Just as the news is about to start, I hear a light knock on the door just before I hear it open. "Honey, I'm home!" I hear in my amazing boyfriend's voice. I quickly jump up, put down my wine glass and run to the foyer where he is standing before me looking slightly disheveled, but otherwise he looks just as perfect and handsome as usual. He has his arms out waiting for me and I jump into his arms wrap my arms around his neck as our lips meet. We are deep into this beautiful kiss whenever I decide to ask questions. I pull back slightly. He is still holding me with my feet off the ground. "What happened, baby?" I ask him.
He has an unmistakable smile on his ridiculously handsome face. "I will explain details to you later, but long story short, the charges were dropped." I smile ridiculously and crash my lips back into his. He pulls back this time. "We need to watch the news. You're going to like what is about to happen on there." He says, still wearing a smile. I furrow my brow and just look at him confused. Why is he smiling about this woman possibly blowing up his life? He uses his thumb to smooth out my brow. "Just trust me. Let's go watch this." I nod and he puts me down with another sweet kiss and then before I know what is happening, he scoops me back up, causing me to squeal and he smiles at me as he carries me to the living room and he sets me down on the couch and he sits right next to me with his arm around me just as they start talking about Christian again.
"…and here we have the exclusive interview with Miss Sasha Bennett about the infamous Christian Grey. Lisa?" I grab Christian's free hand and hold it. They switch to another camera with a woman with red hair.
"Thank you, Greg. As many of you know, Christian Grey was arrested earlier today on alleged assault charges." A short video of Christian being put into a police car out in front of Escala plays on the screen.
"These allegations were made by Miss Sasha Bennett. Miss Bennett was engaged to Christian Grey until he abruptly called off their engagement to leave the dinner party they attended, with another woman."
The camera briefly shows Sasha who is obviously vying for attention with her long fake eye lashes and red lipstick, but she is wearing a casual maternity dress to make her look like Mary Poppins. The camera cuts back to Lisa. "We have Miss Bennett here today so that she can share her story about the REAL Christian Grey. Apparently, there is a lot about Christian Grey that has been hidden from the public for quite some time now, but today, that comes to light." The camera cuts back to show both women in the frame.
Lisa looks to Sasha. "Miss Bennett, thank you for being here today. Can you tell us more about what we don't know about your former fiancé, Mr. Grey."
Sasha looks to her and is acting as she is nervous, fiddling her fingers on her lap. "Well, as I told your producers, he is involved in BDSM." Lisa nods.
She cuts in for a moment. "As you may or may not know, BDSM is a practice where partners use different tools in a sexual manner." While she is saying this, pictures of a red BDSM room showing various implements used in BDSM flash across the screen. "Sasha, it is my understanding that this is Christian Grey's personal BDSM room. Is this accurate?" They cut the screen back to the lady and evil woman and Sasha is crying obviously fake tears with a tissue in her hand, dabbing her eyes.
"Yes. He took other women into that room before I met him. When he approached me and asked me to be his submissive, I had no idea the horrors that it wouldn't entail." She sniffs as she lets out another flood of fake tears.
Lisa leans over and puts a hand on Sasha's knee. "It's okay, Sasha. Take your time." Sasha looks at her and nods and just as she starts to talk again, there is a commotion somewhere in the background and you hear some men trying to diffuse whatever the situation is.
"You can't go in there."
"We have permission to be on the premises." I furrow my brow confused and notice Christian with a slight smile on his lips. He catches me looking at him.
"Keep watching. This is something you won't want to miss, baby." I nod and turn back to the television.
Just then, the camera shows some police officers approaching Sasha. Sasha looks up at them, her fake tears suddenly gone as she has a look of panic on her face. "What is going on here?" she cries out and you can hear several people, including Lisa trying to object to whatever is going on and I am pretty sure that I know what is going on now.
An officer stands on both sides of her chair, ultimately surrounding her. "Sasha Bennett, you are under arrest for destruction of private property and for filing a false police report. Please stand and put your hands behind your back as we read you your rights." One of the officers says.
I jump up off the couch and stand up straight with my hands together in front of me and what I'm sure is a ridiculously huge smile upon my face. Sasha reluctantly stands up after an officer attempts to grab her arm. "Keep your hands off of me!" she screams and they handcuff her and as one officer starts to read her the miranda rights, the other looks straight into the camera and puts up his hand.
