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Chapter 10: Carefree Diva

December 1st, 2019

CPOV

It's 6pm as we make our way to tent setup behind the resort in a secluded area. The clear tent is illuminated with red and orange hued lights making it look like a slow burning ember against the backdrop of a dense and dark forest and it's breathtaking. We walk in and he scent of jasmine and roses fills the air and strings of marigolds and roses hanging from the ceiling, illuminated with candles and hanging light bulbs.

It's warm and seductive and smells like Ana. We are in her world.

I walk to the Bridal Party table and see Kate rearranging the seating assignments. As I get close, she smiles. "I fixed them" and she gives me a wink. I give her a nod.

"Grey, if you break her heart I will do everything in my power to tear you down. Ana didn't grow up like us, she's so incredibly pure of heart it actually hurts" And I have no doubt about it.

"I understand." I say. "Kate?" She looks back at me and I ask her "what's a Goa holiday?"

Her expression softens and she slides into the seat next to me.

"It's an antiquated concept among women in India. Women who are settling down for marriages with men they know they will have nothing in common with... they take a holiday to Goa, to have that one last perfect weekend, a memory that they can hold on to for the rest of their lives to cope with the disappointment of reality. But it can apply to anything."

I remain quiet. Kate continues "I know what she's thinking Grey, she's half expecting you to act like she never existed after you go back to Seattle, so she's using this as a defense mechanism to prepare herself for the worst because she doesn't see how phenomenal she is. She will literally take whatever she can get and make the most out of it and dare not ask for more. It's fucking stupid but I'll talk her out of it, don't worry."

"I appreciate that Kate." I give her a small smile. She winks back and gets up to go get a drink but words about Ana cut through me.

As everyone settles down to take their seats, Mia takes hers in front of mine and exclaims, "I just saw Ana, guys. HOLY HELL!"

"Oh you guys ain't see anything yet. She's gonna be a scorcher tonight" Kate says excitedly.

And now we wait. The suspense of it all is killing me.

The lights dim and the DJ announces "Ladies and Gentlemen, please give a warm welcome to the gorgeous Maid of Honor, Anastasia." Everyone claps and cheers and I see Ana walk in with a shy smile, everything slows down and nothing else matters anymore.

It's as if a crimson rose is blooming, floating in the air as her sari flows out from side to side as she walks to the center of the dance floor. As everyone cheers and whistles she does a twirl at the center and it's cinematic.

She's looks different, her skin slightly tan, crimson lips, smoky eyes and her hair, her fucking hair is blown out to perfection with a head piece that adorns her forehead and statement earrings. The sari cloth draped around her doesn't hide much of her torso and her blouse is deep enough to show the swell of her perfect breasts. It's like she wants me to die of a heart attack.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, Adaab and Good Evening. Welcome to Kiran and Daniel's Sangeet. Tonight is all about dancing the night away and letting loose for a while. It's our last night here together so let's make the most of it. For those of you who are unfamiliar with South Asian traditions, I apologize in advance for the leg cramps and migraines that will follow after." She giggles and the room laughs.

"We're going to start the night off with the couple's first dance set to a song that talks about the celebration of a love story that people only dream about finding in their own lives."

She signals to Karan who makes his way from the bridal party table to the stage and they both take their places.

"This is gonna be so good. Hearing Ana practice this song for the past couple of months, she's sounds so freaking amazing." Kate claps in excitement.

The band starts to play, the piano first, followed by the sitar, then the warmth of the flute followed by Ana's voice fills the air with a angelic echo and even though I don't understand the words, I'm intoxicated. Her voice isn't as light and airy as before, it's more seductive, a little dark I feel it throughout my being. The whole room is silent and captivated by her. She tells a story with her voice and body as she lightly sways her hips and hands. I feel almost unworthy of being in her presence.

The married couple dances away as other couples slowly join them. I see Grace and Carrick smiling and dancing. Elliot and Kate go to join as well.

Ana sings and smiles as her hips lightly sway with the music and it's a sight for sore eyes. She looks to me and cocks her head to the side and smiles and she sings and my heart soars.

The song tempo changes and gets a little bit more upbeat and everyone around the room smiles and sways with delight as they reach the end. Ana and Karan take a bow and bands takes over continuing with music.

I watch as Ana walks across the dance floor towards us. It's almost Biblical as everyone parts to allow her to walk though. She's a vision and the English language fails me. She's so fucking hot and she looks so different. Each step she takes, the sari cascading and swaying around her creates the most exquisite movement.

