I can't resist anymore and put all my emotions into the kiss. Her lips feel like home and my cold heart starts to melt again.
It hurts me so much to see my beautiful querida in such pain.
It hurts to know what Elena and Hyde did to her and my child. It's almost killing me.
I couldn't help them but I will destroy these animals.
I will kill them slowly and painfully!
But I need to fix my baby first.
I need to show her that I forgave her and that she still means much to me
I can't think about Ana and our upcoming wedding now. I need to focus on this broken human being in front of me.
I end the kiss and pull her off my lap and instantly regret the loss of contact.
I take a look at her and can't help but notice her long and greasy hair. She wears a dirty beige, overlong trenchcoat and her leggings has a lot of tiny holes in them. Her shoes don't deserve to be called shoes anymore. Her face has the colour of gray which is a sign that she didn't saw the sun for a long time. She smells like sweat and dirt and has loss a lot of weight.
What the fuck have they done to you, Querida?
I go over to my office desk and take a hair tie out of the top drawer.
I go back to her and tell her to stand up.
"Let me braid your hair, Querida." I tell her and she turns around.
As I braid her hair I feel how greasy her hair is and decide that she is in a desperate need of a bath.
"Querida, we will go home where I can give you a nice, hot and soothing bath. Do you understand, Querida?" I give her a tiny kiss on her pale pink lips.
"Yes, Master. I know that I'm disgusting. I'm so sorry that I failed you, Master." She says with her head bowed.
No, Querida. You could never disgust me!
"You're not disgusting me! Do you hear me? And you certainly never failed me. We can't go back to the beginning but we can make our future brighter and let all the bad stuff behind us. Do you understand me?" She nods.
"Now come on. You can't be comfortable." I take her hand and lead her out of my office.
"I'm out for the day and maybe for the rest of the week, too. Cancel all my appointments. If something important comes up forward it to Ros and let her decide if it can be handled without me." I tell Andrea, my PA.
"Yes, Mr. Grey." She say with a side glance to Leo.
I push the button of my private elevator and we wait for the cabin to arrive.
Leonora is clearly embarrassed by the way my employees are staring at her, like she's some sort of a zoo animal, and begins to blush.
"Don't you have fucking work to do?" I bark at them and everyone hurries back into their offices.
Incompetent fucking judgmental assholes!
The elevator arrives finally and we step into it.
I push the underground level button and the doors are closing.
I hear her taking a deep breath, probably of relief.
I began to observe her and I can clearly see the pain inside her.
It's very hard to see a woman, that was once so confident, got broken by some lousy little motherfuckers.
Everyone warned me about Elena but I was fucking blind. She is a Master of manipulation and I was her victim just as much as Leo is.
I never thought that Elena would be capable of something so brutal.
We arrive at the Underground level of my building and I take her hand in mine.
There is still a spark between us but it's stronger than ever. I hope she feels it too.
I lead her to my Audi R8 Spyder. She always loved it and did those sexy tiny little moans whenever I hit the gas pedal.
I open the door for her like the gentleman my mother raised me to be.
"My lady, you shall take a seat in my magical carriage ." I bow my head and got rewarded by a tiny beautiful giggle.
"Thank you, kind sire." She says with a smile on her beautiful face and steps into my car.
Making her laugh. Mission accomplished.
I go around the backside of my car and open the door and step into it.
I start the engine and my baby begins to purr.
My Audi, not Leonora.
"Let's go, Querida." I look at her and start the playlist she made while she was with me.
The first song is Shiny Toy Gun's cover of Depeche Mode's 'Stripped'.
My baby likes her songs sexualized.
And somehow the lyrics are perfect to describe us.
Come with meInto the treesWe'll lay on the grassAnd let the hours passTake my handCome back to the landLet's get awayJust for one dayLet me see youStripped down to the boneMetropolisHas nothing on thisYou're breathing in fumesI taste when we kissTake my handCome back to the landWhere everything's oursFor a few hoursLet me see youStripped down to the boneLet me hear you make decisionsWithout your televisionLet me hear you speakingJust for meLet me hear you speakingJust for me20 minutes later I pull into the underground garage of Escala and park into my parking bay and see that Taylor is already waiting for us.
Leonora and I step out of the car and walk hand in hand over to him.
"Mr. Grey. A word please, alone." He tells me and stares at Leo.
How dare he to treat Leonora like an intruder?
Before I can say anything Leo's interjecting.
"It's okay, Christian. I will wait by the elevators." She reassures me and goes away.
"Sir, do yo think it's wise to let Miss DeKay live in the apartment? Remember that you're FIANCEE is living in the same building and is currently waiting for you."
"How dare you to doubt my decision, Taylor? You will do as I say! And don't act like you're the moral police. I'm not in the middle of a custody battle because other people were more important than my own family. You will go and buy us some clothes. Do you fucking understand me? Or should I start to look for a new head of security?" I tell him in my don't-fuck-with-me voice.
"Yes, Sir. I'm sorry for overstepping my boundaries. Welch changed the security for the penthouse and the apartment. The penthouse code is now 19082399 and the code for the apartment is 20171507. We will interview potential CPO's for Miss DeKay tomorrow at 10 a.m."
"Thank you, Taylor. You're dismissed for today." I say and go over to where Leonora is standing. I take her hand and we step into the waiting elevator cabin.
"What happened, Christian? You look tense." She ask concerned.
"Nothing happened, Querida. Don't worry."
I push the button for the 29th floor and we arrive just a few seconds later.
I enter the code into the keypad and the doors slides open.
The apartment is a little smaller than the penthouse but it's more colourful.
I lead her into the small kitchen and fix her a drink.
"Make yourself at home, Querida. I will let you a bubble bath in so you can clean yourself and get relaxed ." I tell her and kiss her forehead.
I enter the en-suite bathroom of the Master bedroom and start to fill the bathtub with hot water, and thanks to Gail, with Watermelon scented bathsoap.
I take a few candles out of the bathroom cabinet and put some of them on the edge of the bathtub and scatter the rest on the bathroom floor and dim the light.
It looks perfect for me.
I step into the living room and see Leonora staring out of the floor-to-ceiling window.
I really need to call Dr. Flynn to see if she needs to be institutionalized.
My poor baby.
"Leonora, your bath is ready." I whisper into her ear
"Yes, Master." She mutters.
I lead her into the bathroom.
As I'm about to take her trenchcoat off she takes a step backwards.
"Please, Master. Can you please go out of the bathroom? I don't want you to see me naked." She says as tears fill her eyes.
"Querida, I already saw you naked once upon a time." I wink at her and try to lighten up the mood and fail miserably.
"I'm not the same person anymore. I'm broken. I'm damaged goods. You will be disgusted by me and my body and I don't want to see that look on your face."
"I would never be disgusted by you, Querida. And stop talking so negatively about yourself. You're still beautiful to me and you're certainly not damaged goods." I tell her sternly.
My hate for Elena rises sky high!
"Trust me, baby."
"Ok, Master." She says and gestures for me to undress her.
Underneath it she just wears a black t-shirt without a bra on. She lifts her arms so that I can take her t-shirt off and as I do it, it takes my fucking breath away.
