A/N: I now it has been forever since I've updated. I started a new job and then the holidays and I've just been super busy. Well I hope you guys like this update and I look forward to reviews.

Christian lay with Ana pillowed atop him for several long minutes. He couldn't help a few silent tears leaking from his eyes as he thought about all Ana had been through. Christian couldn't even begin to explain with words how happy he was to have her back. Thoughts were swirling through his mind as he tried to grasp for some control of everything happening between them. He needed to get her into se Dr. Greene again so she could get on birth control. While, he wanted more than anything to have children with Ana he doubted she wanted that so soon. That thought brought on another one he needed to in the least apologize to her for the way he acted when she'd told him she was pregnant. If they hadn't been fighting about his own lack of sensitivity perhaps things would have gone differently. Maybe she would have confided in him about Mia and the money and he could have stopped that bastard and they would be in the big house with their child living happily. Christian was brought out of his thoughts when Ana reached up and wiped the liquid slowly leaking from the corners of his eyes.

"Sorry Ana I didn't mean to wake you."

"Are you okay?" she asked hesitantly.

"Yes I was just thinking baby."

"About me… I make me you sad… I…I…I'm broken," she sobs out.

"No sweetheart I was thinking about the things that I did the insensitive things I said to you when you told me you were pregnant. I blame myself for all of this. For what happened to you and for taking so long to find you. I'm sorry Ana… I'm so sorry any of this happened to you at all," Christian explained as he pulled her impossibly closer to him.

Now it was Ana's turn to cry. She dashed the tears away angrily it seemed all she did lately was cry. Christian pulled her up closer to his face so he could pepper her with kisses. He kept whispering how sorry he was between kisses and this only made Ana cry harder. He wanted to implore her to talk to him to tell him what she was thinking and what she was feeling, but didn't want to push her. "I love you" she breathed out as she leaned up and kissed his lips soundly. Christian whispered out and I love you before settling them both in the bed and whispering for her to sleep.

Ana was grateful to Gail for keeping her busy the last few days. She and Christian hadn't talked about the other night and she needed the distraction. The Grey's and Mia were coming for dinner that evening. Christian had been busy at the office the last few days admittedly he hadn't been spending near as much time as he used to. "I can finish up here Ana if you would like to go get ready," Gail said as she rummaged in the fridge for something. "Thank you," she said as she left the kitchen. Christian walked into the bedroom just as Ana was making her way into the master bath to shower. Ana nearly jumped out of her skin when she realized someone was standing in the doorway watching her, but visibly relaxed when she saw it was Christian. "I was just going to shower and get ready for dinner" she explained as she lingered in the bathroom doorway. Christian stepped from the doorway being sure the bedroom door shut so no one would see his wife naked. "I came home early… I wanted to see you," he confessed as he made his way to her. It had been three days since that night and he desperately wanted a repeat, but had been waiting on her to make the first move. "Would you like to join me?" she asks and Christian swears he hears a hint of hopefulness in her voice. He nods his assent and begins to divest himself of his clothing as he walks towards his already nude wife.

As Christian stands under the warm spray of water with his wife he thinks back to all the times they did this before. More often than not it ended with them in the throes of passion, but usually they started out just talking about their days.

Christian clears his throat "How has your day been so far?"

Ana smiles up at him nodding her head "Good, I've been helping Gail prepare for tonight." Christian smiles back at her happy to see her smiling.

"Wonderful and how are you feeling about tonight?" he asks fully aware he is starting to sound like Flynn.

"Nervous, but I'm sure it will all be fine. "

"My parents and Mia just want to tell you how grateful they are. If you hadn't… well who knows what he would have done to Mia," Christian starts to explain.

"Do they know… anything?" she squeaks out.

"I haven't told anybody from our personal life any details sweetheart the only people that know are you, me, Flynn, Dr. Greene and perhaps Taylor," Christian says and regrets immediately that he mentioned Taylor.

"Taylor? … Why did you tell him?" she asks mortified.

"I didn't he is a smart man sweetheart and I'm sure he's figured some things out on his own," he scrambles to tell her in order to cover up the DVDs. He doubts she knows about them and he doesn't want to tell her just yet.

Ana is silent for a long time after that. Christian takes his time washing her hair for her. Soon he is washing her body and marveling at how quickly she is healing. There are one or two yellowing spots, but for the most part her skin is near perfect again. There are several scars on her back and he makes a mental note to talk to her about getting corrective surgery for them if she wants. It takes him a moment to stamp down his anger that Jack Hyde left scars on his wife, but he does a magnificent job at it. Christian himself had always taken great care not to scar any of his subs and especially wouldn't have left marks on Ana like that. He is broken out of his thoughts by Ana's hand softly landing on his cheek. Her brows are furrowed in a questioning gaze as she looks up at him. He quickly wipes the look of anger off his face and replaces it with a devilishly handsome smile and bends down and kisses her.

