Reese sat uncomfortably at her desk with her knees pressed together reeling. Her mind was still a surging perplexity; she had been rubbed raw and couldn't believe she let Christian get the best of her. Christian Grey had showed her that he wanted her, and it made her realize that maybe she wanted him too, but she didn't want to be forced to submit to him.

Reese's body seemed to conform with the shape of her chair as she finalized the final items for the auction. With Mrs. Lincoln's generous contribution, it made a total of 17 items. Not bad.

Knock! Knock!

"Come in."

"Hey, how did the showing go?" Naomi asked, taking a seat, "Potential buyer maybe?"

"It wasn't really a showing," Reese said turning around in her chair, "Mr. Grey wanted me to meet someone…an Elena something…Lincoln. yea, that's it," she stumbled over her words, "She donated a trip to the auction."

"Elena Lincoln?" Naomi raised a brow, "why does that name sound familiar?"

"Uh maybe because I just said it," Reese chuckled.

"No, no," she gasped, "I'm pretty sure that's the same woman that broke up the Grey's marriage. Scott told me—"

"He didn't cheat on his wife," Reese said firmly interrupting her, "I asked him."

"And you really think he would tell you the truth?" she said crossing her arms.

"I mean why would he lie to me," Reese said raising her brow, "I'm just his broker."

"I don't know," she paused, "maybe so you wouldn't look at him any different."

"I'm looking at him like he's a million-dollar commission," she chuckled uneasily, she was lying.

"True," she laughed, "I'm just saying no one likes to think of a confident, successful, incredibly sexy," Naomi's voice trailed.

"Ahem," Reese cleared her throat, "Naomi."

"Sorry," she said snapping back to reality, "anyway, no one likes thinking of a person like that as a cheater."

"Well, did Scott actually get confirmation that there was infidelity?"

"Basically… I mean he mentioned something about photos," she said shaking her head, "that's all I would need to hear."

"But Scott never actually said he cheated right?" she questioned, "I mean all Christian said was that there were unrealistic expectations that led to the divorce."

"Unrealistic expectations," she scoffed, "yea because he probably thought he could cheat on his wife and she would forgive him with no consequences."

"He didn't cheat okay," she snapped defensively, trying to convince herself. Christian had already shared with her that he had a connection with Elena. Although she believed it to be a very inappropriate relationship, it still was a connection nonetheless and from what she could tell Elena still had lingering feelings, so there was a possibility that maybe he did cheat on his wife with Elena.

"Calm down, sheesh," Naomi frowned, "What's with you?"

"Nothing," she sighed, "I'm just stressed about the event Friday night. Sorry."

"Well, I already have the caterer in place and the live band," she said standing, "Is there anything else we need?"

"I don't think so," she paused, "You did call the staging company to clear all the furniture out Thursday night, right?"

"Yes," she beamed, "Only for the first floor, right?"

"Yes," Reese nodded with a smile.

"Okay, so everything is done. Why are you stressing?"

"Because I have yet to find something to wear," she mumbled.

"Wear that black-strappy dress you have," Naomi insisted, "it's nice enough."

"Yea…maybe," she shrugged.

"I'm thinking about going for a "bad romance" type outfit," she said confidently.

"You know this isn't a costume party, right?" Reese said raising her brow.

"That's the same face Scott made when I mentioned it," she laughed.

"Well, that's because it sounds insane," she laughed, "If we were doing this event for Halloween, I would say go for it, but because this is just an extension of our work place…I'd probably opt for something a little more professional," she smiled.

"Yea, you're right," she sighed emitting a soft laugh, "it was worth a try. Well anyway, I'll let you get back to work," she said heading towards the door.

"Yea, I'll be wrapping up here soon anyway," she said turning back towards her computer.