Just to give you all a little hint, Elena had nothing to do with what happened, she is not feeding Christian lies or anything like that...

SPOILER ALERT: So, because this chapter might trigger bad memories for some of you, I am going to give you a heads up, about what is happening in this chapter. For those of you who don't want to know, just go on and read the chapter.

Basically, Hyde is going to drug Ana and tries to rape her, but is stopped last-minute. For those of you who want to skip this part, just read until they leave the restaurant and continue after the POV changes...

Ana

I love New York, I love the lights of the city, the energy, all the people hurrying from one place to another and even the crazy traffic is absolutely fascinating to me. I guess it is pretty obvious that I am here for the first time, because most of the time I am just looking around wide-eyed and completely over excited.

Jack has been great these past three days. When I started to work for him I was a little anxious, because he seemed to always stand too close and he gave me the chills, but with time I got used to his demeanor and I realised he does that with everyone. Even though we had a lot on our schedule he made sure that I could do some sight-seeing, we visited the Empire State Building, the Times Square, Ground Zero, took the ferry to the Statue of Liberty and yesterday he surprised me with tickets for the musical Mamma Mia! at the broadway. It was absolutely amazing and I found myself humming all the songs from the musical on our way back to the hotel.

Today, we decided to just have a nice dinner, to celebrate a very successful time in New York. Jack found this nice italian restaurant just around the corner from our hotel and for the first time in three months I have managed to eat a full meal.

"So, Ana. I hope you've enjoyed New York." Jack says with a smile.

"Yes, and I have to thank you so much, Jack, you've made this trip so special. It was the best time I had in a long while."

"I'm glad, but I do hope you are not thinking about moving here. I saw Alice Brinkley talk to you. She is known to collect the best people to work for her publishing house here."

He is right, I did talk to Alice Brinkley, the owner of Brinkley Publishing, which is one of the biggest and well-known publishing houses in New York. We got into a rather heated discussion about a book that was just published. To me it is complete garbage and I said that out loud, not knowing who she was or that it was published by her publishing house. I was so embarrassed I wanted the ground to swallow me up, but to my utter surprise she really did listen to all my points and agreed with most of them. In the end she offered me a job as junior editor. She has given me a week to think about her offer, but even though this is a great chance I don't think that I am going to take the job. Moving to New York alone, I am not sure I can do this.

"Don't worry Jack, I am staying at SIP. After all, Seattle is where my best friend lives and it is close to my Dad."

"That is good to know" he says though something about the way he smiles at me that doesn't sit right with me. But I push the thought aside and excuse myself to use the bathroom.

As I look into the mirror over the sink I smile. New York really does agree with me. For the first time in what feels like forever I have color in my cheeks and because I have slept very well for the last couple of nights the dark circles under my eyes have magically disappeared. If it wasn't for the fact that I am way too thin, even for my liking, I would even go so far as to say that I am looking beautiful tonight.

I love the dress that I am wearing, I found it at Bloomingdale's and with almost two hundred dollars it is probably the most expensive article of clothing that I own, but it is lovely, with some ruffles, thin straps and I love the color, it's a light peachy color that goes very well with my coloring. For a brief moment, I am thinking about taking Alice Brinkley up on her offer. After all, Ray would be happy for me if I would follow my dreams and make a career in my chosen field; and Kate... I know she would be sad if I decide to leave, but she is going to marry Elliot next spring, so she is starting a new chapter in her life and maybe it is time for me to do the same thing.

And I know deep down that it is Christian who is the reason for me wanting to stay in Seattle, him and this silly hope that I have, that one day he will come around and we can start over... but is this really enough to let a job offer like this pass? I don't know, I decide to talk to Kate as soon as I am back tomorrow morning. If she tells me to take the offer, I will.

With this decision on my mind I return to the table where Jack is waiting for me.

"I've ordered a some more wine for us, I hope you don't mind, Ana."

"No, that's fine. Let's make a toast. To New York!"

"To New York."

A little later Jack and I leave the restaurant and I think I had one too many glasses of wine, because I am not quite steady on my feet and my vision is kind of blurry.

"Are you alright, Ana?" I hear Jack and blink at him.