"Cut off the cameras!" and suddenly the screen goes black and it cuts back to the Greg that was talking before the interview started. He has a shocked look on his face and he quickly composes himself and looks into the camera.
"It looks like we're having a situation right now. We will keep up to date on the situation and we will come back to you with more information as we receive it. Up next, the giraffe at the Seattle zoo that has been expecting has finally given birth and we are the first to get to meet her. Stay tuned."
It cuts off to a commercial just as Christian is standing beside me and he wraps his arms around me and I turn excitedly and look at his handsome smiling face. "THIS IS GREAT!!!" I scream just before I throw my arms around his neck and I kiss him feverishly. I pull back and look at him and he slightly chuckles.
"This IS great, baby!" he says back to me. He kisses me again, excitedly. He pulls back again. "I have to go up to the penthouse and assess the damage that she did there and then I need to go speak with my PR team about putting out a press release to calm down the media. The paparazzi are surrounding the entrances to Escala right now so I need you and Liam to stay here and be safe. Sawyer will remain out in the hall, but Sasha no longer has access to Escala, even if she does get out of jail. It is just paparazzi and haters that we have to deal with at the moment."
I look at him, concerned, and gently put my hand on his stubbly cheek. "Be safe, baby. We can't lose you."
He smiles at me and kisses me sweetly again. "We're used to the paps. We will be safe. I love that you love me enough to be concerned, though."
I smile at him. "I better let you go, then." He nods and kisses me sweetly and puts me back down on my feet.
"Where's my phone, baby. I think I've got to deal with my family after I take care of everything else. I want you with me whenever I talk to them, though. I just need to see what to expect from the messages that are sure to have blown up my phone."
"Your phone is in the purse in the foyer. I will miss you while you are gone."
He kisses me sweetly again on my lips and then on my nose. "I will miss you, too, baby. I will be back as soon as possible." I nod and he helps me to sit back down after hugging me and kissing me sweetly one last time before he walks towards the door. I watch him as he leaves and sigh once he is out the door. I guess that I need to spend some time with my son while he is gone, or maybe, since Gail is here, I can get a bath in that tub that I've been wanting to try out since we got here. I will ask her.
I knock on his bedroom door just before I open it and I find Gail actually sitting on the floor with Liam and it looks like they are trying to play some kind of board game. She is explaining it to him, so obviously he is struggling with it. "Liam?" he looks up at me questionably. "Daddy got out of jail." A smile erupts on his face and he goes to jump up. "He isn't here right now, but he will be back later to spend some time with us. His smile falters slightly and he nods and sits back down. "Gail, do you mind keeping an eye on him a little longer? I'd like the opportunity to try out my new bathtub and relax."
"I don't mind at all. You have an extraordinary little boy here. Do you mind if I cook up something for us for lunch?"
"Oh, Gail, you don't have to do that. I will take care of it whenever I get out of the bath."
"I am Mr. Grey's maid and cook and I would like to cook for you and this wonderful little boy."
I give in. "Okay. Go ahead. Everything in the kitchen and pantry should be fairly easy to find."
She smiles. "I've got everything under control here, Ana. Go get that bath and relax for a little while. We will be perfectly fine until you get out." I smile back.
"Okay. Thank you for everything, Gail."
"It truly is a pleasure, Ana." I nod and smile at her.
I look back to Liam. "I will be out in a little while. You be good here for Gail, okay?"
"Okay, Mommy, but I'm always good." I giggle.
"I know, baby boy." He gets up and hugs me and Gail gets up as well. I go and get my wine and wine glass and I go back to my bedroom and lock the door and I lay out a beautiful blue dress on the bed with a bra and panty set.
I go and run myself a bath and drink some wine whilst enjoying my relaxing bubbles. I hear my phone ring a couple of times, but I ignore it. I've waited far too long for this amazing bath to let anyone ruin it.
After about an hour, the water is starting to get cold and my skin is pruney so I decide to get out. Once I am dry, I get dressed. I opt against shoes since we're, apparently, not going anywhere. I unplug my phone and sit on the bed to check the messages again. I missed 2 calls from Kate. I decide to call her really quick and put her out of her misery.
