Ana and Christian grew up together being best friends from the day they met. Ana graduated college then traveled the world. She finally came back home to Seattle and became business partners with Christian. Yeah I know don't mix friendship with business but hey let's see what happens.
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Yes Christian has the same backstory he was adopted. He has scars and his haphephobia fear of being touched especially on his chest and back.
As you all can see I like my Ana smart and wealthy. I like her to have a backbone so she can stand up not only to Christian but to the Bitch Troll when it calls for it.
You will see why Ana is not naive about Christian and Mrs. Bitch Troll Lincoln.
I am going to clear up why Ana didn't know anything about what was going on with Christian and the Bitch Troll as they were growing up.
Just because they were best friends didn't mean they saw each other everyday.
Ana and Christian went to elementary school together. They did everything together when they were just kids after Ana got him out of shyness. It took her until the third grade but she was determined he was going to do things with her, her friends and his siblings.
She wanted him to go skating with her. Come out and play on the playground. Go out with their families for pizza night or watch silly cartoons on Saturday.
She loved to hear him laugh and she was the only one that could make him laugh and smile.
Ana was the only one he would let hug and touch him. He fell one day as they were running and she ran to him and helped him up not thinking anything about his touch issues. He didn't feel any pain from her touch and she has been touching him ever since. He felt safe with her. It didn't take long for him to trust her.
They went their separate ways in Middle school. Mr. and Mrs. Grey enrolled Christian in a private school because in the seventh grade he started getting in trouble. Fighting and failing his grades.
So you see Ana and Christian didn't stay in the same school. They saw each other at their homes.
Ana excelled in her classes in middle school and high school. She was very active in school; she ran track, played volleyball, softball even basketball as short as she was. She was five feet tall barefoot.
Ana graduated high school two years earlier than Christian and went to Harvard on a full scholarship.
She didn't see much of Christian during that time because of her academic and athletic responsibilities.
She didn't know what happened to Christian before she went to college. No one told her much of anything. She knew he wasn't the same Christian she had grown up with. Everytime she tried to question him he would say he was fine and not to worry about him,
What was she supposed to do with that? Demand he talk to her and make him mad at her hell she didn't think so.
Now you see why Ana was stunned and surprised when she heard what he said in his drunken stupor.
Besides Ana left right after college to travel, she was gone from home from the time she was eighteen years old until she was twenty one years old. She talked to her parents and then came back home to Seattle after she decided that she wanted to have a hotel chain that was not only for the rich and famous but for everyone.
She asked about Christian from time to time and found out that he was being an ass to everyone and staying to himself. She found out he quit college after two years. That made her sad and disappointed in him. He did start GEH but she and his parents didn't know where his start-up funds came from. He was a millionaire soon to be a billionaire.
Her trust fund from her grandparents got her her first hotel built and Ana grew from there building more and more with her own money all over the country. Ana was a billionaire just from her trust fund. I will tell more about her grandparents later in the story.
Ana was traveling to places checking locations for more hotels. Christian was traveling for his business and they didn't see each other that much in Seattle. So without them seeing each other a lot Ana was in the dark about her so-called best friend she knew nothing about anymore.
I just wanted you all to know why Ana wasn't aware of what was going on with Christian and the Bitch Troll.
It was Ray's idea for her to go into business with Christian. She thought Ray was crazy for suggesting such a thing. She talked to his parents and also him. He seemed to have changed from a dickhead to a mature adult.
Don't get me wrong he thinks he knows everything and yes he thinks he is The Christian Grey and the universe revolves around him. He thinks the world owes him..but Ana is going to knock that chip off his shoulders and kick his ass in business.
Chapter 3 Unbelievable
Some things you believe and some things are unbelievable. How can what he told me be true? She says as she is still sitting in her car in his garage. She is racking her brain trying to understand why he would even tell her something like this. Yeah I know the fool is drunk. Did he want to tell me or did he need to get it off his chest and open up to someone? Damn why did that someone have to be me. Why not Elliot or his parents?