"No, I think I had too much wine, sorry Jack, I don't usually have more than one glass of wine."

"Oh, that's fine. I'll help you to your room."

"Have I already told you that you are the best boss ever?" I slur.

"Oh, you have no idea" he chuckles and back at the hotel I can barely hold myself up as we are riding up to our floor in the elevator. In the hallway Jack has to support me or else I wouldn't be able to walk anymore. What in the world is going on? I have never felt like that, not even when I got shit faced and drunk dialed Christian... hmmm Christian... maybe I should call him now... nah, he wouldn't care and I have Jack to help me.

Once in my room I flop down on the bed and try to kick my shoes off. Damn, the have straps. Clumsily, I manage to reach my ankles and unstrap them. Oh, why is the room spinning and who on earth put the blinking lights on. I try to get my eyes to focus and stare at what looks like a naked man in my room.

Why is there a naked man in my room? Oh my god, it must be Christian, maybe he did change his mind.

"Christian?" I try to make out what he is doing, but it is so hard to keep my eyes open... wait is he setting up a camera?

"Christian, what are you doing? Is that a camera?" Oh man, talking is so hard, I feel like I have something stuck in my mouth that is making it almost impossible to get the words out.

I squint my eyes to see what is going on and as the man comes closer to the bed I realise to my horror that it is not Christian, it's Jack.

"Jack, what are ... you ... doing?" Oh no, I am going to pass out, I can feel it...

"I am going to do what I wanted to do since the day you came in for that job interview, Ana. I have waited for three months for the right time to come" he hisses and leans over me while he grabs my dress with one hand and just rips it apart, leaving me in nothing but my panties in front of him.

"No... I don't want this... leave me alone" I beg, I need to fight him... need to stay awake and the last thing I remember before everything turns black is me letting out a blood curling scream and Jack's fist hitting my temple...

Gideon's POV

Damn it Cross, look at what you have done now. Here I am at the hotel room I reserve solely for fucking and I can't stand the girl I have brought here. The sad truth is, I just couldn't face another lonely evening at my apartment. I just needed to get out.

"Hey big boy, don't you want to play?" I look at the naked woman on my bed and scowl at her. Christ, how the hell did I not notice her fake tits, they look like she could crush coconuts with them, not my type at all. Think Cross, how the hell can I get her out of here.

And right that second I hear it, a loud absolutely terrified scream from the room next door and it is followed by guy yelling to shut the fuck up. That's all I need, I run into the hallway get my master keycard out of my jeans pocket and open the door.

The scene in front of me has pure rage running through my veins. On the bed is a passed out girl, her dress ripped apart and on top of her some naked guy trying to remove her panties. With two giant steps I reach the bed and grab the guy by his hair pulling him off her. He tries to land a punch and I knock him to his ass with such force that he flies across the room.

"What the fuck, that is my girlfriend, asshole" he yells at me while clutching his now broken nose.

"Come again? That girl is passed out and you ripped her clothes apart, asshole. You better not move one fucking muscle before the cops arrive." I grab my phone and call Angus.

"Angus, I need the cops and an ambulance at the hotel, room 4701. Some asshole tried to rape a passed out girl. And get over here."

"Yes, Mister Cross." I hang up and take a blanket to cover the half-naked girl all the while I keep my gaze fixed on the asshole on the floor.

Fuck, that girl looks young, maybe 19 or 20, my bet is that the asshole drugged her. Unbidden memories of my childhood flood my mind, but I push them aside, I need to focus on the guy, if he makes one move to run I will probably kill the bastard.

After a few more minutes the cops and paramedics arrive. I watch them check on the girl, but she hasn't moved on bit since I entered the room. Since her vitals are stable they put her on a stretcher and leave the room with her to bring her to the nearest hospital. I nod at Angus, and he knows I want him to find out where they are taking her.

"Mr. Cross, we need to ask you a couple of questions." one of the cops says and so I recall for them what happened and they ask me to leave the room so they can save evidence. I tell them that I will wait in the manager's office if they need me and make my way downstairs where I find Angus.

