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Narrator's POV

Ana was sitting in her office, staring at multiple screens as she sought out the best lighting for her upcoming performance at the Grammys. She was feeling overwhelmed, but at the same time, she felt content. The performance was sprung on her as a surprise when Ed Sheeran reached out to her regarding the Stevie Wonder tribute. As usual, Ana didn't have the heart to say no.

She was pulled out of her thoughts as Hannah knocked on her door; holding her green tea in hand. "Here you go," Hannah stated as she placed the hot drink down on her desk.

"Thank you, Hannah. Could you please get me some more tape and also find me my iPad? I have no idea where it is." Ana pouted as she tried looking around her messy desk for her iPad. Hannah looked around for a few seconds before pulling it out from a heap of papers placed on the corner. "Oops. Thank you." Ana was red in the face as she thanked Hannah.

Her past few weeks had been peaceful; especially after Christian had taken care of her "mother". Turns out, Christian had his men threaten Carla and her excuse of a husband in some grotesque manners which he didn't brief Ana about. In all honesty, Ana didn't even want to know what was said or done as long as she didn't have to deal with it. Christian had Taylor and his acquaintances handle the duo through words and actions. Safe to say, Carla's husband may be missing a finger or two. One thing was clear to both Carla and her husband; Christian Grey was not the one to fuck around with. Money sure had its perks and being able to get away with situations like these was a huge perk.

"Shit." Ana saw her phone flashing a picture of Mia and immediately felt annoyed. Mia was sweet, but to an extent. Her overly sweet nature could turn into a complete loser and spoiled brat within a few minutes. Ana had thought she bonded well with her soon to be sister-in-law, but their personalities clashed after they announced their engagement to everyone. Ana had this third sense where she could immediately grasp how the person in front of her was acting. She knew damn well Mia was not being real or genuine with her. Being an Aquarius, it was only so much she could take before she started maintaining her distance. Not wanting to create any differences between Christian and his family, she had stepped back and cut down her time with Mia.

"Hello?" Ana picked up the phone; forcing herself to be chipper than usual.

"Ana! Why haven't you called me back? I called you yesterday and I called Christian to see where you were; and you were at home, doing nothing." Mia quipped.

"Mia, I was busy with work. I have a lot to deal with right now. Why did you call?" Ana immediately felt angry. How could Christian put her on the spot like that and not be able to see how busy she was?

"I wanted to let you know that I will be out the weekend of the bachelorette party and I can't attend. Could you change it to this weekend?"

"Umm, I told you weeks in advance that it was next weekend Mia. I'm not going to change something I have planned for weeks over one person. Everyone was free for the scheduled date, and if you can't make it, then I'm sorry."

"Ana, it's just a party! Why can't you do this for me?"

"Mia, I have other friends and family also coming and they can't reschedule." Ana was very close to yelling, but she knew she had to be the mature one because no one could expect that from Mia.

APOV

"I can't believe you're doing this to me, Ana! Why are you being such a bitch?" She did not just say that.

"Mia, grow up for god's sake and call me when you're calm and ready to talk to me as an adult. I'm hanging up now." I just cannot deal with this. My life was going so well, but I'm so tired of her, and her attitude.

It hadn't even been five minutes before I saw Christian's name pop up on my phone. Finally, something positive. I quickly grab my phone and answer it. "Hey baby!"

"Ana, Mia just called me and said that you won't move the fucking bachelorette party or whatever to this weekend? It's a fucking party for fuck's sake Anastasia. She was crying over the phone to me." I could feel my throat closing up and becoming hoarse as I tried to control my tears.

"I have to go to LA for the Grammys performance this weekend, but I'll try to squeeze it in so Mia can attend." I have to be the bigger person because he already deals with so much of my shit. "The Grammys are on Saturday, so I think Sunday could be a good day? Could you please ask Mia if that works for her? I have a bunch of stuff to get through right now. I'm swamped." I tried to chuckle, but it barely came out.

"Yes, I'll call her right now and text you her answer. Dinner at 6 tonight?"

"I don't think I can make it tonight, Christian. I have to rehearse and I need to finalize the outfits." I needed some time away. I felt a tear sliding down my cheek, but I immediately wiped it away.

"Don't worry, I will try to see if I can come there for dinner." He proposes, but I really didn't want him to come over. I want alone time.

"Okay. I'll see you then." I immediately hang up and release a deep breath. I have no idea why I didn't tell him what actually ensued between Mia and I; but deep down, I felt hurt that he didn't even listen to my point of view and immediately jumped to her rescue.

"Whatever." I mumbled and got back to work.

Narrator's POV

Around 5:30 pm

"Three, two, one…" The cinematographer pressed play on his computer and the giant screen in the conference room lit up. They had just begun talking about the lighting for the performance when Ana's phone lit up with a notification. It was a text from Christian asking what she wanted to eat. He would ask Gail to make it for them.

"Whatever you want. I don't have a preference." She messaged back and turned her attention back to the screen.