Hell you know the answer to that. He can't tell his parents about this because Elena Lincoln fucking bitch troll blonde botox bitch is his mother's best friend. I still don't know how that happened.
How long has this been going on? He said he was underage when E would take him to clubs with a fake ID. Was he involved with her while he was in school? Damn I need answers and I need them now. She says as she starts to get out of her car and walk back to the elevator.
No, no, no I have to wait and see if the drunk fool remembers what he told me. Yes and only then will I say something.
I need to keep myself in the dark so I can see what the hell is going on. I will act like nothing's wrong and see what I can find out.
I didn't take a class in criminology, psychology and sociology for nothing. Those extra academic classes will come in very handy dealing with Christian and especially Mrs. Lincoln.
Let's see if I delve into their minds. (She laughs) then turns serious.
What has that bitch got him involved in and what has she done to him?
It's not going to be easy but I am going to do my damndest to find out. Believe me I will or my name isn't Anastasia Rose Steele.
What do I do now? Do I just go home, forget about this for now and try to get some sleep? Hell with sleep I would be having nightmares and I really don't know that much. It's just that room. Why does he have a room like that? Room hell it's a torture chamber.
I remember seeing something like this when I was traveling. What did Shannon call it? She wanted me to go with her that night. She sits there thinking and thinking, rubbing her neck.
All of a sudden there is a loud knock on her door. She looks up startled to see Jason standing there.
"What are you banging on my door for Jason? You scared the daylights out of me." She tells as she opens her door.
"Luke and I saw you still down here and well I thought I better come and check on you because you hadn't left the garage." He tells her as he looks at her making sure she is alright.
"Thank you Jason but I am fine. I was just trying to wrap my head around all of this well what he told me and then that room." She tells him looking up.
"Ana, did you have any clue about him?" Jason asked her.
"Oh dear lord no I had no idea. Then he mentioned submissives and a room for them then the room where he takes them." She tells him as she starts to rub her neck again.
"Now tell me the E he was talking about was the bitch troll and not his brother Elliot because I know Elliot would not get him into something like that." She asked him, looking at him and daring him to lie to her.
He looks at her and then away not saying anything.
"Thank you Jason I got my answer without you speaking. Your NDA is safe, you didn't open your mouth and tell me anything." She says to him.
"How did you know about my NDA?" He asked her.
"Oh come now Jason I know that drunk fool up there makes everyone sign a NDA." She tells him.
"I bet my last dollar he didn't have you sign one did he?" He asked her.
"No he didn't and he knows if he asked me I would have laughed in his face. We are supposed to be best friends if you can't trust your best friend who can you trust." She tells him.
"That is true Ana." He tells her.
"Is he still out?" She asked him concern in her voice for him.
"Yes he is and Luke is keeping an eye on him." He tells her.
"Ana what did he tell you?" Jason asked her.
"Why are you going to spill your guts about what you know to me?" She asked him as she was looking at him and not blinking.
"You know I can't do that Annie." He tells her by calling her the name he called her when she was younger.
"Well if you can't I can't either. Let me just say that I do know about his..shall I say this his extracurricular activities and the women and now the room up there." She tells him.
She is thinking again. Oh hell she yells scaring Jason cause he jumps.
"What are you yelling about?" He asked her.
"I just remembered where I saw a room like his that he has upstairs." She tells him.
"Where have you been to see a room like that Anastasia Rose Steele?" He asked her, sounding like her father.
"Oh chill Jason I was with a friend I met while traveling. We were staying in the same hotel and became friends in a few weeks time. She asked me to go to this club with her and I finally agreed to it after two weeks of her badgering me." She tells him as she is rubbing her neck again.
"What kind of a club was it Ana?" He asked her.
"It was a BDSM Club which I know you knew what I was talking about right dad?" She asked him, making him laugh.
"Yes I knew what you were talking about. So you saw rooms or a room like that one up there? What else did you see?" He asked her as he saw her blushing.
"Oh come on now Jason I am not going to tell you what I saw in that place. It embarrassed me just to look. I am not going to tell you." She says turning red.
