Chapter 21

CPOV

I really enjoyed napping with Ana and holding her in my arms. It's strange, I never realized I would like having someone sleep with me so much. I should probably talk to Flynn about that at my next appointment.

We get ready to go meet her friend Diedre at Harvest in the Bellagio. I basically wear a suit without a tie and the first couple buttons on my shirt undone. When Ana comes down after getting ready she looks amazing. I know I've told her before but I mean it. She has on a short, black v-neck dress with spaghetti straps and simple ruffles at the edges. It complements her figure perfectly. She has on these strappy black high-heeled sandals that make her legs look fantastic.

Kate looks good too, wearing black sequin short shorts, a white ruffle one shoulder crop top and silver strappy platform heels. Kate's good looks are more unreserved, whereas Ana's beauty is more subtle and organic. The girls look like they are ready for a night out on the town. Elliot gives the girls a cat call. "Damn! We're going to have the best-looking women there!"

"Are you girls ready? The car is waiting down at the valet for us." I offer my hand for Ana to take.

We get to the restaurant and there's a young, pretty woman with two men waving at Ana. It must be Diedre. Ana runs up to her. "Diedre! I'm so glad to see you! How are you?"

"Ana! You look so good! Kate, how are you? Oh, I want you to meet my fiance, Desmond Coutee, and the NBT Artistic Director, James Canfield."

"It's a pleasure to meet you," Ana greets the men. I can see the one guy, James, looking at Ana for a little bit too long. "I'd like you to meet Christian, and this is Kate's boyfriend, Elliot."

I'm a bit disappointed she didn't introduce me as her boyfriend. That's what I am, unofficially, right? The rest of the dinner goes great. This Canfield guy tells Ana that he had to come and meet her because he's heard so much about her and wanted to see the woman who reinvigorated Sleeping Beauty for the New York City Ballet. I'm glad he recognizes Ana's talent but I don't like how much he is hanging on her. She's taken asshole.

After dinner, I get us a table at Bank. The girls are excited to go dance so Elliot, the rest of the guys, and I stay back to talk and relax. Desmond seems OK but I don't trust Canfield. After a little bit of dancing the girls come back to the table for some drinks. They do some shots and each have a cocktail. I don't want Ana to drink too much but since she's with me I can take care of her. We've been there for about two hours with the girls drinking and dancing. Ana comes back to the table and she is most definitely drunk. She sits down next to me and whispers in my ear, "Do you know how hot and sexy you are? I want you to dance with me so everyone knows you're mine." I don't like her being drunk like this but I love that she's lost some of her inhibitions about me. And, that she feels the same way about me as I do about her. She starts kissing my lips and down my neck.

As much as I like what she's doing I'm not into PDA and don't know how far Ana can take this. "Come on baby, I'll dance with you but then I need to get you home, OK?"

As we are dancing, I know Ana is drunk because she is telling me things that I think under normal circumstances would embarrass her. "You make me so horny, Christian. And you're so big - I didn't think you would fit in me at first." Then she goes to grab my package.

"OK, baby. Let's get you home before you get sick." I try to navigate her off the dance floor. I get us to the table where the other girls are now sitting. "I'm going to take this one home. I think she's had a little too much to drink. Elliot, when you guys are ready to come home, just call our concierge to send a car for you. OK? Diedre, Desmond, and James, it was a pleasure to meet you."

"Sounds good. See you later, bro." Kate and Diedre get up to give Ana a hug goodbye and then we disappear to find or way back to our hotel.

In the elevator on the way up to the suite Ana's hand slides down towards my cock. "Christian, I want you."

"Ana, I'm not going to take advantage of you when you're drunk." I may be an asshole but I'm not that bad.

"Christian…" She pouts at me and I am having a hard time resisting her. I sit her down on the bed while I go into the bathroom to get her brush to brush out her hair. When I come back into the room, Ana is sitting on the bed completely naked with her legs spread apart. It normally takes a lot to shock me but this did it easily.

"Anastasia, what are you doing?"

"I am not getting dressed until you make love to me." I try to stifle my laugh since I know this is definitely the alcohol speaking and not Ana. The old Christian would probably have jumped right in bed with her without a second thought. But Ana is different. She means more to me.

I don't want to hurt her feelings so I make up and excuse, "Unfortunately, I have some very important emails I need to attend to. Why don't you get comfortable and I'll be up as soon as I can."

"OK. You are coming up, right?"

"Of course. Let me tuck you in." I help her to bed and make sure she's covered. Just in case she gets sick, I place the small trashcan next to her side of the bed. Then I go into my toiletry bag and take out a couple of ibuprofen and fill one of the glasses with water. "Here baby, take these first. I'll be right back." She takes the pills and lays down.

"I'll be here ready and waiting, Mr. Grey." She giggles, at what I'm not sure when I leave the room and shut the door.

Kate and Elliot are still out so I make myself comfortable and begin to read the latest Forbes magazine. I go to the state-of-the-art entertainment center and see they have the latest Bose sound system. I choose Debussy's Clair de Lune and settle in for a little while.

About an hour later I go upstairs to check on Ana. She is sound asleep like I hoped she would be. I smile at how beautiful she is when she is sleeping and change into my pajama pants and get into bed next to her.