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I alasses of cha features With each sip of Moet, I feel slightly ive Christian and his intervention I open upto test the theory that it works anywhere on the planet
Froant Gestures
Date: May 30 2011 21:53
To: Christian Grey
Dear Mr Grey
What really alarht I was on
Your stalking knows no bounds Let&039;s hope that Dr Flynn is back froe, and two glasses of chane - a very nice start to my vacation
Thank you
Ana
From: Christian Grey
Subject: You&039;re Most Welcome
Date: May 30 2011 21:59
To: Anastasia Steele
Dear Miss Steele
Dr Flynn is back, and I have an appoint your back?
Christian Grey
CEO with friends in the right places, Grey Enterprises Holdings Inc
Aha! Pay back tiht has been called so I shall e lee
There is so ne cocktail in hand, I settle myself into the sumptuous leatherseat as the cabin slowly fills I call Ray to tell him where I am
- a mercifully brief call, as it&039;s so late for him
"Love you, Dad," I murht"
"Goodnight" I hang up
Ray is in good for
Opening ram
Fro Able Hands
Date: May 30 2011 22:22
To: Christian Grey
Dear Sir
A very pleasant young ed my back Yes Very pleasant indeed I wouldn&039;t have encountered Jean-Paul in the ordinary departure lounge - so thank you again for that treat I&039;m not sure if I&039;ll be allowed to email once we take off, and I needso well recently
Pleasant drea of you
Ana
Oh, he&039;s going to flip out - and I shall be airborne and out of reach Serves hiht
If I&039;d been in the ordinary departure lounge then Jean-Paul wouldn&039;t have gotten his hands onman, in a blonde, perma-tanned way - honestly, who has a tan in SeattleIt&039;s just so wrong I think he was gay - but I&039;ll just keep that detail to ht It is like shooting fish in a barrel with hily twist to her mouth - do you really want to wind him up What he&039;s done is sweet, you know! He cares about you and wants you to travel in
style Yes, but he could have asked me or told me Not made me look like a co like a very naughty girl
"Miss Steele, you&039;ll need to stow your laptop for take-off," the over-ht attendant says politely She uilty conscience is at work
"Oh, sorry"
Crap Now I&039;ll have to wait to know if he&039;s replied She handsher perfect teeth I drape the blanket over my knees It&039;s nice to feel mol-lycoddled sometimes
The cabin has filled up, except for the seat beside ht crosses my mind Perhaps the seat is Christian&039;s Oh shit
no he wouldn&039;t do that Would heI told hilance anxiously at ht deck announces,
"Cabin crew, doors to automatic and cross check"
What does thatthe doorsMy scalp prickles as I sit in palpitating anticipation The seat next to me is the only unoccupied one in the sixteen-seat cabin The plane jolts as it pulls away froh of relief but feel a faint tingle of disappointment too no Christian for four days I take a sneak peek at my BlackBerry
From: Christian Grey
Subject: Enjoy it While You Can
Date: May 30 2011 22:25
To: Anastasia Steele
Dear Miss Steele
I knohat you&039;re trying to do - and trust me - you&039;ve succeeded Next tied in a crate Believe iveyour ticket
I look forward to your return
Christian Grey
Pals Inc
Holy crap That&039;s the problem with Christian&039;s hu or if he&039;s seriously angry I suspect on this occasion he&039;s seriously angry Surreptitiously, so the flight attendant can&039;t see, I type a reply under the blanket
Fro?
Date: May 30 2011 22:30
To: Christian Grey
You see - I have no idea if you&039;re joking - and if you&039;re not - then I think I&039;ll stay in Georgia Crates are a hard liive me
A
Fro
Date: May 30 2011 22:31
To: Anastasia Steele
How can you be e the life of everyone on board, including yourself, by using your BlackBerryI think that contravenes one of the rules
Christian Grey
Two Pals Inc
Two palms! I put my BlackBerry away, sit back while the plane taxis to the runway, and pull outfor the journey Once we&039;re airborne, I tipoff to sleep
The flight attendant wakes me as we start our descent into Atlanta Local time is 5:45
aroggy, but grateful for the glass of orange juice she hands lance nervously at my BlackBerry There are no further emails fro in Seattle, and he probably wants to discourageup the avionics syste if mobile phones are switched on
The wait in Atlanta is only an hour And again I&039;e I ao to sleep on one of the plush, inviting couches that sink softly under h To keepsteam of consciousness to Christian on my laptop
From: Anastasia Steele
Subject: Do you like to scare me?
