Love how we're all Team Nani again. I think we need to get t-shirts made. Gowildcats: yes I wrote the last chapter when I initially wrote the Nita and Nani visit to Seattle chapter. I knew I was going to sprinkle and reference small pieces from the chapter in future chapters :) Glad you caught that.

SavieT: I appreciate you and your enthusiasm. It gives me life and stomach cramps from laughing.

ennaid88: special shoutout to you in this chapter! Your review for ch. 74 was on point. Everyone went so hard with the morality clause theory. haha.

Luvdisney2007. I hope it was some good liquor. haha *hug*

Reds77: It is my new mission to run circles around you. HAH! *hugs*

Now back to the Will reading. To which, I have to say... O ye of little faith. Truth be told this chapter was a little hard for me to write. I had to really channel a delusional creepy asshole so I watched a few episodes of You on Netflix for mindet inspiration.

Here's what you all have been mostly waiting for. I'm spoiling y'all with fast updates this week. YOU KNOW YOU LOVE ME. Just remember how I always kept my promises to update every week and then spoiled you guys with multiple updates during the week.

Chapter song: Gemini Feed - BANKS

(i' ve been angst writing to a whole lot of BANKS music. She gives me bawse bitch vibes)

Chapter 75 – admit it that you wanted me smaller.

Present day: Tuesday, September 8th, 2020

CPOV

Mr. Hawthorne reads off a few more facts till he gets to what we all have been waiting to hear but I keep my eyes on Ana through out.

"The entirety of AHAK International is to be transferred to Vishaal Kapadia and Kiran Kapadia."

There room remains silent, which I assume is from utter shock and I see Ana slowly close her eyes in utter defeat.

I hear a clap and my eyes dart to Vishaal who wearing a victorious smirk along with Kiran who looks pleased with the current announcement. "I guess it really is a happy birthday." Vishaal chuckles.

I see the second lawyer, Guerin whisper in Hawthorne's ear making him quickly shuffle the papers and he looks even more flustered and annoyed than before. Vishaal and Kiran stand and take a step towards the table the lawyers are sitting at but Hawthorne holds his hand out, signaling him to stop.

"Mr. Kapadia and Ms. Kapadia, please remain seated. We need a few more moments." He sounds annoyed and I look towards Ana again and she's now looking off to the side, lost in thought. The room is bristling with a nervous and almost dark energy. Rania looks tense. Karan is tapping his leg. The silence is deafening.

"Apologies, it appears I made a mistake." Hawthorne looks up. "I read off of page 76 instead of page 75. Fortunately Mr. Guerin here caught my mistake. The earlier announcement of the transfer of AHAK International to Vishaal Kapadia and Kiran Kapadia was made in error."

"What the fuck are you talking about?" Vishaal seethes.

"You can't just backtrack." Kiran screeches.

"I can. Please remain silent while I continue to read the Will in the correct order." Hawthorne gives them a pointed look.

They retreat and they're fuming, radiating an aggressive energy that's put the entire room on a merciless edge. I look at Ana again and this time she's looking directly at the lawyers while Nita holds her hand interlocking her fingers.

Mr. Hawthorne takes off his glasses and rubs his eyes and looks up to address everyone in the room.

"For this part of the Will, Mr. & Mrs. Karim instructed that I speak candidly to explain a few things before I get to the transfer of AHAK International to it's intended new owners." He pauses to make sure everyone is listening.

Again, pin drop silence.

"As noted before, the first part of the Will reading was only for Mr. & Mrs. Karim's combined personal assets. This next part discusses will discuss Mr. Karim's and Mrs. Karim's separate Wills specifically."

I see a few people nod in agreement.

"In 1975, Mr. Karim transferred ownership of AHAK to Mrs. Karim, shortly after Mrs. Noor-Karim Steele was born. However, Mr. Karim retained decision-making authority till his death. The decision to wait till the third quarter was also his, barring Mrs. Karim's demise of course. Mrs. Karim drew up a preliminary Will that listed Vishaal Kapadia, Kiran Kapadia and Anastasia Steele as the co-owners of AHAK in 2014. That decision was amended again late last year. I received a very late night phone call from Mrs. Karim on November 29th, 2019. She asked me to draw up a new Will which she signed and finalized the following week."

"That was the night before my wedding." Kiran pipes up a little cheerily.