"Damn she called the room a dungeon." She says out loud.
"Why does he have a room like that? All I saw was things hanging on the wall that could hurt you. I didn't stay there too long."
"Who got him into this Jason? Oh hell no never mind I know got him into this stuff. It was Elena fucking Lincoln and I am going to kill that bitch." She says as she tries to her door.
"Where are you going?" Jason asked her knowing well enough not to let her leave.
"Get away from door Jason I am going to go and kill that bitch. I know it is her. I know it is." She says as she leans her head on her steering wheel crying for her best friend upstairs. Her drunk fool best friend.
"No can do Annie. I can't let you go off like this ready to kill someone even if it is that bitch. Come on back upstairs with me. You can't drive like this. I will wake you up in the morning before Christian gets up and you can leave and he will never know you were here." He pleads with her. He knows even if he takes her home she will leave and go after that bitch. Here he can lock the elevator.
"Alright Jason. I have an overnight bag in my trunk. Will you get it for me please? I carry one for when I do my workouts." She tells him as she unlocks the trunk.
"You stay right there and don't go anywhere." He tells her.
"I won't leave." She tells him trying to stop her tears.
He gets her bag and they walk to the elevator and get in and go up to the penthouse.
Luke and Gail meet them as the doors of the elevator opens.
"Come with me Ana and I will show you where you can sleep sweet girl." Gail tells her, leading her upstairs.
She takes her down the hall to another room away from everything.
"Do you need anything Ana? A glass of water or some ibuprofen? I am pretty sure you are going to have a headache with all that crying dear." Gail tells her as she walks into the bathroom and brings her a wet cloth to wash her face with.
"Yes thank you Gail as I feel one coming on." She tells her as she lays down on the bed.
"I'll be right back dear." Gail tells her as she walks out the door.
Gail comes back in and sees that Ana has fallen asleep with tears on her face. She sits the water and pills on the night stand beside so when she wakes up she can take them.
Ana starts twisting and turning in the bed. Is she dreaming or having a nightmare?
All she can see and hear is a door opening and slamming then Christian talking to her.
"Damn you couldn't leave well enough alone could you Ms. Steele. No you had to find out what this room was about didn't you? Answer me. Who told you? Who told you? Someone is going to get their ass fired for this. They broke their NDA and damn them to hell. They will regret the day they met me." He yells and yells some more.
"What is wrong with you Christian? How could you have a room like this? This is a dungeon." She tells him looking everywhere but at him.
It's like she is not even talking to him.
"What, why, are you in here Ana? You are not supposed to be here. You were never supposed to find out about this room. I can see the disgust in your eyes and on your face. Or is it something else? Is it fear Ana? He asks her as he walks over to her but she steps away from him backing up as he is walking to her.
He sees he is scaring her. "It's alright Ana I am not going to hurt you. I would never do that. You have to know that. You are my best friend." He tells her stopping where he is standing and not approaching her.
"Best friend really Christian? I always thought best friends told each other everything. But I guess not huh. You have this room and a room for what did you call them submissives." She tells him as she is trying to edge her way to the door.
"Ana stop, I told you I won't hurt you. This..this is not for you." He tells her, bowing his head.
"Well I sure as hell hope not because you will never do any of that to me. Why are you hanging your head Christian are you ashamed of what you do in here? Who taught you to do all these things? Tell me dammit so I can go and kill them." She yells at him as she is walking to the door and opening it.
"This is why I couldn't tell you what this room was because you wouldn't understand. No one understands but the ones that are in this lifestyle. I knew you would run when you saw it. I had to keep you away from this from my lifestyle." He tells her as he slides down the wall until his ass is on the floor.
She walks over to him and leans down in his face. "I understand more than you think I do buster. I took a class about different lifestyles and this was one of them when I took Criminology, psychology and sociology. My Professor said it would be an eye opener for me and damned if it wasn't. I have nothing against this Christian but I am wondering why you do it and who your mentor was." She says standing back up because he won't talk to her.