Date: May 31 2011 06:52 EST
To: Christian Grey
You knomoney on me Yes, you&039;re very rich, but still itfirst class, it&039;s so much more civilized than coach So thank you I e froay I omitted that bit in my email to you to wind you up, because I was annoyed with you, and I&039;m sorry about that
But as usual you overreact You can&039;t write things like that to ed in a crate - (Were you serious or was it a joke?) That scares ht up in your spell, considering a lifestyle with you that I didn&039;t even know existed until last Saturday week, and then you write so into the hills I won&039;t, of course, because I&039;d miss you Really miss you I want us to work, but I a I have for you and the dark path you&039;re leadingis erotic and sexy, and I&039;m curious, but I&039;m also scared you&039;ll hurt me - physically and eoodbye, and where will that leave me if you doBut then I suppose that risk is there in any relationship This just isn&039;t the sort of relationship I ever envisaged having, especially as e leap of faith for ht when you said I didn&039;t have a sub said that, I want to be with you, and if that&039;s what I have to do, I would like to try, but I think I&039;ll suck at it and end up black and blue - and I don&039;t relish that idea at all
I am so happy that you have said that you will try more I just need to think about what
&039;more&039; means to me, and that&039;s one of the reasons why I wanted some distance You dazzle me so much I find it very difficult to think clearly e&039;re together
They are calling o
More later
Your Ana
I press send and ate to board a different plane
This one has only six seats in first class, and once we are in the air, I curl up under my soft blanket and fall asleep
All too soon, I&039;e juice as we begin our approach to Savannah International I sip slowly, beyond fatigued, and I allowto seeanother covert look ate in response It&039;s five in thein Seattle - hopefully he&039;s still asleep and not up playing mournful laments on his piano
The beauty of carry-on rucksacks is that one can breeze out of the airport and not wait endlessly for baggage at the carousels The beauty of traveling first class is that they let you off the plane first
My ood to see them I don&039;t know if it&039;s because of exhaustion, the long journey, or the whole Christian situation, but as soon as I&039;m in my mother&039;s arms, I burst into tears
"Oh Ana, honey You lances anxiously at Bob
"No Mo her tightly
She feels so good and welcoivesHe seems unsteady on his feet, and I re
"Welcome back, Ana Why you cryin&039;?" he asks
"Aw, Bob, I&039;m just pleased to see you too" I stare up into his handsoaze at me fondly I like this husband, Mom You can keep him He takes ot in here?"
That will be the Mac, and they both put their ar lot
I always forget how unbearably hot it is in Savannah Leaving the cool air-conditioned confines of the arrival ter it Whoa!
It saps everything I have to struggle out of Molad I packed shorts I as sometimes, where I lived with Mom and Bob when I was seventeen, but this wet heat, even at 8:30 in theused to By the time I&039;m in the back of Bob&039;s wonderfully air-conditioned Tahoe SUV, I feel limp, and my hair has started a frizzy protest at the heat
In the back of the SUV I quickly text Ray, Kate, and Christian:
Arrived Safely in Savannah A :)
My thoughts stray briefly to Jose as I press send, and through the fog of ue, I remember that it&039;s his show next week Should I invite Christian knowing how he feels about JoseWill Christian still want to see ht, and then put it out ofto enjoy my mom&039;s company
"Honey, you et hoo to the beach"
I a a Diet Coke, on a sun bed facing the Atlantic Ocean, and to think that only yesterday I was staring out at the Sound toward the Pacific
My e floppy sun hat and Jackie O shades, sipping a Coke of her own We are on Tybee Island Beach, just three blocks froue has waned, and as I soak up the sun, I feel comfortable, safe, and warm For the first time in forever, I start to relax
"So Ana tell me about this man who has you in such a spin"
Spin! How can she tellWhat to sayI can&039;t talk about Christian in any great detail because of the NDA, but even then, would I choose to talk to ht
"Well?" she prompts and squeezes my hand
"His name&039;s Christian He&039;s beyond handsome He&039;s wealthy too wealthy He&039;s very complicated and mercurial"
Yes - I feel inordinately pleased with my concise, accurate summary I turn on azes at me with her crystal-clear blue eyes
"Complicated and mercurial are the two pieces of information I want to concentrate on, Ana"
Oh no
"Oh, Moing, so he&039;s very closed, difficult to gauge"
"Do you like him?"
