September 1, 2021

The smell of mint, a familiar cologne and an even more familiar smell that speaks to me on the deepest level rouses me from sleep at God knows what hour. I know what it means the second I open my eyes, so I squeeze my eyes harder together, desperate not to wake up, as I know what it means the second I let my eyes flutter open.

"Open your eyes for me, baby. Give me a kiss, before I go." I turn my head into the pillow hearing his words and let out a sad groan. I feel his lips on my neck and then on my shoulders. "Ana, don't make this harder, I'm already having a difficult time." He nibbles on my naked shoulder and pushes me gently to my back. The sheet falls slightly and before it can reveal my completely bare chest, he pushes the sheet back up to my neck. "If I see them, then I'm going to want to play with them." He growls. "Come on baby, please." He pleads with me. I feel his lips peppering kisses on my face but he pulls back, and I can feel his face hovering just above mine.

"When I open my eyes, it means you're leaving. I'm just… not ready."

"Me either, but I have to get back to work. I was supposed to go back two days ago, and I let your blue eyes and pink pussy talk me out of it." My eyes fly open at that, wondering if maybe they could entice him into one more day.

"Why do you have to go back today. Why not next week… or never?" I sit up in bed as I stare at my husband who looks just as sad as I feel.

"I've been out of office for almost six full weeks, baby, I have to."

"You've gone to the office a few times…" I trail off, but even I have to admit it's been few and far between as he's worked mostly from home.

"This sucks for me too, but we've done this before. Been away from each other for a full day?"

"I know… I'm being silly but I've just gotten used to having you around. I'll miss you. And Teddy will miss you."

"Facetime me. I want to see you both throughout the day, alright?"

"What if you can't pick up?" I pout. I'm fully aware that I'm being a bit whiny, but I really had gotten used to having him close by. And watching him with our baby… God it was like better than porn. It did something to my insides that I couldn't describe. And as soon as he rocked him to sleep, it usually led to me kneeling in front of him with his cock in my mouth.

"I'll pick up no matter what I'm doing." He says. "Now come on, I have to go, give me a kiss."

I cross my arms. "If I don't kiss you, you won't leave?"

"I don't want to play this game." He raises an eyebrow at me and I raise one back before attempting to climb into his lap. "Ah ah ah." He holds an arm out, effectively keeping me in place. "I know you're naked under that sheet, and I also know you're wet as fuck in the mornings."

"Then why didn't we take care of it?"

"Because I knew if I had a taste, we'd be right back to square one, and I would be taking off yet another day."

"I'm willing to take the risk." I manage to make it out of the sheet and into his arms before he has a chance to brace himself.

"Ana—" I can already hear the slight scolding in his voice but that immediately turns to a groan when my lips did his ear. I graze it with my teeth before letting my tongue dart out and skim the area before trailing down his neck. "God, Ana… you are so fucking sexy." He growls in my ear. "I've barely had my fill of you after not having you for a full five weeks." Christian and I finally got the all clear for sex a week ago and I think I've been walking like I just got off a horse since then.

They say whenever the baby slept the mother should sleep. Christian and I took that to mean whenever Teddy slept, mommy and daddy would fool around. I haven't slept much but we've surely made up for the no intercourse. I smirk to myself thinking about the last week. Whoever said babies means no sex was stupid. But I guess it helps when you have the world's happiest and least fussy baby.

"As much as I want to stay here with you, I do have to go baby." He pulls my face away from his neck and holds it in his hands before rubbing his nose against mine. "Kiss. Now."

I admit defeat knowing that this is just as hard on him as it is on me. He's trying to be the strong one and I'm definitely not making it easier. "Fine." I pout as I press my lips to his.

C POV

Ten minutes later after a kiss that turned to making out with my naked wife literally sitting on top of me, I finally pulled myself from under her, willing my dick down with every step towards the front door. She throws a robe on and picks up Teddy from his room and follows me.

"Say bye daddy!" I don't expect the words to hit me as hard as I do but they stop me dead in my tracks. I turn around to see Ana holding our son in her arms, the look of love radiating off of her in waves. She's gazing down at him like he's the most perfect thing and I can't help but look at them both the same way.

"I'll be home at six at the latest." I tell her as I rub my hand down her arm and kiss her forehead before placing one on our sons head. "I love you so much."

"I know." She bites her bottom lip and I know it's not because she's trying to turn me on but because she's trying to stop herself from crying. I pull on her bottom lip and shake my head at her. "Don't."

"I'm trying." She giggles but I can see the sadness lurking underneath and it kills me that I can't make her feel better.