"She said if anyone ever found out they would hate me. She said I needed this to keep me out of trouble. She said I could have control." He looks at her as if she is going to run. He gets up slowly so he doesn't scare her.
"Who is she Christian? Who told you this? To keep you out what kind of trouble?" She is nearly begging him to tell her.
"How old were you when you started this? Dammit talk to me." She says, grabbing his face and pulling it up to look at her. She is ready to kill someone.
"No, no I can't tell you. I can't tell you Annie I can't tell you." He says as he slides back down the wall and falls on his ass crying.
"Christian my god look at me please, please, please Christian." She says with tears in her eyes.
Before she can say anything else he jumps up and runs out of the room.
She wakes up in a cold sweat trying to catch her breath like she had been running for miles. The covers are thrown off the bed. She looks around and sees she is still in the bedroom Gail put her in.
My god that seemed so real so damn real. She says to herself. She looks at cellphone at the time. It's four-thirty. I have got to get out of here now. I can't stay here. I have a lot of thinking to do.
Who is blackmailing him with pictures? What kind of pictures? Is it the bitch troll Elena fucking Lincoln. My mind is telling me it is and I think I need to pay that bitch a visit. Yes, yes that is exactly what I am going to do.
Christian Grey we are not done, not done by a long shot. No siree we are not you got a lot explainin to do buster.
She grabs her bag and walks to the door and opens it and looks out it. No one there. She slowly walks down the stairs without making any noise and goes to the elevator and pushes the button and waits but it won't open.
'Damn you Jason Taylor.' She walks to the security office and sees Ryan sitting there smiling when she walks in.
"Ryan, will you be a sweetheart and unlock the elevator please? I have to get out of here." She tells him hoping he will do as she asked.
"No ma'am I can not Jason said not to let you leave until morning." He tells her.
She huffs and rolls her eyes at him.
"Dammit, I want to go home. I am fine now and I am not going anywhere but home. You can follow me if you want too." She tells him.
"Ana please be the sweet girl I know you are and go back to bed. I will unlock the elevator at eight o'clock then you can leave with Luke." He tells her as he is pointing to the door for her to leave his office.
"I have a meeting at nine o'clock and I need more than an hour to prepare for it. Now unlock this damn elevator." She tells him getting upset with him.
Jason walks in the office now. "Ana why in the world are you up and now yelling at Ryan? He is just doing as I asked him to do." He tells her.
"Jason Taylor I want to go home and Ryan said he could not unlock the elevator until eight o'clock. I have a meeting at nine o'clock and I need more than an hour to prepare for it since your drunk boss messed up my other meeting." She is raising her voice now.
"Ana calm down. Alright I will unlock the elevator and Luke will escort you home. I do not want you on the road this late at night by yourself." He tells her.
"Thank you Jason, now get Luke so I can leave." She tells him.
Luke comes walking into the office yawning. "Little miss, why can't you listen for once and stay put." He tells her yawning again.
"Because I woke up in a sweat having a nightmare and I want to go home." She tells him as she is walking out the door.
"Luke stay there after she goes in her house. I don't trust that little lady as far as I can throw her tonight. She is bound and determined to kill Elena Lincoln. I know she has figured out that E is Elena. Keep a close eye on her." He tells Luke as he walks out the door.
"You got it T. and I know she has. Ana is smart as a whip; she also knows when something isn't right. She can smell trouble a mile away. Now she knows where the trouble is and she will not rest until that bitch is six feet under the jail.
They walk to the elevator and she pushes the button again and they get in and go down to the garage and get in their cars. Luke follows her home and parks outside.
Ana goes on in the house and up to her room. She strips and takes a hot shower and gets ready for her day. Because she knows sleep will not come to her.
She thinks about what Christian said in her nightmare or dream. He said she told him if anyone found out they would hate him. He said she told him this would keep him out of trouble and give him control.
Elena fucking Lincoln I am coming for you bitch and I will kill you if you have hurt my best friend in anyway.
