Christian POV
One Year Later
"You are so beautiful Ana." I murmur on her mouth and she giggles, pulling away to stroke some stray bed hair off my forehead.
"You say that every morning." She says, kissing my lips quickly.
"You're getting bored of my lines?" I say, appearing hurt. She laughs, a sound that makes me feel nothing but complete devotion to her.
"No, just some originality wouldn't hurt." She winks and I chuckle.
"Fine. When I get back from work tonight I will greet you with a line that will sweep you off your feet." I lean in and kiss her again.
"Deal. Now let me take a shower or I'll be late. I'm going out to breakfast with Kate and the baby before work." Kate gave birth to a little girl about three months ago. After they announced their engagement Kate told Ana she was pregnant and Ana told me and soon everybody found out. They called her Eve and I have to admit she is beautiful. I didn't tell Ana but it made me feel slightly paternal, I think she knows I'm ready to have kids, but it's her body after all. Ethan and Mia are engaged and expecting a baby of their own, I wasn't sure about it at first but he's a much better guy for her than Jose. I squeeze her waist and she laughs, hitting my arm playfully. I let her go and slap her ass as she walks away, she sends me a glare followed by an adorable smile as she goes into the bathroom. I wait until I hear the shower turn on before I walk into our closet. I go into one of my jackets and take out the small box. I open it, examining it one more time. It was perfect. Not too big, not too small, and it was something Ana would definitely wear, she likes simple jewellery and she doesn't wear much anyway.
I know Ana, and she's one for panicking. And I know if I presented the ring to her at dinner she would feel pressured to say yes, and she would almost certainly run for the hills. I know she loves me, every other sentence is her telling me that. I've loved her since I was eleven, and I don't want to hide anymore, not that I do now, but I want her to be mine, not just in my eyes but in the eyes of the law. So that's why this plan is perfect. I walk gently over to my bedside table and open the top draw, placing the ring box far inside it, but not so far that it's not noticeable. Ana notices everything, so she'll definitely notice this. I take my phone off the table and hide it in the bottom draw of it. I sit on the bed and wait, as soon as I hear the shower turn off I get up and wait outside the door. She opens it and jumps when she sees me.
"Jesus Christian you scared me." She laughs, and I smile, kissing her cheek. I go into the bathroom and leave the door open the tiniest crack so that I can still see into the bedroom.
"Ana." I call and I see her emerge from the closet with her underwear on and her hair still in a towel. God she's perfect.
"Yeah?" She answers, oblivious to the fact that I'm watching her.
"Can you get me my phone? I'm pretty sure I left it in the top drawer of my bedside table." She huffs, smiling and shaking her head at me, walking over to it and slowly pulling the drawer open. I turn on the shower and watch, holding my breath as she looks in it, and all of a sudden all these thoughts come racing into my mind. What if she does freak out? What if she runs? Or maybe she'll decide that we're moving too fast and move back in with Kate? I should have just asked her in a few months, now I'll have to explain myself to her without her thinking I'm crazy. I hear her gasp as she pulls the small black box out the drawer.
"Oh my god." She whispers as she opens it. The anticipation is killing me right now and I swear if she listened hard enough she could hear my heart hammering through my chest. I expect her to cry, to scream, to run, but she does none of those things. Instead, a smile breaks out on her face, and I watch as she does something extraordinary.
She dances.
Like she did the morning after we slept together for the firsts time, after I told her I loved her, when I asked her to be the CEO of GIP. All those times she didn't think I saw but I did. It was in that moment of her happy dancing that all my fear dissipated. Maybe I didn't have to wait a few months after all.
She wanted me to give her a line when she got home from work, and now I knew exactly what that was going to be.
Hi guys! A short and sweet way to end this story, and once again I'd like to thank you all for your reviews and your follows. It's you that keep me writing so thank you! This is the most controversial story I've written so far and aside some hateful comments you all seemed to get on board with it so thank you:) any new story ideas would be welcome:)
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