Mia jumps up and brings in Ana for a hug and proceeds to squeeze the life out of her. Ana kisses her cheek and walks around, I get up to let her pass through to sit next to me, she thanks me with a smile and takes a seat. Kate gushes over Ana's look and Elliot flirt whistles in appreciation and Ana tells everyone to shut up and stop embarrassing her. She's so adorable.

Every now and then I steal a moment to reach through to across her lower back that's exposed thanks to this short blouse and low hanging sari, her skin is smooth and her breathing changes every time she feels my touch. It's such a turn on to see and feel her reaction to my touch.

We all sit and talk, joking about random things and I love easily conversation flows with Ana in the mix. She can talk about anything and if she isn't well versed in the subject she knows how to ask the right questions. She's whip smart and has great comedic timing. I get the feeling that we could never run out of things to talk about.

The band plays all kinds of different south asian songs and Ana translates them for us, traditional south asian appetizers come through and each one tastes better than the last.

The couple takes the center of the dance floor and calls to everyone's attention. They start off by thanking everyone and their families for supporting them throughout their lives. Kiran then takes a few minutes to thank Ana.

"Ana my love, please stand up" Kiran asks and Ana nervously stands and looks embarrassed. My beautiful girl, always running away from praise.

"Ladies and gentlemen, everything you can taste, smell, hear and touch here this weekend is because of that beautiful young woman right there. She took my barebones wedding ideas and constant indecisiveness and created this exquisite wedding weekend oasis for us. She planned it all, down to every last flower petal and fork. For those of you who have read your programs you will see that she hand wrote every single's persons name in Hindi, that's her level of dedication and perfection."

I quickly look down to my program and see my name written in Hindi and run my fingers over it. I see a little note slipping out of the pocket. And it's a small card that reads in beautiful cursive "I can't wait to see you. Love, Your Ana" — it's such a small gesture of love that speaks volumes; she'll never cease to amaze me. I take it and put it in my pocket.

"One wonders what she'd cook up for her own wedding, by the way fellas she's single! So hurry and apply." Kiran cheers

The room erupts in laughter and we hear a few whistles from the audience.

Ana quickly interjects "Ahem, application season is over. Y'all missed the deadline and if and when my time comes I'm gonna elope with a taco truck in tow."

Everyone laughs again and she winks at Kiran.

"I love you Ana, thank you for making this weekend the best of my life. You are the light of my eyes and the blue of my skies. Sada khush raho meri jaan" May you be happy forever my love.

I look up and Ana is crying as Kate squeezes her hand as everyone applauds and cheers Ana.

"Ana, what did she say at the end? It sounded so beautiful." Mia asks.

"Oh, she said may you be happy forever my love." Ana says as she wipes her tears.

Dinner arrives and it's a feast fit for kings. It's a mix of Turkish and Indian food served family style to honor the couples favorite foods and it's all fantastic. I ask Ana how she landed and menu and she tells is it took her two weeks of takeout to figure out what went with what and she's sure she gained 10lbs during that time.

As we finish our dinner and relax, for a bit waiting for coffee and tea with desserts to make it's rounds the DJ announces it's time for the dances.

"Elliot, you ready to rock and roll?" Ana asks.

"Bring it on Steele." Elliot laughs.

Ana looks to me and gives me a smile before leaving.

The choreographed dances are incredible. Ana stands out in all of them, she can move like no other. Kate, Mia and Kiran are a close second and I know I'm biased.

They start of with a huge group dance all set to indian music, the couple and the bridal party, it's too many moving parts and a lot them mess up but the fun is there, Ana can't stop laughing and she looks so full of life, I always want to see her like this.

Ana and Elliot dance their short solo and Elliot is shit out of luck trying and failing to keep with Ana. She relents starts to freestyle to let him off the hook and then pulls him for a hug; it's a joy to see how they've bonded so well.

After a while Kiran and Ana dance a two song medley and it's the hottest thing I've ever seen. It starts off with a song in french followed by hindi

Ton sourire m'ensorcelle. Your smile bewitches me

Je suis fou de toi. I am crazy about you

Le desir coule dans mes veines. Desire flows through my veins,

Guide par ta voix. Guided by your voice

Oh Miss Steele, J'ai désespérément besoin de toi. I desperately need you.

Ana moves like she's a slow burning fire that grows more and more intense as the songs progress. Like literal sex on the dance floor. The lights are dim and everything is bathed in a red hue for this performance. They end their performance with the most seductive move, arching their bodies all the way back, hands almost touching the ground that makes the entire room gasp and whistle and cheer as they slowly come back up swaying their hips. It's sensuality at it's best.