Ana walks to her kitchen and makes herself a cup of coffee and fixes her breakfast. She eats and then takes Luke a cup of coffee in a to-go cup and breakfast burrito to eat.
"Thank you Ana. I appreciate it." He tells her.
"You're welcome. Have you been here since I got home?" She asked him, looking at her watch.
"Yes ma'am sure have." He tells her as he drinks some of his coffee.
"Well hell Luke you could have come in the house you know." She tells him.
"No Ana I couldn't do that." He tells her.
She shakes her head and walks back into the house.
As she walks in the house her cell starts ringing. She looks at the time and sees it now seven o'clock. Damn where did the time go.
"Hello." She says.
"Good morning Ms. Steele, how are you this morning?" The person on the line asked her.
"I am just fine Mrs. Jacoby, thank you and how are you this morning?" She asked her nicely.
"I am doing well dear and thank you for asking. Mr. Nordstroms wanted me to see if you could come in for the meeting at nine-thirty instead of nine o'clock. He is taking his daughter to school this morning. She has a play and he doesn't want to miss it." She tells her.
"Oh yes ma'am that is fine. I will see him at nine-thirty. Thank you for calling." She tells her.
"Not a problem my dear we have the paperwork ready for you to sign when you arrive." She tells her.
"Oh thank you so much, that is wonderful news." She tells her so excitedly.
"Yes Ana dear, I thought it would be see you soon bye." Mrs. Jacoby said as they hung up.
"Hello."
"Hey Luke I know you are following me today. Just wanted you to know my meeting is at nine-thirty now instead of nine. Talk to you later bye." She hung up and didn't give him time to say anything.
'Damn that woman she is smarter than I thought she was.' Luke says to himself.
"Hey T, Ana knew I was going to follow her today." He says laughing.
"How did she know that?" Jason asked him.
"Well she saw me out here this morning and brought me coffee and a breakfast burrito and went back in the house. Didn't say much." He tells Jason.
"Well damn. Well she knows so stay with her. She has an appointment at nine." He tells him.
"No it was changed to nine-thirty that is why she called me to tell me. That woman is smarter than the average bear. She is scary sometimes." He says.
"Yes she is on all accounts." He tells him.
"Just keep her away from the bitch." He tells him.
He sits in his car waiting for her to leave.
Just as she is walking to her car her cell phone rings and she sees it is Christian. She answers it.
"Good morning Christian. How are you feeling this lovely morning? The birds are chirping, the sky is blue, not a cloud in it. It is going to be a beautiful day." She tells him.
"Morning Anastasia I have a headache from hell but other than that I am fine thank you. How are you this morning? I am calling you to see if we can meet at my office today at three o'clock. Or whenever you are available as I have the rest of the clear, if not we can make it another time." He asked her.
"I am doing great Christian and three o'clock is fine. Thank you, I will see you then." She says as she hangs up her phone.
'If this idiot fucks this appointment up I will pull all my contracts and go with someone that can do their damn job and not run when a bitch call thems.'
"Welcome Ms. Steele please have a seat and I will let Mr. Nordstrom know you are here. Won't be but a moment dear. Can I get you anything: coffee, water, juice?" She asked her.
"No ma'am I am fine thank you for asking." She tells her as she takes a seat on the couch.
"Ms. Steele, welcome and thank you for understanding about my daughter." Mr. Nordstrom says as he walks over and shakes Ana's hand.
"Not a problem sir. I know how happy I was when my parents would come and watch my plays or my games. Those are memories you want to cherish. I hope you were videotaping her?" She asked him as she was led into his office.
"Oh yes ma'am my wife made sure we didn't miss a thing." He tells her.
"Now my dear shall we get down to business? I know Mrs. Jacoby told you the contracts were ready to sign." He says as he picks up a folder and looks at it.
"Yes sire she did and I am more than ready to get this ball rolling. This will be a hotel in honor of your grandparents sir. I can not wait to see their name on the monument that you have commissioned for it." Ana tells him so excitedly.