Oh fuck, is this really going their way?

"Ms. Kapadia, thank you for your input but again, I will ask you to remain silent till I'm done speaking" he gruffly replies. I hear Rania snort and then quickly cough to cover up the sound. We lock eyes and she shrugs. I try to stifle a smile myself.

Mr. Hawthorne puts his glasses on and picks up the folder to read off of a piece of paper.

"I, Aisha Hasan-Karim, leave my entire ownership of AHAK International, soon to be rebranded as AHAK-Steele International in it's entirety to Anastasia Rose Steele. Ownership will only be transferred and valid upon the signing of the appropriate document provided by my lawyers. Should Anastasia decide to forfeit her right to ownership, she will again have to sign the appropriate document stating that..." he turns the page. "the entirety of AHAK International is to be transferred to Vishaal Kapadia and Kiran Kapadia."

A collective gasp fills the room. I can literally hear my heart beat out of my chest. All eyes are on Ana who just stares at the lawyer.

"WHAT THE FUCK?" Kiran screeches. Ana's head snaps back to Vishaal. They stare at each other for what seems like hours and it's an uncomfortable sight till Kiran screeches again. Vishaal is completely dumbfounded and watching Ana.

"No, you're not even blood." Kiran roars in Ana's direction. Ana looks back at her and then around the room. Our eyes lock and I give her a small reassuring smile and nod. I see the fear in her eyes. Why is she afraid? She tears her eyes away from me and looks at Nita who smiles reassuringly at her but the look of shock remains. Rania, Karan and Aashu look visibly relaxed but still apprehensive.

It's been less than five minutes but it feels like it's been hours. Ana slowly stands up and shakily takes two steps towards the lawyer before stopping abruptly and takes a few moments. She turns to everyone around the room and speaks softly.

"With the exception of Vishaal, I need everyone to leave the room."

WHAT THE HELL IS SHE DOING?

"No, I'm staying. This is about the company, I should be a part of this conversation." Kiran spits out.

"Don't you trust your brother?" Ana retorts. "I have to talk to him about something else. I need everyone to leave. Please."

Kiran starts again. "No.. this is ridic..."

"LEAVE THE ROOM NOW." Ana shouts. Slowly everyone gets up and starts to walk out. She keeps her eyes fixed on the lawyer's table.

I deliberately leave last, willing Ana to look at me but she only does for a few seconds giving me a slight nod. I don't want to leave her here but I know that she feels safe enough to do this. We're all on the other side of the doors; he'd be stupid to try something. I walk out not entirely happy with this situation. Mr. Benoit closes the sliding doors and stands right in front of them and says something in his ear piece and then looks me straight in the eye.

"We have eyes in the room. She'll be fine." He says. I nod and walk back to the family room down the hall. I see Kiran talking to Daniel and walk out, I can't stand to be in the same fucking room with her and walk into the kitchen where I find Karan, Rania and Raees.

"Thoughts?" I ask, while I pick a grape off of Rania's plate.

"She better sign the document taking ownership of AHAK or I will fucking murder her myself." Rania growls shoving a piece of a croissant in her mouth.

"I'll help you hide the body." Karan offers.

"She likes to stress eat. Aana and Aria aren't the only gremlins in the family." Raees quips and Rania smacks his arm making us chuckle. "Honestly, this is the most exciting this family has even been." He gives us all a toothy grin.

APOV

As the lawyers get up to walk out I stop Mr. Hawthorne and take him to the side.

"Did anyone question clause number 11 in the attendance agreement?" I whisper.

His lips curl into a small smile. "Not a peep."

"And it will continue..."

"Mr. Benoit is in charge of all that." He intones.

I nod and he walks away. I look towards the threshold of the room and see Christian lingering as he tears his eyes from Vishaal who is looking at me. I give Christian a tight smile. He gives me a nod and walks out.

My heart is beating so fast I almost can't feel it. My blood is rushing through my ears and I feel a pain in my chest. I sit back on my chair and look straight at Vishaal who looks like he wants to break something.

"I don't want to tear this family apart." I begin. "I don't know how to run a billion dollar company."

He expression softens and he sits back. "I can teach you. We can do this together."

I look away. "I think you're misreading this entire situation, Vishaal."

