Christian Grey
Subject: Tomorrow
Date: June 8, 2011 14:27
To: Anastasia Steele
Dear Anastasia
What time shall I collect you?
Christian Grey
CEO, Grey Enterprises Holdings Inc.
From: Anastasia Steele
Subject: Tomorrow
Date: June 8, 2011 14:32
To: Christian Grey
José’s show starts at 7:30. What time would you suggest?
Anastasia Steele
Assistant to Jack Hyde, Commissioning Editor, SIP
From: Christian Grey
Subject: Tomorrow
Date: June 8, 2011 14:34
To: Anastasia Steele
Dear Anastasia
Portland is some distance away. I shall collect you at 5:45.
I look forward to seeing you.
Christian Grey
CEO, Grey Enterprises Holdings Inc.
From: Anastasia Steele
Subject: Tomorrow
Date: June 8, 2011 14:38
To: Christian Grey
See you then.
Anastasia Steele
Assistant to Jack Hyde, Commissioning Editor, SIP
Oh my. I’m going to see Christian, and for the first time in
five days, my spirits lift a fraction and I allow myself to
five days, my spirits lift a fraction and I allow myself to
wonder how he’s been.
Has he missed me? Probably not like I’ve missed him.
Has he found a new submissive from wherever they come
from? The thought is so painful that I dismiss it
immediately. I look at the pile of correspondence I need to
sort for Jack and tackle it as I try to push Christian out of
my mind once more.
That night in bed, I toss and turn, trying to sleep. It is
the first time in a while I ha一ven’t cried myself to sleep.
In my mind’s eye, I visualize Christian’s face the last
time I saw him as I left his apartment. His tortured
expression haunts me. I remember he didn’t want me to
go, which was odd. Why would I stay when things had
reached such an impasse? We were each skirting around
our own issues—my fear of punishment, his fear of . . .
what? Love?
Turning on my side, I hug my pillow, filled with an
overwhelming sadness. He thinks he doesn’t deserve to be
loved. Why does he feel that way? Is it something to do
with his upbringing? His birth mom, the crack whore? My
thoughts plague me into the e
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