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C POV
"When I see Reed Anders, I'm going to make him pay for what he did to Mia.", I growl as Ana and I arrive home from my parents'. "I was thankful for him rescuing her from that would be mugger, but now he's at the top of my shit list."
"I don't blame you for being upset with him for what he did, but please don't do anything stupid.", Ana pleads. "Mia needs her brother around, and I need my boyfriend."
"What exactly did you and my sister talk about anyway? When she finally came downstairs, she didn't seem as upset as Elliot claimed her to be."
"I'm not going to betray Mia's confidence by telling you what we talked about, but I will say that she realized Reed's actions were caused by him and him alone." Part of me wants to find out what Ana and Mia discussed, but I understand Ana's point of view. She and Mia have become close so the last thing I want is to interfere in their friendship. "Back to the subject at hand, what are you planning on doing about Reed?" What am I planning on doing about Reed? The fucker needs to pay for what he did, but he's not worth me going to jail.
"I don't know yet. All I know is that I'm so fucking mad!" Ana stalks over to me with darkness clouding her eyes. I'm about to ask what's wrong when she cups my crotch in her hands. "Ana.", I breathe.
"Speaking of fucking.", she grins. "I seem to have an urgent matter that needs to be dealt with in the bedroom." She releases me and struts seductively towards the bedroom, stopping from a second to glance over her shoulder at me. "Are you coming?"
"You better believe it.", I answer while practically racing her to the room. In what seems like a world's record, we're both standing naked in the middle of the room. Both of us are breathing heavily and waiting to see who makes the first move.
"Fuck this.", she hisses while lunging for me. Her hands move to the nape of my neck as our tongues tangle together. I ease my hand down to her sex and slide two fingers inside her dripping wet core.
"You like that baby?" My fingers plunge deeper into her while she throws her head back. How did I get so fucking lucky? I pump my fingers in and out of her slickness, but I remove them before she comes.
"Why?", she pouts.
"I want us to come together.", I answer before directing her backwards to the bed. Her delectable body crashes on to the mattress, and she pulls me down with her. My hands start massaging her breasts as our mouths conjoin.
"I love you." I position my throbbing manhood at her entrance and tease her with the tip briefly before easing inside. Her hips meet mine while I go in deep thanks to her wetness. The movements are slow at first, but then she wraps her legs around me. "Harder."
"We aim to please." Not wanting to go against her wishes, I pick up my speed as the sound of our flesh smacking together fills the room. "Come Ana."
"Oh.", she moans while I feel her come around me. I continue my movements until I feel myself on the edge. A tiny smirk from her is the breaking point as I fill her.
Although I have the day off, I wake the next morning just after sunup. Sleep would be nice, but the Reed situation won't let me. I still have no idea what I'm going to do about him. The old me wouldn't have cared about the consequences of my actions, but I'm a changed man who now realizes that I have more at stake. I have a loving family and girlfriend who need me.
Ana's still curled up on her side in a peaceful slumber. I can't help but trace my finger down the side of her gorgeous face. It suddenly dawns on me that she has to work this afternoon at the diner. I've been so distracted that I forgot about Reed working at the diner. I can't have her working around him.
A POV
"Good morning.", I grin at Christian who's staring at me with an impassive look on his face as I open my eyes. "I'm surprised to see you already awake especially since we were up pretty late last night."
"Too much going on in my mind. How did you sleep?", he asks.
"Great." I scoot closer to him as he leans down and kisses me. "All right, what's bothering you?"
"Ana, what if you got another job?"
"Why would you suggest that? Working in a diner may not the dream job for some people, but I like it."
"One word, Reed. What if he shows up at work today? I don't want you anywhere near him."
"First of all, I can't help it if Reed is there. Mary's the boss, and what she says goes. And secondly, I'm not about to quit my job because of him. I know what he did was wrong, but I'm not changing my life.", I tell him
"You could come and work for me."
"No. I'm going in that diner today just as I have every other day that I've been scheduled. You either accept it or you don't. It's your choice." I move away from him and on to the floor to grab my robe.
"Don't fight me on this.", he says. I tie my sash and turn towards him. "Do you want me to have to worry about you? Because you know damn well that's all that I'll be doing the entire time."
"Christian, before you get worked up more about this, let me call and find out who's working the grill during my shift. Reed may not even be scheduled for today." He seems to relax a bit, but I know this is something that he won't give up on.
"All right. Call and find out."
"The thing is, even though he may not be working today, I'm still bound to see him at some point.", I tell him as I pick up my phone.