"Kavanagh"
"Hey, Kate. It's Ana."
"Ana! About time you start answering your calls. We can discuss my dinner party last night at a later time, but how are you doing with all of this media bullshit and Christian being arrested?"
"I'm good. He was released after the false charges were dropped. That's all I know for now, but he is out trying to clean up the mess she made right now."
"Good. I'm glad to hear it. How's Liam?"
"He is good now. The police officers tried to arrest Christian in front of him so he was upset about that, but we got it all sorted out. Congratulations on your engagement, Kate! I can't wait!"
"Thank you. Me neither. I've got to go and get back to work. I just wanted to make sure that you guys were okay. I love you both."
"Thanks for checking on us. We love you, too."
"Laters." She says.
"Later."
I hang up and take my phone and head back towards the living room. As soon as I leave my bedroom, I smell the wonderful aroma of some kind of food. It smells amazing.
I go out into the living room and I don't see anyone but I hear joyful sounds coming from the kitchen. I smile. He really likes Gail, apparently. I walk into the kitchen and smile whenever I see that she is letting him help her cook. "That smells delicious! What are you making?"
"Now, now. That is a surprise that only me and my assistant can know for now." I giggle. Liam giggles as well.
"You can't be in here now, Mommy. Go so we can finish cooking for you."
I put my hand up in surrender. "Okay, buddy. I will be in the living room whenever you are done."
"Okay, Mommy." I turn and shake my head with a smile as I walk back to the couch. I go back to the bathroom and grab my empty wine bottle and glass and bring it back into the living room area and set them on the dining room table for now since I'm, apparently, not allowed in the kitchen right now.
I have a seat on the couch and I yawn. This has been a long day and it's not even noon yet. I decide to lay down and close my eyes for a little while. I pull down the throw blanket and cover myself. I end up drifting off to sleep until I wake up to Liam's voice. "MOMMY! It's time to eat! Get up!" I open my eyes and giggle.
"Okay, son. Help me up?"
He nods and takes my hand and I throw the blanket off of myself and I sit up with just a little bit of help from my enthusiastic son. He leads me to my seat at the table where our plates are already set out. "This looks absolutely delicious." There is a little pork steak along with some vegetables, including mashed potatoes, one of my favorites, along with what looks like a cupcake, but I can tell that there is more to it so I look at it curiously. Gail must notice this because she speaks.
"It is macaroni and cheese cupcakes. They happen to be one of Mr. Grey's favorites and Liam here said that he loves macaroni and cheese." I smile.
"Thank you Gail and Liam."
"Sit down, Mommy!" Liam says and I listen and have a seat and he gives me a napkin like we had at the dinner party. I look at him confused. "Put it on your lap so that it doesn't mess up your pretty dress." I giggle and nod while placing the napkin on my lap.
"Gail, why don't you join us? This is way too much food for just us two."
"No, thank you, Ana. I ate before I came down. I appreciate the offer, though." I nod at her and smile. "I'm going to go and clean up. Enjoy your meal."
"Oh, Gail, you don't have to do that."
"I know, but I want to. This is my job, Ana. You just relax and enjoy your meal with Liam and I will get out of your way."
"Okay. Thank you, again." She nods and turns and walks away. Liam and I enjoy our meal together as we talk. He tells me about what all he helped out with and I thank him and tell him how great he did. He is very proud, as he should be. He truly is a wonderful boy.
After we eat, we clean off the table and bring it back to the kitchen and before I have the chance to try and wash the dishes, Gail takes them and insists that we go enjoy our time together while she cleans up. I finally relented, as hard as it is for me to accept help. She is a pretty great woman.
Liam and I retreat to the living room, where he, yet again, talks me into watching the dragon movie. It doesn't take long before I realize that he has fallen asleep again, so I scoop him up and put him to bed. He has had a hectic morning and that meal was spectacular. He ate a LOT of it, too.
Once he is down, I invite Gail to sit with me and she finally relents and I turn off the television and we just talk until Christian finally comes in about an hour later. He eyes us speculatively on the couch at first, but quickly relaxes and winks at me. He relieved Gail to go home with her husband so that they can both go and get some rest. He eats the plate of food that Gail saved for him and then he takes me to bed and we have a quickie while Liam is asleep. We go back to the living room after we take a quick shower and he puts on some comfortable clothes that he must've gotten while he was out. We just talk for a little while, but not about what has happened today. He says that he wants to wait and discuss that after Liam is down for the night and I agree that it is for the best.
