do not like my writing, scroll on to something you like/ love. OK? Good.
(I'll be updating this short fic each week: 'Two hearts, one soul' will end after 2 chapters.)
Anyways, onto this short story...
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See the sunrise on your sins
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"A masquerade ball?" Ana muttered, as Christian sat in a chair and watched her intently.
"Yes. Exactly 200 people will attend the party. Do you think you can handle it?" He questioned.
Ana was still smiling, wondering what it would be like to attend such a party. And now it was within her grasp.
"Handle it? Of course I'll be able to handle it. Will I be your date? What I mean is, I will go with you right?"
"Well, yes"
"'Cause obviously it won't be a 'real date', because we will be on the job. Wait... will you go as you or as the 'other' guy?"
Christian chuckled, and shook his head." As myself, Ana"
"That'd be so hot... not that I think you're hot...uhum, yes you are ho... I'll shut up now." Ana babbled, while turning crimson red, making him burst out into laughter.
While the two conversed like usual, Taylor stood there quietly next to his boss, an amused look plastered on his face.
Christian exchanged a look with his bodyguard, still smiling... Christian liked it how her head- to- mouth filter usually didn't work.
Especially, after an exhausting day as CEO, it most definitely was the highlight of his day, hearing Ana talk like that.
So endearing... You got to love her.
'Huh?' Christian shook his head, as he realized what he just thought of his employee.
Where the fuck did that thought come from?
"So, you two will pose as a couple and when everyone is too drunk, you'll go and get the data from Brennan's office. Yes? It's as simple as taking..." Taylor began, but got cut off by Christian and Ana.
"Don't say 'as taking candy from a baby" the two said in unison.
"Hey! Why are you two ganging up on me like that?" Taylor asked, frowning at the two.
"Cause you always say that, Taylor"
Ana smiled widely and clapped in her hands." This is going to be so cool!"
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... One hour, before the masquerade ball...
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The plan was set in motion and all Ana needed right now was a costume. As she got through her wardrobe piece by piece, her heart dropped.
"Aaargh! I've got nothing to wear! What am I gonna do?" She exclaimed, and plopped down on the floor.
After a while, she got up and walked to the kitchen to get some ice cream. Maybe that tasty, cold sweet stuff will give her an idea on what to wear. She was just about to eat a second spoonful of mocha ice cream, when she heard the doorbell.
"Who could that be?"
Ana walked to her door, and was very surprised to see a delivery guy with a huge package in his hands.
"Miss Steele? Anastasia Steele?" He asked, and she nodded.
"Yes, that's me!"
"This is for you. Please sign here, Miss."
"Thank you." She said with a smile on her face.
The man walked away, leaving Ana excited behind.
'Christian.' She thought, and walked back to her bedroom.
Her heart jumped up, when she saw the dress and mask.
WOW... absolutely stunning!
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The party was already on full swing, when Christian arrived at the ball. His plan was to pick Ana up, but she insisted at the last minute to go by herself. She had told him that she was running a bit late, so as he waited for her there, he could double check if their plan was foolproof.
Christian had done that three times already, and still no sign of Ana.
"Where is she?" He muttered under his breath, clearly losing his patience.
"She'll be there soon, Mr. Grey... Don't worry. Relax. "Taylor told him through their earbuds.
In response, Christian let out a deep breath and shook his head. "I... uhum, WE need her for this plan to work. Without her, this plan will crash and burn." he insisted, while taking a sip from his drink.
"She'll be there..." Taylor remarked." We can always count on her, boss"
"We only have one chance to get the data, Taylor." Christian explained." Tomorrow, Derek Brennan will leave Seattle and I bet you a 1000 bucks that he'll disappear from the face of the earth."
"Don't worr..." Taylor began, but got cuff of by his boss.
"If you say relax one more time, I swear Taylor, you'll regret it." he threatened.
"Come on you two. Play nice." They heard a smooth, feminine voice say via their earbuds.
"Finally! Ana, where are you? I... uhum, WE need you in here now." Christian growled impatiently.
"I'm right up here, Christian... Don't act so grumpy." Ana said in a sing song voice." I'm on the stairway, hello..."
In response, Christian turned around and looked up the stairs.
There she was on the stairway, looking absolutely BREATHTAKING!
His eyes almost fell out of their eye sockets, his mouth opening slightly. Wow...
