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As always, edited by icalyn .

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"Peter, I am sorry I am late. Wanted to send the bill to the Jackson's before I came in here," Christian apologised as he entered their boss's office.

Of course, Peter just smiled at him and asked him to take a seat next to Anastasia who had been waiting there for ten minutes already.

"Now that you both are here, I can finally start talking about the topic at hand." Both Ana and Christian's attention were set on the man in front of them and what he was saying.

"As we know, Gabriel is leaving his position for his family. And we know we will need a replacement. And I know that you two are the best candidates for the job. I just need to decide which one is the right one. That's why I want you both to make the plan for the Willie Johnson project. You both will go to Rome where he is living now, during the summer. You will meet with his people, and get the information you need. Next Thursday you are coming back to Seattle and then you will start working on your ideas. I need a plan that could make the most of this company. So, you will have two months to study their business, to think of the best way to sell their company and make the biggest profit. And then I will decide which one of you gets the Financial Director job."

"Well, I see this as an interesting competition, don't you think so, Steele?"

"Yeah, that is going to be a challenge," Ana agreed, secretly wanting to kill Christian. She was aware of her skills and also knew he was not bad either. So it would be an interesting competition between them.

But the idea of a week with someone so self obsessed, so irritating and annoying as Christian Grey was hard to imagine.

"Anyway, I hope you will get along. Your plane leaves tomorrow and you both will have double rooms in the hotel I've chosen. It is close to the city center so you won't have a problem getting there on foot or by taxi. I hope you are okay with that."

"Of course, Peter, everything will be alright," Ana said while she thought very differently. No, she had to stop worrying – they were not going to spend the whole week together. It was just work.

This was too important to show just how much she doesn't like him. She needs to be the perfect employee.

And Christian had to be perfect as well.

No matter how well he could pretend he would like to work with her he actually didn't like her even a bit.

They had nothing in common; she was totally in her own world, which included books and work. She was the last person on earth he wanted to spend a week with.

At least his evenings would be free and who knew with whom he would spend them.

They would definitely not be spent with Steele.