E.L. James

“You okay, baby? Cold""I'm fine." I glance quickly behind us and see the two security guys, whose names I forget, standing close by.Moving me in front of him, Christian puts both his arms around me in my shoulder.”

“Besides... anticipation is the key to seduction, and right now, I'm really into delayed gratification.”

“Ten thousand dollars." I hear Lily's gasp of disbelief behind me.Oh fuck."Fifteen"Twenty," counters Christian quietly.Twenty-five," the stranger says."One hundred thousand dollars," he says his voice ringing clear and loud through the marquee."What the fuck?" Lily hisses audibly behind me, and a general gasp of dismay and amusement ripple through the crowd.”

“The first dance will be with me, okay? And it won't be on the dance floor," he murmurs lasciviously into my ear. My giggles subside as anticipation fans the flames of my need. Oh, yes! My inner goddess performs a perfect triple Salchow in her ice skates."I look forward to it." I lean over and plant a soft, chaste kiss on his mouth. Glancing around, I realize that our fellow guests at the table are astonished.”

“Hungry?" Christian murmurs so only I can hear. I know he's not referring to the food, and the muscles deep in my belly respond."Very," I whisper, boldly meeting his gaze, and Christian's lips apart as he inhales.Ha! See... two can play at this game.”

“Trust me, They want you. They want what's mine." He pulls me against him, and I lift my arms to his shoulders, my hands in his hair, regarding him with amusement."Mine," he repeats, his eyes glowing possessively."Yes, yours." I reassure him, smiling.”

“He sighs. "I want to give you the world, Anastasia.""I just want you, Christian. Not all the add-ons.""They're part of the deal. Part of what I am.”

“You're used of taking care to people."The edge in his voice attracts my attention, and I glance up at him."What is it?" I ask, startled by his wary expression."I want to take care of you." His luminous eyes glow with some unnamed emotion.”

“Do you want me to kiss you. Anastasia?" he whispers softly in my ear."Yes," I breathe."Where?""Everywhere.”

“Would you like something to eat?" I ask.He nods slowly. "Yes. You." he murmurs.”

“From: Christian GreySubject: One more requestDate: June 10, 2011 00:15To: Anastasia SteeleDream of Me.xChristian GreyCEO, Grey Enterprise Holdings. Inc.”

“To: Christian GreyYou've made me cry again.I love the iPad.I love the songs.I love the British Library App.I love you.Goodnight.Ana xx”

“I need you more, Anastasia. These last few days have been purgatory. All my instinct tell me to let you go, tell me I don't deserve you.”

“I have fallen for someone who's so emotionally shut down, I will only get hurt- deep down I know this- someone who by his own admission is completely fucked up.”

“Oh, please,” I moan as he bites my little toe”

“My inner goddess is doing the merengue with some salsa moves.”

“How can i eat now? I'm going to Seattle by helicopter with Christian Gray..And he wants to bite my lip..”

“I am going to take you to the boathouse and finally spank you in there if you dont snap out of this mood”

“And so a pattern develops: wake, work cry. sleep. I can't even escape him in my dreams. Gray burning eyes, his lost look, his hair burnished and bright and bright all haunt me. And the music... so much music-I cannot bear to hear any music. I am careful to avoid it at all costs. Even the jingles in commercials make me shudder.”

“Goodbye, Christian," I murmur."Ana, goodbye," he says softly, and he looks utterly, utterly broken,a man in agonizing pain, reflecting how I feel inside. I tear my gaze away from him before I can change my mind and try to comfort him.The elevator doors close close and it whisks me down to the bowels of the basement and to my own personal hell.”

“I've never wanted more, until I met you."I gasp, reeling. Oh my. Isn't this what I want? He wants more. He wants it, too! My inner goddess has back-flipped off the podium and is doing a cartwheels around the stadium. It's not just me.”

“But we were at your parents' dining table." I stare up at him, completely bewildered."No one's ever said no to me before. And it's so - hot.”

“Amy Studt is singing in my ear about misfits. This song used to mean so much to me; that's because I'm a misfit.”

“He makes you the person you want to be, instead of the person you are, and that, the idea of life without him is, not only unbearable, it's unimaginable.”

“I'm in awe of you. I want you, and the thought of anyone else having you is like a knife twisting in my dark soul.”

“Me sorprende mi osadía. ¿Por qué la conversación se pone tan seria? Las cosas no están yendo como pensaba. No puedo creerme que esté mostrándome tan hostil hacia él. Como si él intentara advertirme de algo.”

“Esa noche estoy intranquila, no paro de moverme y de dar vueltas en la cama. Sueño con ojos grises, monos de trabajo, piernas largas, dedos largos y lugares muy oscuros e inexplorados. Me despierto dos veces con el corazón latiéndome a toda velocidad. Si no pego ojo, mañana voy a tener una pinta estupenda, me regaño a mí misma. Doy un golpe sobre la almohada e intento calmarme.”

“Good Point well made, Ms. Steele”

“I am not a child, Christian.”“Well, stop acting like one.”

“My inner goddess is celebrating her inner bitch”

“I know you've always dreamed of going to Europe," he says softly. "I want to make your dreams come true, Anastasia.""You are my dreams come true, Christian.""Back at you, Mrs. Grey," he whispers.”

“He pauses and takes a deep breath. "I love you Anastasia. I will do everything in my power to protect you. I cannot imagine my life without you.”

“Man can hope, dream even.”

“I've never wanted more, until I met you. - Christian Grey, Fifty Shades of Grey”

“I was holding you and you were looking up at me all ‘kiss me, kiss me, Christian’,” he pauses and shrugs slightly, “I felt I owed you an apology and a warning.”

“What do you give the man who has everything? I thought I’d give you . . . me.”

“I don't have a philosophy as such. Maybe a guiding principle, Carnegie's A man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possessionof anything else to which he is justly entitled.' I'm very singular, driven. I like control... of myself and those around me.”

“Mine," he whispers."Yours," I breathe.”

“... I'm laughing at your audacity, Mrs. Lincoln. Christian and I have nothing to do with you. And if I do leave him and you come looking for me, I'll be waiting - don't doubt it. And maybe I'll give you a taste of your own medicine on behalf of the fifteen-year-old child you molested and propably fucked-up even more than he already was.”

“Well, Anastasia, my new motto is, 'If you can't beat'em, join'em”

“My inner goddess has left the building and taken my libido with her.”

“Someone has to make the first move, otherwise you’ll never get anywhere.”

“I take a deep breath. It doesn’t begin to fill the void in my chest, a void that’s been present since Saturday morning, a painful hollow reminder of my loss.”

“When are you going to get it through your exceptionally thick skull that I love you?" -Anastasia Grey”

“I want you, and the thought of anyone else having you is like a knife twisting in my dark soul.”

“You're nothing but a sick child molester, and if were up to me, I'd toss you into the seventh circle of hell and walk away smiling. Now get out of my way- or do I have to make you?”

“I shrug, trapped. I don’t want to lose him. In spite of all his demands, his need to control, his scary vices. I have never felt as alive as I do now. It’s a thrill to be sitting here beside him. He’s so unpredictable, sexy, smart, and funny. But hismoods… oh – and he wants to hurt me. He says he’ll think about my reservations, but it still scares me. I close my eyes. What can I say? Deep down I would just like more, more affection, more playful Christian, more… love.”

“What a time to have a brain-to-mouth filter malfunction.”

“It's very hard to grow up in a perfect family when you're not perfect.”

“There's a very fine line between pleasure and pain. They are two sides of the same coin, one not existing without the other.”