"Leave that to me." His glorious naked body stands on the floor and leaves me in a daze. "How about some breakfast?" I'm not sure if he's referring to actual food or something else, but I could go for either. "Since Gail's off, we could go to IHOP." Oh, he actually means food.
"IHOP sounds great. I'm going to call the diner and shower, and then we can go."
When I call the diner, Mary informs me that Reed has called in sick today so that gives me one day of not having to work with him. She also states that she's considering letting him go since he's work quality is poor. As expected, she questions me about why I want to know if he's working, but I only tell her that I like to prepare myself ahead of time.
"Is he working today?", Christian asks from the bathroom where he's getting dressed.
"No. Mary said that he called and said he wasn't feeling well."
"I wonder why. The bastard should feel like shit for what he did last night."
"How about we forget about Reed and enjoy the morning together?", I ask.
Following an enjoyable breakfast and some lounging around the apartment, Sawyer drives me to the diner for my shift which drags by since Sunday is usually our slowest day. Since it was slow, Mary left a little early. At the grill is Jeremy who is better at cooking and getting orders right than Reed.
"Are there any more orders?", Jeremy asks while I'm about to start slicing a tomato.
"Nope." I peek through the window in the kitchen and see that Sawyer is the only one in the diner at the moment. "We don't have any customers."
"Ok. Since the place is empty, I'm going to go and take a small break." I nod at him as he heads out of the swinging door. Grabbing a knife, I begin cutting the tomato on the cutting board.
"Hey Ana.", a voice startles me from behind, causing the knife to slip and cut side of my left ring finger.
"Ahhh.", I wince while turning around to see Reed.
"Oh crap, I'm sorry. I didn't know you were cutting something." Blood is spilling from my finger as I move over to the sink to wash it.
"What are you doing here? Mary told me earlier that you were sick."
"I came by to give my notice to Mary, but I didn't see her car in the front so I thought she might be parked around back. I decided to just come in through the back door." He points to the door at the back of the room. "Let me get a towel to help stop the bleeding."
"Reed, that's not necessary." Instead of arguing with me, he grabs a towel from the supply room and places it on my wound. "I'm capable of taking care of a cut."
"What in the fuck are you doing here!?" I don't have to turn around to know who the pissed off voice belongs to. "Get the fuck away from her.", Christian snarls before grabbing Reed by the collar of his shirt and slamming him into the wall beside us.
"Ana cut her finger, and I was just helping." Gray eyes with a mixture of anger and worry dart at me. "You can either beat the hell out of me or help your girlfriend. It's your choice." Christian releases his hold and rushes over to me.
C POV
"Baby, let me see." I carefully move back the towel that Ana and I are collectively holding to see how deep she cut her finger. "You may need stitches."
"I don't think it's that bad.", she insists. Dead Man Walking Anders is glaring at us, but I can see that he's nervous. If he were a smart man, he would take my tending to Ana as a way to get a head start on his escape from my clutches.
"It looks pretty deep."
"I feel bad for sneaking up on her like that and making her cut her finger. I also feel terrible about what happened last night with Mia. Your sister is an amazing girl who deserves to be with someone better than me."
"You're right about that. Make no doubt about it, I'm going to make you pay.", I hiss at him while leading Ana to the door. My top priority at the moment is Ana and getting her to the hospital. Sawyer jumps from his seat when he sees me and Ana walking from the kitchen.
"Jeremy, I cut my finger so my boyfriend is going to take me to have it checked.", Ana says to the grill cook who I met when I arrived.
Once we're at the hospital, Ana is directed to an exam room almost immediately. The doctor agrees that the cut was deep but could a have been worse. Five stitches later, she's ready to go home. She called Mary as we were leaving the diner to let her know what happened. It was no surprise that Mary told her to that someone else would finish her shift.
"Now that your finger has been checked, I need to know why Reed was there. He called in today, didn't he?"
"I was telling you the truth if you're about to accuse me of lying."
"I'm not accusing you of lying."
"I was cutting a tomato when he came in the back door. He said that he stopped by to give Mary his notice, but she wasn't there."
"When I saw him touching you, I was furious.", I say.
"Really? I couldn't tell.", she giggles. Oh that smart mouth! "Since we're on the subject of people stopping by the diner, why were you there?"
"I was looking over resumes for the head of PR position, but I found myself missing you so I decided to stop by and see my girl. Jeremy said that it would be ok if I went in the kitchen." She moves her right hand on top of the her injured finger. "Does it hurt?"
"A little.", she answers. I gently touch the finger before leaning into her ear.
"One day, I'm going to put a ring on this finger."
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