My pants are tight and I need relief. Fuck. I dread to think if anyone else has had the same reaction to see her. She's mine. And mine only.

After the performance is over Ana remains on the dance floor and is joined by Kate and Mia as they dance to a 3-song medley, perfectly in sync. They stand close together as if attached to the hip and move in unison. I'm almost pissed that Mia is dancing like this but she's having so much fun with Ana and Kate that I have to ignore the blatant innuedo of how they're dancing.

The dance floor opens to dance offs after the choreographed dances end. It's the guys versus girls.

Ana gets called in after a bit and has a dance off with Karan they freestyle against each other for a minute and then turn away from each other trying to get the crowd riled up and lyrics of course leaving nothing to the imagination and doing me no fucking favors as I try to control myself.

I got no rules tonight, boy, I rule your kingdom
Shaking my goods, you enjoy, I feel you linger
I want ya, I want ya, I want ya
You know that, you know that I love this
Feeling my skills, I let 'em show, li-licking your finger

La isla bonita
Let me be your carefree diva
Drowning all the butterflies inside
Every time that you drink up

...and then as the beat drops and the chorus comes through, they suddenly dive into an intense choreographed routine and the whole crowd goes wild for them. Her body is incredible as she moves and the dance is the complete opposite of her routine with Kiran. This is intricate, aggressive and fast with the footwork and the way she moves her hips... fuckkkk. Karan and her move all across the floor together and it's hypnotic. All of these guys are fantastic dancers. Elliot, the over enthusiastic fucker that he is, yells out cheering Ana like a fucking frat boy and then looks and raises his eyebrows suggestively at me. I try to stifle a grin but taking a sip of my drink. Nice try, Lelliot.

Diva (Diva), diva
Diva, carefree diva (Yeah)
Looking for a carefree diva
Diva (Diva), diva
Diva, carefree diva (Woo)
Looking for a carefree diva

Mia looks at me and nudges my shoulder and gives me a wink. I roll my eyes at her but can't help and two are out to get me. Ana walks back towards us smiling and joins us as we watch Kate and Elliot face each other in a dance off and it's hilarious. She screams cheering for Kate. We stand around for a few more battles and then walk back together to the table she drinks some water and holds my hand under the table.

"I feel guilty for not spending time with you." She says looking straight ahead.

The DJ spins into the next song we hear the beginnings of 92 explorer blare through the speakers. Ana's breathing changes and I feel her skin catch fire with whatever little contact I have with her. Her body is attuned to me in so many ways already.

She looks at me and I can tell she desperately needs me just as I need her but here we are, breathing changed and unable to do anything. "They're playing our song Mr. Grey" she cocks her head to one side holding my gaze and it's such a dangerous look. I lean into her ear, lightly grazing it "I can't to be wait to be inside you tonight... watching you on the dance floor as you bent your delectable body all the way back to the floor and moved those hips... I almost came, Miss Steele."

She shifts in her seat and clenches her thighs and moans as she takes a breath in and tries to recover. I love seeing her body come alive in front of me.

She looks back me, her eyes full of lust and she smiles at me as we hear Mia's piercing voice "BANANA come back and join us." Christ she can be annoying.

Ana looks at her and signals asking for minute as she drinks some water. She looks to me before leaving.

"Meet me in my room in 10 minutes." she says before leaving and as she walks away she looks back seductively.

I'm one lucky son of a bitch.

I try to recover myself and walk over to Grace and Carrick to see how they're doing with all the noise and they're loving every second of it. I tell them I'm going out for a break to take a call.

It's a short walk to Ana's cottage from this part of the resort.

I get to her room and make myself a drink as I wait. I don't have to wait long as I hear the door open 5 mins later.

She looks breath taking.

"Miss Steele, how very brazen of you."

"Mr. Grey, something came to my attention and I wanted to address it immediately." She says innocently batting her eyelashes and biting her lip.

We're still about 5 feet apart from each other and the energy in the air is palpable. She slowly walks around, takes the glass and puts it on the coffee table and pushes me on to the couch and then lowers herself on my lap.

She pulls the lapels of my jacket and kisses me hard biting my lower lip, as I grip her hips and grind her against my erection. It's painfully sweet.

"What came to your attention Miss Steele?" I ask between kisses.

She reaches down and unzips my pants running her hands along my dick and it throbs and begs for more. .

"The realization that I desperately need you to fuck me Mr. Grey" she moans between kisses and I press into her hips tighter making her gasp.

