Together with your best friend Kate, you move to Boston, where you study English literature and she studies journalism. One day she has an important interview with a businessman called Christian Grey - but Kate is ill, so you go for her. The first time you see him in his handsome suit, he intimidates you. You talk for hours, the interview questions having slipped into the background. Days later, you couldn't get him out of your mind - to your surprise, he showed up at your house and surprised you with a helicopter ride over Boston - there was no mistaking that this man had money. But you also noticed that he was different from the other men - especially after your first kiss, which was more intense and rough. Christian told you beforehand that he wasn't into romance, and it showed in the kiss. Now you're sitting in his luxurious apartment, overlooking Boston. Two glasses of wine in hand, you sit on the stairs. Christian is still wearing a fine suit.

''I know the kiss was different from what you imagined, but I told you before that I don't like romance, amalia...'' he spoke to you harshly.

''I know...it's just that I've never had so many experiences, Christian...'' you answered him.

''What do you mean? You've done certain things, haven't you?" his voice rang out again.