After Liam gets up, we spend the rest of the day together until it is close to dinner time and there is a knock in the door while I'm in the kitchen cooking as the boys are off playing. I wash my hands really quick and as I walk out of the kitchen, Christian comes in, "Were you expecting someone?" he asks.
"No. OH! My Dad said he was going to come over today to check for himself to make sure that you haven't hurt me. He has always been fiercely protective of me." He nods.
"I'd like to introduce myself to him." I smile.
I take his hand. "Come with me to answer the door, then." He smiles and nods and we go and open the door together. There is my Dad on the other side of the door, still looking slightly concerned.
"Annie, where is Liam?"
"He is in his bedroom." I put my hand on Christian's arm. "Daddy, I'd like you to meet Christian Grey, the father of my son and my boyfriend."
My Dad narrows his eyes at him, but doesn't reply whenever Christian puts his hand out to him and says, "It's a pleasure to meet you, sir." Dad gives me a hug and then he pulls back and he puts his hands gently on both of my shoulders and he inspects me. His eyes come to rest on my forearms. I look down, confused, and realize that my bite marks bruised a little.
"Daddy, it's not what it.." is all I get out of my mouth before he turns to Christian with the angriest expression I have ever seen him with, with the exception of when he caught Steven Morton attempting to rape me as a teenager.
"You son of a bitch!" is all he says before he cocks back his fist and he punches Christian in his jaw so hard that it makes Christian lose his balance as he falls back.
"DADDY!!! He didn't do this to me! I bit myself." I show him the teeth marks. "Those are my teeth marks. If you want to get a mold of my teeth and check it out for yourself, you're more than welcome to."
He looks back at me confused. "Why would you bite yourself, Annie?"
"I was trying to keep quiet so Liam didn't hear me.." is all I say before realization of what I could've possibly been doing hits him. He puts his hand up to me.
"I don't need to hear anymore." He says. He looks back to Christian, who is now nursing a busted lip. He puts his hand out to him. "I'm sorry, son. I overreacted before I had the facts. Have you been taking care of my baby girl and grandson?"
Christian takes his hand and shakes it. "Yes, sir. I'm doing the best that I can." He puts his other hand on Christian's arm and smiles at him.
"Call me Ray. You're family now, son." Christian smiles back at him. "I apologize for hitting you like that."
Christian shakes his head lightly. "After seeing those bruises and hearing whatever you've probably heard about me this morning, I would expect no less. You were just protecting your family and I strive to do the same for them, Ray."
They release each other's hands finally and Dad pats Christian on the shoulder. "I will hold you to that, son." Dad looks back at me. "So, where's my boy?"
I giggle and smile, they made up. "In his room, Daddy." He walks right past us and straight down the hall to Liam's room. I giggle again and look up at Christian and I gently touch his jaw. "Let's get some ice on that, baby."
He nods and follows me to the kitchen and I get him out an ice pack and he holds it on his chin. I kiss him sweetly and go back to cooking dinner. "What's for dinner, baby?" he says while snaking his other arm around my waist and kissing my neck. I involuntarily shudder, but definitely in a good way as this sends incredible sensations through me.
"You're going to have to stop that, baby. Daddy's here and Liam is awake."
He kisses my head softly. "Okay, baby. I do NOT want to get on your Dad's bad side. That man has a hell of a right hook." I giggle and turn around with a spoon of the soup that I'm making so that he can taste it. "Mmm… that is delicious, baby."
I smile at him and kiss him sweetly. "Thank you, baby."
"I'm going to go and find something to do so that you can finish cooking and your Dad can have some time alone with Liam."
I wrap my arms around him and kiss him sweetly again. "Okay, baby. I love you."
"Mm… I love you, too." He pats my butt as he walks out of the kitchen after giving me one last sweet kiss and I just shake my head. What am I going to do with these boys?
After I finish cooking, I clean up the pots and pans that I used and I go in search of all my guys. I find Christian on the couch, typing away on his phone. I approach him from behind and kiss him on my head. He puts his phone down and looks up at me and he pulls my head down to his and kisses me sweetly. "Dinner ready?" he asks.