"No, I'm not. Look, you want this family stay together and we can keep it that way. Ditch, Grey and come back Aana."

"I love him. He's asked me to marry him."

"Really, then why aren't you wearing his ring?" He cocks his head to the side.

"I'm having it resized."

He laughs. "I'm sure that's what it is."

I look away. "If you want AHAK, it's yours. Just leave me alone, please."

"No can do, Saphir." He shrugs.

"Please don't call me that."

"You think you'll be happy with him?" He gets up and slowly walks to me. I start to stand so I can move away. "I come in peace. I'm not looking to fight with you Aana. I just want to talk. Honestly." His voice is softer, almost like he used to talk to me before everything happened.

He kneels in front of me a slight distance and looks me straight in the eye.

"I am happy with him."

"He's lying to you. He's into some fucked up shit and he hasn't be loyal to you."

"You're lying."

"Really? Am I? Do you know he's beat the shit out of women he's paid to fuck? Sent one of them to the hospital. And as far as loyalty is concerned, he was in the club getting a blowjob from Leila on the third floor. I have proof."

I open my mouth to speak but he takes out his phone and shows me a picture of Leila on her knees in front of Christian while he looks down at her. Her hands aren't visible so it can only be assumed they're in front of her. The picture is taken straight on and there's not room for doubt.

"Why is your girlfriend giving my fiancé a blowjob?" I hiss at him.

"She's not really my girlfriend, we're not together in that way. I met her by chance and we were talking and she told me about this guy she was seriously dating before he dumped her for this girl he met at a wedding but still keeps her around for a rough fuck. She saw a picture of you on my phone."

"No... no... but... " I shake my head.

"See, he's an unfaithful son of a bitch. Aana, he's fucked up and he'll hurt you... I only want what's best for you Saphir."

"No...this..."

"He's been fucking around with Leila for the past two years, Aana. Even after you guys got together."

I shake my head.

"Christian would never do that. She's lying."

"I am showing you irrefutable proof. You could marry him and he'd still cheat on you. You're just a means to end. Someone to look good on paper so his deals go smoothly and people think he's a family man. You're wife material but a man like that, he's fucked up. He into some really hardcore and fucked up shit."

I shake my head again. "No... you're lying. You're the one who hurt me. You took advantage of me. You raped me."

"Don't be so dramatic, Aana. You loved it. If you didn't love it then why did your body respond."

"A biological response is not consent."

"For fucks sake Aana, I was trying to show you how good we can be together. Don't you remember? We are so fucking good together. We can read each other's minds, finish each other's sentences. We have our own fucking language. I know your mind and what it can do. Grey can't ever measure up to that. You can never replicate the connection we have. You love me, Aana. You told me you loved me so many times."

"Like a brother. Stop twisting my words."

"No, Aana. You told me you loved me. I came up to your room after getting in from Tokyo back in 2014 before Christmas to see if you were awake and I told you I missed you. You told me you loved me. I asked you if you could see us together and you said forever and it was the best moment."

"I was on sleep medication by then for insomnia. I could've been telling the whole world I was the queen of fucking England. You could've made me say anything."

"No, Aana. You meant it. I could tell you did. I didn't have to make you say anything."

"I am your sister. Please stop this." I try to get up but he moves forward and grabs my hands and looks at me pleadingly.

"Look, the moment I saw you in Olympia after the accident. My feelings changed. The though of losing you, I couldn't bear it. I decided to devote myself to you and show you that I would always love you. I tried, Aana I really tried. I started building a portfolio for you back then so that you will always be taken care of. Everything I do has been for you. The clubs... are in our name. Everything I've made is in our name. Don't you see, how devoted I am to you? You think Grey would stick by you through paralysis and help you learn how to walk and talk again? A man like that... he only cares about himself. He left you and went to get his dick sucked off."

"B-but... you hurt me. You... "

"Because you were stubborn. I tried teaching you with love but then punishment was the only way. When I was a kid, when I didn't listen with love, I was punished till I learned. That's the only way, Aana. You have to be cruel to be kind, baby girl." He puts hand on my cheek and looks into my eyes.

I move back a little. "No... you could've talked to me more. You didn't have to be violent with me. After all that I had been through... how could you put me through that again? Maybe I would've come around? I just needed time. You took away my choice." I implore.

"You were strong enough. You could take it and you're so stubborn. You were leaving me. I had to show you before you left."