"MY dear we can't either. Now here you go. Everything is as we both stated. Please take your time and look over this there is no rush. Our lawyers have already signed but if there is anything you would like to change please let me know." He tells her as he hands her the folder and sits back in his seat.
Ana opens the folder and takes a sheet of paper out and looks at it. Then another one and another one and another one and the final page where she signs her name.
"Everything looks perfect Mr. Nordstrom but are you sure you do not want your grandparents name on the hotel?" She asked him wanting to make double sure before signing this big contract.
"We are absolutely sure my dear all we want is the monument we are commissioning. We are very happy to sell you the land and help with the building. As you know this land has been in my family for generations but when you spoke at that convention I just knew what I had to do with the land." He tells her as he is sitting up in his seat now.
"Very well sir but may I make one change sir? I would like to name the restaurant after your grandmother. I love the name Essence and it would be perfect for my restaurant." She tells him as she is holding her breath.
"Anastasia, that would be wonderful thank you. I really like that and I know Matt and Regina will love it. That is a great idea. Are we signing now?" He asked her as he looked over at her.
"Yes sir, may I borrow your pen?" She asked him as she held her hand out waiting for it.
"Yes ma'am here you go." He hands the pen to her.
She signs her name on the contract and he signs his.
"Very nice doing business with you Ms. Steele. I will send the contracts to your office in the morning." He says, shaking her hand.
"Very nice doing business with you Mr. Nordstrom and I will see you and your family at the grand opening of Sapphire Oasis sir." She tells him as she stands and walks to the door.
"Have a good day sir." She says as she closes the door.
"Ms. Ana, may I say it will be nice having you as part of the family." Mrs. Jacoby tells her as she stands up and walks over to Ana.
"Mrs. Jacoby thank you and it is nice to have you all as part of my family as well. Now my dear I have to be going I have another meeting across town." She tells her as she walks to the door.
She sees Luke sitting in his car as she drives out of the garage and waves to him.
She pulls into the garage of GEH and waits for Luke to walk over to her. He parks beside her and gets out of his car and walks over to her door and opens it for her. He holds his hand out to help her out of the car.
They walk over to Christian's private elevator that will take them straight up to his office on the thirtieth floor. The doors open and they step out.
"Hey Ana, how are you doing?" Andrea asked her as she stands up.
"Andrea I am doing very well thank you and how are you doing?" Ana asked her as she smiled at her.
"I am well thank you." She replies.
"Is he in?" Ana asked her, pointing to the door down the hall.
"Yes Ana he is and he is waiting patiently for you." She tells her as she sits back down.
"I am not late, matter of fact I am twenty minutes early." She tells her as she looks at her watch.
"I think he is worried that you won't show up after the way he blew you off the other day." She tells her.
"Yeah well that is water under the bridge but he has been warned." She says.
"You can go on in like I said he is waiting on you patiently." She tells her.
She looks over at Olivia and smiles. Ana knows she doesn't like her but doesn't know why. She tries to be nice to her.
"Hello Olivia, how are you doing?" She asked her.
"I am doing fine thank you." She replies.
"Well I guess now is as good a time as any. I will see you later Luke and thank you." She tells him.
She walks down the hall and knocks on his door.
"Come in." He says in his deep CEO voice.
She opens the door and closes it.
He walks over to her and leans down and kisses her on her cheek.
She stiffens slightly hoping he doesn't notice.
"Are you alright Anastasia?" He asked her.
Damn he noticed.
"So we are back to calling me Anastasia again, how nice. Yes I am fine." She tells him as she sits down on the couch.
"Ana, my lawyers and I have looked over the contracts and I will be glad to be your partner.
He gets up and walks over to his desk and brings the contract over for her to look over.
"My lawyers didn't change anything. Everything is just like we agreed on. I will use my resources to find the best materials for this build. Talk to the inspectors when the time comes. Outfit the hotel with top of the line security gadgets and get the permits you will need.