"Yes. What are you doing there?"
He sighs. "Still emailing back and forth with PR and working on that press release that we're putting out tomorrow." He kisses me again.
"I'm going to get Dad and Liam and then we can all eat together."
"I like that plan, baby." I smile and, again, he pats my butt as I walk away. I giggle and shake my head. Apparently, he LOVES my butt.
I get Liam and Daddy and I have them all sit at the table as I bring their plates, but Christian insists on helping so I let him. Once we are all seated, we partake of my pretty spectacular meal and have small talk. No one brings up the events of today again, thankfully. Christian and I will discuss that later.
After our meal, which everyone loves, Christian surprises me by helping me to clean up. We joke around flirt playfully while we clean and whenever we are done, he wraps his arms around my waist and kisses me passionately and it takes my breath away. "Just a little reminder of what is coming tonight." He whispers against my lips.
I smile and whisper back, "I look forward to whatever pleases you, Mr. Grey."
He growls and kisses me sweetly one more time before we join Liam and Dad on the couch where, thankfully, they are watching some troll movie instead of the dragon movie. We all talk for a little bit before Dad says that he needs to leave and asks if he can keep Liam for the night.
Christian hesitates. He does not want to anger my Dad. "I was planning to take him out to meet my parents tomorrow, if that is okay, but as long as Ana is okay with it, any other night should work out."
"It is okay, son. I understand. He needs to meet his other grandparents as well. I can't get greedy with him. I don't have any work to do Monday, so how about I come and get him tomorrow night? Or you guys can bring him out, either way."
"That sounds like a fine plan, Ray. We can bring him down tomorrow after we're done at my parent's house. I want to take him up on my helicopter at some point anyways, so why not now?"
Dad's eyes widen. "You know how to fly a helicopter?" Christian nods with a nervous smile. "Well, fly safely, especially since you will have my girl and grandson on board. Annie is flying along, right?" I'm freaking out. I've never been on a helicopter before.
Christian looks at me and I smile nervously back. "I was hoping that Ana coming along was implied. How do you feel about us flying out to your Dad's tomorrow?"
I figure that I can do anything as long as I have Christian by my side so I nod, confidently. "I would love to. Liam is going to love it."
Christian nods back at me with his loving smile and he looks back at my Dad. My Dad puts his hand on Christian's shoulder again making him jump slightly. "You're alright in my book, son. It is obvious how happy you make Annie and Liam. I've only had them back a few days, but this is, by far, the happiest that I have seen them."
"Thank you, Ray. I will love and protect them both for as long as they will have me." He says as he smiles down at me and then he looks back at my Dad.
Dad pats him on the shoulder twice and gets up. "Annie, why don't you walk me to the door?"
"Yes, Daddy." I get up and follow him to the door and he turns around to look at me.
"I meant it when I said that you and Liam definitely look the happiest that I've seen you since I've been back. You really are glowing. Make sure that if he ever hurts you or Liam, you both get out of the situation and call me immediately and I will be here for you in a heartbeat."
"Daddy, he won't hurt me, but I swear to let you know." He smiles back at me confidently and he gives me a kiss on the cheek and hugs me.
"I love you and Liam, Annie. I'm here if you need anything. I will see you all tomorrow. Enjoy your helicopter ride."
"We love you, too, Daddy. We will see you tomorrow."
He smiles and turns and opens the door and he leaves. I close and lock the door and then I go back out to my family and we spend another half hour together before Liam starts yawning. "You ready for bed, buddy?" Christian asks him.
"Yes. I still need a bath, though." He replies.
Christian looks at me. "I'm going to go give him a bath really quick and then we can put him to bed."
I nod. "Okay." He kisses me sweetly and he goes off to give Liam a bath. After they are done, I go in and help Christian to tuck Liam in, as usual, and we leave him in his room.
Christian wraps his arms around me and kisses me sweetly. "You go have a seat on the couch and I will go get the wine and we can talk about today."
I nod with a smile and kiss him sweetly back, "Okay, baby."
We settle down on the couch after he brings the wine to the table. He pours us some wine and we sit back and he sits right next to me and puts his hand on my thigh. He looks into my eyes and he smiles. "You're so beautiful" I blush. "Don't be ashamed or embarrassed, baby. I wouldn't say it if it wasn't true, I swear that to you."
