Betrayal Inevitable *Complete*

Part 2

DISCLAIMER: Fifty shades of Grey or its characters do NOT belong to me. I own the plot and more than a few characters though. I would like to remind you that this is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to real people or places is accidental.

Thanks so much to my awesome Beta, Ninkita

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*Information:*

Ana and her friends = 24 years old

Christian = 28 years old

Mia = 22 years old

Elliot = 30 years old

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Chapter -2:

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Hearing her scream, Caleb and Liam rushed to the washroom. "Ana! Are you alright in there?" Caleb asked knocking on the door.

"I'm not alright. I'm frustrated," Ana answered from inside.

"Can we come inside to have this conversation?" Liam requested.

"Come in," she muttered, pouting.

Opening the door, they entered the washroom. Ana was leaning against the vanity and sulking. "You scared a few of the customers. What happened?" Caleb asked, patiently.

"Remember that publication house Kate and I went to?" At the boys' nod, she continued, "They just called to inform me that their company has been sold to another and the new owner was not interested in our proposal. I mean why the fuck not? It's a damn good proposal. Five big publications are making huge amount of profits due to this proposal. What makes this new owner so special that they don't want to do business with us?" she growled.

"I think since he or she didn't personally see the proposal, they might not have all the information. Why don't you take this proposal to the new owner? Show them the presentation. Maybe they will like it and change their minds?" Liam suggested.

"I agree with him. Call Kate and discuss it with her. Send the proposal to the new owner and let's wait and see what happens," Caleb added.

"Thanks, guys. Did I really scare the customers?" Ana asked, sheepishly.

"I might've been exaggerating a little. Come on! Let's get out of here," Caleb said, affectionately.

The group gathered in the café on the third floor for lunch. Kate joined them. Ana was still pouting. "It's only one publication house, Ana. There are more. In fact, there are two big publication houses in LA that are really interested in our proposal. We just need to have a face to face meeting with them to sign the contract," Kate said with a huge smile.

"It's not about having more publication houses. It's how they rejected us without even listening to our proposal... Like we're not good enough," Ana moped. Her friends were stunned. Ana was always cheerful and full of life. She rarely got upset. This matter seemed to have hurt her self-esteem more than anything.

"We're the best in our field," Liam said sternly, "If they don't want to work with us, then it's their loss, not ours."

"Why don't you take the day off? Go to that creamery near Pike Place Market you love so much. Have as much ice-cream as you want. You'll feel good and you'll also forget about that Asshole new owner of that Asshole Company," Jose stated firmly.

Ana lifted her head from the table and smiled. "Yeah, that sounds like heaven."

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