Wednesday 20th July 2011
Christian's POV
I have just finished a call with Sawyer as he hadn't shown up for work. He was supposed to get here for half past seven, in order to arrive early at Grey House with Taylor and I this morning. The paps need to be taken care of before the bulk of my staff reach the entrance and I had arranged for most of my security detail to be downstairs for eight o'clock, to ensure that the entrance was clear. However, Sawyer has chosen this morning to 'oversleep,' which has made us all run late.
From what Ana said last night after Hannah left and what I heard on the phone this morning, the two may have had some sort of reconciliation. So long as it doesn't interfere with his work, I don't really care if he is dating another GEH staff member. I mean, it would be very hypercritical of me if I refused him to date her, plus Taylor and Gail are in close proximity to each other most of the time and that doesn't hinder their jobs, although there was that incident in the playroom. This one time I will overlook, as it must have taken him by surprise.
It's nearly time to leave, so I make my way into the bedroom to wake up Ana. I have let her sleep later than usual these past few days, as I want her to rest as much as possible before she goes back to work tomorrow. "Hey baby," I say softly, trying to coax her out of her slumber. She looks so peaceful. I don't really want to disturb her, but I need to remind her of the scan this afternoon. She mumbles something that sounds like 'go away' which makes me smile. "Oh Ana, that's not very nice, telling me to go away. Who would keep you warm in bed at night, if I wasn't here."
"Teddy," she says as she blindly grabs in the area where Mr Ted is sitting on the bedside table. She finds the stuffed bear and snuggles him against her breasts.
"I don't think he can keep you warm in the same way I can, baby. Now, you gotta wake up."
"Oh! Don't want to, leave me alone!" She's all whiny like a petulant teenager. If she wasn't pregnant with a recovering injury, I'd grab her ankles and drag her out of the bed. That would certainly get her eyes open. I take to fondling her nipples through her t-shirt instead and they instantly harden. She moans her appreciation of my touch, and as soon as I hear this I stop and stand up. Her eyes spring open at my abrupt departure and they peer at me intensely through her wayward hair. "Come, get up lazybones."
"What time is it?"
"Quarter past eight, I should have left by now. It's taken nearly ten minutes to wake you up, your gonna feel it tomorrow."
"I know, I need an early night tonight, Christian."
"Oh, I like the sound of that," I say as I sit on the bed, my hands start to push her wild hair out of her eyes so that I can see my beautiful girl. "We can have that playroom date I hoped for last night." We didn't get to the playroom, as Ana started to yawn not long after Hannah left, so thought it best not to tire her out even further with my demands. "We have the scan this afternoon, I will try and get home by half past two. Then after the doctor leaves, I think the playroom."
"Mm, sounds very tempting Mr Grey. Maybe I can ride you on the new Tally Ho chair."
"Oh, want to take charge, cowgirl?"
"I sure do, Mr Grey!" she says as she slaps her thigh and my cock instantly twitches at the sound of the sting.
"Well then, Miss Steele, I will see you later."
In the end, we managed to pay for the doctor to come here and have the scan done at Escala. I had to do quite a bit of negotiating to get them to agree, but the large amount of cash proved fruitful. At least this way, the paps won't be hounding us and Ana won't be stressed out thinking someone will barge into the room whilst we are half way through the scan.
We are taking the SUV this morning, to see how difficult it is to get into Grey House, as Mia said it took her ten minutes to try and get past them. They recognised her straight away and wouldn't let her in. In the end she had to call the main reception and have Taylor go down and help her through. I wasn't aware of this until he told me when we returned from Flynn's office.
We reach Grey House at a few minutes to nine. Most of the security team are standing outside and are holding back the paps. However, as soon as they see the car they all make a dash towards us. I think I need to talk to Ana this afternoon, to see if she will do a press conference tomorrow. We can't continue with this fiasco outside, it's dangerous and it must be putting people off of entering the building.
Taylor parks the car in the basement car park and joins the team. I see Sawyer also get out of the SUV and starts to walk toward me, he's made good timing. "Sawyer, Taylor is outside, trying to hold back those idiots."
"Yes sir. Oh, and sorry about my being late this morning. The alarm… erm? Well I wasn't at home and I didn't think to set my phone to wake me up."