I nod and smile at him. He is so sweet. "Okay, baby. I believe you."
He smiles back and continues talking. "First of all, after I was arrested, they took me down to the police station and put me into an interview room. I told them that I didn't want to speak until my lawyer arrived so they left me alone, handcuffed to the table, until my lawyer arrived. The officer questioned me about what happened in that room with Susannah whenever she told me that she was pregnant. I repeatedly told him that it was consensual and that she was practically begging me to do it and even after I was done, she was still begging for more but I walked away." I furrow my brow slightly. He notices. "Okay, I should tell you what happened."
"You don't have to, Christian."
"No, I want you to know, Ana. I want you to know everything that you are willing to listen to. You and Liam are my life and I want no secrets between us." I nod and he continues. "When she told me that she was pregnant, I told her that I couldn't have a baby and I slammed my fists down on the table and walked away and looked out the window. She came up behind me and begged me to punish her and at first, I was afraid of what I might do once I got started because I was so angry, but I knew that I could do this without taking it too far. I told her to meet me in the playroom and I drank a glass of bourbon to calm myself a little. Whenever I got to the room, she was kneeled in a submissive pose that I always required of my submissives and I told her to get up and bend over the spanking table. I restrained her wrists to it with leather cuffs. I knew that she wasn't too far along that this position would harm the fetus."
He takes a drink of his wine and looks back into my eyes as I continue to listen attentively. "I spanked her with a paddle 10 times. She kept begging for more and I was tempted to, but I just couldn't do it. I was done with that session. I didn't even fuck her. I released her hands and told her to put her clothes on and straighten up and go home and that I would discuss this with her whenever I calmed down and she reluctantly nodded and I went back downstairs and played piano until she was gone. That was it. I swear that to you, Ana." I put my hand gently on his cheek and rub his stubble gently.
"I believe you, baby. There is not a doubt in my mind that is what happened. I trust your story and I trust you implicitly, baby."
He leans in and kisses me sweetly again. "Do you have any harder liquor that I can drink? I need a little more to relax after today."
I smile. "I have a bottle of Jack Daniels that has never been opened, if that works for you?"
"Mm… perfect." I kiss him sweetly and I go and get it along with a tumbler and I set it on the table in front of him. I go to open the bottle and he stops me. "You sit. I've got this, baby."
I smile and sit beside him again and he fills my wine glass back up as well before handing it to me. After we both have our drinks again. We sit back again and he continues talking.
"In the police station, the officer kept asking questions being incredibly accusatory. My lawyer had to stop him several times. Finally, the phone in the room rang and he answered it and suddenly, he looked disappointed. He hung up and excused himself and I talked to my lawyer for a few minutes and he told me that his assistant was out there working on getting everything cleared up. Whenever the officer came back into the room, he looked like he was put in his place. He sat down across the table looking defeated. He said that the FBI had gotten ahold of my case and they ordered them to drop the unprecedented charges and release me immediately." I smile knowingly. Lisa. He cocks his head to the side slightly and eyes me speculatively. "Why are you smiling like that?"
I just shrug my shoulders and he says, "Ana? Tell me, please."
I sigh. "I called Lisa, my primary contact with the FBI. I asked her if she knew about BDSM and she proceeded to tell me how they have had to squash similar situations to yours and I asked her nicely to see what she could do about your case. Apparently, she took care of it. I owe her a thank you card."
He grins widely and gently grabs me by the chin and kisses me hard. "I love you so damn much! You are a sneaky woman. You didn't have to, but I am glad you did. We would've somehow handled it, but you are like a little sneaky superwoman over here." He grabs my hair lightly and pulls my head back and kisses me deeply. "Mm… I better stop or I'm going to have to fuck you now and I'd rather get everything out in the open before we go to bed." He grabs my hand and puts it on his erection that is bulging in his pants and suddenly I'm deeply aroused. I rub it a little and he pulls my hand away from it. He tsks me. "Let's finish talking first, baby." I reluctantly nod and he takes my glass from me and he refills both of our drinks.
