Chapter 2

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Jack Hyde drove back to headquarters in his bright red Porsche. He was the type that has money, and flaunts it. He parked in his VIP parking space, and walked in to the business complex, hitting the button to floor 15 on the elevator. When he got out, he walked to his left, and opened the door.

He quickly found his way to his desk, at down and put his hands on his head. He hated it. He dreaded the meetings with the rich assholes and he hated how they could silence a room with their aura of power. He was rich too, but he never could flaunt it. He would never be invited to a fancy meeting with investors and brokers. Imagine how awkward that would be. 'Hey! Would you like to invest in an almost – prostitution company?'

He hated that his customers had so much power over him. Although they respected him, he knew that each of them had the potential to kill his business in a blink of an eye, so he was careful to never screw up. He hated how he could never use any of his 'products' to its full potential he hated that his girls knew that their customers were more powerful than their boss.

Jack sighed and brushed those thoughts away. We still owned a business, and shit still had to be done. He grabbed his phone book and aimlessly flipped to page where a picture and number was highlighted. Ms. Anastasia Rose Steele. Such a gorgeous name. Too bad the stupid rich guy gets her first.

Jack sighed and (again) pushed those thoughts out of his mind. He quickly dialed the girl's number and waited. After four rings, a tentative voice on the other end picks up.

"Yes?"

Jack smiled. "Hi Ana! I just wanted you to know that you managed to get a booking!" he said, cheerily and seductive. A hesitation could be heard from the other side of the line.

"Okay… when is it sir?"

Sir. Love that word. "Next Saturday Ana dear. Please get to Seattle coffee house at 7:00 am and bring an evening dress." He can hear the poor girl tense in the other end.

"Sorry, I meant to come and pick up a dress, then go to the coffee house. Darling, please don't forget about the Non-disclosure agreement, and you need to keep all arrangements a secret. Listen to him, and DO NOT put my name on the line". Jack finishes that sentence with threatening undertone.

"Done" replied a meek voice on the other end.

Anastasia Steele Hung up the phone and got up from the chair in the library. She felt so disgusting, answering a phone call like that in her realm of peace, her own defence bubble in the screwed up world. Anastasia gets up and grabs the copy of 'The Canterbury Tales' from the table. She checks out, and the smiling librarian gives her the receipt.

Ana walks from the library to her apartment. However, 'shack' is more the word. It is a shoebox of an apartment, a small kitchenette that could only make tea and cook from a small stove, and it only had one bathroom, where there was only a shower. Ana unlocks the door slowly, since there are a lot of break-ins in her neighbourhood, and she would hate to walk in on one. Seeing that it's safe, she delicately puts her treasured book and walks over to the kitchen, and brewed herself a cup of tea. She then slips off her jeans, and finds a comfy old pair of sweatpants.

Ana lies down in her thin mattress and closes her eyes, not caring about the lack of heating, as the sleeping bag around her kept her warm…. Kind of. She leached to her right, and grabbed a delicate glass photo frame, that held a picture of three people, smiling as if there was no tomorrow.

Ana sighed 'Saturday' she thought to herself 'Saturday, I can make my first installment for your surgery'

She glided her soft fingertips over the smooth glass and kissed the frame gently, before hugging it close to herself, tears streaming off her face. 'Saturday' her mind whispered once more 'is when you get to pretend that everything is A-OK, and your best friends are not in intensive care because of you'

Ana quickly dried her hears with her old sleeve and placed the picture back where it came from, careful not to drop the frame. 'Saturday' her mind whispered 'Saturday is the day that you get to see the world that could have been yours'

… Ana has some history too! So I was going to stop there, but I kind of wanted to continue my train of thought, so here we go…

It was Saturday, and Anastasia Steele got off the bus and slipped a pair of old sunglasses and headed towards the coffee shop that Hyde told her to meet in, but she was two hours early. The reason for that was her state of dress. She was dressed in an old pair of converse, a pair of too-small skinny jeans, and a bulky sweater. Her evening dress (on loan) from Jack Hyde was carefully folded into a bag.

Ana quickly went inside the coffee house, immediately feeling out of place in the posh and elite environment, but quickly made her way to the back, where she would change into a more appropriate outfit that Jack had also provided her. She ran to the washroom and quickly threw them all on, and then found a seat closest to the window of the small coffee shop, one the eluded brightness and was very open. She stared out of the window and saw a jet black Audi drive straight into her line of vision.

She checked her watch, seeing it was 15 minutes to pick-up time, she got up and left to see if the uber expensive Audi was her 'ride' as she so eloquently called it.

She walked up to the car and surprisingly, the door automatically opened, and a serene voice from the back asked "Anastasia Steele?"

Ana was slightly confused but she already figured that this would be normal considering her current 'occupation'. She quickly nodded, and from the rear-view mirror, she saw a hand gesture her in. Ana did a silent prayer, as this was something fathers and mothers warned her about, to get into a stranger's car and be on their terms for two whole days. Nonetheless, she gathered up her wits and softly sat on the leather seats of the spacious Audi.

The drive was incredible. Ana kept trying to get a quick view of the driver, but he wore sunglasses, and all he could figure out was that he was a middle aged man. Not much to go on. Instead, she focused on the outside, and saw the tiny parasol umbrellas whirl by, and saw the tiny bakeries replaced by high end shopping retailers. She saw less and less of taxis and more and more cars that made it to the car show that Ray previously took her to.

Ana was so fascinated that she barely felt them drive into a parking garage, and her heart tensed up immediately when the sunlight was stolen, replaced by the damp shade of the parking garage. Her heart jumped again as she felt the door beside her open, and the driver with the sunglasses held out a hand, helping her up.

Ana awkwardly tried to wave the hand away, but in the end, accepted it, and the driver, with amazing force, literally tugged her out of her seat. He gave her a quick 'sorry-about-that' smile, and handed her a pair of keys.

"Penthouse" he said solemnly.

Ana quickly grabbed the keys and thanked him, and found the elevator. She stepped in and pushed the penthouse button, and out of the blue, she was blown up at least 30-something floors, high in the sky. The elevator had glass sidings, so she could see all of Seattle from the tiny glass box in the sky. She was preoccupied that she didn't notice the door opening, but when she did, she whirled around, successfully getting herself quite dizzy. She found the only room in the massive hall and knocked.

She rested on the door, trying to catch her breath and to make the room stop shaking. Suddenly, the door jerked back, causing her to lose her balance before a pair of strong hands caught her fall. She looked up and was surprised to see a gorgeous man, no older than thirty, stare at her with piercing eyes. She opened her mouth to speak, but before she did, he pulled her up staring at her face.

"Your eyes are not brown" he whispered, almost too quietly.

Hope you enjoyed! Make sure to leave a review to what you think should happen. My characters are all not mine, and are slightly OC, but I'll do my best to make them as close as possible.

So how do you like it so far? Is Ana too dark (she has a not-so-great backstory as well)? Is Christian and Jack a bad combo? Leave your thoughts as a review for me please! I will hopefully update soon!

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