"Are you alright, Mr. Grey?" Taylor asked through the earbud.
However, he didn't hear his employee. From the second his eyes found Anastasia, her appearance had enchanted him. He watched in awe, as she walked down the steps. It was like she was floating on those high heels. When Christian picked out that dress for her, he never in a million years thought that she'd look like this.
Ana looked like she stepped out of a fairy tale... OMG.
The color of the dress was dark green, plenty of little shiny stones on the top and it hugged her body curves at all the right places. Her shiny, chestnut-colored hair was up and she had the green mask over her gorgeous, blue eyes. WOW...
As Ana's feet hit the last step of the stairs, the DJ had switched songs from upbeat to this one. It was 'Dusk till dawn' by Zayn ft. Sia.
At that very second, a switch turned in Christian's mind. His heart rammed against his ribcage, as he walked towards this remarkable, intelligent, gorgeous young woman. Anastasia. Ana. Ana.
Tadum, tadum, tadum. That's how fast his heart was beating, his attention solely on her. And she's chosen that exact moment to smile shyly. He didn't see anyone else, he didn't hear anything else but that song.
'Let's make love tonight. Make it up, fall in love, try. Baby, I'm right here...'
And finally... she was within his grasp, standing right in front of him, her delicious scent invading and teasing his nostrils. Strawberry and papaya was her familiar scent, the ones she always wore. He closed his eyes for a second, and inhaled that scent to imprint it in his brain from now on. With his eyes and heart, Christian took in her magical appearance and swore to never ever let go of the Masterpiece that was Anastasia Steele.
"May I have this dance, miss?" He asked, his heart beating like crazy.
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Ana watched, as Christian extended his hand to her. He looked her deep in the eyes, making her weak in the knees, her heart melting into a puddle.
He was 'just' playing his part, right? Yes, of course! He was just acting, trying to get Brennan's attention.
Ana was also supposed to act, but it wasn't easy with him looking at her in that manner, his eyes boring into hers. She nervously smiled at him, and softly rested her hand in his. As his piercing gray eyes bored into her soul, he locked their fingers together, promising himself to never let her go.
"Come on, gorgeous lady in the green dress. Let's show these people how it's done." He whispered in her ear, sending shivers up and down her spine.
They walked to the dance floor, their eyes locked on one another. They had to act like a real couple; a couple in love. So, Ana and Christian had to make it look good. Very good.
The moment they hit the dance floor, he smiled widely but Ana looked absolutely lost. Christian noticed that she felt really uncomfortable, so without saying a word, he twirled her around, so her back was against his chest. Ana made a squeaky sound in response, and trembled like a leaf, wanting to run away, but she trusted Christian... completely. So, she let him lead her.
At one point though, Ana began to breathe faster, and when he noticed it, he brought his lips to her ear and whispered. "Do you trust me, Ana?"
Those words and his hot breath on her neck seem to make it so hard to think clearly. She was overwhelmed by his manly scent, making it so difficult to form a coherent sentence. So, to prevent from embarrassing herself, Ana did the only thing she could.
She nodded with her eyes closed, while inhaling his familiar scent. Correction, his manly scent.
The moment he saw her nod, Christian grabbed her waist lightly and brought her lower body to his. In response, he almost lost control, feeling her soft body molding into his. 'Come on, Christian... You're just playing along with the plan. You're just acting!' He scolded, and mentally slapping himself.
He tried to focus on the plan, but she smelled so good!
The moment she felt his hard body pressed onto hers, her breath hitched in her throat. Ana sighed deeply, and almost wanted to whimper from their touch.
"Follow my lead, OK?" Christian whispered in her ear, turning her knees into jelly.
She nodded again, and the next thing she felt was his callous hands on her hips and they began to easily dance to the music. To her, it was the hottest thing ever; his hands on her body, his warm breath tickling her neck and his warm, muscled body so close pressed onto hers.
Ana still had her eyes closed, enjoying all that was Christian Grey...
"Good you two; you definitely look like a real couple." The both of them heard Taylor say via their earbuds." Wait... aren't you guys over doing it though? You guys are most definitely over doing it. "
In response, Christian reluctantly let Ana go and twirled her around, so they were facing each other again.
Ana felt like time stood still, as Christian and her gazed into each other's eyes. However, in the back of her mind, she kept telling herself that he was only playing his part.