"Hmmm I can take care of you baby. All you have to do is ask." I reach down between her legs and feel she has no panties on. She gasps throwing her head back at the sensation.

"Had you told me you had no panties on, I would've fucked you on the dance floor."

"Christian, I need you... please..." She begs and kisses me again.

"Baby when you dance, how can you move like that?" I ask between kisses.

She licks my lips "you sure know how to give a girl a compliment Mr. Grey, plus, yoga and pilates really help" she giggles.

Yoga and pilates? That gives me so many ideas for the future; it's going to be fun getting to know what more her body can do.

I lift her and position myself at her opening and slowly pull her down.

She throws her head back and moans "oh fuck... yesss" as grinds herself.

"Feel me baby, feel all of me" my breathing is ragged as a tilt my pelvis up.

Her blouse is low enough in the front for me to free her breasts and have my way with them. She bucks forward gasping.

She starts to pick up her pace and I meet her thrust for thrust. It's hard, fast and raw. She pulls my face up to kiss me, hands in my hair pulling me, we're all tongues and moans, as I massage her clit and press her hip into me as she grinds.

I feel her about to come and I lift my pelvis to push into her more with every thrust.

"Come for me Ana, let me hear you scream my name" I say through gritted teeth.

She let's go and I bite her nipple as her orgasm rips through her "CHRISTIAN..." she screams, her breathing hard and loud, gasping for air as I push into her for my own release which is just as sweet. "You're mine Ana... only mine" I breathe.

"Yes... only yours..." she pants back.

Her forehead rests against mine as she regains control on her breathing. I kiss her and she's in a daze as she opens her eyes with a lazy smile on her face.

"Feeling any better Miss Steele?"

"Hmm, thank you for letting me take advantage of you Mr. Grey, though I fear I'm quite addicted to this feeling. I want more of it." she gives me another kiss, long and deep as she wraps her arms around my neck.

"I want more of you, always." I say between kisses and she giggles.

She breaks away and looks down at me "I got my lipstick all over you Mr. Grey!"

We get up to go clean ourselves and she takes a makeup wipe to the lipstick off of my face and then reapplies hers.

"If only I wasn't wearing this lipstick, I kiss that gorgeous face again" she tiptoes with her arms around my neck.

I kiss the corner of her mouth and trail more kisses down her neck and bite her earlobe and she moans.

"The color of the henna is so intense on your hands, even Kate and Mia don't have it this dark." I ask her.

"They say when you're in love, the color of the henna becomes intense and dark." She smiles at me. I lean in give her a small kiss. "My whole world is now filled with intense color thanks to you, Ana." I say and tears form in her eyes.

"Come on, let's get you back on that dance floor wench or they'll send a search party for us!" I say as I slap her ass and she giggles.

I call out to Ana just before she leaves the bedroom and she looks back "hmmm?"

"You look so beautiful tonight, I almost died when you walked in for the introduction but there's something different about you,"

She looks puzzled then laughs. "I guess because I usually wear conservative stuff and this is a bit racy?"

"No it's not that, it's in your eyes."

She walks back and smiles pulling my face down to her level and gives me a small quick kiss "it's the Christian Grey effect."

...

I get back to the tent and the dance party is in full swing. They've moved on from Indian music to Spanish music. I spot Mia and Ana dancing away and performing the shit out of the songs. I stop by Grace and Carrick and we talk about the flight schedule for them to head out.

Cardi B blares through the speakers and I Mia, Ana and Kate jump on the stage and act out the song in the most outrageous way. I have to laugh, and Grace puts her hand on my shoulder and gives me a wink. "Mom don't" I say trying to shut it down. "Don't fight it Christian, let life happen." she gives my hand a squeeze. I smile back at her.

I see the girls make their way back to the table with Elliot and Ana looks around for me, a little worried. When I walk into her line of sight she gives me the biggest smile and I wink at her. It feels unbelievable.

The Indian desserts come through with a special tea smells and it all taste divine. Ana tells us that it's called Kashmiri Tea and it's something the family grew up drinking, since they hail from the Kashmir region in terms of their heritage but settled in India, another reason why they look much lighter than most people of Indian origin.

She tells us to choose between sprinkling sugar or salt in it. I choose salt and she picks sugar. It tastes good she then offers me some of hers holding the cup up to me with both hands and I take a sip from it and I end up liking it far more and she smiles.

Sean Paul's 'Get Busy' starts playing and oddly enough Ana and Elliot are the only ones to show excitement and proceed to sing along in the most overtop way making us all laugh like children. I don't want this night to ever end.