I open the door and see Taylor standing on the other side as always, waiting for me. "I'll see you tonight."

"We'll be waiting." She tells me, her blue eyes shining with unshed tears which has a direct line to my heart.

Walk away Christian.

I swallow the lump in my throat and close the door behind me trying my best not to turn back when I hear the sounds of my wife's sniffles from the other side of the door.

This was going to be a long fucking day.

The second I step into the building I now owned over half of I feel my brain begin to compartmentalize. Grey, if you spend the entire day obsessing over Ana and Teddy wondering if they're okay, what they're doing and if they're safe you're never going to get anything done!

I'm greeted in the lobby of the top floor of the building that I was months away from being able to call GEH by Andrea. For now the bottom eight floors were inhabited by another company I was hoping to clear out by the end of the year.

"Mr. Grey, welcome back… officially?" Andrea stares down at her tablet in one hand before looking up and giving me a smile. "I'll let you get settled before I bombard you with the details but—"

"No. Bombard me." If I get to my office and I'm left alone with my thoughts too long I'll call Ana and it's only been… I glance down at my watch. Thirty- five minutes. I blow out a breath. "Tell me there's coffee on my desk."

"There's coffee on your desk." She gives me a smile and falls into step with me as we walk towards my office. I open my door to find Ros seated at my desk with a bright smile on her face and a balloon in her hand that says "Welcome Back." If it were anyone else I would think it's a halfway nice gesture but my guess is she's just being a smartass after I told her I'd be in the office two weeks ago… and then a week ago… and then two days ago.

"Welcome back, boss man!" She stands and makes her way around my desk and hands the balloon out for me, a sassy smile playing at her lips.

"Must you be here?" I walk by her, ignoring her balloon and setting my briefcase down on my desk as I reach for the coffee wishing that baileys would somehow manifest inside.

"Why the long face Daddyo?"

I glare at her ignoring both her and the thump in my chest that comes from hearing the D word. I wonder what Teddy is doing? "I want the entire staff in the conference room four in twe-" If you say thirty, you'll have time to call home. A voice whispers. "Thirty minutes."

"You got it boss." Ros says as she leaves my office her heels clicking obnoxiously against my marble floor. "Welcome back, I can actually say I kinda missed you."

"Feeling isn't mutual, get out." I shoot her a smile, so she knows I'm half kidding. Ros did deserve a raise, and one hell of a vacation, after I'd left her essentially as acting CEO in my absence. She signed off on most things, and was available around the clock while I was out on paternity leave.

Maybe now was the time to give her that vacation?

If you send her on vacation, who's going to watch GEH if you need to stay home? What if Teddy is sick? Or Ana gets sick?

I rub my forehead feeling the headache coming on before I take a long sip of my coffee hoping it will quiet it.

I hear my door open again and I prepare myself for whoever is bothering me. I resist the groan when I see it's Alex Paulson- my PR rep. This man was way too exuberant at all times and I hadn't finished my coffee yet. I take a few large gulps, hoping that it gives me a fraction of patience to deal with this annoying pest.

"Mr. Grey, hi! Welcome back!" He glides through the room, with a file in his hand and his iPad in the other. I lean my head back in my chair.

"Mr. Paulson, what can I help you with?" I give him a look that I know he understands. Make it quick.

"How is Mrs. Grey and Theodore?" He asks and I narrow my gaze as I imagine that he thinks he can extend his time by talking about my two favorite people.

I raise an eyebrow at him and let my index finger skim my top lip. "They're doing well."

"Excellent. Glad to hear it! Well, I was hoping we could actually talk about them."

I lean forward slightly. "You have my attention."

"Well, the community just loves Anastasia." I shoot him a glare and he fidgets under my hard gaze. "I mean Mrs. Grey." He corrects. "And we were hoping you'd be willing to do a press release with her and the new baby? We know you like to be private but—"

"No." I tell him.

"It would just be one picture and one statement." He responds quickly.

"You already released a statement."

"The public doesn't even know if it's a boy or a girl!"

"And that's my problem, why? And most people know it's a boy by now."

"Not officially," he argues. "We haven't released anything stating the sex of the baby."

"Ana and I have been walking around New York with him!"

"Hardly. I think a pap caught you in the park like twice and you all but had a fit and made me get the pictures before they were released." I growl thinking about the pictures of Ana holding Teddy and my lips firmly planted on Ana's neck. Not that I would give a fuck that everyone in America saw me kissing my wife but it was not the point. I didn't want my son or Ana splashed all over every gossip site in the tri-state area in the process.