"Mr. Cross, the young woman was brought to Bellevue Hospital Center, her name is Anastasia Steele, she is 21 and from Seattle. Apparently, Miss Steele was here for a book convention with her boss Jack Hyde, which is the man who attacked her."

"Fucking asshole. Angus, please go to a close by store and get some clothes and toiletries for Miss Steele. I don't want to invade her privacy by going through her belongings, but she will need a change of clothes."

"I'll be back soon, Mr. Cross."

"Thank you, Angus." he turns to leave, but halts for a second and looks back at me. "I've taken the liberty to tell the young lady in your room, that it would be best to leave, as you have other things to deal with at the moment." without waiting for my reply he leaves. This man is worth his weight in gold, at least now I don't have to deal with that woman.

Two hours later the police has left the hotel and Angus has bought some things for Miss Steele. I decide to stop by tonight. I am a huge benefactor of the hospital, so it is no problem for me to get into Miss Steele's room. Though, the nurse told me that she was heavily drugged and would probably sleep until the next morning.

In the room I place the bag with clothes and toiletries Angus has bought for her on the chair in the corner and look at the young woman, but what I see is shocking. This can't be... I mean how could this be possible... it has been what? Maybe twenty-two years, but this young woman looks just like my mother's sister. I haven't seen my aunt Carla since I was a small boy, before my Dad passed away and everything turned to shit, but Miss Steele looks just like her, the resemblance is uncanny. Could she be her daughter? Could this young woman be my cousin... a part of my family?

I decide to leave her for today and come back when she is awake in the morning. That is going to give me enough time to find out if I am slowly going crazy or if this woman really is my cousin.

Ana's POV

Oh my god, my head hurts so much, I am actually afraid to open my eyes. I try to remember how I got to bed last night, but all I remember is having dinner with Jack. Oh crap, did I get shit faced in front of my boss? I will myself to open my eyes and what I see is even more confusing... why am I in a hospital? I look down at myself and there is a IV-line attached to my left hand, I'm in a hospital gown and I have literally no clue why I am here. I look around and see the button to call a nurse. I push it and wait for about a minute until a nurse in her late fifties comes in. She looks very kind and smiles at me.

"Hello Miss Steele, my name is nurse Betty."

"Hi... umm ... why am I at the hospital?" I ask and she sighs.

"I will call the doctor, please wait a moment" and with that she is out of the room and I have to wait again. This is crazy, how can I not remember that I ended up at the hospital and I try to force myself to remember, but as I do my stomach churns and I just manage to reach for the cardboard bowl on the nightstand before I have to throw up.

"Nurse Betty, please get some water for Miss Steele" I hear a female voice while I am still dry heaving.

"Miss Steele, I'm Dr. Maitland, I am going to inject something into your IV line to help you with the nausea." she says calmly and I nod. I don't care what she is giving me as long as it makes the nausea go away.

"My head hurts" I croak between two dry heaves.

"I'm sure it does, you have a concussion Miss Steele, you'll get some pain relief once the nurse returns with your water."

I nod and lean back in the bed as the dry hieves stop. "How did I get here."

"You don't remember?"

"No, I remember having dinner with my boss, but after that I can't remember a single thing."

Dr. Maitland sits down on the edge of the bed. "You were brought into the emergency room last night around 9 pm. It looks like your boss put some sort of drugs into something you drank or have eaten during dinner. We have taken a sample of your blood and the lab results should be in this afternoon. From what I could find out the police arrived at your hotel after the owner heard you scream and came into the room, only to find you unconscious with your boss undressed in the room..."

Oh my god, I feel sick all over again... has Jack raped me... this can't be happening... how and why can't I remember?

"Did he ... rape me?" I choke the words out and I want to cover my ears afraid to hear the answer.

"No, he didn't. Like I said the owner came in before your boss had the chance to rape you. You were still wearing your underwear when you were admitted and there are no signs of sexual assault on your body. All in all, you have been very lucky, Miss Steele, I have seen many cases were the victims of these drugs didn't manage to call for help..."

"Call for help?"

"You managed to scream, which alerted the hotel owner, who was in the room next door at the time. He entered the room with a master-key and saved you."

