Here it is! Another Christian POV for you all so the whole threat situation can be seen in a different point of view.
New chapter will be in the next couple of days with a huge surprise which will be evident at the end of this chapter.
Enjoy and have a lovely week!
Chapter Eleven
"Sir, this came with the mail" Taylor announces as he passes Christian the stack of envelopes that he had collected from Andrea.
Christian takes a hold of the unusual bright red envelope and quickly opens it, inside was a piece of crisp white paper. The contents of the letter made Christians eyes almost bulge from his head, after three days of peace since the threat for Ana came to their attention, the noise was back and it was louder than before. They were after both his and Ana's heads and he wouldn't allow it to happen, this was frightening even for a guy as tough as Christian. He couldn't lose anyone he cared for.
It seems you didn't listen to my last demand.
This time I'll hit harder, to the both of you.
I will find your gold digging whore and I will make good use of her
Christian slammed the envelope onto the desk with anger; he didn't like the possibility of someone getting their hands on his Ana. It scared him.
"We're already onto it, Sir. We won't let this bastard slip through our fingers, this is a personal threat. Nothing like we've had before" Taylor says as he picks up the red envelope with disgust, he didn't like that the person causing this trouble was still out there and probably plotting more.
"Update me when ever you get news, I need to call Ana" Christian replies as he picks up his blackberry and dials Ana's number, when there was no answer he began to panic. Ana always picked up before the third ring, maybe she was still sleeping. After all it was only 9:00am
Christian tries Ana's phone again and is met with a grumpy Ana. "Hey, sorry I didn't answer sooner I've just woken up" Ana says with a small yawn, Christian smiles at hearing her voice, he was glad nothing was wrong.
"Sorry I woke you, I just wanted to you're your voice" Christian admits with a sigh, he hated leaving Ana in Escala all day but she had three guards keeping watch on her and Gail. It eased him a little.
"It's okay; I should get some work done anyway. It's your Anniversary soon for GEH and I have things to finish for the event" Ana states, Christian imagined Ana still lying in bed with her beautiful bed hair. He liked the image.
"Oh okay, Ana if security tightens up today please don't be alarmed it's just for precautions" Christian lets out another sigh as he notices a new email in his inbox, it's from Barney he's eager to open it but he wanted Ana off of the phone before he launched himself into this mess.
"I understand, Kate's coming to visit today can you let the guys know please? I'm still a little uncomfortable talking to them" Christian smiles and nods, though she couldn't see Ana knew he was smiling at her.
"Sure, I have to go. Ana stay in Escala please, I need you safe"
"I know, thank you for taking care of me Christian"
The phone goes dead and Christian lets out a breath that he didn't realise he was holding, he decided to open the email from Barney. The instructions to head to the tech department was of inconvenience to Christian but when the situation was as severe as this he had to get over it and do what he needed to do. The journey to the tech department was quiet; Christian assumed Taylor had already made the journey and went alone.
"Mr Grey, sorry for calling you up here but I have some things I'd like to show you" Barney says as he pulls a CCTV stream onto one of the many monitors Barney had wired to his high tech computer. The stream shows a figure dressed in head to toe black garments, their face was hidden but it was clear that a male had posted the letter in the early hours of this morning.
"That's Elena off of our list" Christian murmurs as he watches Barney replay the footage.
"Mr Grey I think there is still a possibility that it could be her, she did manage to break into your hotel room and she's made a personal threat to Miss Steele that night" Taylor speaks up, Christian nods and they both decide that she remains on the list.
The next hour is spent discussing how they will track their list of possible threats; Christian decided that they each of the suspect's movements would be tracked until they are no longer suspicious. It was almost lunch time and Christian was shocked when he saw Ana waiting in his office, she smiled at him but he just glared at her. She hadn't followed his orders and he couldn't allow that to go unnoticed.
"Anastasia" Christian took a deep breath and headed for his desk.
"Look, before you get mad I have an explanation. One that your employees can explain to you" Ana points to Sawyer standing in the corner and he quickly heads to him with a quick pace.
"Someone tried to get into Escala, It happened so fast that I had no time to notify you and get Gail and Miss Steele to safety" Christian nods and runs a hand through his hair, today was not his day and it was only eleven o'clock.
"I see, it there someone checking the penthouse now?" Sawyer nods and Christian turns his back to him and strides to Ana.
"It appears Escala is no longer safe, I'm sorry that you're in this mess Ana" Christian apologises as he brings Ana close to him, wrapping his arms around her and holding her tight.
"It's fine; I'm fine I can work here whilst you do what you have to do" Ana replies before kissing his soft lips, the kiss lingered for a few moments before they parted. Christian headed back to his desk whilst Ana slumped onto the couch with her laptop.
A few hours passed by in a blur as the pair silently worked through lunch, they had both lost track of time as they immersed themselves into the world of work. Christian was first to notice that he had missed lunch; he shrugged it off and looked towards a busy Ana. He smiled as she typed away on her laptop furiously. Christian glanced at the clock once more and saw that he was due to attend a meeting in a few minutes, sighing he stood from his desk and picked up his laptop before making his way to Ana.
"I have a meeting, baby. I'll be back in an hour or so, please order some lunch for yourself" Christian kisses her cheek as she looks up at him and gives him a smile, he hoped she would listen and not ignore her obvious hunger for food much longer. He hated seeing someone go hungry.
