Fifty Shades Of A Working Girl

Chapter 8

She said, "You'll be sorry for doing this to me. I have been good to you all your life."

"You are delusional and need mental help, Elena. You have started to believe your own lies. You haven't known me my whole life." I hung up. She called back four more times immediately afterwards. I ignored her and told my PA to ignore her calls too.

I called Ros to have my backing pulled from the Esclava salons. She will just have to stand on her own and stop blowing money. I'll wait to give her the option to buy my shares or dump them. Anastasia will be itching for an audit and I think I'll let her Monday. It's Friday tomorrow, maybe I can take her sailing out on the Grace on Saturday this weekend. I'll text her.

Ana Pov

Hey, Anastasia, would you like to go sailing with me Saturday? I want to take you out on my sailboat, The Grace.-C

I would love to join you, as friends, Christian. Will we be swimming too?-A

Most definitely. Will you come stay overnight with me? I have more than one cabin-C

Actually, I'm out grocery shopping. I could make a special dinner for you tomorrow night tonight. Why don't you come over to my place?-A

Why Miss Steele, I would love to be spoiled by you. Are you a good cook?-C

I guess you will have to be the judge of that, Mr Grey. See you at 7 o'clock tomorrow? You can bring the red wine.-A

I'll be there, Anastasia. I can't wait to taste your cooking.-C

:-) -A

I smiled to myself. I know I'm not worthy of her, but I will try to be what she wants and needs. Come Monday things will be different, but I still want her in my life forever in whatever way I can.

Ana Pov

What a weekend. I loved having Christian over Friday night. I cooked a great meal of Shrimp Bourbon Bisque Soup with crispy brown butter croutons, and a small marinated Barbecue Beef Brisket. I served fresh hot biscuits with roasted red pepper, zucchini, summer squash and large couscous, as a side. For dessert I baked a chocolate ganache cake.

We had a lovely Friday night of food, wine, and laughter and a really stupid movie.

Sailing on The Grace was so much fun. He let me steer into open water. I asked him if the Water Po-Po caught us, would they hunt me down, arrest me for operating a watercraft without a license and ban me from all water sports like swimming for the rest of my life? He tickled me, making me giggle. We went swimming and he chased me around most of the time. We played and laughed swimming around in the sound, while he was so silly and carefree. We stayed overnight onboard, anchored off an island shore. I made him lunch, dinner and breakfast with the supplies he brought, after asking me to cook in his boat's galley. We sailed back to his docking birth in the morning.

Now, it's Sunday morning after we docked, he asked to take me to his parents home for brunch with his family. I wore my three quarter sleeve, cerulean blue silk Donna Karan ruffle neck blouse, my gray pencil skirt with my Gucci wide black leather belt and black Louboutin high heels. My hair was down and curled under like the salon did.

We arrived pulling up in the driveway in my Spyder R8. We got out and he took my hand and led me to the front door.

He said, "Don't be nervous Anastasia, you'll be just fine. You look beautiful."

He opened the door and we stepped in to see a blonde girl rush up to Christian and said all breathy, "Welcome Mr Grey."

He barely acknowledged her and said, "Where is my mother, Gretchen?"