What is this? A WILD UPDATE APPEARS! Well I suck with updating this story… I've been having writers block on this story, but I hope you like what I came up with ;)

Anna's breath hitched slightly at the peculiar insight that this man said, first thing in the door. 'Should I tell him?' her conscience goes, but the man widens his door further and lets her in. She slips in, but her foot hitches on the floor causing her to stumble slightly. Before she crashes to the ground however, she is immediately picked up by the handsome man in front of her.

His eyes widen a fraction of an inch, and he pulls her into a standing position in the entrance of the apartment and closes the door. She expects some dramatic unveiling of an extortion of wealth that she could scoff at, but the apartment was rather simple. No, it definitely was expensive, something she would never be able to live in, but it was rather plain, which Ana liked. The walls were painted a light steel gray (see what I did there? ;) and the furniture was black or white, giving the apartment (or penthouse rather) a sharp contrast look, with some colorful vases placed tastefully around and a few business magazines sitting on one of the coffee tables.

Ana walked in and immediately, the stranger took care of her coat, making it disappear in a closet that blended into the wall.

"Sit" he said, and Anastasia sat down in a black single-seater, conveniently located close to the entrance, crossing her legs in the nude pumps and the white, flowy shift dress that she was given by Jack himself.

"Wine or water" the man asked, staring intently at her, making her forget to breathe for a moment.

"Water please, Mister - "

"Grey"

And that was about it, Ana noted, he spoke in point-blank sentences, yes or no, white or black. There was no indecisiveness or grey area at all with this guy. Ana giggled, laughing at the irony at his name.

Her laugh was interrupted by the hand that caught her shoulders, which turned her around to face him, and a cup of water. Ana awkwardly cleared her throat of her previous chuckle, and grasped the cup from him

"Thank you"

There was silence as if he didn't accept her thankfulness, but he began to speak again

"You don't fit my requested requirements, but I have a dinner I need to attend, and you will accompany me –"

"Yes Sir" she spoke, nibbling on her bottom lip.

She glanced up and quirked her head slightly. His pupils dilated slowly and he seemed entranced, but as soon as their gaze met, his previous look melted into a more understandable mask. Anger

"You will never interrupt. Understood?"

Ana looked surprised, but then again, she thought of all the rich people that she once knew, stared back at the man and waited for Mr. I-command-all-eyes-and-ears-on-me to speak, trying not to be too offended on what he just said.

"Please accompany me to this dinner and note, business associates and family will be there"

Ana actually had the audacity to roll her eyes. "So the reason behind all this undercover stuff is because you're too scared of going alone to a family dinner?"

Wrong thing to say. Grey's eyes sparkled dangerously and he glided towards her, pushed her against the wall, trapping her in between.

"Just remember, you are MINE for the next 6 hours. If I want to go to a dinner, we will go to a damn dinner." Grey said, in a soft but dangerous voice. Ana stared right back into his eyes and shrugged.

"Fine. When do we leave?"

Mr. Grey looked perplexed for a mere moment, but then broke into a cat-like grin "In twenty minutes. Change into something more appropriate please"

That made Ana wince and snt a seething look to Grey as she walked to the direction to change. Jeez, twice in a night.

-OOO-

Christian straightened his tie a bit more forcefully, and looked back on the events. The girl was perfect when he saw her come into the hotel room, but then a major flaw was spotted; her eyes. He had specifically asked for a blue-eye girl, despite who Jack seems to send him. Christian went to his dresser to look for some cufflinks when he saw her clumsy state walk in, obviously uncomfortable in the Chanel dress that he bought for the occasion, when he noticed something interesting. Her eyes had a blue ring, that was almost underneath her hazel eyes, but for someone that he paid $20 000 for, a ring of blue was not enough.

But this girl seems to be rather interesting, Christian thinks to himself. First acting meek, sniffling out what she needs to know about me, and then going a bit sassy.

His thoughts were interrupted as Ana managed to get one foot in front of the other, and stand without making a face plant in the Louboutin pumps. He smiled his rare smile at the interesting girl and offered his hand.

"Shall we go?"

"I suppose we shall"

-OOO-

The duo walk into the Trevelyan estate, and Ana gasps for breath. The estate is not just a house, but its acres of perfectly trimmed lawns, a hedge maze and a beautiful lakeside view. There were tiny fairy lights lighting up the entire property, strung onto strings and hung to make a makeshift outdoor ceiling. Ana didn't want to know the family's energy costs, but admired the view just the same.

