A/N: Thank you for all the amazing reviews and welcome to the new followers reading my story.
I wrote the confrontation with Elena last night. It would only be in chapter 28. Right after Ros's WTF moment, which turned out to be awesome.
Chapter 25: And everything was going just fine…until it wasn't…
Ana POV:
Christian was supposed to come home today, but his trip got extended and he will now only be back tomorrow late afternoon or early evening…just in time for a business dinner. I miss him and it is quiet here without him. I've spoken to him three times since Saturday and it would have been more if we didn't miss seven calls between the two of us. I was hesitant to send the first e-mail with all my questions, but he answered every question I asked this week truthfully. I decided not to research anymore. I prefer to hear his answer instead of searching for an answer that made no sense and only creates more fears.
As I wait for Kate to finish and for Elliot to get her to finish already, I think back to how different my life seems now. Jose decided that since I missed his show and my controlling boyfriend pulled my photos from said show, we should not be in contact as much as we used to. I wanted to explain that I was sick, but the words he used to describe Christian made me see red and my only response was that I will miss him. He's so blind with jealousy right now that he even fails to see that I pulled my photos myself. Kate and I are growing closer by the day. She's not so bossy over me and when I asked about it, she said that she respects my relationship with Christian. She was only looking out for me since I was always alone, but there are more than enough men looking out for me now, so she can just be my friend…as it should be.
I miss Christian. I would have preferred to call Christian, but he is in a scheduled five hour meeting. It will be after ten before he will be able to talk to me. That doesn't stop us from texting and at least that's something we've been doing a lot.
- I wish you were here to go dancing with me - I text him and wait for the reply, which comes instantly.
- I hope you are not planning to dance with anyone but Kate. Even Elliot is pushing it. - I read his reply. It didn't take me long to realize that he is very jealous. I even like that about him.
- You will be happy to know that the only man I want touching me, is unavailable. It will leave me to touching myself instead. - I sent it and smile as I imagine his face.
- Fuck baby. No touching! For anyone! I can't wait until I see you tomorrow. Join me for dinner? -
- Uhm…thank you, but your PA's attendance is not required…plus Ros will be there and we said Saturday. -
- You could happen to be at the Mile High. You could also happen to go to the manager's office while I'm there taking a call… -
- I could also wait for you in your bed… -
- I'll take that. Enjoy your night, baby. Behave and be safe! -
- Miss you. Enjoy your meeting. x -
"Now I know that smile cannot possibly be for us." I hear Elliot's voice and look up at him. "No, there is only one man that gets that smile and he's not even here. Don't move." He takes his phone and while I'm still smiling, takes my picture. He hands me the phone and he sent it to Christian with a caption, - What I wouldn't give for my girl to smile like this for me…and you're not even with her. -
- Leave her alone, Elliot. And take care of her for me…please. - I read his response and when Elliot reaches for his phone, I pull it back.
- You said please.- I type from his phone and get a quick response.
- Ana would be proud. - I read the text and hand it to Elliot, indeed proud that he's learning so quickly.
Elliot reads the messages and stuffs his phone in his pocket. Kate and Elliot doesn't say anything about Luke's presence. It makes me wonder if this will be a permanent thing. At least we have a driver taking us wherever we want to go and we don't have to worry about him drinking too much. Kate and I get into the back of the SUV and Elliot into the front.
"Does Mr. Grey know about this outing?" I hear Luke ask Elliot and bite on my tongue.
"He knows and as long as she's safe, it will be fine." Elliot answers and I decide to choose my battles, with the right people anyway.
Elliot POV:
Shit, I should have asked Sawyer to get one more guy to accompany us tonight. The club is packed and even the VIP section contains other people I don't know. Christian would blow his top if he sees this. He's need for security regarding females in our family, and especially this girl who rocked his world, is over the top and shit like this doesn't meet his approval under normal circumstances. Since Ana started at GEH, nothing has been normal. Sawyer decreased the distance he would usually keep and Ana didn't really like that. After promising Christian, more than once today, that nothing will go wrong, I'm trying to keep that promise. The photos taken as we entered the club and earlier when we were dancing, is sure to hit the gossip columns by morning. For me, Ana looks hot. Christian might not share my opinion however.
And everything was going just fine…until it wasn't.
