The last point is what concerns me the most. Let us now pause to assess the situation: First of all, Ana manages to graduate college without ever being drunk, ever having sex, and without owning a laptop. Along with this reveal, he asks her to sign an NDA, no doubt to preserve his professional reputation.Īnd then it’s time for Ana’s big reveal. The breaking of said rules, according to the contract, is punishable by time in his “Playroom” or mini torture chamber – nothing life threatening, though.

He wants Ana to be his sexual slave, locked under his thumb, required to sign a contract (unenforceable by law), that locks her into a set of rules. Eventually, amid warnings about his own dark secrets, Christian Grey tells Ana who he really is – a sexual deviant who likes to dominate his women into submission – literally. In the following pages, we see a relationship develop, as the wealthy Christian showers her with gifts, such as a laptop and an Audi, as well as his signature lack of emotional availability. Why did she get so drunk? Oh, because she had never drank before.Īna wakes up the next morning in his hotel room – fully clothed – and he asks to see her again under better circumstances. He of course has the ability to track her phone, shows up at the bar, and holds back her hair while she pukes her guts out. He seals her fate when she drunk dials him from the bar later that week (real professional, Ana!) and then playfully hangs up on him. Christian’s interest in Ana is building, as depicted by his “wicked grin” and cool stare (if you drink every time the author uses “wicked grin” and “flushed crimson” you will be blackout-drunk by Chapter 4). Ana is everything that we despise about Twilight heroine Bella Swan – painfully aware of her shortcomings, juxtaposed as a very immature, inexperienced girl and a woman with a thesaurus vocabulary and a moderately smart mouth. I don’t know any 27 year old – let alone a 35-year-old – who could play in the same arena as this man. At only 27 years old, Grey is portrayed as someone well beyond his years. This is when we start to get a glimpse into the background of both characters. After the shoot Grey asks her to join him for coffee.

Grey meet them the following week for an original photo shoot for the article, which Anastasia arranges in a hotel room somewhere near campus – Grey is already there on business.

Books if you like 50 shades of grey