"Well excuse me for wanting privacy."

"You lost that right after your first million and a Forbes magazine cover." He crosses his arms and I'll have to say I'm impressed by his relentlessness today. Usually I send him off with his tail between his legs within minutes but today he's standing his ground. Doesn't mean I'm agreeing to that.

"I'll talk to Mrs. Grey." I say as my index finger and thumb pinch the bridge of my nose.

"Wonderful!" He claps his hands as best as he can before sliding the file towards me. "I've written a mock press release and ideas I have for the picture."

"When did you hear me agree to anything?"

"The second you said I'll talk to Mrs. Grey." He gives me a cheeky grin. "She loves me." He leaves without another glance and I roll my eyes thinking about the truth behind that statement. My wife did love Alex as they shared a love for bad reality television and horrible scary movies.

I open the file and read what Alex and his team have come up with.

Three's Company

CEO of Grey Enterprises Holdings Christian Grey and his wife Anastasia welcomed their son Theodore Raymond Grey on July 18, 2021. They were surrounded by their family and loved ones as they brought their tiny bundle into the world early that morning. At 7 pounds 8 ounces, the baby, affectionately known as Teddy is happy and healthy. "They have never been more in love— both with each other and with their baby." A source close to America's newest trio, states. "They're so happy. They really are the perfect family."

I toss the release on my desk and rub my face wondering what harm it would do to release this. I pick up the phone to call Ana to get her thoughts and hear her voice when there's a knock on my door again. God, what now? "What?" I bark at the door when Andrea peeks her head in. I breathe a sigh of relief as she really is more helpful than an annoyance. "Come in and shut the door and tell anyone else still looking for me I'm still out on leave."

She chuckles as she shuts the door behind her. "Rough first day?"

"You don't know the half of it."

"I just wanted to discuss a few things with you that I don't know may have slipped your mind?"

"Shoot." I say as I finally pull my laptop out and set it next to my computer.

"Mrs. Grey's birthday?"

My eyes snap to hers and I draw my eyebrows together. "I don't need you to remind me of when my wife's birthday is, Andrea. I know." It's a date that's been ingrained in my brain.

"No I know. But you had me make reservations two months ago, a private room at the Four Seasons? They called to confirm, both the private dining room for dinner and the hotel room for the night? I just want to make sure that… well… are you taking Teddy? Do you have a sitter? Because you have Mr. Peterson and Miss Winters on the guest list. As well as Miss Kavanagh and your brother? Are they all still coming?"

I groan and put a hand over my eyes. "Right. Babysitter. Can I get back to you?" I don't know what I was thinking. Dinner was one thing but a night away from Teddy? I don't think Ana will be on board with that. Maybe if we brought him with us? He has been sleeping through the night?

Yes and the point of a night at a hotel with Ana is to not sleep through the night. There's a spark in my dick that I can't ignore and I shift in my chair slightly trying to relieve the ache that could only be lessened by my wife's lips or wet pussy wrapped around it.

"Anything else, Andrea?" I've been away from Anastasia for less than two fucking hours and I already need to hear her voice and evidently my hand wrapped around my dick.

I knew I should have made love to her this morning.

"Yes, there's a new group of interns that will be in our meeting later."

"Interns?" I raise an eyebrow. We weren't expecting interns until… My eyes flit to my calendar. Shit it's September 1? What the hell am I going to get Ana for her birthday?

"Right, yes."

"I just didn't want you to be caught off guard. There's four of them sir. Two for marketing, one for sales and one that will be Ros' assistant."

"And how do you feel about that?" I cross my arms knowing that until now, Andrea took care of both me and Ros. But the workload was becoming a bit overwhelming for one person. So we hired someone solely for Ros as there was no way I was giving up the Godsend that was Andrea Parker. Besides, Andrea has never once been inappropriate towards me and I know that she's in the minority.

"I mean I'll train her to do things my way." She laughs and I nod.

"Okay what else." She shifts nervously between her left and right foot and I raise an eyebrow at her. "I just gave you a raise so I know you're not asking." I cross my hands over my chest.

"Well—" She starts.

"Okay fine, what's your number?" Give her what she wants! Do you know how long it takes to break in a new assistant?

"No… well… wait let's circle back to that?" A smile pulls at her lips.

I roll my eyes. "Spit it out, Parker, I want to call Ana before the meeting."

"Well I was hoping I could have this Friday and next Monday off?" She blanches slightly.