Ana goes up to the DJ asking him to play some reggae and pulls she Mia up with her. God the girl has so much energy. She gives everyone so much life. I want her again. My mind starts to wonder the possibilities with her and all the possible ways I could make her come. I'd never be able to get enough of her.

She comes back to the table and asks me the time, I tell her it's 10:30pm and she sighs.

"Guys, my brain says let's dance but my body is like please shut the fuck up" Ana whines and Kate laughs.

"You gotta pace yourself Steele, remember what the doctor said."

"Kate I never get to dance like this. I can't afford to go to clubs so I gotta get my fix at family weddings" Ana laughs a little deliriously.

"Ana, I have an in at a club, i'll take you the next time I go!" Mia offers and gives me a wink.

"You're my new best friend Mia. Bye Kate." We all chuckle.

"Kate... it's go time." Ana looks to her and Kate nods. Ana runs up and disappears from view a for a few minutes and then walks back holding a pair of shoes and carries an empty chair, while Kate carries another empty chair towards the middle of the dance floor in the middle of all the dancers doing their thing. Ana signals the DJ to cut the music and grabs a hold of the mic.

"Ladies and gentlemen, if I could have your attention please... it's the time of the night where we play a game called Joota Chupai, which means 'hiding the shoes' and in this case, I have the grooms shoes!" She raises them above her head. "For a small fee, the groom will be able to buy back his shoes and be 'allowed' to take his bride away, cause if he don't pay... he don't get to play!" she laughs and the whole room roars in laughter.

All the cousins and bridal party gather around Scooter and Kiran sitting on the two empty chairs in the middle of the dance floor. And some of the other guests gather around too. "Okay so how do we do this, brides side vs grooms side or girls vs. guys? I'm open to either." After some deliberation it's decided it'll be boys vs. girls. All the guys stand behind the couple while the girls stand and sit in front of the couple. It's pin drop silence in the room and Ana begins.

"Okay so, if you want you shoes back and want to take Kiran home, you gotta pay us $15,000."

"WHAT... no. That's outrageous." Scooter counters.

"Steele, that is INSANE." Elliot pipes up.

"This is NORMAL and I know your net worth, 15k is chump change." Everyone laughs and god she's such a ball of energy.

"Screw this, I'm bringing in the big guns. GREY, where are you?" Scooter looks around for me and when he finds me he signals me to come over and stand behind him.

Ana rolls her eyes. "Christian is going to be my negotiator." Scooter states.

"Is this really how you're going to play this Daniel? REALLY?" She asks annoyed.

"Yes. I am. I'm allowed to assign someone to negotiate for me. You told me that."

"Fine. State your qualifications, negotiator." She looks at me and crosses her arms, raising an eyebrow.

"Well, Miss Steele. I'm an expert at mergers and acquisitions; I run my own company in Seattle... I happen to do very well for myself and I intend to get my client the best possible deal tonight. There's no way I'm letting him pay $15,000. As was said before, it's outrageous." She tries to suppress a smile and cocks her head to one side as everyone cheers and tries to goad her.

"Is that so? Well in that case, two very important things; Dorothy, you're not in Seattle anymore. This is my turf and I run this show so when I say that you will pay $15,000 in cold hard cash, then you will pay that $15,000 in Cold. Hard. Cash." She enunciates each word and hearing her say the word hard, makes my cock stiffen. FUCK MY LIFE. The crowd around us roars and Elliot nudges my arm and mouths Dorothy at my face. Fucker.

"Second, my family is here right now, you can ask my cousins, I have extracted close to $40,000 from one groom while playing this game so, trust me, I'm going very easy on your client because I actually like him. You will do well to advise him to pay up."

I snort. "Hell no. You're out of your mind. $5000 and we can end this right here."

"Tut Tut Tut. Perhaps I can convince your client otherwise." She looks to Daniel and smiles sweetly "Mr. Wetherington, you'll do well to listen very carefully to the next 4 words that come out of my mouth: Last. Night. Girl. Talk." She holds up a finger for each word.

Scooters eyes go wide and the crowd around us starts to cheer and yell.

"Bullshit, you're bluffing." I counter.

"Bluffing is for amatuers, Mr. Grey" She bites back trying to suppress a smile and then looks down to Scooter, raising an eyebrow.

"What the hell Kiran?" Scooter looks to her trying not to laugh and Kiran loses her shit.

"$7500, final offer." I say.

Ana scoffs. "Okay everybody, let's get a round of shots cause we're about to have story time with Aana and trust me when I say... it's good."