Christian drank up Ana's surprise with another grin. This was his favourite part, showing the girl a taste of his life and seeing their eyes light up at the mirage of perfection. It made him believe that he was better than snuffing her lights out when the night is done, but tonight with Ana, he didn't want to see those blue – brown eyes loose its twinkle. It was a competition and he wanted to see how long he could captivate the girl, so he brought her everywhere, the docks, the garden, and even to that stupid hedge maze that everyone in his family but his mother hated. He was sporting a proud smirk until she came.

"Christian! I haven't seen you in ages!" squealed this blond woman, causing Ana to look up in surprise. There, a blonde woman, around mid-forties, came barreling out of a gazebo while holding a glass of wine.

Christian immediately stiffened and turned to face the mysterious woman

"Elena, how do you do"

Ana noticed that his tone became a lot more controlled as he spoke to the woman than with any of the people she saw tonight.

"Oh Chris! Now I saw you, it's a whole lot better! How are you! And who is this?" Ana once again noticed that this Elena – woman's voice became a lot forceful as she said her name.

"This is Anastasia, my date for the night, Ana; this is Elena, an acquaintance of mine"

Ana once again noticed the woman slightly wince when Christian used a nickname and yet again at the word 'acquaintance'. It wasn't a noticeable wince, but women had ways of picking it all out. Elena narrowed her eyes at Ana, and Christian gripped Ana's arm harder.

"Good day to you" he said in a clipped voice, and practically dragged Ana into the Audi

"Escala, Taylor"

The car roared to life with a fuming Christian and a confused Anastasia, and when Anastasia was confused, she asked questions.

"Ex – girlfriend Mr. Grey?" she asked jokingly, but her joke died out at the alarm in his eyes. Ana winced, perhaps her guess was right?

"She's part of my history. It is a part that I don't favor much, but nonetheless, she is part of it"

Now Ana was curious. So this rich and successful man, the pinnacle of perfection had a dark secret as well, like her. She decided to go out on a limb and try to fish for one of Mr. Perfection's secrets

"How about this, we exchange secrets. I give you one of mine, and you give me one of yours"

Christian had a momentary seizure. A very controlled seizure. Sure, he did want to know the world of this mysteriously beautiful woman, but was it worth exposing some of his secrets? 'But you do investments' a little voice in his head spoke 'just up hand her. Make her tell you one of her deep secrets, and you can tell her a not-so-deep secret. You can protect yourself but get what you want'

That sounded captivating. "Sure" he said, eyeing the young girl who sat in the Audi with him. "But I go first"

Ana nodded "Sure"

"Why are you wearing contacts?"

"Crap"

-OOO-

'He does investments' a voice in Ana's head screamed 'WHY WOULD YOU PLAY THIS GAVE WITH A BUSINESS MAN?' 'He's going to rob us blind' another voice pitched in.

And it did seem that Grey was going to rob her of her secrets. She bit her lip, lost in thought. 'You made the bed, you sleep in it' that same voice in her head screeched. Well, what did she have to lose?

Ana signed, and gently took off a brown contact lens, turning to look at Christian with an eye as blue as the ocean. "Why Mr. Grey, I wear contacts to protect myself. Identity is valuable in a world like this; I do think you know that"

This seemed to enrapture Christian Grey, who was mesmerized in the stark blue eyes she managed to hide of the entire evening.

"Why are you protecting yourself?"

"I –" Christian could literally see gears turning as Ana scrambled to make up some sort of story.

"The truth Ana"

Ana sighed, and Christian knew that she complied.

"God, I'm an idiot telling a stranger this, but we did sign an NDA, and NDA that was agreed upon by us both"

Ah, the NDA, much needed insurance. Christian thought to m=himself. He immediately loosened up as he congratulated himself for thinking beforehand

"Well, I came here and is employed by Jack Hyde because of a reason. I fled my home before Seattle, and it seemed safer to hide my defining feature"

That caught Christian's attention once again "Who were you fleeing?"

Ana sighed. She seemed to do this a lot, deduced Christian

"A boyfriend of mine. He used to hit me and do horrible stuff. I escaped and booked a flight to Seattle, met Jack Hyde along the way where he offered me a job"

A growl escaped Christian. Good for nothing Jack, taking advantage of poor women from the airport. That fucker.

"Well I've accepted, and voila! Here I am. Your turn"

Christian didn't want it to be his turn. He had so many more questions to Ana, like if her boyfriend – well ex now, was arrested, if she had a good lock on her door… all those could not go unanswered, but he gave in.