I smirk, I know that setting his phone's alarm was the last thing on his mind. At least he isn't doing the walk of shame this morning and had the decency to go home and change. "It's okay, just don't make a habit of it."
I take my private elevator up to the top floor and as I get to reception, Mia is where she should be, behind her desk and talking to someone on the phone. "Yes Mr Dawson, Mr Grey is in the office today, but has yet to arrive." Oh it's Cliff, I hope everything is all right?
"Mia, let me talk to him please," I say as I hold my hand out for the phone, which she hands me straight away.
"Hey Cliff, I just arrived. How's it going?"
"Great Grey, I just called to make sure you were still on for lunch. I didn't want to ring your mobile, in case you were up in that chopper of yours. I see from the news that you have taken to the skies." I wince at his use of the word chopper. He sounds just like Elliot who always referred to Charlie Tango as 'my big chopper', and that I had to buy 'my big chopper' to compensate for 'my little chopper'. How the fuck he knows how big or small my dick is, is beyond me, but I remember one of his old haunts calling him Mr Chipolata once, so I'm sure I beat him hands down.
"Yes, but I have an appointment at three, so have to leave here by two, I know it's a bit early, but would twelve o'clock be okay?"
"Yeah, fine. I'm not back to business yet, taking a few days off this week to get back into the swing of things, plus I want to start redecorating this place." We end the call and I ask Mia to get me a cup of coffee, black with one sugar. She jumps up and almost skips over to the coffee machine. I look down and see her shoes are as ridiculous as Ana's shoes the other week.
"Mia, do you have any lower heels? I don't want you to do what Ana did, she had similar heels on when she fell."
"Do I have to?" she's all pouty, this will never do.
"No, but if you injure yourself on my property, I won't be paying any compensation out, you get enough out of me as it is. I suggest two inches at the most. To be honest, I might make it a dress code across the company." I see Andrea look up, I know that she's another victim of the killer heels fashion.
"I don't think I possess a pair that low, well I do but they are espadrilles. Not something to come to work in."
"Get something sensible at lunchtime, take Sawyer with you as he's come in today. I don't want you injuring yourself, remember the wedding," I say in a low voice, so no-one else hears. Andrea of course is aware that it will be in the next month or so, but other than family, no-one else knows it will be so soon.
"Yes sir," she almost salutes as she hands me my coffee. I notice some pastries on her desk, so grab one and walk off quickly, leaving behind a bewildered sister.
As I reach my desk, I hear my phone ping with a text
A: I'm in the Playroom. The door is locked. What would you like me to do?
C: Fuck it, Ana! I wish I was there... Play with yourself!
A: Play with what, my hardened nipples or my wet pussy?
C: Dear god, your nipples first, squeeze the little fuckers and pull hard on them.
A: Feels so good, I wish it was you doing this to me, sucking on them.
C: So do I, Baby. I wish I was there to hear your moans.
A: Phone me!
Fuck, why didn't I think of that. I dial her number and she picks up on the first ring.
"Oh baby, move your hand down, I want you to rub your clit." I am quite abrupt in my demands, but fuck it, I am so turned on and she's all breathy. I hear her moan as she inserts her fingers into herself and rubs her clit with the other hand.
"Oh Christian. I'm all wet," she moans.
"Put the phone on loud speaker and put it on your thigh so I can hear you play with yourself." She does this and I also put the ear piece into my ear and turn the volume up, so that I have both hands free. I can hear her fingers moving, the schlocking of her slick wetness can be heard just above her groaning. I look down and I am tented. The door is locked, so I take my cock out of my pants and play with myself. As I hear Ana get more and more aroused, I find myself doing the same, I get a tissue from the box on my desk and as Ana screams out her climax in the playroom, I shoot my load into the tissue in my office.
Fucking hell, that's the first time that I have had phone sex. I'll have to do this again. "Thank you Mr Grey," she says, I can sense her smiling.
"Why, thank you too Miss Steele. That was fucking awesome, but nothing like the real thing. I can't wait to get hold of you."
"Mm, only another seven hours to go. I love you, Christian."
"I love you too, baby. I better go, or I will be jerking off in here all morning and the staff will wonder what's going on."
