Ethan's POV

I'm not a risk taker. I don't gamble. I know that I don't have any luck what so ever, so I don't even bother with those things.

Why did I cheat on Mia? It all happened suddenly and I deeply regret what I did.

It was my first day on the job that Elliot had given me. I was given the task to create a blueprint of a home that some wealthy man wanted Elliot's company to build. He had given me some requirements that I had to meet. I had a great idea for the home and managed to plan it all out in a matter of time. But I quickly realized that I failed to add some things that the man wanted in the home. He wanted it all done by the next day and it was done, but not to his liking. The man was very furious when I told him the bad news and walked out before I could ask for an extension. He called Elliot and told him that he doesn't want to do business with him anymore because his employees are irresponsible. Elliot was really mad at me and told me that he needs time to decide whether or not he will keep me or fire me.

That same night I decided to go a local bar next to Grey Construction. I told Mia that I would be coming home late. She was completely understanding as she always was.

I sat down next to a blonde woman who after a while started to talk to me. We talked and I told her about the situation that I was in at work. She told me that everything will be fine; my boss will realize that it was a careless mistake and he will not fire me. I felt a little better about my situation. She told me that she had just went through a break up and she needed to a little moment to herself hence why she was at the bar.

She was a nice woman who also happened to be very beautiful, but I had no intention of jumping into bed with her. After a round of drinks, one tends to not think straight and even not capable of walking straight.

She agreed to drive me back home which I agreed to at first, but then changed my mind for no logical reason. She then took me to her apartment. Upon opening the door, I just leaned in and kissed her. What started as just a peck on the lips, turned into a full blown make out session which lead to the bedroom.

I don't remember what exactly happened the morning after. The only thing that I do remember was Mia crying at the doorstep and Christian looking like he would kick my ass in any second without warning. Since this moment, my life has been total hell : I've been fired from Grey Construction, Mia moved out of my apartment, she isn't responding to any of my calls or texts, and no one of the Grey family wants to see me or speak to me ever again. Not to mention that my sister Kate can't even look at me without feeling angry.

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After making several failed attempts to talk to Mia, I realized that if I can't talk to her personally, I decided that the only thing that I have to do is to speak to Ana. She is close to Mia and whatever I tell her, I would want her to pass it on to Mia. I want Mia to find it in her heart to give me a second chance. What I did was stupid. I wasn't planning on doing it, but I was drunk and I couldn't think straight. Hopefully Mia gets a chance to see that.

I know that I wouldn't be allowed inside GEH let alone where Ana works so I decided to disguise myself. I put on some reading glasses, temporarily died my hair a different color; yes I would go that far just so people can hear my side of the story, put on a plaid colored shirt and some khaki pants, and walked right into the building. The day after Mia found out that I cheated on her, I got a new phone and changed my number. I knew that Christian was tracking me down and to prevent him from doing so, I had to do that.

I made an appointment to speak with Ana, using a fake name. I made it seem like I was an author who wanted to speak personally with someone at publishing.

When I walked into GEH, I was ready for Christian's security people to be standing right in front of me, ready to through me out of the building, but I thought wrong. There were so many people walking in and out of the building that nobody noticed me going in, and since I had the disguise no one would know that it's me.

I made it into the elevator and was headed to Steele and Grey Publishing.

When I am on the floor, I make my way to the reception desk where I tell the lady there that I am here to see Ana. She tells me to sit down and wait a few minutes because Ana is currently busy.

After waiting a few minutes, the lady tells me that she is available and has Ana's assistant Jose lead me to her office.

Ana's office is not far away from the reception desk, nestled at the end of the line of cubicles.

Jose lets Ana know that I am here and Ana walks out from her desk to greet me.

Ana is a stunning woman. She could have been mine, but I didn't act quick enough and because Christian Grey had already stolen her heart. I frankly don't know what she sees in him, but I assume when she does its all dollar signs. I know that is a little harsh to say about someone that I have grown up with, but its true. Christian Grey is nothing but an arrogant ass hole. He is known to get his way and it is clear that he is willing to do a lot for Ana. Before Christian, Ana didn't care about clothes or jewelry. Now she only wears high end clothes and expensive pieces of jewelry. It only makes me wonder if she has turned into a little bit of a gold digger.

"Well Shane Harper, it is nice to meet you." She says. Her beautiful blue eyes sparkle with kindness, as they have always done.

" And you too, Miss Steele." I tell her. I disguise my voice so it sounds nothing like me. In the corner of my eye, I see Sawyer right behind me.

I am about to sit down when he puts his hand on my shoulder.

"Ms. Steele, I'll have you know that Shane Harper here isn't really Shane Harper." Sawyer says. With one swift move, he takes my reading glasses off.

Ana looks at me for a moment, studying me. Seconds later, her kind demeanor turns cold.

" Ethan?"She asks.

I sigh.

"Yes it's me. I came here to explain to you what really happened." I tell her. "Mia won't hear me out, but I know that you will, Ana."

Ana rolls her eyes. " What is there to tell me, Ethan. You cheated on her. Your explanation won't change anything. Please leave." She tells me.

Before I get a chance to do so myself, Sawyer leads me out of the room.

" You changed, Ana. You're not the same person I remember from my childhood. I see Christian has certainly changed you as a person. You're nothing but a gold digger." I spat.

Ana just closes the door behind her and does not respond to me.

I may have been too harsh, but I mean no harm. I just want one person to know the truth.

Sawyer leads me out of the publishing sector and into the private elevator.

" How can you deal with them, Sawyer?" I say.

Sawyer doesn't say anything to that.

"You don't have to answer that. I know that you can't speak bad against your boss. He would probably fire you or worse hire a hitman to kill you." I say.

That must have pissed off Sawyer because soon he had me pinned to the elevator wall where I was standing.

" Listen to me you heartless son of a bitch, don't you dare speak bad about the Grey family. They are good people, they just happen to deal with ass holes like you every now and then. It was really brave of you to come up here and pretend that you can get away with it, but you knew very clearly that whoever messes with Christian Grey and his family doesn't exactly get away with a slap on the wrist." He says, very angrily.

"I don't care what he does to me. Im not afraid of him." I spat at him.

Sawyer does not let go of me.

"You should be, Kavanaugh. I would do the same if I were him. I would break all your bones for what you did to Mia." Sawyer says.

Since when do you care so much about Mia?

"Why do you care about Mia? You like her?" I ask him, smirking.

"That's none of your business. And for your information, that was very stupid of you for letting someone as special as her get away." He tells me.

The elevator stops, but Sawyer still has me pinned.

" Well, you can have her. Maybe you can teach her a thing or two in the bedroom" I say.

Sawyer lets go of me and leads me to the end of the hall which leads us to the lobby of GEH.

I begin to walk away when I see two officers walking toward me. They put handcuffs on me.

"Ethan Kavanaugh, you are under arrest for trespassing GEH" one of them says.

I don't budge. I won't take a risk and run away because in the end they will find me. I listen to the other officer reading my rights and the two of them lead me into the cop car.

It sucks that I didn't get a chance to explain my side of the story to Ana. But now that I think about it, I don't think she would listen to me. She's been brainwashed to believe that I am no good by her fiancé, so I doubt that anything that I would have said would have changed her mind. Deep down in her heart, she knows that I would never do such a thing. I would never intentional cheat on someone. If I could turn back the clock and change my actions that day, I would have acted differently. But what happened was entirely my fault and now I have to live with the consequences.