I nod, still trying to really comprehend what happened. Jack drugged me... but how did I get the concussion? I can't even think straight, this is all just confusing me. So, I am glad when the nurse returns so I can have some water, take something for my headache and minutes later I am asleep again.

When I wake the next time, I feel slightly better, but then I realise that it is after 12 pm, which mean it is 3 pm in Seattle and Kate is at the airport waiting for me to pick me up.

To my relief I find a phone on the nightstand and dial Kate's cell phone.

"Kate Kavanagh?"

"Kate, it's me, Ana."

"Where the heck are you, Ana. Did you miss your flight?"

"No, well yes. I am at the hospital, they want to keep me here until tomorrow and..."

"Hospital, oh my gosh, what happened?"

"I'm not really sure, a doctor told me that Jack drugged me and tried to rape me and..."

"What the fuck, which hospital? I am taking the next flight."

"Kate you don't have to..."

"Anastasia Steele, do not tell me to stay here in Seattle while you are in a hospital in freaking New York all alone. Which hospital are you in?"

"I don't know I..."

"Look, I need to get a ticket, I'll call this number as soon as I have landed."

"Okay, thanks" I can't help it, I start to cry.

"Hey, don't cry, you are setting me off, too. I'll see you soon, Ana" Kate hangs up and I just sit in my bed and cry like a baby. Here I was thinking that New York was the best thing for me and now I am in the hospital after being drugged by my boss and nearly raped by him. I guess that makes it official; my life sucks!

And in the middle of me celebrating my own little pity party there is a knock at the door.

"Come in" I call out and quickly wipe my tears away. When I look up there is a man carrying a beautiful flower bouquet. He is tall and very handsome, but as I look into his eyes I gasp and so does he, because it is like I was looking into my own eyes. He clears his throat and takes a step closer.

"Miss Steele, it is good to see you awake. I am Gideon Cross, I own the hotel you stayed in."

"You saved me" I murmur and he nods.

"I brought some flowers" he says and places the vase on the nightstand.

"Thank you, but you really didn't have to come here, Mr. Cross."

"Please call me Gideon, and actually I had to. Your mother is Carla Mae Wilks, right?"

"Yes, well her last name is Adams now, but how do you know who my mother is?" This day just gets more and more confusing.

"When I saw you yesterday, you reminded me a lot of my aunt, I haven't seen her since I was a little boy, so I wondered if you could be her daughter. My aunts name is Carla Mae Wilks, your mother."

"But... I don't understand, my mother always told me that she doesn't have a family, her parents died before I was born and ..." I hold my head in my hands when the room starts to spin again and I hear Mr. Cross call for a nurse.

"Miss Steele?" I look up and see nurse Betty at my side. "The room is spinning."

"I'll get Dr. Maitland, try to lie back down and take deep even breaths, it takes a while for the Rohypnol your boss gave you to get fully out off your system, those are common side effects, but I am sure you will feel better soon." she leaves the room and I try to take a couple of deep breaths.

"Look, I am going to leave, you need to rest. I shouldn't have brought this up now, so I apologize, I leave you my card, call me if you need anything or if you want to talk about what I've told you." I nod and he places a business card on the nightstand and leaves.

When I am no longer dizzy I take the card and look at it.

Gideon Cross

CEO of Cross Industries

Oh no, I am cursed... I came to New York to get away from one CEO and now there is yet another CEO in my life, well at least this one isn't going to break my heart as he is most likely my cousin, meaning that my mother has lied to me all of my life... just fucking great, could my life get anymore complicated?!

So, there he is Gideon Cross; I have to say at first I wanted them to have a relationship, but after I gave this story a lot of thought and I knew it was going to have A&C HEA I just couldn't do it. To me Ana is the kind of person that makes her partner feel special and loved each day they are together, so having Gideon fall for her just for her to go back to Christian in the end seemed heartless to me. Also there will be no Eva, I just don't really like her or the fact that Gideon who was already troubled enough became a murderer because of her. So, I am eventually going to have him fall in love with someone else...

Oh and of since I forgot to put in a disclaimer until now, here it goes: I do not own Fifty Shades of Grey or The Crossfire Series; all characters belong to E.L. James and Sylvia Day.