Written in the Stars

By Tvdfanpam

Chapter 29

New Career Path

Thanks for your patience while I decided which direction to take this story.

Ana went home the next day with slightly elevated blood pressure with the agreement she would stay off her feet for the next week. The following week they met with a high risk Obstetrician who ran all manner of tests on Ana and the baby. Ana was pronounced healthy and so was the baby. It was determined the high blood pressure was the result of the trauma of the kidnapping attempt. Too soon to tell what they were having yet, they were both hoping for a boy the first go around.

Christian had a heart to heart talk with Ana about continuing to work at the school. She agreed with him that they would both have high blood pressure if she went back there after the kidnapping attempt. It was hard for her to give up the job she really enjoyed but she knew the pregnancy put her at a greater risk.

She was determined to have some sort of job to keep her sanity and came up with the idea of a blog about books. She would read books and write reviews on her blog and make recommendations for what to read next. After reading one of the articles she wrote, Christian called Ros and asked her to research Seattle Independent Publishers. They could always use a tax write off if the venture proved less than profitable. The CEO/owner was Jerry Roach and Christian called him to see if he was ready to sell out since Ros' research showed he was close to retirement age.

Mr. Roach was ready to sell for the right price so without too much negotiating, Christian and Ana owned their first publishing company. He bought it with their own private funds instead of GEH. He just had to break the news to Ana that she was the new co-owner/CEO. He walked into the bedroom where Ana was resting with her laptop on her portable desk across her still flat belly. "Good news baby! You can review books for Seattle Independent Publishers on your blog! I bought it for you!" She blinked at him several times then pinched the bridge of her nose moving her portable desk off her lap and opened and closed her mouth like a fish without a sound.

"We may not make much money off of it, so it will be a nice tax write off. You can read manuscripts, publish the ones you like and write a review of them on your blog!" He thought he had come up with a brilliant plan; Ana thought he was crazy!

"You have more money than sense sometimes. I can't believe you bought a publishing company! I don't know the first thing about running a publishing company! What were you thinking?" She had got off the bed and was pacing around the room as she ranted. She was even running her fingers through her hair like Christian did when he was upset!

"Love, calm down. Think of the baby! I was thinking you needed something to do that you could use your degree. After all, you worked hard to get it. You can hire someone to help you run the company. You can work as much or as little as you want. You will be the boss." He rubbed her arms to calm her down. "Do you think Kate would be interested in working with you?" Ana smiled and hugged him. He sighed into her hair, glad he got something right! He had felt so guilty that she had to quit the job she loved at the school.

"Actually yes. I think she would be interested. She was seriously thinking of withdrawing from school. She was only getting her master's because she wasn't sure her dad wanted her to work for him at the newspaper." Ana picked up her phone to call Kate.

Christian smiled in satisfaction. One problem solved. Now to break his other news.

A/N:

I haven't read many stories where Ana and Kate work together in publishing so I thought they might like working together! I have already started the next chapter. More new things coming for the couple! Thanks for reading and for all the nice reviews! I really appreciate the interest in this story and that helped me get back into it.