"OK, boss. Derrek Brennan is dancing right next to you two." they heard Taylor say.
At hearing that, Christian purposely bumped into the man and let his drink drop to the floor.
"Hey, man. So sorry about that. Let me get you another drink." Christian said, and gave the man an apologetic look.
Brennan wasn't amused at all, but he nodded and stared at Ana...
BINGO! Ana had caught 'the target's' attention!
Christian noticed it too, and purposely walked towards the bar, happy that the first step of their plan was working.
They knew that Brennan loved brunettes, and also loved the color green...
"Hello, sweetie. How are you? Wanna dance?" Brennan asked, while grabbing Ana's hand.
She had the urge to yank her hand from his, but she stopped herself on time.
That was the plan, Ana! She had to catch 'the target's' attention, so he would invite her up. Then she and Christian could drug him, and get the data from his computer.
"I am taken you know, I have a boyfriend." She calmly said, even though she wanted to kick him with her high heels." You just met him, you know"
Ugh! Derrek Brennan was so gross!
In response, Brennan laughed at her. "Do you know who I am? I'm Derrek Brennan, host of this ball." he announced so proudly, making Ana wanna choke him." And by the way, I love a challenge, sweetie. I saw how in love you two looked. Give me a chance to have 30 minutes alone time with you, and I promise that you won't remember his name afterwards."
At that very moment, Ana was seething, her eyes fiery, and she so wanted to scratch Brennan's eyes out, but miraculously held herself back.
"Don't do it!" she heard Taylor say through her earbud, making her huff aloud. (How did he know she wanted to hurt the man?)
"Well, well. You are one very cocky man, aren't ya." Ana said, while giving 'the target' a fake smile." What makes you think I wanna forget my boyfriend? Do you even know who he is? He's wearing a mask, off course you don't"
"I don't care who he is, sweetie. Let me take you up; you do wanna have a good time right?" he told her." I have some good stuff, you know."
"Go with him, Ana" she heard Christian say via her earbud." That is the plan, right? Don't worry, I'll be following the two of you. He won't get a chance to make a move on you." he promised, his voice deeper than usual.
'What's up with that?' she wondered, her brows furrowed.
She then nodded. "Okay, if you insist, Mr. Brennan... let's go up." Ana said, her voice trembling from annoyance.
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At the moment, Ana was upstairs with Brennan, the target, while he was fixing her a drink.
"Why don't you relax, sweetie. I don't bite, you know." He told her.
She smiled a fake one, and accepted the drink. Ana did as if she took a sip of her drink, and watched Brennan.
All of a sudden, he was all up in her face, grabbing her by her waist. Ana was just about to scratch his eye out, when she saw Christian.
He leaped at them, and effortlessly injected Brennan with a drug. Off course, their target was out within seconds.
"Are you alright, Ana?" Christian asked, with a worried tone in his voice, while placing both hands on her cheeks.
She nodded at that.
His eyes were boring into hers, making the skin that he touched tingle deliciously.
"I'm fine, though I really wanted to scratch his eyes out just now." She confessed, making Taylor laugh aloud.
Christian smiled, and kind of regretted that he didn't give her the chance to hurt Brennan.
That would have been fun to see...
He was still looking Ana in the eyes, and his hands were still cupping her face. It wasn't even weird that they both still had their masks on. On the contrary; she thought he looked ten times hotter with it over his eyes.
At the moment, Ana's heart was beating so fast, it skipped two maybe three beats.
Christian knew that they were running out of time. He should let go of her, but he didn't have the strength to do so... Gosh, her skin was so soft, and so warm and she...
"Hey, boss! You don't have a lot of time left!" they both heard Taylor say aloud." Get the data and go, please!"
In response, Christian finally let her go, so Ana hastily walked over to the computer. She sat in the chair, and grabbed her jump drive. As the data was being copied, Ana nervously tapped on the desk. She was biting her lower lip, making Christian swallow hard.
"You two are awfully quiet. What's wrong?" they heard Taylor say.
"Nothing's wrong!" They both said in unison, while avoiding each other's gaze.
After a few minutes, they had all the data they needed. "Yes!" she celebrated, her right fist up in the air.
"Okay, let's get out of here." Christian said, and led her out the office.