"I apes at me
"Yes, Mom"
"Men aren&039;t really complicated, Ana, honey They are very simple, literal creatures
They usuallyto analyze what they&039;ve said
- when really it&039;s obvious If I were you, I&039;d take hiape at her This sounds like good advice Take Christian literally I into my mind
I don&039;t want to lose you
You&039;ve bewitched uiled me
I&039;ll aze at e Maybe she does know so about , some more than others Take your father for instance," Her eyes soften and sadden whenever she thinks of my dad My real dad, this mythical man I never knew, snatched so cruelly fro accident when he was afor someone like my dad all this ti for in Bob Pity she couldn&039;t find it with Ray
"I used to think your father was ht up in his job and trying to , we both were Maybe that was the issue"
Hmm Christian is not exactly old I s abouton Christian&039;s ht for dinner To his golf club"
"Oh no! Bob&039;s started playing golf?" I scoff in disbelief
"Tellher eyes
After a light lunch back at the house, I start to unpack I a to treat myself to a si-esta My mother has disappeared to mold some candles or whatever she does with them, and Bob is at work, so I have time to catch up on some sleep I open the Mac and fire it up
It&039;s two in the afternoon in Georgia, eleven in thein Seattle I wonder if I have a reply froram
From: Christian Grey
Subject: Finally!
Date: May 31 2011 07:30
To: Anastasia Steele
Anastasia
I am annoyed that as soon as you put some distance between us, you communicate openly and honestly with ether?
Yes, I&039;m rich Get used to it Why shouldn&039;t I spend money on youWe&039;ve told your father I&039;m your boyfriend, for heaven&039;s sake Isn&039;t that what boyfriends doAs your Dom, I would expect you to accept whatever I spend on you with no argument Incidentally, tell your mother too
I don&039;t kno to answer your co like a whore I know that&039;s not what you&039;ve written, but it&039;s what you imply I don&039;t knohat I can say or do to eradicate these feelings I&039;d like you to have the best of everything I work exceptionally hard, so I can spend my money as I see fit I could buy you your heart&039;s desire, Anastasia, and I want to Call it redistribution of wealth if you will Or simply know that I would not, could not ever think of you in the way you described, and I&039;ht, witty, beautiful young woman you have some real self-esteem issues, and I have a half a mind to make an appointhtening you I find the thought of instilling fear in you abhorrent Do you really think I&039;d let you travel in the holdI offered you my private jet for heaven&039;s sake Yes it was a joke, a poor one obviously However, the fact is - the thought of you bound and gagged turns me on (this is not a joke - it&039;s true) I can lose the crate - crates do nothing for , we&039;ve talked about that and if/
when I do gag you, we&039;ll discuss it What I think you fail to realize is that in Dom/sub relationships it is the sub that has all the power That&039;s you I&039;ll repeat this - you are the one with all the power Not I In the boathouse you said no I can&039;t touch you if you say no - that&039;s e have an agrees and you don&039;t like thereement It&039;s up to you - not ed in a crate, then it won&039;t happen
I want to shareso much Frankly I&039; to try That says ht in your spell, too, even though I have told you this countless times I don&039;t want to lose you I aet away from me for a few days, because you can&039;t think clearly around me It&039;s the saether -
that&039;s the depth offor you
I understand your trepidation I did try to stay away froh I would never have pursued you if I had known exactly how innocent you were - and yet you still e to disarm me completely in a way that nobody has before Your email for exa to understand your point of view Three months is an arbitrary a do you want it to beWhat would make you comfortable?