Christian, on the other hand, was oblivious to what was happening and thought nothing serious about her response. She was always straight to the point when it came to texts during her rehearsals. "I might be a little late. Boring meeting running overtime." He replied.

"Okay." Ana's plump lip was trapped between her teeth as she typed back and stared at the screen. Should she tell Christian what happened or should she let this slide? Mia wasn't a child anymore. But at the same time, Ana felt bad for telling on her sister-in-law. She came to the conclusion that she would let it flow naturally and try to talk to Ana without getting Christian involved.

"Mr. Grey is here." Julius came into the room and announced to the room. She looked at the time on her watch and realized time had flown by and it was already 7:49 pm.

"Luckily we're all done with everything except the minor details, so please try to finish up the minute details and we can go over it tomorrow. Good night guys; and order some dinner. It'll be on me." I was a workaholic and unfortunately everyone else had to suffer with me. Dinner was nothing to show my gratitude.

Time to face what I've been avoiding. Ana thought as she walked out. As she walked to her office, she could feel a large cloud of emotions hanging over her head.

"Thank you, Julius." She thanked the huge bodyguard who was trailing behind her as she opened the double doors to her office. She saw Christian moving gracefully around the room as he explored the various little knick-knacks placed around her room.

"Hey, don't be snooping around my space." She said playfully and Christian immediately turned around and gave her a smirk.

Without wasting a second, he walked across the room and grabbed Ana's waist, pulling her flush against his body. "Hi baby," he said as he ran his thumb across her bottom lip.

"Hi." She whimpered as he locked his lips on her and pushed his masterful tongue straight into her mouth. They kissed passionately for a few minutes before Ana nudged his chest as a sign to let her breathe. The man was incorrigible. "We should eat before you maul me against the wall." They hadn't slept together in over three days which nearly killed Christian. However, he was the one who had been super busy in a deal with some company in Taiwan.

"I don't think I can wait anymore. Come back here." He caged her back in his arms and hoisted her up, her legs wrapping securely around his waist. She felt him taking his top off with one hand as he walked towards the chaise lounge. Slowly putting her down, he gently nudged her to lay back and started kissing her neck. Trailing kisses down her throat, he reached the two erect buds sitting proudly on her chest. Knowing how sensitive her bosom was, he spent extra time teasing both her nipples with his mouth and fingers. All that could be heard were Ana's moans and suckling noises Christian was producing. "Ouch!" Ana exclaimed as Christian bit down on her left nipple. It left a sharp sting behind, but the pleasure outweighed the initial pain she experienced. After making sure she could feel the soreness on her nipples, Christian nipped his way to her sweatpants and took off her underwear and sweats in one go.

"I've been waiting to devour this for the last three days, baby." Christian sniffed her before diving straight in and sucking her clit. He used his fingers to separate her folds before using his tongue to tease her little clit as it poked out from under the hood. "So sweet." He hummed and the sensation took over Ana's body. It was too much. All she could feel was his hot mouth on her pussy, licking, sucking and nipping at her most sensitive areas. She tangled her fingers in his hair and brought his face even closer to herself, humping his face. Christian slowly put his thick finger inside of her hot opening; teasing her hole as his tongue played with her clit. After a few seconds, Christian put three of his fingers inside her and began pumping his hand. His free hand teased her breasts and Ana bit down hard on her bottom lip due to the sheer pleasure she felt.

"I'm cuming. Baby, I'm coming… Please don't stop. Right there baby, right there… Ahhh fuck…" she drawled out as she reached her high and crashed back down. Christian slowly removed his fingers and watched Ana as he put his hand in his mouth, relishing the taste of her on his hand.

"Come here, Christian. I need you in me… please baby." Ana pouted and reached out for her handsome fiance. He immediately took off his clothes and laid on top of Ana. She reached up and grabbed his face; burying her face in his neck… kissing his pulse point repeatedly, making him let out a groan. "Fuck me, Christian."

Christian immediately swooped down and kissed her on the mouth. Meanwhile, Ana reached out and stroked his pulsing dick. It was huge and she was ready to deal with the soreness and pain she would feel afterwards. She lined him on her slit and slowly guided him inside. Christian immediately pumped into her all at once, making Ana throw her head back and scratch his back.

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APOV

Ana, just talk to him. Be honest with him and let him know how you feel. "Christian?" We were about to go to bed and I needed to talk to him about the Mia situation before I kept it inside of me and exploded with emotions.

"What's going on, Anastasia? You've been absent all day today. And I know it's not the stress so don't bother with that bullshit excuse." He looked angry and agitated as he made his way from the bathroom to our bed. Hate to admit but he looked really good without a shirt.

"I don't want to move my bachelorette party to this weekend. I know I'm going to be too tired today after the Grammys and most of the people can't even make it this weekend. It feels wrong to move it up -"

"Anastasia, it's a stupid fucking party. Mia was really distraught over the phone for fuck's sake. Move it to this weekend. I want her to be there." Ouch, that hurts. He didn't even let me finish.

"Why are you being so mean?" I couldn't help but be defensive. "Can you at least hear my side of the story? You're being a fucking prick to me." I see the red rising on his neck as he swiftly turns around and stares down at me. He looked so fucking scary, but I needed to put my foot down.