"FUCK THIS. FINE. I WILL PAY." Scooter throws his hands up. And everyone screams and claps.

"MAMA'S GOING SHOPPING THIS WEEK!" She yells.

"SCOOTER YOU FUCKING PANSY" I yell and we all laugh.

"You play a dirty game Steele." Elliot says laughing.

"Not as dirty as some people played last night." She says raising her eyebrows and shrugging one shoulder and everyone loses their shit. I can't help but laugh out loud, Elliot and I almost fall into each other. I honestly didn't know Scooter had it in him. She raises her hands and Kate and Mia both give her high fives. God, she's so out of my league.

Once the cash is brought over and counted. Ana quickly distributes among the unmarried female cousins and female members of the bridal party and returns the shoes to Daniel and gives him a big hug. The crowd breaks away and the dance floor opens again.

...

I walk into the room and I hear Ana humming to herself in the bathroom and I see take off her jewelry one at a time and gently place them counter. She told me each piece was a family heirloom much like the choker she wore on Friday.

I go in and put my arms around her and nuzzle in her neck and kiss her

She squeals and tries to escape "Noooo i'm all sweaty from the dancing and I probably smell."

"You smell like roses and jasmine to me." She looks up. "You're crazy Mr. Grey"

"Crazy for you, Ms. Steele, crazy for you."

"Come sit with me, I have to drink this entire bottle of water before I sleep."

She goes on to explain to me that she hasn't been good with her water intake since Friday morning and with all the physical activity with the wedding she's almost certain to get excruciating leg cramps while sleeping.

"You need to take better care of yourself baby" I scold and kiss her hair as she half lays with her back against my chest on the sofa."

"I know, I just forget in all the excitement."

"Want me to massage your legs?"

"That's very kind of you Mr. Grey but I will be fine. I promise." She lifts my hand and kisses it and the smallest of gestures from her mean so much.

"You're quite the negotiator Miss Steele, I've never lost on such a public forum before. I have to say I'm conflicted."

"Failure is never an option for me." She laughs "No, this was all fun and games... real life shit, I couldn't pull this off." She giggles and looks back. "I'm so glad you participated. I wasn't expecting Scooter to do that but I'm glad he did. I love this memory of us." I lean in and kiss her.

"I love it too but I think you could really pull it off in the real world too. I should give you a promotion and have you negotiate deals with Ros for me. I'll happily retire."

"Sure, I'll take that with a hefty pay raise, besides you're an old fart now... let the young people take care of things." She laughs and I grab her chin and turn her face to me again as I pepper kisses on her lips.

"So did you really have dirt on Scooter?"

"Unfortunately yes. Kiran, much like Kate is an oversharer. Hearing their sexcapades used to be the bane of my existence since I was such a prude but since junior year I've become i'm a grade A pervert thanks to Kate. I take no prisoners during girl talk but don't worry, I don't kiss and tell when it comes to myself. I'm super private that way." She laughs and I have to chuckle.

"Miss steele, I have to say I'm really intrigued now. Just how perverted are you?"

"Well, I'm pretty sure I'm not match for you. Men have really cornered the market in this particular area."

"True. You have no idea what I can come up with for you."

"Oh god. I don' t wanna know. Spare me the details. I'm too tired right now" She laughs and I kiss her temple.

"That song you sang today was so beautiful. Your voice sounded so different. I'd love to hear a translation."

"I think it sounds different because of the language, I mean, when I sing south asian songs, it definitely feels different, like if singing western songs is like cotton candy then singing hindi songs is like caramel? Different texture and weight? Or maybe the difference between heart and soul." She muses.

"That's quite a description Miss Steele, but yeah I get it." She giggles and continues to drink her water. After a beat, she gets up and turns around places her legs in my lap and scoots in closer to me as I put my arm around her.

"So about the song, it was a mashup of two songs, the first half is my absolute favorite the second was okay too but lyrically the first half of the song was stronger."

She sings each line and then translates.

"Baatein teri karte hue

Thak ke so jaati hoon sirhaane aasmaan

I fall alseep talking about you with my head in the clouds

Jaane kahaan mur jaati hain

Dekhte dekhte tujhe yeh galiyaan

As I stand here waiting for you I wonder where these paths in front of me lead to.

Teri tarah khushbu chale

Taare hamaari tarah raaton se mile

The sweet smell of a breeze reminds me of you, the stars meet with the night just like we do.