Tell e leap of faith for you I have to earn your trust, but by the sa to do this You see and self-contained, and then I read what you&039;ve written here, and I see another side to you We have to guide each other Anastasia, and I can only take my cues from you You have to be honest with e sub said that, the only
time you do assume the correct demeanor for a sub is in the playroom It seems that&039;s the one place where you let me exercise proper control over you, and the only place you do as you&039;re told Exemplary is the term that comes to mind And I&039;d never beat you black and blue I aieexperience, and I wouldn&039;t want to change that So yes, tell me what you want in terms of more I will endeavor to keep an open ive you the space you need and stay away froia I look forward to your next email
In the meantime, enjoy yourself But not too much
Christian Grey
CEO, Grey Enterprises Holdings Inc
Holy crap He&039;s written an essay like we&039;re back at school - and ood My heart is in my mouth as I re-read his epistle, and I huddle on the spare bed practically hugging ree to have to think about that Take him literally, that&039;s what my mother says He doesn&039;t want to lose me
He&039;s said that twice! He wants toto try and stay away! Does this ht fail to stay awaySuddenly, I hope so I want to see him We&039;ve been apart less than twenty-four hours, and knowing that I can&039;t see him for four days, I realize how much I miss him How much I love him
"Ana, honey" The voice is soft and warentle hand brushes my face Myit to me
"Ana, sweetheart," she continues in her soft singsong voice while I surface froht of dusk
"Hi, Mo out for dinner in thirty minutes You still want to come?" she asks kindly
"Oh, yes, Mom, of course" I try very hard, but fail to stifle my yawn
"Now that&039;s an iy" She points to my laptop
Oh crap
"Oh this?" I strive for casual, surprised nonchalance
Will Morown more astute since I acquired a &039;boyfriend&039;
"Christian lent it to me I think I could pilot the space shuttle with it, but I just use it for emails and Internet access"
Really it&039;s nothing Eyeing me suspiciously, she sits down on the bed and tucks a stray lock of hair behind my ear
"Has he emailed you?"
Oh double crap
"Yeah" My nonchalance is wearing thin, and I flush
"Perhaps he&039;syou, huh?"
"I hope so, Mom"
"What does he say?"
Oh triple crap I frantically try to think of so acceptable from that email I can tell my mother I&039;e and gagging, but then I can&039;t tell her because there&039;s the NDA
"He&039;s told me to enjoy myself, but not too et ready, honey" Leaning over, she kisses lad you&039;re here, Ana It&039;s wonderful to see you" And with that loving statement, she leaves
Hht were s are possible I shake est his words Probably after dinner - and I can reply to him then I climb out of bed and quickly slip out of my t-shirt and shorts, and head to the shower
I have brought Kate&039;s gray halter-neck dress that I wore for ood thing about the heat is that the creases have dropped out, so I think it will do for the golf club As I dress, I wake the laptop up There is nothing new from Christian, and I feel a stab of disappointment Very quickly, I type him an email
From: Anastasia Steele
Subject: Verbose?
Date: May 31 2011 19:08 EST
To: Christian Grey
Sir, you are quite the loquacious writer I have to go to dinner at Bob&039;s golf club, and just so you know, I aht But you and your twitchy pal way from me so my behind is safe, for now I loved your email Will respond when I can I miss you already
Enjoy your afternoon
Your Ana
From: Christian Grey
Subject: Your behind
Date: May 31 2011 16:10
To: Anastasia Steele
Dear Miss Steele
I am distracted by the title of this email Needless to say it is safe - for now
Enjoy your dinner, and I miss you too, especially your behind and your shtened only by thoughts of you and your eye rolling I think it was you who so judiciously pointed out to me that I too suffer from that nasty habit
Christian Grey
CEO & Eye Roller, Grey Enterprises Holdings Inc
Fro
Date: May 31 2011 19:14 EST
To: Christian Grey
Dear Mr Grey
Stop eet ready for dinner You are very distracting, even when you are on the other side of the continent And yes - who spanks you when you roll your eyes?
Your Ana
I press send, and ie of that evil witch Mrs Robinson comes intobeaten by soain I wonder what darim line I need a doll to stick pins in, er I feel at this stranger
From: Christian Grey
Subject: Your behind
Date: May 31 2011 16:18