Some idiot decided to dance behind Ana and when he's hand came down on her ass, her hand came down on his face. He apologized, seeing that he is about to lose the fight with me and Sawyer, but that was after the scumbags already got more than one shot of the incident. I'll have to call Christian before this hits the internet and it's sure to be a conversation I would never forget. Even though he doesn't realize it, he loves this girl. Hell, we all love this girl. She has done more for my brother in a matter of days than what we did for him in years…John included.
Despite the incident, the night was a blast. Ana and Kate enjoyed their night and when they switched over to shots, Sawyer came to sit next to me looking at the two of them.
"You do know that you're brother is probably going to fire me and kill you, right?" He asks with a smile on his face. Everyone is smiling these days. I'd hate to be the one to ruin that for us.
"I sent him a text to call me as soon as possible." Not like I look forward to be the bearer of bad news. Then again, nothing really happened and no one even knows who she is anyway. The only reason it might make the papers is because I'm with her. Sometimes it sucks to be a Grey.
"He's in a meeting. It's after 8am in Moscow now and he plans to leave before 4pm. He would have left later, but he wants to be here early tomorrow. I think he wants to see her before his dinner meeting." With any luck, he won't see the news before he lands and then will be too busy to read it.
"I will be sure to be very busy tomorrow and even Friday." I say and tap him on the shoulder. "I'll think of you man. But I'm confident you can handle yourself." Ana heard that.
"Luke, I wouldn't worry about it. It's not as if you did anything wrong." She says to Luke and clearly, she doesn't know my brother that well yet. Seeing reason is not a gift he received at birth. We should've taken the guys details and give it to him to direct his anger at the right person.
"My job is to make sure everyone else behaves themselves where you are concerned." He explains and she dismisses that with her small hand and a massive eye roll. I wonder what Christian thinks of that particular bad habit.
"Oh please. Relax. I'll be sure to tell him to cool it." She tells him and we look at each other before we start laughing. I'm sure she will say just that to him and I'm sorry that I'll miss it. That would be one of those moments where Christian wants to kill her, but can't.
Ana POV:
I woke up early, unable to sleep longer even though I should still be tired after only getting to bed after eleven last night. It's a little after seven when I walk out into the kitchen to see Elliot sitting on the couch in the living room with his phone to his ear and his head in his hand. By the looks of things, the news hit the press and Mr. Grey is not happy. I go to start the coffee and make tea for me, thankful that Elliot is taking the most of his brother's initial anger. By the time he gets here this afternoon, all would be forgotten. He can over react all he wants as long as that excludes me.
"I told him you were fine and it really looks worse in print than what it actually was." Elliot says as he walks into the kitchen, grateful for the coffee I push into his hands.
"Thank you. Hopefully he would have calmed down by the time he gets home." I tell him and take my tea.
"Highly unlikely since he's plane just landed and he's planning on going straight to the office." He says with a grin and I almost spit out my tea.
"He just finished he's meetings not too long ago." I try to work out for myself.
"Yep, and then went straight to the airport to fly home, which is ten hours behind Moscow." Awesome! "So you, my dear Ana, have a pissed off, grumpy, tired and jetlagged boss, waiting for you at the office. For your sake, I hope he doesn't stay long, but if I were you, I would start with a reminder that you're his girlfriend. He seems to like that word. It might cool his jets. Maybe loosen a couple of buttons on that top too, it could only help." He suggests, but I don't see that as working for me with so many of Fifty's personalities coming out to play this morning. Damn, am I glad I don't have a hangover.
As I walk into the building and I see Taylor signalling for Luke to follow him. Why am I this nervous when I did nothing wrong? I didn't even get drunk for goodness sake. Walking out of the elevator, I run into Ros who is on her way to Christian's office and I sigh loudly. If they have a meeting, we can't have an argument.
"I see you made the news early this morning. Or Elliot did, with you as the main feature." She tells me as she walks me to my desk.
"I haven't seen it, but I'm sure it got blown out of proportion. It really wasn't that bad." I say and put down my bag to stare at the closed door, wondering if he is inside.