"What kind of bullshit schedule request is that? I've been gone six weeks and you think now is the time for you to take vacation? And three days in advanced?"

"It's hardly a vacation." She cocks her head to the side and I raise an eyebrow at her warning her to watch it. "My boyfriend surprised me with a trip to LA. We wanted to leave a little early."

"And what do you expect me to do without you for two days?"

"You'll have Leila."

"Leila?"

"Leila Williams… Miss Bailey's new assistant."

"I don't want Leila. Leila doesn't know how I do things."

"I'll leave a list, it'll be fine. Please Mr. Grey, I never ask for anything. Don't make me go over your head." There's a mischievous look in her eye and I know better than to think she means she's going to Ros or HR.

"You call Ana with this bullshit and you're fired."

"Good one." She calls over her shoulder as she walks out of my office knowing full well she's going to get what she wants… and probably that raise.

Fucker.

I know some would say I just let my assistant walk all over me but Andrea really was the best. She went above and beyond her job details and worked around the clock when I was first getting GEH off the ground for little pay and bare minimum health benefits. There was something to be said for good loyal employees. She worked 80 hour weeks for 40 hour pay, foregoing weekends and days off the first few months. She was a hard worker and rarely complained, but I suppose now that warranted a reward. Although I compensated her thoroughly now. She was probably one of the highest paid executive assistants in the area with a company credit card I rarely checked. She could be buying the entire Bergdorfs shoe department every month and I wouldn't know it. But she wouldn't.

Loyalty. I had a loyal employee in Andrea. I'll survive without her for two days.

I huff and march out of my office and bark her name. "You're working late tomorrow." I point at her. "And I need you to call my mother. See if she'd be willing to fly in for Ana's birthday. There's only a handful of people that Ana would feel comfortable leaving Teddy overnight with. And I don't think I'm even in that group." I say rubbing my forehead.

"And then…" she smiles at me.

"And then you can be off Friday and Monday." I grumble. "But keep your phone on."

"Yes sir." She salutes. "Oh perfect." She stands up and moves around the desk. "Leila, this is Mr. Grey. Mr. Grey, this is Miss Bailey's new assistant, Leila Williams."

I look at the petite brunette, her hair pulled into a sleek ponytail. Her eyes seem a bit too big for her face and she's staring at me like… oh God dammit. I know that look.

"Miss Williams." I hold my hand out for her and she shakes it, and I can feel her nerves in her grip. God I hate people with weak handshakes. Get a grip, woman. I swear she's not even breathing as she looks at me her eyes wide and unblinking.

She must finally remember herself because she speaks. "Mr. Grey, hello. Hi. I mean it's nice to meet you. Thank you so much for the opportunity." Her cheeks turn bright red and she bites her bottom lip nervously.

"Well I didn't hire you, Miss Parker did. Thank her." I point at Andrea. "You. My office."

I turn on my heel, prepared to give Andrea and earful for the starry eyed woman that I want no part of.

The staff meeting is coming to a close and as it stands it's been three hours since I've spoken to Ana. Why hasn't she called? I told her to call.

I make my way back to my office and pick up the phone. "Hi handsome." I hear giggles into the phone and just like that my nerves are immediately put at ease.

"God I miss you." It comes out in a rush and I hear her giggle again on the other end.

"Back at you. I called you earlier, I was wondering when you'd call me back."

"You did?" I look at my phone and I don't see a missed call. "When?"

"I called your office. You have a new assistant?"

"What?"

"Yeah Andrea didn't answer. Someone named Leila answered?"

"It's Ros' new assistant. Why didn't you call my direct line?" But also why is Leila picking up instead of Andrea? "Or my cell?"

"Well I wanted to talk to Andrea. She sent the cutest stuff for Teddy and I wanted to thank her. They just came today. Baby wait till you see, it's this cute little onesie that says 'CEO in Training'." I chuckle. Laying it on thick huh, Andrea?

"Wait, so you left word with Leila?"

"Yeah…" her voice falters slightly. "You didn't get it?"

I grit my teeth and my nostrils flare. "No."

"Oh. Well I'm sure it was a mistake."

"Yeah sure. This girl isn't going to last the week if she can't pass along the most important message I'll ever receive."

"Aw. I love you too. Maybe it just slipped her mind. No big deal, I didn't want anything. Just to talk to you." Her words soften me slightly but I'm still pissed thinking about Leila "forgetting" to give me a message from Ana.

"Anything with you is a big deal." I correct her. "But baby, can I call you back? I'll FaceTime you. I want to see you and Teddy."

