Chapter 8

Christian POV

"Good Morning Mr. Grey."

"Mrs. Jones I would like to walk to you and Taylor." Taylor materializes from no where at the drop of his name.

"Please sit." I command. All three of us move to the the couch. Them both on one couch and myself on another.

"Gail, Jason.. I want to talk to you about this situation with Ana. Mrs. Jones, I haven't heard your side of the story yet. Do you care to explain?"

"Mr. Grey. Over the course of your partnership with Ms. Steele, I grew fond of her and she became like a daughter to me. One night while you were still at the office I was making dinner and Ms. Steele ran to the bathroom. I could here her from here and I was worried about her. I was getting ready to call you or a doctor when she stopped me.. and she then told me she was pregnant. She begged me not to tell you so I didn't. I thought she would tell you in time but she just kept putting it off and it wasn't my place to tell you. Then when the complications started I thought it would be safest not to stress her out so I dropped it. I'm really sorry, sir. I was trying to look out for the both of you."

Really? She was trying to look out for me as well? Because all I hear is Ana this and Ana that. I can't fucking believe this.

"Thank you for letting me know. For the time being if you could prepare some meals to be heated up in the upcoming weeks in the next few days, that would be appreciated. If I need you for anything else, I will let you know. Taylor, I think it would be best to have someone else be my CPO. I trust Reynolds as he knows protocols and how we operate but whoever you see fit should suffice. I understand that you are both close to Ms. Steele and should you want to see her or our son I would like to be notified and present at that time."

Taylor sits with his head down and Gail is looking at me with tears in her eyes. I can't believe they lied to me for months. I can't even be in the same room with them without my blood starting to boil. I get up and head towards my room to get changed and go to the gym. I already called Bastille before my little talk so he should already be there.

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"Woah Grey, what's gotten in to you?"

"Nothing I say swinging at him again but I miss."

"Yeah right." He says backing out of the ring. "Look Christian. I know when something is bothering you and this is big. Talk to me."

Claude has never talked to me like this before but I do consider him friendly and I trust him. "I have a son." I say taking a gulp from the water bottle.

"Wait, what?!" He yells. Yeah, it was a shock to me too.

"I have a son. His name is Teddy." I say catching my breath.

He just stands there with me with wide eyes and gaping like a fish.

"Yeah, I know. Crazy right. And the worst part about it is that the people I thought I could trust lied to me and I didn't really know about him until a week after he was born. Gail and Taylor and who knows else lied to me for months. They saw how I was and said nothing!" I yell. Everyone saw how different I was, how much more miserable I had become and said nothing.

"So this Ana is the one who's had you all flustered the past few months? Whats the story there?" He asks taking a seat on the bench and I sit next to him.

"I don't know man. We both have completely different views of our relationship and I was so mad at her at first. I mean she kept me from knowing about the pregnancy but then she told me once he was born. He's perfect and I love him and we made him. But she still lied to me and I can't even be mad at her.. This is just one big clusterfuck of a situation. Then to think of how to tell our families, and once the media- ugh!" I huff standing up. Venting to someone helped at first but now it's making me really think of everything that will happen from now on. I scrub my face, "I can't do this. I'll see you next week." I walk out of the gym dejectedly.

After stewing for a few hours after the workout I decided to come to the hospital and sit with Teddy for a while. I never did it before, mostly because I didn't have the chance, and it's nice to just sit here and look at him while he sleeps. It puts my mind at ease and calms me down - just like Ana used to.

"Christian?" I turn around shocked at that voice.

"Mom?"

A/N: Sorry for the cliffhanger and sporadic updates. RL got in the way but I'm back now and that stands for all my stories! I hope you guys are still with me. Longer chapters are coming I promise i just wanted to get something out.

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