Suni nahi zamaane ne teri meri kahaaniyaan

Karde koyi nawaazishen karam mehrbaaniyaan

The world hasn't heard a love story the likes of ours

Wish someone would show us kindness and mercy

Yeh aarzu thi ki dekhe yeh duniya

Hum jaisa koi deewaana hi nahi

This line is actually my absolute favorite. And I sang it so much that now Kate gas memorized it. Poor thing, I drove her mad I think. It means;

the wish was that the world could see

That there are no two such crazy lovers as you and me

"You can drive me crazy singing that line all you want" I caress her cheek and play with her hair as she smiles shyly and sings some more.

"Raat andheri mein chup rahe the

Gum ek savera dhoond rahe the Sadiyon se jaise jaag rahe the Pyaar ko apne dhaanp rahe the

We were hiding in the night

Trying to chase the lost dawn

It was as if we had been sleepless for centuries

We were only hiding and protecting our love.

Phir gir pare Koyi mila naa sahaara kya karein

Then we missed a step

There was no one to save us from stumbling

Suni nahi zamaane ne teri meri kahaaniyaan

The world has never heard a tale such as ours.

The second part of the song was just a variation of saying i'll always remember your love, my heart will never let me forget.

The end!" She giggles.

I lean in and shower lights kisses on her face, ending with a long and deep kiss.

"Always distracting me Mr. Grey." She smiles sleepily.

We talk about the wedding some more and she explains the traditions to me as I rub her back and she continues to finish drinking her water.

"Okay I'm finally done, can we have a bath?"

"Of course we can baby." I stand and lead her to the bathroom.

As we pass the walk-in closet, Ana suddenly screams in agony and grips her left hip, falling to the ground. My heart falls into my stomach as I see her in pain and crying. "What happened baby, tell me" I am panicking and take my phone to call 911 but she stops me with her hand.

"Counter, makeup bag, percocet. Please." She screams, crying.

I rush up and give her the open bottle as she takes one and slumps down into a fetal position crying uncontrollably and shivering, her eyes tightly shut I try to pick her up and she stops me saying it'll hurt more and that she has to wait till it subsides before she moves.

I stay with and take my jacket off to wrap her in it, caressing her face trying to soothe her in some way. She looks so small and it breaks my heart.

Her breathing calms down a bit and she opens her eyes and stares at the floor.

"Can you do me a favor?" She asks in the smallest voice.

"Anything baby..." She asks me to go in the walk in closet and take out the pack of Epsom salt from her carry on and start a hot bath.

When I look back I see she's trying to get up but falls back down silently crying in pain.

"Ana, I can call mom and she'll come take a look at you, please baby." I plead.

"No it's too late plus this happens sometimes, I'll be okay in a bit, I promise. Don't worry."

I sit next to her for a while. And she asks me to get her makeup wipes. I tell her I'll wipe her face but she insists on doing it herself.

"This has happened many times Christian, once I was carrying my laundry basket in my apartment and it happened. So I lay on the ground folded an entire load. It happened my first week at GEH, it's happened in most random places" She giggles through the tears and I can see she's starting to feel a little better. She's so strong, my girl is such a fighter.

She tries to get up and she fares a bit better this time around but I stop her and lift her in arms and walk her close to the tub, helping her out of her clothes and get into the bath. She lays against the tub and I sit outside next to her and caress her face as a new wave of tears flow.

"Does it still hurt Ana?"

"No that much right now but the pain is a reminder of such a dark time in my life, I've mostly been alone when this happens and every time I think I'll end up dying because it's too much." She sobs and it breaks my heart.

"Why do you get them?"

"Well I haven't exactly been relaxing this weekend." She giggles a bit "it always a mixture of exhaustion, lack of water and, or nerves." She explains.

"What happened when you went through this at GEH? Where were you, why didn't you call for help?".

"Well now that I think back on it's quite hilarious how it happened." she offers a small smile. "It was my 4th day at GEH and I was Mr. Travis's second assistant. Ali the first assistant had realized she forgot to give Mr. Travis some docs for his meeting with you about the initial meeting about Gotha when you guys were first thinking about acquiring them, so she asked me to go and deliver it to conference room A on our floor. As I walked over, I heard you scream at everyone about being unprepared and you were storming out, and I quickly turned my back to you as you passed me, I was completely frozen in the hallway, and you were still yelling while Ros followed behind you. I was terrified and quickly walked to my desk and as I was about to sit down the pain shot up."

"I'm so sorry Ana."