"What happened that you can't move this party to this weekend?" He was barking at me at this point. I had never seen him so mad at me like this. "Mia was sobbing over the phone, Ana. She said you were rude to her and said that you didn't care if she made it or not. Why the FUCK would you say that to my sister?"

"You really believed her?" How can he say something so insensitive to me?

"Yes, I did. Because Mia never lies."

"And I lie?" At this point, I knew I wasn't going to be able to stop my anger if he kept going. "You know what, I don't want to have this conversation because I need to cool off. Also, fuck this bachelorette party because I don't want one. You can go and throw a party for Mia while I'm away, okay? I'm leaving tomorrow morning instead of the day after tomorrow so you can do whatever the fuck you want to do." Don't cry. Don't cry. "And please don't call me until you get your shit straight and are ready to talk to me like a mature individual." I grab my phone and start walking out of the room. I had to call Hannah and Julius to update them about preponing the flight a day earlier. Luckily, it was a private plane but I needed to prepare the rest of the team to also leave a day early. I felt so bad, but my awkward self couldn't spend a day ignoring Christian. I knew damn well I'd cave in.

"Don't walk away from me, Anastasia." His voice boomed in the room.

"I need alone time before I say something fucked up." My tone was monotonous and I immediately walked out without listening to him. I look around as I try to find a room where I could crash tonight. I ended up choosing a room on the third floor that had a huge window facing the ocean. It would help me calm down and cool my mind. I threw my stuff on the giant bed and rushed towards the couch facing the window. Before I realized, I could feel hot tears rushing down my cheeks. The tears quickly turned into silent sobs and hiccups as I remember how Christian talked to me and looked down at me. He had never been so loud and cold to me, and this ordeal really made my heart ache. I never wanted to be a part of this fight scenario with him.

Deep down, I know all this emotion is not only because of Mia and Christian, but also everything else. I put too many things on my plate, and now I feel incredibly overwhelmed. I shouldn't have said yes to this performance. I always do this to myself. I always think I can do all this shit back to back, but I always suffer emotionally and physically. After this weekend, I'm going to take a break which will last however long I want it to last. I'm so tired.

This stupid fight really broke the camel's back. Still crying, I went to the bed and tried to fall asleep as I thought about what ensued between Christian and I.

Narrator's POV

Unbeknownst to Ana, Christian had followed her to the guest bedroom and heard her painful sobs as he stood outside, clueless on what to do. Following his heart, pried the door open using his thumb print and found Ana lying on the bed, facing the window. "I'm mad at you, Christian. Leave me alone." Ana sensed his presence and immediately huddled into her blanket.

"I'm sorry, baby." He took Ana's silence as a sign that he could go and cuddle his adorable fiance. He picked Ana up who was still rolled up in her blanket and started walking towards their room.

"Stop! Christian, leave me. Put me down." Ana writhed in his hold, making him hold her even tighter.

"We need to talk, Ana."

"Now, you want to talk! Fuck off, Christian." She felt a surge of anger hit her all at once.

"Anastasia, enough." Christian's voice echoed the large empty hallways that led to their room. Ana immediately froze and stared at his face with tears in her eyes.

"When Mia called you, why didn't you think about asking me my side of the story before choosing sides?" Her nose had turned bright red and so had her cheeks.

"I didn't think Mia would lie about something so stupid as this. I've been busy as fuck with this Taiwanese deal, I hadn't been inside you in over three days, and I didn't see you before I left today. I'm fucking out of it. I apologize for not listening to you." They had made their way to their room and Ana was now huddled in his arms as he settled on the bed, his back on the baseboard.

"Mia and I have not been on the greatest of terms. I don't know why but her energy is off causing my energy to be off and now we're in this repetitive cycle. She said yes to next week's date a while back and everyone said yes because Mia decided the initial date. I don't have the energy to deal with all this. All I told her to do was call me back when she was calm and ready to have a mature conversation." Ana relayed her side of the story to him because she realized it was easier to put it all out at once.

"She said that you straight up said no and said some things that weren't too pleasant for her to hear." Christian peered down at Ana.

"She called me a bitch… and not in a nice, playful way. I really didn't want to create any problems between you guys but my mental health is worth more than this bull." Ana felt tears once again forming in her eyes and she immediately put her head back in an effort to stop the tears.

"I'm so so so sorry." Christian kissed Ana's lips after every word he uttered. "I will talk to her and I promise you will have your party next weekend for sure."

"I don't want one. I'm really over this stupid party. You were right, it's a stupid thing to have such a huge argument over."

"Please…" Christian interjected as he felt his heart skip a beat at her sad tone.

"Promise me you won't be a dick to me ever again." She held out her pinky finger and waited for him to connect his pinky with hers. "It hurts too much."

Christian laid his lips on her forehead and latched his pinky with hers. "I promise I will fix this. Please go to sleep, baby. I know you're tired. I love you."

"I love you too." Ana mumbled as she melted in his warm embrace. She was done fighting.

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