"Whenever Taylor got to the police station and told me about what Sasha had done at the penthouse, I decided to press charges, but told them to make sure she was taken care of because she was pregnant with my child. Once Taylor told me about her going on the news at 9 shortly afterwards, I asked them to arrest her there so she couldn't spew more venom that she already had and they agreed."
I smile. "You crafty man." He smirks.
"I do what I can." I giggle and kiss him sweetly again. I just cannot stop kissing this man whenever my son isn't in the room. He has witnessed it a few times and hasn't said anything about it, but I kind of told him that girls have cooties and he shouldn't kiss them.
"So, what happened with the penthouse? How bad is it?"
He sighs. "It is bad. Everything upstairs, with the exception of her room is destroyed. She apparently took a knife and one of those metal rods, that you hang your hangers on the closet with, and she just demolished everything, including my clothes and bed. She destroyed the playroom as well. Downstairs isn't AS bad, but it is bad enough that I have just decided to remodel the whole place. I was wanting to ask you if it is okay if I stay here with you and Liam for a while, until it is taken care of."
I smile at him. He should know I will agree to that because I absolutely love having time with him. "Of course. You can stay here as long as you want. What's mine is yours." He smiles back at me and his lips crash into mine.
"Can Gail come down and help you with cleaning and cooking. I can tell that you don't like asking for help, but it is her job and she absolutely loves her job."
I nod. "I can agree to that. Liam loves her. He helped her cook today."
"I'm happy to hear that." He refills our glasses again and sits back with me again. "About my family, I need to go and speak to my parents tomorrow about everything and I would like you and Liam to come with me. Liam can bring his new t-ball set and he can play out there. They have an enormous back yard. I will need to speak to my parents alone at first, because they may not handle the news about BDSM well, but they will absolutely love to know for sure that Liam is their grandson. I could already tell that they loved him, and you for that matter, at the party."
"I would love to accompany you, baby."
"Great."
"So, what about this press release?"
"Basically, it will be to tell everyone that the charges have been dropped because the charges were unprecedented. We will tell people that I am involved in BDSM, but that it is absolutely nothing like the media portrays it to be and that they should look into it to, hopefully, help them to understand. I don't want to mention you or Liam for now. I want to keep you both sheltered from the media for as long as I can, because as soon as they know, the paps will start to hound you. Even after the press release, there will still be protestors that believe BDSM is abuse. We can't change everyone's minds. The good thing is that Sasha doesn't know you as anything more than Ana and that you have a son named Liam. She knows absolutely nothing more about you. Apparently, Kate didn't tell her anything. Kate never really got along with her too well anyways. She told me that she was a fake gold digger and I absolutely agree with that assessment whenever it came to Sasha because that is exactly what she ended up being."
He takes another drink, "Taylor informed me this afternoon that, apparently, taken $50,000 out of my personal account this morning and he had just been notified about it. I had her access to any of my accounts frozen and had my bank account security altered. I don't know what cards she had because I would always give her one to shut her up. I wanted to have her around because she looked like you, but she is absolutely nothing like you. At first, she was a good companion to hold me over until you came home, but she began to really grate my nerves, especially after she insisted that I propose to her. Like I told you before, she never slept in my bed. She stayed in a room down the hall whenever she was at the penthouse, but I made her spend most of her time at her own place."
I shake my head and sigh. "I'm sorry you had to go through all that, Christian."
He takes a drink and shakes his head. "You have absolutely no reason to be sorry. I am just extremely happy that you came back home and saved me from what I already knew would be the worst mistake of my life."
"Well, I've been waiting to come home to you for over 5 years. I am SO fucking happy that it finally happened. I was upset, but understanding whenever I learned that you were already engaged to someone else. I could see it in your eyes that you weren't truly happy, though, and I just wanted the opportunity to be able to, hopefully, make you happy." I take his hand in mine and squeeze it. "Thank you so much for giving me that opportunity."
"Ana" he puts his hand on the side of my face gently and looks into my eyes. "I should be the one thanking you, but you are welcome because it is my pleasure to do anything to make you happy. You make me so fucking happy so I will never stop trying to keep you happy. You and Liam, both."
"We are happy, baby." I say with tears in my eyes. "We are so fucking happy to finally have you." I wrap my arms around his neck, careful not to spill my wine, and my lips crash into his. "I think we've done enough talking for tonight, baby." I whisper against his lips and he smiles back at me.