"Kay!" She gives me a kiss through the phone before she hangs up and then I'm on the move instantly.

"Where were you?" I point at Andrea. "And why is she answering your phone?" I point at the empty desk in front of the adjacent office that belongs to Ros.

"The lines are connected. I must not have been here. She—"

I interrupt her, and put my hand up. "Well Ana called, and she didn't give me the goddamn message." I growl at her. Andrea is a great assistant but I have no patience when it came to Anastasia's phone calls and she knows that.

She has the decency to stay quiet for a second knowing that of all the things she could do, that was high on the list of infractions. "I'll talk to her."

"No. That is strike one, two and three."

"Mr. Grey, I'm sure she wrote it down and forgot to pass it on."

"Strike one," I put a finger up. "Two," another finger. "And three," I bark. "Get rid of her."

"Mr. Grey you're being irrational. This is all because you think she has inappropriate feelings for you?"

"No, this is because she didn't tell me that my wife called. Andrea, I will fire you over some shit like that. Don't test me."

She blows out a breath. "I will talk to her. Please. I need the help and it took us weeks to find her."

"And I got no say! I own the company!"

"Mr. Grey with all due respect you haven't been here. Ros has basically run GEH for the past six weeks."

"Watch yourself, Parker. I'm still your boss. And all you care about is being off this weekend! Never mind that this woman is probably trying to pull some Fatal Attraction crap."

"You're being paranoid and in Fatal Attraction he actually sleeps with her."

"You arguing with me sounds like you're working Saturday." I stare her down and she huffs. Her eyes move away from me and I notice movement in my peripheral. I watch as Leila all but sashays past me and sits down at her desk and looks back and forth between Andrea and myself.

I look at Andrea as if to say well— on with it. "Leila, did Mr. Grey's wife call?"

"Oh. Umm… no I don't think so?" She makes a show of looking through some papers before shaking her head. "I don't have a note here."

Andrea furrows her brow. "Are you sure? Did you take any calls while I was gone?"

"No? I was too nervous to answer the phone."

"So you let them roll to voicemail?" I ask. "I don't like that. And my wife did call. She said you answered."

"But I didn't."

"So you're calling my wife a liar, then?" I can't even hide the tone of my voice. "That's strike four through ten." I look at Andrea. "You better find me someone by Friday or you aren't going anywhere." I growl at her before I go in my office and slam the door behind me.

They say good news travels fast, but bad news travels faster. And judging by the furious look on Ros Baileys face, I would say that she's just learned that she's down an assistant. Here we go.

"How fucking dare you!" She screams at me. "You had no right!"

"Excuse you? I'd say I have about every right. You do know what the G in GEH stands for, right?"

"How about GO fuck yourself! You've been checked out for six weeks!" She presses her hands to her hips.

"I HAD A BABY!"

"And you still have a fucking company. That ME AND YOUR FUCKING ASSISTANT kept running. You coming in once a week to sign your name on a few papers is not being a CEO. And even now! Do you know how many times you checked your phone during the staff meeting? That was supposed to be us briefing you on everything you've missed. Not background noise while you sext AG." I wasn't even… well.. I may have been staring at pictures of her and Teddy that I'd taken.

"Watch your fucking tone Ros." I snap at her.

"I get it. We all get it. Everyone in New York gets how you are about your family. You're a family man, and hell that's why you get so many investors and people dying to work with you. You're likable and personable. Well not to us. But objectively you're a good guy. But you haven't been here. You haven't been present. Andrea is overworked and tired and I had to beg her not to quit TWICE while you were gone. I'm exhausted and overwhelmed and I can't tell you the last time I had a night alone with Gwen the past six weeks. And now you're back and you expect us to just cater to you? No. Andrea is taking her two days off. And hell I might too. Your ass can work this weekend and next weekend. And Leila stays."

"The hell she can. She lied right to my face!"

"We don't know that."

"We don't know that Ana— who had no idea we had a new assistant didn't call and speak to Leila? A girl who's name she just pulled out of thin air? Ros get out of my face with that."

"You can't fire her just because you think she wants on your junk."

"I can't think of any better reason. Because if Ana shows up here and Leila pulls any bullshit, Ana is killing her, me and you."

"AG loves me."

"Not if she thinks you're entertaining some girl flirting with me." Ana will cut Ros so quick.

"Do you want to get sued, Grey?" She moves forward and places her hands flat on my desk, staring me down.

"On her first day? An intern? Ros, we have a "without cause" clause within ninety days in the contracts for a reason. And again— lied right to my face. That's cause."