"I will, I'll see you in a while" Ana glances back to her laptop and continues typing; she was amazed at the amount of work she had gotten done in a few hours. It was peaceful here and she much preferred working here than the noisy offices of Coping Together.
Christian disappears and Sawyer re-appears with a small smile, he stations himself at the door and stares at the artwork placed directly in front of him. Ana looked over at the frozen figure before yawning and placing her laptop on the coffee table situated in the centre of both couches.
"Hey, Sawyer where can I get me a lovely chicken salad sandwich?" Ana asks with a grin, Sawyer relaxes a little and faces her returning the smile.
"I'll have Andrea order you your chicken salad sandwich, would you like anything else Miss Steele?" Ana ponders for a few moments before her eyes lit up.
"A fruit salad and some orange juice please, I'm famished and parched" Ana giggles at her choice of words.
"Of course, it will be with you shortly"
Ana was glad when her order of food made its way to her, the chicken salad sub looked gorgeous as well as the fruit salad that was placed in front of her. She took a bite into the sandwich and relished in the flavours bursting in her mouth, it wasn't an ordinary chicken salad sandwich this was some sort of gourmet sandwich. It was beautiful. After Ana finished her lunch she laid down on the couch, she felt like she hadn't had enough sleep this morning and she could use some more. Sleep over took her and she was soon out for the count.
"Sir, Harold Docherty has called to request a meeting with you regarding Dochs co" Andrea says as she tries to match Christians fast pace back to his office.
"Okay, schedule it for a few days time" Christian replies as he slows down a little, Andrea stutters and catches his attention.
"He requested you go to him, he's in Florida Sir" Andrea watches for his reaction but he is calm.
"Fine, have Stephen ready the jet for three hours time. We will fly out tonight and see Mr Docherty tomorrow afternoon, send Taylor, Sawyer, Collins and Carl to my office" Christian heads for his office once more and finds a sleeping Ana with Sawyer pacing the length of the room.
"She's been sleeping for a few hours, I thought it would be best to leave her" Sawyer whispers as Christian sits at Ana's feet, he places them on his lap and watches her.
"its fine, did she at least eat?" Sawyer nods and Christian smiles, she at least listened to him.
A few minutes later Taylor, Carl and Collins enter the office and stand beside Sawyer who has now decided to stand at his stationed position just a few feet away from the door.
"We're heading to Florida; it's just for a few days so I can get the meeting done with. Sawyer, I'd like you to be Ana's detail at all times you are to be with her. Carl and Collins will alternate between Ana and I and Taylor you will be with me as usual. I need two bags packed for two hours time and security at Escala and my parents for obvious reasons" the four men nod and quickly set to work on arranging two packed bags and a schedule for both Carl and Collins.
"We will be heading to SeaTac at approximately 7:00pm; Gail is preparing you dinner and packing your bags. Is there anything else you would like, Sir?" Christian shakes his head and lies down with Ana, dismissing everyone from the office. He could use some shut eye himself but he would save it for the plane ride to Florida, right how he just wanted Ana in his arms.
"Mr Grey we need to leave now, everything is ready" both Christian and Ana sit up as they yawn, Ana looked at Christian with a look of confusion. He had forgotten to explain to Ana where they were heading but he didn't care, it could wait until they were in the car.
Once they were both settled in the car, the journey began. A sleepy Ana rested her head on Christian's shoulder and looked up at him. "Where are we heading?"
"Florida, I have a meeting to take care of after that we can spend a day or two relaxing if you'd like" Ana smiles and nods, she liked the thought of not having to constantly be on edge with the possibility of Escala being ambushed by the mysterious suspects.
"That sounds fun; do I get to go outdoors?" Christian nods, Ana grins and kisses his cheek.
"But Sawyer will be with you at all times, he'll be your detail from now on" Ana frowns and hides her face as she yawns once more, the hours of sleep she had gotten did nothing for her.
"Okay, can I sleep on the plane? I'm exhausted" Ana says with yet another yawn, Christian smiles and nods.
"But after you've ate, and then you can sleep as long as you like" Christian allows Ana to close her eyes as she drifts off into a light sleep, SeaTac wasn't much further away and Christian was thankful for that. He couldn't wait to get his hands on what Gail had prepared for them both.
Ana opened the steaming trays to find mac n cheese; she licked her lips as she passed Christian a tray and then a fork. She dug straight into the food, not wanting to leave it much longer as her hunger was taking over. She sure loved Gail's mac n cheese.
"That went down a treat, care to head to bed now Miss Steele?" Christian asks as he places the tray onto the table in front of them both, she turns to face him and grins. She wanted to be alone with Christian.
"Of course, Mr Grey show me the way" Christian stands and pulls Ana to her feet, keeping a hold of her hand he leads her to one of the three doors, he opened it slightly and then allowed it to swing open. Ana stepped in and looked around the room before Christian grabbed her by the waist and threw her onto the bed.
Ana let out a loud giggle and watched as Christian found his way on top of her, he looked at her with a look of lust. "You look sexy in this outfit, Miss Steele" Christian whispers as he holds a hand over her mouth.
"Would you like to see me without this outfit?" Ana asks with a shy look, Christian looks at her for a few moments before slowly nodding.
"We'll do this at your pace, Ana" Christian replies as he brushes a tendril of Ana's hair away from her face, she nods and pulls his lips to hers kissing him with everything she had.
The passion between them was unmistakable as both of their clothes flew around the room, they were both naked and both ready for a first.