"Thank you Christian. You know when this is complete and the owners take over we will have more money than we know what to do with. This is a thirty billion dollar deal. After everything is said and done we will still come out with ten billion each unless we run into some problems." She tells him.
"Yes I know and I have been doing figures as well and you are right." He tells her.
"Now I have another favor to ask you Christian." She says.
"Okay what do you need." He asked her as he looked at her, not sure what that look is she is giving him.
"I want to build chalets in Aspen but they told me you own the majority of the land on the west side near your home." She tells him as she stands up and walks over to his fridge and opens it for a bottle of water. "Want one?" She asked him holding hers up.
"Sure thanks." He tells her. She throws it to him and laughs when he catches it.
"Still got it Steele." He says laughing with her.
"Yeah you do." She tells him.
"Why chalets? You always build hotels." He asked her.
"Well there are three hotels there already and I thought I would change it up and build chalets. There are not enough of them there. So what do you think?" She asked him as she sipped her water.
He just looks at her thinking.
"I have the plans with me and I would buy the land from you or you could be my business partner in this and we would have equal say in the way things are done. I am thinking of building five for now and see how it goes." She tells him.
She opens her briefcase and pulls out some papers and stands up and walks over to his conference room and spreads them out on the table.
He follows her to see what she is doing.
Ana, are you going to rent the chalets, sell them or lease them?" He asked her as he looked at the plans she had laid out on the table.
"Well I was talking to my guy that does the building for me and he said it would be better to lease three to six months at a time instead of selling them. The profit would be higher in the long run to lease them." She tells him.
"True but what about the overhead like pipe damage in the winter or water heaters going out. How about appliances tearing up, hell anything can go wrong." He says.
"The beauty of this is we are going to build on concrete pads all the pipes and electrical wiring will be underground."
"Have you ever heard of renters or lessee insurance? It will be in the contracts they sign. They will be responsible to report any appliances or anything that is not working to the insurance company if any of that happens to the chalets while they are in them." She tells him as she walks over to where he is standing and looking at the blueprints.
"Show me exactly where you want to build them and how close to my home they will be." He tells her.
"Alright this is your home on five acres of land. This here shows the front and back of your house. Granted no one can build behind you because of the mountain there. This right here is approximately ten miles from you. This would be the first chalet and I want them at least a half mile apart for privacy as there will be either a hot tub or a jacuzzi on the back porch of each chalet. Is that far enough away from you Christian for your privacy that I know you have to have?" She asked as she looked up from the blueprints.
"Yes Ana it is. You know me so well." He tells her.
"No, not anymore I don't. Never mind, I am rambling." She says and walks away to grab her water bottle.
He looks at her wondering what she meant by that.
"When do you plan on starting to build these chalets?" He asked, pointing to the blueprints.
"It would be in the spring as the grounds are too hard right now with all the snow and ice they have up there." She tells him.
"What do you think? I want your honest opinion on this latest endeavor I want to do." She tells him.
"Yes, I think we can work something out in both our favor. Do you have time to meet with my lawyers right now if they aren't busy?" He asked her hoping she will say yes. For some reason he doesn't want her to leave right now.
"Yes I have time and I have a particle contract written up if you want to look at it." She tells him.
"Why Ms. Steele, you are on the ball today. You came prepared. I like that, I like that very much." He tells as he walks over to his desk.
"Andrea, please have George, Walton and Richard come up to my office. Thank you." He tells her on the intercom.
"Yes sir right away Mr. Grey." She replies.
They sit there talking about the upcoming Coping together Ball that Grace has every year.
"Well Ms. Steele, as you know my mother is looking forward to you being there this year since you are in town and not traveling here and there." He tells her laughing.
"Yes I know she has already sent me and my family an invitation." She tells him.
"Would you do me the honor and be my date for the ball Ana?" He walks over to her and sits beside her.
"I..I yes Christian I would love to be your date. Thank you for asking." She tells him.
"You are most welcome. I was wondering when I would be able to ask you to go with me." He says.
She raises her brow at him looking confused.