"She said she couldn't remember."

"Then she's not fit for here anyway. God why are you all arguing with me. It's my goddamn company!"

"That we've been running for you!" She shrieks and I shake my head.

"When you have a baby, you can be out of office for six weeks." I snap at her and I instantly regret it. "Ros, I didn't mean—"

"Fuck you, Grey. You can be so cold and heartless when you want to be." I can tell she's holding the tears back as she runs a hand through her hair. "I'm taking the rest of the day off. If Leila isn't here tomorrow, find yourself a new COO." She slams the door behind her leaving me alone with my thoughts.

An hour later, I walk out into the lobby only to find Leila sitting at her desk. My eyes dart to Andrea, and I know she better still be here. I am not in the fucking mood. "Where's Andrea?"

"Oh she went to the ninth floor for…" she trails off and looks around as if the answers could be found written on the walls. "I'm not sure."

"Ninth floor is sales."

"Do you need something Mr. Grey?"

"No… actually, I could use some coffee."

"Okay." She hops up. "But it's okay if I'm leaving the phone?"

"Leave it. I'll leave my door open." I grumble as I pad back to my office. I hear shuffling behind me and then Leila is standing in my door.

"I know…" she clears her throat. "I know you don't like me very much. But, I'm a really hard worker. And…"

"Spare me. Please. Now is not the time for your I'm smart and I work hard and whatever else. The fact of the matter is you lied to my face and because my assistant and COO are so deliriously tired they can't see straight they're bullying me into keeping you. But just so we're clear, I am not interested. I will never be interested, and if you ever lie to me again I will fire you. DO you understand me?"

"I didn't-" she starts and I shoot her a glare so hard and cold that I swear I see her shiver. "Yes."

"Get out of my sight until you have coffee in your hand." She all but flees from the room. I press the button that connected me to the one of the few people I wholeheartedly trusted. "Taylor, can you come up?"

"I want her computer watched very closely. Anything she's searching on it, I want to know. All calls, I want to know who she speaks with." I tell Taylor.

"Sir, we do that anyway." Taylor is writing everything I'm throwing at him as I pace my office back and forth.

"There's something off about her."

"Are you sure you're not just overreacting about a crush you think that she may have on you? You're acting like she's a spy for a competitor right now."

"Taylor! She didn't tell me Ana called."

"And as egregious of an offense as that is…" he trails off and I shoot him a glare warning him for his sarcasm. "Fine."

"I am not overreacting. I just don't want things to escalate." I didn't want anyone to think that they could get away with disrespecting my wife in any way.

"Well you said you put her in her place, maybe just monitor the situation?"

"I don't have time to 'monitor the situation.'"

"I just mean if she acts inappropriate make sure you document it!"

"If she acts inappropriate again, I'm firing her on the spot!" I drop back into my chair and let out a sigh. "I'm fucking exhausted. What time is it?"

"Two thirty sir."

"TWO THIRTY? Jesus Christ."

This day was seriously never going to end.

Four ridiculously long hours later, I was walking into my house that smelled of pasta and garlic bread and all I want to do is wrap myself around Ana and stay there until tomorrow morning.

"Baby!" I call for her, and she appears in the hallway walking towards me in nothing more than my Harvard t-shirt. Her bare legs on display for me, and I am dying to have them wrapped around my waist as I wedge my cock inside of her. She has her phone to her ear but her eyes light up when she sees me. I'm surprised she hasn't told who ever she's talking to that she needs to go, making me believe it's probably Sean or Kate.

"Mmmhm." She says as she stands in front of me and wraps her arms around me and presses her lips to mine, the phone still pressed to her ear. "Yes well Christian just got home. I will… form an opinion, shortly. But I am not saying you're off the hook." I frown wondering who's on or off the hook and for what as I grab a beer from the refrigerator. She hangs up the phone and pushes me against the refrigerator and wraps her arms around my neck. "Hi there. Welcome home." She stands on her tippy toes and presses a kiss to my lips. "Teddy is asleep, want to have sex?"

My eyes drift down her body and a smile finds my lips. But my brain wills my cock down slightly knowing that I need a few answers. I take a long sip of my beer before setting it on the counter. "Yes. Obviously. But who were you talking to?" I ask her as I pull her from the kitchen towards our bedroom.

"I think we should have sex first."

"And why is that….?" Christian, shut the fuck up and go with it!

"Because I heard about your day." She says as she hops on the bed and pulls my shirt off of her revealing her bare tits and a scrap of fabric between her toned legs. My mouth waters and my cock twitches despite her words.

