6 months later

It has been 6 months since I became friends with Christian. I see him for lunch once every other month. So, I've seen him 4 times all together for lunch. Our lunches are pretty good and friend-like and I appreciate that, but I'm still not convinced that he is done with his advances but it is nice to just talk to him.

My relationship with my husband gets better and better as time goes on. He truly is the greatest husband and father ever. We handle the kids like pros, with the help of the nannies, of course.

Piper and Penny are now almost 8 months old. Ivy is 2 and Alex, Tyler and Kyle will all be 4 before we know it. Nevaeh is 8 and Christy is 9. They are all growing up way too quickly. They are amazing children.

I haven't seen or heard from Elliot and the Greys say they haven't heard from him in a couple of weeks Themselves. I find this worrisome, considering the last conversation I had with him. I expressed my concerns to Gideon and he is currently having Elliot tracked and followed so if he is up to something, we will be ready.

"Why don't we move to New York baby? Then we can see your family. I never got to meet them yet. We can run our jobs from our offices there. We just need a house there. We can stay there a little while. It would be perfect." I suggest out of nowhere as I'm laying in post-coital bliss with my husband.

"Ana, I only talk to my sister but I would love you to meet her. Are you sure you'd want to move there though? You'd be away from the Greys."

"That's kind of the reason I want to go. Elliot has gone ghost and the last thing he ever did that I know of was call me a whore because I wouldn't be with him. His absence is making me quite wary of what he may be up to and frankly I do not trust him right now. His wife, formerly my best friend, kidnapped me and I don't put something like that past him. Can we please just go somewhere? The kids are being homeschooled so we can travel wherever. Please, Gideon."

He sighs and looks lovingly into my eyes and cups my face gently and kisses me softly. "We can go anywhere you want to go, Mrs. Cross."

I smile brightly. "Really?" he nods. "New York for now, then. That way, we can still get work done."

He gives me another sweet kiss with a smile on his handsome face. "We can stay at my penthouse until our New York home is purchased and readied for us." He smiles and rolls out of bed and I do the same. I head straight for the shower and he follows close behind. We have a quick round of shower sex and get cleaned up and after our shower, he goes to make plans for New York and I get dressed in traveling clothes and let the older kids and nannies know that we're moving away for a little while and we pack ourselves each a bag or 2. We will buy more stuff whenever we arrive at our other home.

We all load up and head to the jet after we get everything and everyone ready.

When we arrive at New York, we are greeted by our SUVs. They take us to Gideon's penthouse and we put our stuff away.

I realize that my closet is already stocked with a lot of clothing. The guest rooms are also fully prepared for our children. Gideon thinks of everything.

Once we get settled in, we put the kids to bed since it is late and we go to bed ourselves. He makes love to me and we drift off into a peaceful night's sleep, safe in each other's arms.

6 Months later

It has been 6 months since we moved to New York. We found a beautiful mansion and we moved into it 5 months ago and it is perfect.

We go back to Seattle one week out of the month to make sure our businesses are still running smoothly.

Today, I am going alone with the kids and nannies because Gideon has some work here to tend to.

My husband kisses and hugs us as he leaves us at our jet. "We will miss you, baby. I will see you in a week." I tell him with tears in my eyes.

"I will miss you all, too. I love you all." He replies.

"I love you." I give him one final kiss and get onto the jet.

Mia will be staying at our house with us while we're in town.

When we arrive at Sea Tac, we are greeted by our SUVS.

We load up and head to our Seattle home. After getting everyone settled in, I call Mia and offer her a spa day. "Of course, Ana."

I drive my R8 with Sawyer in tow.

I pick her up at the Grey's manor and we spend a glorious day at the spa and talking. She tells me how Elliot is still quite distant and how Christian misses me. I decide to see Christian for lunch this week.

After, we both head back to our house and call my husband and we talk for an hour before I finally go to sleep. It is so hard to fall asleep without my husband holding me.

The next day, I get showered and dressed and have breakfast with the kids and then I spend the morning with them and Mia and then I go off to surprise Christian for lunch.

We arrive at Grey House and I'm let through security without a problem and I go up to the 20th floor and I'm greeted by Andrea, as usual. "Nice to see you again, Mrs. Cross. Go on in."

I approach the doors and I walk in. "Mr. Grey, would you like company for lunch?" I announce my presence.

He looks up at me and grins. "I'll always have time for you, Ana. Good to see you again for the first time in 6 months."

"You too." I say. He stands and approaches me and gives me a hug and a kiss on the cheek. He has me sit on the couch and he orders us some lunch.

We talk about our lives and I see that this man is extremely excited to see me. We have a good friendly lunch. "I will try to come more often. We've just been so busy."

"I understand, Ana."

"I will see you later." I give him a sweet kiss without even thinking about it. It was like a habit. I pulls away from him quickly. "I shouldn't have. I'm sorry. I have to go."

I scurry out of the room and to the elevator as quickly as I can. I go to CP and check on things. Still mad at myself for kissing Christian.

After seeing that everything is running smoothly, I go home and come to the conclusion that I am going back to New York. I have to tell my husband, in person, what I did.

I tell security and the nannies that we are heading back to New York. We get everyone ready and we get on the jet and head back to New York.

When we land, we get into our SUVs and we head home. When we arrive, my husband isn't anywhere to be found. I put the kids to bed since it is late and I set out in search of my husband. I cannot sleep with this on my conscious.

He is not around so I try to call him but he doesn't answer. Maybe he stayed in the city at the penthouse? I grab Sawyer and we set off to the penthouse. I go up the elevator and when I arrive, there are women's clothes strung out on the floor in the foyer and this concerns me a great deal. Why would there be… he wouldn't cheat on me.

I take off my shoes and walk through the penthouse quietly and to our bedroom. The door is open so I walk in and find him sprawled out naked on the bed, next to a blonde woman, who is also naked. I gasp quietly. I am so pissed in this moment. I'm willing to give him a chance to explain though.

I go and find a bucket and fill it with ice water and go back to the bedroom. I take a picture of my husband naked in bed with a woman and then put my phone back in my pocket and I pour the ice water on them and they both jump up. My husband finally sees me. "What the fuck, Ana?"

"What the fuck yourself, Gideon? What the fuck is this?"

The bitch gets up and approaches me and tries to slap me but I dodge it and hit her with an upper cut. She falls back. "You fucking bitch! Gideon, do something about this!"

I look at him and he is stunned into silence. I look back at her. "Get the fuck out of our penthouse."

"I live here. You get the fuck out!"

I gasp and look at my husband and back at her. "I'm taking my husband with me. Get dressed, Gideon." I look at him again and he is still stunned. I approach him and slap him. He finally snaps out of it. "Come on. We need to talk."

"Gideon, please don't go. I need you. Our baby needs you." She says and I gasp.

"Our 8 children need him so shut the fuck up."

"Ana, I'm so sorry. Eva, leave her alone." She gasps and storms out of the room and he gets up and starts to put his clothes on while repeatedly apologizing to me.

"Shut up, Gideon. How long has this been going on and does she really live here?"

He looks down ashamed. "Since we moved back here and yes, she does. She is my ex that I was running away from whenever I met you."

"Finish getting dressed. I will meet you downstairs."

He looks at me sadly and I leave the room. I go downstairs and wait until he comes down.

I see her in the kitchen with a bag of ice on her chin. She gives me a death glare and I give her one back.

My husband finally comes downstairs and he follows me to the elevator.

We get in and the ride down is extremely awkward. I start crying silent tears. We get into his car and drive back to our home in silence.

When we get home. I get out of the car first. I run up to the house and go straight to our bedroom.