"See you later, love you."
"Love you both," at this she sighs and hangs up. I go and sort myself out in my private bathroom and wash my hands.
Ana's POV
I hang up as I end the call to Christian, I feel so naughty with what I just did. I am brought out of my delicious thoughts by someone knocking at the playroom door, and it startles me and I almost jump off the bed. "Ana, are you okay?" It's Gail, why is she worried if I am okay?
I pull my robe tight around me, grab my phone from off of the bed and make my way to the door. Dubiously I open it and find a quite worried housekeeper, the concern is etched across her face. "I heard screaming, I thought you had fallen over."
"Erm? No, not quite," I say. I am so embarrassed, the walls are supposed to be soundproofed, she must have been right outside in the hallway when I was on the phone to Christian. Gail looks at me and notices my flushed state, she turns redder than the walls of the playroom on realising what has gone on.
"Oh gosh, sorry Ana, it's just with Mr Grey not being here, I thought you had fallen. I didn't think… oh how embarrassing," she doesn't know where to look.
I hold up the phone and wave it in the air. "He sort of was here," I grin, but it's a forced smile and more like a grimace.
"Again, I am sorry. I was in the guest room when I heard, I shouldn't have…"
"Yes, you should have Gail, as I could have been injured and unconscious for all you know. Maybe we need a password," I giggle, trying to curb my shame, but it comes out almost like a mad woman's laugh.
Cliff's POV
Jeez, I just managed to get through all the security downstairs, it's a good job Grey wants to lunch in his office, think it's gonna be a liquid lunch so I cabbed here for a change. There are at least ten men at the entrance and inside the reception area, making sure that people can get through. All the cameras outside must be because of the news from last week.
I was pretty shocked at what I read. Grey marrying Ana I could see happening, the way he looked at her when he came around after they returned from Savannah spoke volumes. He probably felt that way before in my playroom, but he masked it well. When he visited me I had calmed down, I knew that my time with Ana was only temporary and she deserved better than what I could give her. From what Grey has said, there is no contracts and they are doing the vanilla thing, but I bet the cuffs find their way into the bedroom. The baby was a shocker, so soon. They must be happy as Grey was in a good mood when I called earlier, and last night when he rang me.
I make my way to the top floor and get out of the elevator, only to be faced with a large black and white panda on the wall. Looks like a kid painted it with his poster paints, I bet Grey paid good money for such a crappy picture. I walk to the desk and the receptionist looks up from her computer screen and I am stumped. A brunette treasure in a sea of blonds, she's stunning. Freckles, silky brown hair and dark brown eyes, like chocolate. I grin, I don't think I have smiled this wide since I spotted Ana with Cissy and I must look like a right fool. "Can I help you, sir?"
Yeah sweet cheeks, I'd like your number.
"I'm here to see Mr Grey, name of Dawson… Cliff Dawson," I say as I put my hand out for a shake. I have an urge to touch her, I know I shouldn't as she's a stranger, but by god she's glorious.
"Oh, I spoke to you on the phone this morning, Mr Dawson, I'm Mia." Mia… I wonder if she's married or attached? I can't see a ring, but notice her bracelet, I bet that set someone back a few bucks. She phones through to Grey. "Christian, Mr Dawson is here, shall I send him in?" There's a pause and she rolls her eyes, does she not have any respect for the man. "Yes, Christian, I will remember to call you Mr Grey at the office." She hangs up and chuckles to herself, she has a bit of a cheek about her and I like it. She comes around the desk and all I see is legs, long curvy legs, she's all curves with a tight waist. I find my cock tingling, it's been responsive to some degree since last week. I have been getting sensations downstairs, but nothing occurs and it's just a feeling similar to that night in the playroom with Ana and Grey.
She escorts me to Greys office and when I go in, she grins at him and he shakes his head, but he's smiling. Maybe they know each other outside of work.
"That will be all, Mia."
"Yes Mr Grey," and she salutes him before she leaves.
"Do your receptionists all treat you like that?" I ask, I am shocked he doesn't reprimand her.
"Only the ones that are my sister, she only started this week and I keep telling her to be more formal. She will learn, eventually."