But wait a minute? "Why the hell… Who did you talk to?"

She sighs. "I finally got Andrea on the phone because I wanted to thank her for her gift, and she sounded so sad. So I asked… I thought maybe her and David broke up." I guess my face must look confused because she sighs. "Her boyfriend, honestly Christian."

"Sorry for not taking more of an interest in her personal life? I knew she had a boyfriend, sorry I didn't know his name or life story." I roll my eyes, feeling fed up over feeling like the world's shittiest boss.

"She said you're mad at her."

"I'm not mad at her. Her and Ros were on my fucking case today."

"Yes I heard about that…"

"They were out of line." I growl as I sit next to her, my body so laced with tension that I don't even react to being close to Ana's nearly naked body. She gets on her knees and sits behind me, her hands finding my shoulders.

"Hey, you know I'm always on your side and I appreciate you looking out for Anastasia Grey's interests." She giggles before pressing a kiss to my neck. "But they're tired, okay? They need vacations. Ros just lashed out, and I'm sure she feels bad too. They both love you."

"Didn't seem like it today."

"Awww my husband the big bad CEO is really just a huge softie." She wraps her arms around me from behind and presses a kiss to my cheek. Do I need to come make a show with Teddy? I'll put that Leila in her place."

"She told you about Leila?"

"She told me that you felt that she might have a crush on you."

"And you're not mad about that?" I turn my face slightly to look at her wondering who the hell this woman was and what she did with my wife.

She lets out a sigh before coming around and perching herself in my lap. "I just had your baby and you just made your first million. If you cheat on me I'm taking every dime you have." She giggles and I pinch her side. "Okay okay, how about this. I just had your baby and I know that you love me more than anyone in the world and maybe I'm growing up, okay? Sheesh. Besides, Andrea said she's just nervous around you." She stares me straight in the eye. "Babe, I don't know if you've noticed but you're a bit intimidating. Just because she's nervous doesn't mean she's trying to fuck you. So until she shows up in your office wearing nothing but a trenchcoat and a smile, or tries to I don't know blow you under your desk, I'm choosing to believe that maybe the girl is just nervous."

I sigh and fall back onto the bed. Ana straddles me and presses her hands to my chest. "I love that you are so protective of me and my feelings, but I know you belong to me. And maybe I've had jealousy issues in the past but… I don't know, having a baby changes things. But again she didn't really do anything."

"She lied about you calling!"

"Yeah, I don't know what that's about. She was probably scared to tell you she forgot to pass along the message. God I can only imagine. You probably ripped the hinges off your office door and were foaming at the mouth as you questioned her about me calling. I'd be scared as fuck too! You have this little vein that pulses in your temple when you get pissed." She taps my head. "You better cut that shit out. No good for your blood pressure. Anyway she probably panicked when she realized her mistake."

"And lying is the way to go about it?"

"Christian, baby. I'm not saying she's the best person for the job. But I am saying, you need to give Ros and Andrea something. And if you're going to fire her, just… make sure it's the right thing. Or have someone ready to replace her."

"They made it seem like I was this shitty CEO that's just been on vacation for the past six weeks. I had a child. You and Teddy… you mean more to me than GEH, you know that right? I hated being away from you both."

"I know." She leans forward and rests her head on my chest, her body still straddling my waist as I lay flat on my back. I wrap my arms around her and begin to stroke her back. "It was hard for me today too. I went to call you a million times. I have a hundred videos of Teddy for you to watch." I sit up with her in my arms and press my lips to hers.

"I can't wait to watch them."

"It's going to be about balance. And finding that balance is going to be a process."

"I never want you to feel neglected. You or Teddy. You two and all the other babies we plan to have… you're my world."

"So are you. But… you have another world that needs you too."

"I know." I sigh.

"I know I'm important. And God knows I want you with me all the time, but… GEH needs you too."

I nod, knowing that she's right. "They want to release a statement and a picture or whatever." I grumble.

"Alex called me." She giggles.

"I hate my entire fucking team. I'm firing every last one of them tomorrow."

"You are not. And they only call me because I'm the nicer half. And evidently they think that you listen to me." She says with an eye roll.

"I do listen to you." I tell her as my lips find her neck, feeling the stresses of the day floating away from me and needing her warm body underneath mine now. "I listen to you more than I listen to anyone."

"Well… I think a small release and one photo is okay. Maybe then you won't be hunting down the paparazzi and shelling out thousands of dollars for one grainy picture." She shoots me a look.

"That was one time!"