"You raped me." I choke out.

"A little force isn't rape. It just makes it exciting. Don't be dramatic."

I snatch my hands away from him and walk to the lawyer's table, trying to catch my breath.

"Aana, I'll never stop. I can't. I am determined to prove to you that we're meant to be. Grey, will hurt you... he already has been behind your back."

I turn around. "I can't leave him, okay. Even if you're telling me the truth, I can't leave him."

"Why not?"

I look away. "I... I..."

"What, Aana?"

"He has stuff on me, okay." I look at him. "Pictures and videos. He would ruin me. If I married him, he'd make me sign a pre-nup with fidelity clause. You think he'd fuck around with that? "

"We can hack into his servers and get that shit erased."

"Are you out of your mind. His security is top notch."

"Yeah, but all I need if for you to allow my team access through your computer and we'll take care of it. And as for the fidelity clause, we can take care of that too, Aana. Honestly, it's like you've lost your edge when it comes to your imagination." He smirks but I'm unable to return any sort of positive expression.

"This is not a good idea, Vishaal."

"Baby girl. I can get you out of this. In fact, marry him. We'll catch him and Leila and then you can leave him. We'll have AHAK and then you get 50% of GEH, think about it. The portfolio I've been building for you is almost at $450 million. Aana, we could rule the fucking world. You and me, Saphir." He walks closer to me and reaches out to me, his thumb tracing circles on the back of my hand.

"How can I ever trust you? You took advantage of me, you broke my trust too. Just like Grey." I look up at him.

"I am fucking devoted to you Aana. I haven't been with anyone since you. Five years and all I can think about is you. Even before that, I have been devoted to you. Grey has been with you since what, last year and he's been fucking around with Leila."

"You haven't been with anyone?" I look up at him in surprise.

He nods with a smile. "You're the only one I want to be with, Saphir."

I look away and walk to the window away from him.

"You raped me. I never gave my consent."

"It's not rape when two people love each other."

"I didn't love like you like that. You were my brother. I looked up to you as a brother."

"Fine, you're so fucking stubborn. I raped you but you loved it Aana, I wish you'd stop denying it."

"I couldn't walk or eat for days, Vishaal... "

"Okay, fine. I'm sorry. I'll never do it again. Is that what you want? Can we move past this? Will you come back to me? I will take care of you Aana. Go back to Seattle with him and grant us access to his servers and we'll erase that shit he has on you and then you can come back to me and we can move on from all of this... and even if he still has shit. We can weather the storm. I promise you we can. I love you."

"I.. I'm so confused... this is all too much for me." I choke out. "I never wanted any of this. I just wanted a family. I love this family, please believe me. I only want what's best for everyone. Including you." I look into his eyes pleadingly.

"I'll take care of you. Just like I did before. Remember, Aana? How I was there for you, how I helped you walk, taught you how to sing... you're meant to be with this family Aana. We both can take AHAK farther than Nana and Nani. I'll help you. Trust me. Don't let one incident change all that we've had together for years." He speaks softly as he walks closer to where I am.

"What about Kiran... she wants this. She's worked hard for all this too."

"Then transfer it to us. She'll be taken care of and you won't have to worry about anything. I'll take care of you. That's all you've ever wanted, right? To be taken care of... and you know I will. Just like I did before this misunderstanding" He strokes my cheek.

I nod. "I'm going to call everyone back in and give them our final decision. I want us to move on from this and have a new beginning" I smile at him and he kisses my forehead. I walk to the front of the room to tell Benny to let everyone in.

CPOV

It's been 20 minutes and I've paced the entire corridor a million times much to Mr. Benoit's dislike.

Suddenly the doors slide open and Ana speaks to Mr. Benoit and walks back into the room. He calls for everyone and we all take our seats again. I see Ana standing a little too close to Vishaal and smiling at him.

Suddenly he kisses her temple and she smiles at him. This is like repeat of what I saw at the club that night. WHAT THE FUCK IS SHE DOING?

Rania, Karan and I share a look. Nita looks confused as well, along with Kiran.

What is she doing? She keps her eyes fixed on Vishaal, smiling brightly at him.

"Aana and I have an announcement to make." Vishaal smirks in my direction.

A/N: WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING ANA?

DRY HEAVES.