They walked out carefully, 'cause he already took out three bodyguards, but there were two still out there. Everything was going according to plan... that was until they turned the corner, and saw the two bodyguards. FUCK!
Christian then grabbed and pulled Ana back quickly.
"What are we gonna do?" she whispered." If they see us, they're gonna ask questions that we can't answer."
"And fighting them isn't an option. If you do that, it will attract attention to you two." they heard Taylor say, in a worried tone." And we do not want that, boss"
Christian had no clue what to do right now, and they were running out of time! Fuck...
In a few seconds, the two guards will see them standing in the hall!
"Kiss her, boss..." Taylor suggested.
"What?!" Christian growled, while Ana's eyes almost popped out at hearing Taylor's words.
But there was no time and though Christian thought that it was A BAD... A VERY BAD idea, he took his employee's advice.
He looked at Ana questioningly, so she nodded although she was beyond terrified. Christian leaned in and cupped her face gently and looked her deep in her ocean blue eyes. As he brought his lips to hers, his heartrate increased drastically. He softly kissed her red lips, her eyes falling shut at their own accord. The moment she felt his warm lips pressed onto hers, her heart fluttered like crazy!
In response, Ana's hands roamed and ended up in his short hair. She moved her lips slowly; tasting, sampling.
One of Christian's hands ended up at the back of her head, as they deepened the kiss. He kissed her with so much passion, it left them both aching for more. Their lips began to move faster, leaving them both breathless. At one point, he heard Ana make a sweet noise that came from the back of her throat.
Was she deliberately trying to kill him with that sensual sound?! She was making him lose his mind!
"Hey, you two! You can't be here! What are you doing?!" they both heard a voice say loudly.
In response, Christian pulled away first, making Ana whimper softly at the loss of his warm lips on hers. They looked each other deep in the eyes; both looking dazed and confused.
Especially Ana, but she didn't get a chance to dwell on it too long.
"Uhum... sorry, but we were looking for the restroom." Christian lied to the guard." We couldn't find it, so we did 'something else' instead."
"Okay, we understand." the second guard said." I'd want to kiss her all day too, if I had a girlfriend who looked like her."
"We can go?" Christian asked.
The man nodded, so he and Ana walked away, both utterly relieved.
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As Taylor drove the vehicle back to the mansion, Christian stayed quiet, lost in his thoughts.
Approximately twenty minutes ago, he had given the jump drive to Detective Matteo. With the data on the jump drive, evidence of criminal activity, she was going to make sure that Brennan was going to prison for a long time.
When the three of them arrived at the basement, turned into a 'secret command center', Ana took off of her green mask. Taylor teased her, saying that she should wear it everyday.
After a while he left, saying that he was tired and just needed some rest.
So, after Ana was done with her search on a notorious hitman, Christian decided to bring her home. As they walked out the expensive vehicle, Christian looked at her.
"You look amazing in that dress, you know." he complimented.
She smiled in response." Thank you. And thank you again for the dress... I can keep it, right? Or do you want it back?" Ana questioned, her eyes wide.
He laughed at her reaction, cause she looked so endearing to him." You can keep it off course... And the mask too." He replied, and then cupped her face with one hand.
As their eyes locked, gray on blue, Ana gave him a confused look." Christian, I don't understand... what's going on?" she uttered, her heart pounding wildly inside her chest. He had told her countless times that he didn't date his employees, and has proven it for five years now... well, up until now." Why are you looking at me like that?"
Christian sighed deeply in response, and shook his head." I don't know... I am just as confused as you. I..." He began, but was cut off by a gruff voice.
"Your hands up, now! "
Christian and Ana immediately did as the thug ordered.
Like usual, he stayed calm, while Ana began to shake from fear!
"What do you want? Here's my wallet and watch." he told the thug.
As Christian talked to the man, he purposely stood in front of Ana, using his body to shield and protect her.
Anything can go wrong during a robbery, so he did that if things would go wrong. He didn't care about himself; all that mattered to him was that Ana was safe from harm.
She had to be protected; at all costs...
And as he thought of keeping her safe, suddenly the thug aimed and began shooting, bullets flying in their direction!
The last thing on Christian's mind was her.
Anastasia... Ana. Ana...
Note: Thanks for reading my work, you all. :)
In this story, the Police has their hands full with criminals, left and right, so they're happy that Christian and his 'TEAM' are able to lend them a helping hand.
xoxo,
J