"Penny for your thoughts?" she asks.

He lets out a deep sigh "The scars on your back… would you like to have those removed?"

"They bother you don't they?"

"Normally they wouldn't sweetheart, but knowing that… well knowing who put those there yes they do, but if you don't want to get them removed I understand," he explains.

"We better get out of the shower and ready for our dinner party," she says as she reaches behind him and shuts the water off.

Christian nods in agreement briefly wondering why she didn't want to discuss the scar removal, but dismissing it from his mind completely. They exit the bathroom wrapped in towels and go to the respective closets. Christian had just left his closet fully dressed when there is a knock on the bedroom door. He glances at the clock frowning they still had an hour until his family was to arrive. He pokes his head through the door and sees Jason standing there looking quite perturbed.

"Sir I need to talk to you privately."

"Of course Taylor just give me one moment," he says as he shuts the door and turns to find Ana standing outside her closet door fully dressed.

"I have a few things to attend to Ana will you be alright?" he asks.

"I'm going to dry my hair… I'll see you in a bit," she says as she enters the bathroom.

Christian leaves the bedroom following Taylor down the hall to his office, "What is going on Taylor?"

"Sir you are not going to like this, frankly I'm angry so I know you will be" Taylor confides.

"Well what is it Taylor? Just get it out," Christian bites out.

"This has been playing all over the tabloid channels as well as a few major news channels," Taylor explains as he hits play on the laptop he has set up on the office desk.

Christian watches the laptop as the intro to some tabloid station starts up. Some actor who was probably famous in the early 90s starts the rundown of the top stories. "Ladies Christian Grey may be single once again once he gets news of this. His wife formerly Anastasia Steele has been having quite the affair with sex tapes to boot. Stay tuned to see highlights of one of these tapes that our office received early this morning." Christian shakily hits stop not wanting to see anymore of that trash. Taylor steps back a few steps realizing just how angry his boss has become.

"Hyde?" Christians bites out angrily.

"Still in custody, sir, I have a team working on finding out where this was fabricated from and the other information leaked" Taylor assures him.

"Have they actually shown any videos?"

"There has been video shown, but nothing too revealing sir."

"Contact these stations and offer them anything to get those videos and any information on how they received those videos."

"Yes, sir" Taylor says as he moves to carry out those orders.

"And Taylor… Ana is not to find out about this. She doesn't watch much TV to begin with just cut the cable and if she asks tell her there is a problem in the whole building" Christian orders.

"Of course, sir."

Ana is still in the bathroom readying when his parents and Mia arrive 20 minutes early. He can tell by the looks on their faces that they have seen the "news" about Ana and the affair. He's glad they came early and Ana is still in the bathroom. His mom pulls him into a sad hug. His dad looks angry muttering something about should have made her sign a prenup.

"I'm guessing you've all seen the news stories?" Christian asks.

"Yes Christian we are so sorry that she's done that to you," his mother says as she sits down.

"None of it is true. Those tapes are fabricated and Ana knows nothing of the tapes or the new stories and I intend to keep it that way," Christian explains in a way that leaves no room for arguments.

"Son have you seen the tapes? They are pretty convincing" his father starts.

"I'm sure they are and whoever made them wanted it to look that way. Ana was kidnapped by Jack Hyde and kept prisoner by him for over a year. That is all she and I want anyone else to know for the time being. Please don't bring up any of this tape nonsense or anything to do with her time as his victim" he explains emphasizing the last word.

"Of course Christian, I am eternally grateful to Ana for saving me from that monster," his sister Mia says as she gives him a big hug.

Soon Christian and Ana are sitting at the dining table with Christian's mom, dad, and sister. Mia immediately brought Ana into a hug when she saw her thanking her for saving her life. Ana tried hard to keep the tears back and was somewhat successful. Dinner was pretty much silent his parents were courteous but you could tell something was wrong. Ana didn't say anything though, but Christian was becoming angrier and angrier by the moment. As soon as dinner was over Christian stood from the table, "I think we shall call it a night. Mia thank you for being here." With that he grasped Ana's hand and pulled her up to him. Ana looked at him confused, but followed him out of the dining room. "Gail please show our guests out," he said as they stopped by the kitchen on their way to the bedroom.

"What was all that?" Ana asked worriedly.

"My parents have some ideas in their head and I tried to tell them otherwise, but obviously they chose not to believe me.

"I don't understand."

"It's fine Ana I love you and they will come along eventually," Christian hopes she will be satisfied with what he's said.

"Just tell me you don't want to tell me what you are fighting about Christian," she bites out.

Christian hadn't expected her to get angry with him, but it was nice to see a little bit of fire in her. "I'm sorry Ana, but yes I would rather not discuss the quarrel I had with my parents."

"Okay well I'm going to get out of this dress and read for a bit," she says as she makes her way to the closet.

"I have a few things to discuss with Taylor then I'll be back," Christian explains.