"I'm just saying if we give them something, they'll settle."

"So we're doing this?"

"I don't think it will hurt."

I set her on the bed so I can start undressing so that I can be on her level. She moves up towards the head of the bed and slides her panties down her legs and tosses them at me. "Hurry up, I don't know when Teddy is going to wake up."

"Did he take a nap today?"

"Two! I was so bored. Usually that's when you and I play. I had nothing to do, I had to play with myself." She pouts though a wicked smirk finds her face.

My head snaps to hers and my eyes dart to the space between her legs. I pull my underwear off, the final piece of clothing as I make my way towards the bed. "Is that right?"

"Only once. During the other nap, I did laundry." I pull her down the bed, wrapping her legs around mine. I suck one of her breasts into my mouth and begin to nibble on the flesh.

"You know how I feel about you touching this pretty pussy without me around to watch."

"It was spur of the moment. I started thinking about you…ah!" She gasps as I bite down on harder. "And me yesterday." She whimpers again. "On the couch."

My dick reacts to the thought as I remember her straddling me as I sat on the couch, her riding me while I sucked her nipples. I've always had an obsession with Ana's tits, but ever since she got pregnant and then gave birth, the obsession has increased tenfold. And not just because they've gotten bigger and more supple. Well okay mostly because of that. But because drinking her breast milk straight from the source has become our favorite kinky activity. I squeeze her nipple slightly. "When is the last time you pumped?" My voice is low, laced with arousal and she lets out a shaky breath. "At four."

"Mmm good." I squeeze again before I seal my lips over the puckered nipple. I suck long and hard as she writhes underneath me and it isn't long before the familiar taste floods my mouth.

I don't do this for long knowing that once I start it isn't long before Anastasia needs me inside of her. Before I need to be inside of her. I let her go with a pop and sit back on my heels and grab both of her ankles and push them back so that they are in line with her ears as I slide into her. "Fuck, Christian!" She screams and I can tell she's close already as I thrust into her, burying myself to the hilt each time.

"Hold your ankles." I order her and shes does as I ask, freeing my hands to roam her sexy body. One hand finds her breast as the other finds her clit as I begin rubbing her aggressively between strokes. "I need you to come."

"Come with me." She whimpers and I shake my head.

"No. I don't want to come here." I move the hand from her breast and grip her jaw. "I want to come here. I want you to come around my cock and then I want you to lick your orgasm off of it." She bites down on her lip nipping my thumb in the process and she clenches around me.

"I want to do that too. God do I. Please make me come, baby."

I continue to press harder into her, knowing that my orgasm is coming just as fast if I keep feeling her wet folds wrapped around my dick for much longer. "Ana, come on baby, or I'm going to explode inside of you."

"I can still blow you after." Her eyes light up but then start to flutter open and closed and I know what that means. "Fuuuuuck. Oh God, I'm going to come."

"That's a good girl, come for me baby." I watch her skin turn pink, a thin layer of sweat coating her and giving her a sexy glow before she explodes, my name leaving her lips like a prayer over and over again as she lets her legs go and they wrap around my waist instantly, keeping me inside of her as she squirms through the rest of her orgasm.

"Oh God!" She lets out a deep breath as her orgasm wanes. She looks up at me a sleepy smile on her face and holds me close to her. "That was incredible. I think I blacked out for a second."

She rolls me on my back and kneels between my legs eyeing my cock that is glistening with her arousal. "Your turn." I close my eyes and let the tension of this bullshit day disappear, only focusing on Ana's mouth sucking it right out of me.

A/N: It's really been over a month since I've updated this!? Guys! I'm sorry. It's been a pretty crazy month getting things ready for Bittersweet Addiction! (Part two of The Expensive Charlatan.) If ya haven't heard, it'll be out July 26! Look for it on Amazon, if you're interested!

Next up: Ana's birthday. Wonder how she'll feel being away from Teddy for a night? And Kate, Elliott, Sean and Shannon are around too? AND Ana can drink? Sounds like Round 3 in the making ;)

Sidebar: in case anyone is about to be upset about Ros and Andrea kind of bossing CG around. LOL. Remember Christian is 24. (Not how we meet him in FSOG.) He's still learning and maybe one day I'll make him that cold hardass that doesn't take any shit- but probably not. He's got Ana already! Besides, not really my style. But anyway, he does respect Andrea and Ros and they stuck by him through all the early stages. Like I said, they're loyal. And although he's the boss, he does value them and their opinions. He's not a pushover, he's just considerate. Okay, that's all!