"Sister?" Shit, my hopes of getting to know her better have been dashed. "Shame, I thought of taking her for a drink."
"Did you ask her?" Grey looks shocked, worried.
"Nah, I wouldn't do that on first meeting, but I was thinking of making some sort of excuse to come back," I laugh, but Grey is not sure how to take me. "Don't worry, I won't touch her. You know I can't do anything anyway, so what is the point."
"It's early days Cliff. How's things anyway?"
"Good as they can be. I need to get back to reality and deal with all the crap I left behind. John is still yet to be buried and as I said before, he will have a paupers funeral once the police release his body. I won't waste my money on that scum bag, so it will be a basic send off with no one there." I see Grey flinch at his name, he doesn't want to be reminded of him. "I'm also redecorating my house, I was thinking of moving but it was where I grew up so will just give it a complete overhaul. I am getting rid of the playroom and will turn it back into a cinema, I'm done trying to be a Dom in the BDSM lifestyle. I think I only really got into it as there was so much more to do other than having actual sex. I didn't want to punish, although I did punish Ana a few times, but I now know that it was the drugs that urged me on," I hang my head in shame. "By some standards, it was nowhere near what some Doms do. Spanking more than anything and the crop, but nothing like what they do at the clubs."
"Well, I can't condone you for what you did, I was harsher than that, the belt, cane and cat came out on a regular basis with my subs. Ana has never been subject to any of that, although she still wants the playroom."
"I knew it! I knew you wouldn't get rid of it," I laugh,. "Got the best of both worlds there Grey, being in love with kink thrown in for fun."
"Yeah and I will have a better and bigger one at the new house. I am buying some land at Mercer Island and having a house built, hopefully Elliot's company will do that."
"Mercer Island, which part?" I'm intrigued. My parents were going to buy a house there when I was three, but they ended up buying the house that I am in now.
"The whole of Calkins Point, including the parkland."
"Shit, you don't do things by halves. How much, if you don't mind me asking?"
"Do not say anything to anyone, including Ana. It's costing me fifty million, I paid what they asked, I didn't bother haggling over it, I wanted it. The house might come in at around fifteen million on top of that price." I am flabbergasted, it's a ridiculous sum, but he earns a ridiculous income. "There will be three properties, the main house, the staff house and also a single story property for my father."
"Carrick is moving too?"
He's laughing, I got something seriously wrong. "No, my biological father. We connected a few weeks ago and he's moving to Seattle to be with us. He will initially have a place at Escala a few floors down from me, and then when we move he is to have his own place on the site with his carer, as he is wheelchair bound."
"I can understand the need for a house now you are expanding," I grin, "congratulations on the baby and you're getting hitched."
"Are you okay with it Cliff, I mean… with Ana and all the crap that went down."
"I've got no choice. I knew it would never last and I was only holding onto her for dear life with your help. Think the best man for Ana won. No hard feelings so long as you call the baby Clifford."
"Well, at the moment it's called Teddy," he smiles. I can now tell he's delighted with the news, who wouldn't be? "We have a scan this afternoon, that's why I had to bring our liquid lunch forward," he says as he hands me another large bourbon.
"So, Mia…" he ponders for a bit, "are you really attracted to her?"
"Yeah, who wouldn't be?"
"Me for a start, Cliff she is a nightmare. She is extremely high maintenance and you will never get your own way. She wraps me around her little finger most of the time and no one other than Mia and Ana can do that."
"Are you giving me your permission to ask her out?"
"I can't tell you or her what to do, it's your life, although if you mess her around I will have your balls."
It will be difficult, I can't hang around outside trying to get to know her before I ask her out on a date. "Where does she go to work out?"
"At the Crunch, NE 8th St. Are you just going to accidentally on purpose bump into her there?"
"Yeah, easy way to get to know each other, I need to work out more than ever now I'm not taking the steroids. I also need to change my gym, as all the guys at my regular one use the stuff. It won't be a good idea to go back there."
"No, suppose it would be a bad move to return to the place that started your addiction, they should be shut down... If you do go and meet her, I must warn you, Mia can be a handful." I didn't think he would be so accepting of me dating his sister, but he has given me fair warning. I just hope my balls don't end up as his trophy cuff links.