"Now, Mr. Grey. Who was that woman that made us flee the scene tonight?"

He knew that this question will come up if they played the game, but he found that he could no longer lie. He poked some difficult truths out of her, and it would be unfair to cheat her.

"Well, that is Elena… we had an arrangement before. I wanted to stop, but she tried to tell me that I needed it. I cut all ties with her, but she doesn't understand how to stop"

Ana's eyes widened "She was your drug dealer?"

"NO! It wasn't drugs…. It could be compared to it though"

Ana sat back, still not fully convinced.

"Now, Ana. What type of lock do you have on your door?"

"What? I ref –"

Christian realized how this might've sounded "I don't want to break in. I want to know if you're secure where you're living."

Ana blushed. "I put a chair against the door every night"

Christian's jaw dropped. Where could she possibly live that does not have a lock? It better be one of those gated communities, or he was not letting her go home the next morning.

"It's an apartment near the docks… its nothing fancy, but the rents low" Ana says, while shrugging her shoulders.

"Well, you're staying the night in Escala. Hell, if you live there, and you say someone is already after you, all they need to do is knock over a chair and they're in"

Ana looks down and then looks up again at Christian, her eyes looking as if the see right through him, slightly unnerving him.

"Thank you"

-OOO-

The night seems to have flown by in Christian's eyes. They don't muddle around, but instead, they talk like two old friends. Christian learns that Ana loves Thomas Hardy books, and majored in literature before moving to Seattle. Ana learns about his extended family, how he has a sister, a brother and was adopted.

"Why were you adopted?" she asked

It was funny, because he wasn't scared anymore. He used to cower in fear at the idea of his name becoming tainted and wrecked, but he supposed he had enough information on the girl as well, so there really was nothing to lose.

"My mother was into drugs. She was an unfit mother and abused them all the time. Her addiction got the best of her, and she ended up selling herself on the streets to support her little addiction. I thought it was a miracle when Grace… yeah the woman you saw tonight…. When she saved me, I thought she was an angel"

Ana was silent for a moment. "Do you think I'm prostituting myself?"

That knocked the air out of Christian, and he saw Ana almost wilt in front of him.

"No, we're not engaging in any activity, so I don't think this is a prostitution service."

What he doesn't tell her is that the contract he signed with Jack allows him to do whatever, and a shiver runs down his spine when he thinks what could have happened if she was sent to someone else. She obviously wasn't knowledgeable of the ropes. That leads him to yet another question.

"Why do you need the money in the first place?"

"Hopsital Bills"

"Wait What?"

Ana glances at the clock. It was 11:37, s that mean there was 23 minutes until the NDA ended, so she had time to tell the story. The only question was if she wanted to. There was nothing to lose right?

"Remember my boyfriend I told you about?"

Christian clenched his teeth "how could I forget?"

"Well he probably have killed me if I didn't have any help. You see, I had two really good friends, Kate and Jose. They were students that lived in my dorm, and when they heard what he was doing to me, they went and confronted him without me, and threatened to go to the media, which my friend, Kate, had ties to."

"What happened after that?"

"They were beaten into pulp. The next day, I received a phone call from the Emergency room that two of my roommates were in critical condition and was to put on life support. I ran there to see the family of Kate and Jose. We all came from a poor neighbourhood and none of them could afford to pay, and I knew that they would probably be forced to pull the plug. I couldn't let them do that to my best friends, so I had their names changed to protect them from any more harm, and came to Seattle. Now, everything I make goes towards footing their hospital bills."

By the time Ana's done, she has tears leaking out of her eyes, and Christian stands up, and wraps his arms around the sobbing girl and she cries on his shoulder.

Christian realizes that he never had anyone this close to him before, not even his mother, his father or his siblings. They all felt wrong on him, as if their hands that lead perfect lives were being tainted by his skin.

But holding a sobbing Ana, who seems so strong, but is so broken, just feels right.

I'm sorry once again for updating slowly. It's quite difficult because I am facing so many possibilities about this story, and it's rather difficult to get through the writer's block.

I hope I managed to explain the eye thing properly. I have to admit, it was an mistake at first, but I hope I saved myself with Ana's back story. ;)

And I know that Christian has a less of a dominating vibe, but Ipromise he still has that, its only different when he's with Ana. I hope you enjoyed where it is so far, and I hope you leave a comment on where you want it to go and stuff!

Please follow, fave, review…. Gosh I sound like the ending of a YouTube video…. Whatever. Thanks for reading, and I'll update soon!