"I meant you are always out of town and I knew you were going to be here this time. So I figured I better ask before the line that will be backed up for miles waiting to ask you." He looks so serious.
She knows he is serious. "Line what line Christian? No one has ever asked me before even when I was home. Not even you. Remember the two times I was home and you blew me off? Never mind that is water under the bridge too.' She tells him as she walks out of the room.
He wonders what she is talking about. He follows her out of the room.
His office door opens in walks none other than the blonde botox bitch from hell with a brown haired girl with her head down.
Ana looks at Christian then at Bitch troll and the girl then back at Christian. He looks like he is a deer caught in the headlights.
"E..Mrs. Lincoln, what are you doing here? You do not have an appointment with me that I know of." He asked her rather irritatedly.
"Nonsense I have never needed one and I have." She doesn't finish her sentence as she sees Ana standing by the conference room door.
"I didn't know you had company Christian darling. I will just sit over here and wait until she leaves." She says as if she owns the place.
"Mrs. Lincoln, you need to leave Christian and I are discussing a meeting and you and your little friend were invited to be here." Ana tells her walking over to her.
"Well who are you to tell me I can't be here. I have every right to be as you do. If it wasn't for me he wouldn't have all this." She yells at Ana.
"Mrs. Lincoln, you need to leave now and I mean now and take her with you." He tells her in his CEO voice and dom voice.
She stands up and gets in Ana's face and points her finger at her. "You listen to me little miss high and mighty. I made him who he is today and he owes me. Do you hear me? He owes me." She says through gritted teeth.
"Mrs. Lincoln, I advise you to take your finger out of my face before I break it. I do not want you here and he does not want you here so I suggest you leave and take your little thing with you." She tells her getting in her face.
Elena stands there and raises her hand to slap Ana.
"Uh uh uh..lady you don't slap me. Ana took her hand and bent it backward and put the old hag on the ground.
"You little bitch you broke my hand. I am going to sue you." She says as she starts to cry.
"Christian get this thing away from me and help me up. I need you to take me to the hospital now." She demands.
Christian just stands there not moving or saying a word.
"You hear me boy help me up now dammit?" She yells at him.
"Hey whoever you are, help the old hag up? You came with her." Ana tells the girl.
Elena is looking at Ana with fire in her eyes. " Missy, you will be hearing from my lawyer soon." She tells Ana.
Ana is on the phone with Jason."Jason did you get all that on video? Good come to Christian's office now please." She tells him.
Elena hasn't moved; she is still on the floor on her knees staring at Christian.
Jason walks in.
"Mrs. Lincoln, everything is recorded on video in this office. There is nothing you can do to Ana. She defended herself from you as you tried to slap her after she told you to take your finger out of her face. Now get up with what little dignity you have left and leave this office now." He speaks to her with authority. "Take your little friend with you and be gone." He tells her.
"Christian I need you to take me to hospital now." She demands. She is still staring at him.
He is not moving.
"She yells at him. "Boy get your ass over here and help me up or you will regret it." She is screaming now.
He starts to move and the bitch smiles.
"Christian Grey I will say this one time and one time only and you better damn well hear me. IF YOU LEAVE WITH THIS BLONDE BOTOX FAKE ASS BITCH WE ARE THROUGH. I WILL TAKE MY BUSINESS ELSEWHERE. I WILL CALL ALL MY LOANS IN AND YOU WILL BE LEFT OUT IN THE COLD TO EXPLAIN TO YOUR LAWYERS. I WILL VOID THE ACCOUNT WE JUST DID AND THE ONE YOU WERE HELPING ME WITH A FEW MOMENTS AGO. I WILL DISASSOCIATE MYSELF WITH YOU AND OUR PARTNERSHIP WILL BE NULL AND VOID. THINK ABOUT IT CHRISTIAN IS THE BITCH WORTH LOSING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS? THE CLOCK IS TICKING." She says as she stands her ground.
"Christian let's go, the little hellcat is bluffing she doesn't want to lose all that money. She will wait on you. I have helped you and you will do as I say." She says crying again.
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