In classic 50 Shades fashion, this episode starts with a consent violation and ends with Ana's boss being full-on cartoon-villain creepy. He's leaving for New York without her, so he's damn well gonna take that out on her every chance he gets. And meanwhile Christian is...well, being Christian at her. This girl needs a vacation from men.

Content warnings for this chapter: consent violation/coercion, child abuse mention, pressuring into marriage, jealousy/controlling behavior, ableist language, workplace sexual harassment, sexual assault mention, discussion of abusive relationships, fundamentalist religion, patriarchal gender roles.

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