Ana does not sign the contract but loses her virginity with Christian that wants to introduce her in bondage since he is a dominant sadist. Christian dates Ana and offers a non-disclosure agreement to her to keep in secret their relationship. She calls Christian and tells that she will return the books since they are expensive and he goes to the bar and brings Ana to his hotel room. After the graduation, Ana, Kate and their friends go to a bar and Ana drinks too much. On the graduation day, Christian sends first editions of romances to Ana as a gift. Soon he visits her at the hardware store where she works and invites Ana for a coffee, but he leaves her telling that he is not the man for her. When Ana meets Christian, she feels disturbed with him since he is handsome and self-confident. In Washington, the shy and naive English literature college student Anastasia 'Ana' Steele goes to Seattle to interview the twenty-seven year-old self-made billionaire Christian Grey in his office to help her roommate Kate Kavanagh that is graduating in journalism and has influenza. Although, she enjoys the bondage sex with Grey, she feels that she has to make a step that will take her all her strength and courage, for Christian Grey is a very dangerous man. In the course of their troubled relationship Anastasia slowly comes to uncover Grey's troubled past and realises that he is not good for any woman, let alone for himself. His pursuing eventually brings a result - Anastasia and Grey start dating. Later, Grey invites her to a cafe and also sends her first edition copies of two Thomas Hardy novels, including Tess of the d'Urbervilles, with a quote from the latter book about the dangers of relationships, on an accompanying card. Soon after it, he visits the hardware store where Anastasia works and offers her to do a photo shoot to accompany the article for which Anastasia had interviewed him. During the interview, Christian Grey takes an interest in Anastasia.

Anastasia Steele, an English literature major at Washington State University, agrees to interview for the college newspaper a billionaire, Christian Grey, as a favour to her roommate, Kate Kavanagh.

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