"No, don't be silly. Listen I was already in a bad spot. I knew I didn't fit in at GEH..."she giggles some more "...I was dealing with the demons of comparison against everyone plus it's so fast paced, it took a while to get my bearings. Now I'm okay. Now, I hear you scream on the speakerphone and I roll my eyes and tune it out." She laughs. God, she's adorable.

"God I'm a real shit I when I yell at them, aren't I?"

"I don't agree with your methods but I also understand the pressure you're under so I guess we all process differently. I will say though I'd pray everyday before coming I to work that I never run into you. I was terrified of you and of course the ONE DAY I didn't pray because I didn't think you'd be in, given thanksgiving... I meet you." She laughs.

"Thank god for that!" I chuckle. "Though I'm a little sad I got written of before that." I feign hurt.

"HR drilled it into my head. There's an unofficial mantra for all the female employees; stay away from grey. And I was hell bent on following it but fate had other plans" she traces my lips with her fingers. "Though the entire female population under 45 at work is obsessed with you it's hilarious, people thought I was insane for not wanting to entertain any girl talk about you."

"Was I that much of a turn off?"

"No but why talk about something that so far from your reality? I mean, I've seen the women who work at GEH, if you didn't go for any of them or anyone who looked like them, what chance could I possibly have? I'm pretty realistic with my life expectations Mr. Grey."

"You're to too self critical baby and you're the first straight woman to have resisted me I think. I was a little offended when you barely acknowledged me on Friday when you were talking to mom and dad after Elliot and Mia introduced you."

She laughs out loud "Well firstly, I wasn't expecting you because Mia entered her name as grayson in my phone in Cabo and I never thought about it after but then she explained why she did afterwards on Friday and I totally understood. So, there was no way I could've anticipated you would show up and when you did and of course it threw me off... and I didn't want an HR situation and get fired. I've heard the stories of how you've shut down women who acted too friendly with you at work. I wanted no part of that. No, thank you!" she laughs.

"Well, I'm glad this all happened the way it did and you didn't run away from me again." I say as I brush my knuckles against her cheek and she smiles.

"I'm glad you didn't stay away, Mr. Grey...can we go to bed?"

"We can do anything you want baby." I help her out of the tub and dry her off, helping her into clothes and carry her to bed.

I change out if my clothes and climb on to bed and pull her to me, her back to my front and kiss her neck.

She turns to me and kisses me deeply. "Thank you for taking care of me and loving me."

"Thank you for letting me, baby. It's all I want to do for you." I kiss her again.

She puts her arms around me and nuzzles in my neck as I kiss her forehead and we eventually fall asleep.


Authors note: I hope you liked this chapter and that Christian got to actually participate in the wedding too. They have another public memory, yay!

Also, in order to understand what Ana's crimson sari looked like, you'll have to go to my pinterest page listed below, please look for Pale September10 in 'people' when using the search bar. I have a board with the story name. It has sectons for each chapter. In Chapter 10, if you scroll down you'll see a pin for the crimson sari, it's an instagram video, watch the woman spin around in the ensemble... it's so beautiful! Otherwise you can search on google: amrita thakur red saree and it should be the first image result of a woman standing next to a pale green table. click on it and it will link to the video.

I'm going to posting chapter 11 tomorrow or Tuesday and then I have to be away for two weeks and won't have reliable internet or access to my laptop. I didn't want to leave you guys hanging. Chapter 11 will conclude the wedding part of their story. Next part of the story, chapter 12 onwards will pick up from APOV during her week in SF and then her returning to Seattle and everything GEH + Chrisitians therapy sessions.

Pinterest: www dot pinterest dot com/paleseptember10/50-shades-of-love-and-light/ - be sure to check out the board for chapter 10 that has all the vibes for what the night looked like.

Music:

Tera Woh Pyar (Nawazashein Karam) - Momina Mustehsan & Asim Azhar | Coke Studio Season 9 - First song dance sung by Ana and Karan.

Sadi Gali - Lehmber Hussainpuri / Tanu Weds Manu - Bridal Party Group Dance.

Munni Badnaam Hui - Manta Sharma, Aishwarya - Ana's dance with Elliot.

Nashe Si Chadh Gayi - Arjit Singh + Dilbar - Satyameva - Kiran and Ana's dance two song medley.

Loyal - PARTYNEXTDOOR, Drake + Mi Gente - J Balvin + Aa Toh Sahi - Meet Bros, Neha Kakkar, Roach Killa - Ana, Kate & Mia's 3 song dance medley.

Diva - Aazar, Swae Lee, Tove Lo - Ana and Karan's choreographed dance during the dance off.