"Elliot Grey was again seen with his girlfriend, Kathrine Kavanagh. Also with the couple was a friend of theirs, Anastasia Steele. Big brother Grey even arranged private security for the night out and it seems it came in handy. When an unknown man at the club got hands-on with Ms. Steele, Mr. Grey and his private security were quick to come to the rescue. Unfortunately for the unknown man, it was only after Ms. Steele's hand left a red print on his face. Mr. Grey refused to comment, but it seems he is very protective of the beautiful brunette often seen in the couple's presence." She reads the article and I didn't even notice the door is now open and a tired looking Christian is standing there staring at me.
"Enjoy the night out, Ms. Steele?" He asks, his unhappiness clear. I wish Ros would leave in order for me to get a hug and a kiss after days apart.
"Which single girl wouldn't? I mean, Ana, this guy is kind off hot, even if I have to say so myself. And to have Sawyer and Elliot come to your defence…I always miss all the fun. Good thing Elliot asked Sawyer to tag along. Not that it would have been awful to have such a hot guy's hands on you, I suppose." Ros goes on and she's not really helping with Christian's mood. Maybe she suspects something and is taunting the poor guy on purpose. Then she turns to Christian, "A beautiful girl like Ana shouldn't be single, then shit like this wouldn't happen." She states calmly and walk past Christian into his office.
"Good morning, Mr. Grey." I say softly. "Did you have a good trip?" Oh please just wait until Ros has gone back to her office.
"Morning, Anastasia. I would like to see you after my meeting with Ros." He says exhausted, going back into his office but turning back to me to close the door. "And then I have some things you need to take care off for me, you'll need to leave in an hour and it will take the rest of the day." A good assistant would argue, but a good girlfriend knows when not to.
Thirty minutes later Ros comes out of his office and closes the door behind her. "We should be glad he's too exhausted to stay at the office today. It would have been better if he went straight home." She says as she walks past my desk back to her office. I don't wait to be called. I get up and walk up to his door. Knocking softly, I open the door to see him standing at his window staring down at the busy city. I wonder what he's thinking when he does that.
"You wanted to see me," I say, closing the door behind me.
Standing there in his suit pants and shirt with no tie, sleeves rolled up, he looks sexy even with exhaustion on his face. I don't think it's possible for him to ever not look good. No wonder women all want him and men all want to be him. He walks past me to the door and lock it before coming to stand in front of me. I only have a second to look into his eyes before he pulls me into his arms and his mouth closes over mine.
Like every other time he kissed me, I completely lose myself, not able to get enough of him. If this is what I get after a couple of days without seeing him, I'm tempted to arrange a couple of more trips for him. Not as long as this one though.
"I missed you so fucking much." He tells me when we finally pull part. Both hands on the side of my face.
"I can tell." I smile up at him. "So, you're not mad?" I ask, trying to see where we're at right now.
"Oh, I'm mad, baby. Palm twitching mad. This wouldn't have happened if everyone knew you are mine. And I said no touching." The only thing I heard, was palm twitching mad. If it would feel like the other time he spanked me during sex, I'm all for that. As he said, it will make us both feel better. "Where did he touch you?" He might be mad, but I might be able to turn this around.
I take his hand and move it down to my ass to show him where the idiot touched me. "Right here. It didn't do anything for me. Seems my body only responds to your touch." I tell him and feel him pull me closer to him.
"Did you come to work with your car?"
"No, I came with Luke. I thought it would help to put you in a better mood." I say and when he smiles, I'm glad I decided against my own stubbornness.
"It helps. Get your things and meet me at the car, baby. I have some things you need to take care of for me." He tells me and with the erection he pushes against me, I can just imagine what those things are.
Taylor is sitting quietly in the front seat with Luke following behind us. Christian is holding onto my hand, rubbing my palm with his thumb, his head back against the headrest with his eyes closed.
"You should've gone straight home to get some sleep." I say to him.
"I know, but I left something at the office and I had to go get it first." He tells me without even opening his eyes.
"Something?" I ask, not impressed that I'm being referred to as a something.
He opens one eye to look at me with a grin on his face, "My sanity."
"I would've thought you gave up that search a long time ago." I tease as we enter the parking lot. He simply pulls me out of the car with him and into the elevator.
"Baby, if I didn't know better, I would think you are deliberately trying to get me to spank you." He says before bending down to lift me. I wrap my legs around his waist as my back hits the back of the elevator. "All you have to do is ask, baby. I'll make it so good for you." He bites down on my shoulder, the sudden change in him alerting me that I'm about to get fucked.
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