Hey everyone I'm on a roll Chapter Three before the end of the week! Max is definitely going to give Christian a run for him money in the next couple of chapters, the mystery of the letter/s will slowly come together as well. Hope everyone is enjoying thank you for all the kind words. I try to get back to everyone but sometimes it gets difficult. If my weekend isn't too crazy I hope to finish up Chapter four to edit. Thanks again to MrsCTGrey for proofreading as always you are a life saver!

Chapter Three

-Ana POV

"You know Max is stopping by, he said he had to see you" Jose smiled spinning me out onto the dance floor

"Is he now?" I smiled at Jose, Max was his older brother that Jose has been trying to set me up with ever since he moved here several months ago, but with our schedules we never have gone out anywhere.

"Yes, I told him you weren't working this weekend maybe you two could go to dinner, by the way you aren't driving home tonight are you?" We have now stopped dancing and we are standing in the middle of the dance floor Jose very serious

"No, my parents are catching a flight out tonight before their cruise tomorrow. I'll stay the night here in my old room, and head home in the morning"

"Ok, good" there was a tap on my shoulder when I turned around Christian was standing there.

"May I cut in" He looked between Jose and myself

"Sure, I was just going to call my brother" Jose kissed me on the cheek and took off to phone Max. Christian smiled and pulled me into his arms.

"So, Ana how have you been?"

"Pretty good, just busy with the bakery and everything else, how about you? What brings you back from New York?"

"That's good, well things didn't work out with Bridgette and myself and I decided to come back home to start my own business, right now I'm just helping dad out at the firm. and now that Elliott is back here with his own company there was no need to be between Europe, New York and here."

"I see, well your mother has been so excited you are back and staying with them" Christian laughed.

"Yes, well that's only temporary, I've been looking at some office spaces and apartments, so we'll see, but I won't be staying at home forever, I might kill someone"

"Oh I know exactly what you mean, that's why I left for college."

"I heard where did you go to school?"

"The French Pastry school in Chicago; and then a year and a half at Le Cordon Bleu Pastry School in France."

"Impressive, you should have gotten a hold of me, I would have come and visited you in Paris" Christian smiled and dipped me.

"I was in England one weekend with some friends, I called your mother and got your address, but when I got to your flat, you weren't home" I bit my lower lip and looked over his shoulder; Max had arrived and was talking to Jose.

"You're lying Anastasia, you still chew on your bottom lip when you lie, its a been a tell of yours since I've known you." Christian whispered into my ear.

"I, umm… look Christian it's in the past, I've moved on. I came to see you, your fiance made it very clear I wasn't welcomed and not to call or write you again, so I stopped writing and never made another weekend trip to England."

"What are you talking about, what letters?" I laughed at Christian and his ability to play dumb.

"Figures, look Christian it doesn't matter, I must run and mingle, my date is here thank you for the dance", I kissed Christian on the cheek and made my way to Max and Jose.

"WHAT LETTERS ANA?" I heard Christian call after me but I couldn't let the past come back to haunt me, I had a goal, a plan, and right now my plan was to spend the evening with Max and my goal was to not to fall in love with Christian like I was 17 again.

"Max, you made it!" Max was standing next to his brother, I have yet to get the full story but Max lived in New York, running a gym with his father for MMA fighters which ,you could definitely tell by his broad shoulders, zero body fat and sleeve tattoos coming down his arms. He was pure male and pure trouble. One look in his dark brown eyes and I sold my soul. His grin was large and intoxicating; he would make any female forget about Christian Grey.

"Anastasia, so nice to see you" He wrapped me in his arms and spun me around causing me to giggle like a little kid again.

"Hey Max, glad you could make it, have you eaten? There's food in the kitchen come with me"

"See ya baby bro" Max grinned at Jose and we went to find some food.

"So Anastasia any plans this weekend? I'm off tomorrow, I thought we could go for a ride on my bike, I just got it back. I've done so research theres a really good restaurant up the coast several miles"

"That sounds amazing, how about you pick me up from here around late afternoon, I'm staying the night here since my parents are leaving later this evening and I gotta lock up and feed the animals."

"Perfect, this pasta looks amazing, let's eat I'm starving." Max grabbed our plates and we went back outside to some tables and sat together. I had a feeling I was being watched when I looked around I didn't notice anything but then I caught Christian looking at me with a god awful scowl on his face. I wrapped my arm through Max's and smiled at him. When I looked back Christian was gone.

"So Anastasia, tell me about yourself" Max asked.

"What would you like to know?"

"Everything." Swoon.