well, guess what is going to happen in the next chapter ;)
edited by icalyn !
As Christian closed his laptop he sighed. This had been one hell of a day.
He had worked on his ideas for like ten hours straight and he was not even tired.
He wondered how Ana felt today. Did she think about him? She must have, he knew it. And he also knew this was not the end.
He had a strong feeling that drunk or sober, Anastasia Steele wanted him.
At least he still hoped. And hoped that he would be able to take off what she had been wearing last night.
Oh God, not even a cold shower would help him if he continued to imagine her naked. How could the most unattractive woman become all he thought of just in a few days?
He stopped thinking about it and stood up, looking out of the window. It was already dark. He had to do something.
And then he realized that visiting the swimming pool that was on the roof was such a good idea. It would take his thoughts away from Ana, he hoped.
Within thirty minutes he was swimming laps in the pool. All he concentrated on was the water. At least it was until he heard the door of the poolroom open and he saw her. She was wearing a tee shirt and yoga pants. Oh God, she looked so desirable as her face was still red from the workout she must have done before she came up here.
She seemed not to notice him in the dark atmosphere of the poolroom. He was the only one there and he was in a corner of the pool, watching as she took off her clothes and left herself only in a black bikini.
She jumped in the water, still unaware of his presence.
But as she stepped out of the water, breathing hard, he realized he had to make her aware of the fact that she was not alone.
So the next time she dived into the water he was there when she resurfaced.
"Agh!" She yelled as she saw a man in front of her as she took in a deep breath.
But then she realized it was not just an ordinary man. It was Christian.
And now he was leaning down to kiss her.
"What are you doing?" She asked as she swam away from him, staring at him, and the smirk on his face.
"Ana, let's not fool ourselves..." Christian said as he came closer to her while she continued swimming away from him.
She kept moving away from Christian until she felt the wall against her back. She continued trying to escape him as she moved to the other side, but now she was laughing as she splashed some water on him.
But then she was in the corner and he was coming to her.
"Gotcha." He said as he lowered his head and whispered into Ana's ear.
Ana fought back. But she was no longer trying to flee from Christian.
She fought back all the thoughts that she shouldn't be doing this and that should not like him.
She let him kiss her.
At first it was sweet and soft, but then his hands went around her naked waist.
"About yesterday..." Ana started to say between kisses.
"Ana, I'm sorry but I didn't want you to think we only slept together because you were drunk."
"Well, that would have been your only chance."
He laughed. "Don't you want me? I'll admit, I want you so bad that it is painful for me to stand here and look at your body."
"Christian..." Ana sighed, but he shushed her by placing a finger on her lips.
"I know what you want to say. But it is too late to make me believe you don't want me. And if you think that would make things awkward for us – can it be more awkward than it already is? We could be something like... colleagues with benefits."
Ana smiled at his words. Yes, they already had enough reasons to be awkward with each other. And maybe they really could...
But then again they had forgotten that in two months one of them would get the dream job they both want.
"We would be more like enemies with benefits."
"Ah, Steele, Steele..." He tightened his arms around her as he continued. "I am sure that I will get the job. So if you can deal with it, we will have no problem with that."
"Well, you might be wrong about that, Grey."
He moved his mouth to her ear, still smiling from her confidence. "Room 412."