Over the last month, I have managed to avoid Gideon Cross. I will see him around Crossfire occasionally, but I quickly turn and walk away. More than once, the elevator has opened and he was standing there smirking. My eyes always widen and I say something like, "Oh no, I forgot my phone." and turn and get away from there as quickly as possible. I refuse to let him get close to me. It is too much of a temptation that I do NOT want to have. I won't give into his charms no matter how hard he tries to suck me in.

My husband has been coming to see us on weekends. The kids are always excited to see him and I am as well. He even came one time during the week for a couple of days since he had some business to attend to here. I truly miss having him around all of the time, but this is how I need it to be for now. He brought my wedding and engagement rings back and put them back on my finger, where they belong. I've missed them.

I found and purchased us a beautiful, but larger than necessary, home. It's beautiful with crown molding and it has a pretty big yard. The contractors are just finishing up on making sure everything is in working order and next week, I will start to purchase furniture and move us in.

Liam started school the week following Christian's first visit. He loves it, but he hates that he has to go to yet another school. I feel bad because it's my fault, but it's done now and it cannot be undone so easily.

Liam and Phoebe have been growing like weeds. They both are intelligent. They seem to learn more and more every day and it's an amazing thing to experience.

Christian hasn't heard any more about Sasha for the time being, but whenever I return to Seattle, I plan to visit her and confront her. I can't just sit back and keep my mouth shut. I feel like I have a lot to say to her and I need to get it out at some point.

My Dad has been watching the kids while I have been going and getting our new GP office off of the ground. It seems to have taken forever, but the office will be officially opening up for business next week. I already have a few new authors lined up.

I'm just getting back from GP and I go and get onto the elevator at Cross Towers. It's time for me to cook some dinner for the family. Just as the elevators start to close, I hear footsteps nearing and I'm personally hoping that the doors close before whoever it is gets there. Just as they are almost closed, someone slides into the elevator and the doors close the rest of the way before I realize who it is. Gideon Cross. Damn it. He turns around and smirks at me.

"I've finally got you alone, Mrs. Grey and there's no escaping me this time." he says. I'm suddenly extremely nervous. What the fuck is he going to do to me?

He turns to the elevator key pad and he puts a key in and turns it and the elevator slows to a stop. "What the fuck are you doing, Gideon?" I ask.

He turns back around and sighs. He stands right in front of me and keeps getting closer and I'm frozen in this spot whenever he looks into my eyes. I quickly look down, trying to avoid looking into those mesmerizing blue eyes. "Anastasia, you've been avoiding me for weeks. I think it is time that we have an important conversation."

I look back up at him, frustrated. "What kind of conversation are you talking about?" I ask.

"Well," he starts as he keeps trying to get closer, but I keep backing up. "I know that you feel this unspoken thing between us and I think you need to be true to yourself and just admit it."

I scoff. "There is no unspoken thing, Mr. Cross. Please start the elevator back up." He smiles just as I finally hit the wall. Fuck.

He smiles down at me. "But there is, Anastasia. It is obvious that you've felt the same chemistry between us that I felt every time that our hands touched. I know that you felt it in the elevator before. Even now, you feel it." His voice has me in a trance and I'm literally frozen in place. I think I would be even if I wasn't stuck up against the wall. He gently presses his body up against mine and I gasp whenever I feel his prominent erection against my stomach. I quickly manage to look away.

"Gideon, you are mistaken and I'd really like to go home now." He chuckles lightly and softly touches my cheek and I am feeling it again and unknowingly, I lean into his touch.

He chuckles lightly again and then he puts his fingers lightly under my chin, forcing me to look up at him. Damn it. I must resist. I must resist. "I know that you're lying to me, Anastasia. Just now, the way that you leaned into my touch. It's quite clear that you felt it again." He leans down and his face is just centimeters from my own. "I know you want me." He whispers. What is he? A fucking mind reader?

I finally snap out of the trance that I'm stuck in. "I'm married, Gideon. I'm happily married."

He smiles at me. "Are you really happy though, Anastasia? If you were, you wouldn't have to avoid me because you'd be able to be around me without being tempted to give in to the sexual tension that you're feeling right now."

I gasp as his lips draw nearer to mine. He kisses me lightly and I turn my head away after just a second. "I NEED to go home, Gideon. I have kids to feed."

He finally pulls back. "Okay, fine." He says and I release the breath that I didn't realize I was holding. I cannot believe what I felt whenever his lips touched mine. He turns around and turns the key again and takes it out of the key pad. He turns back around to face me again and he lifts my chin again. "I'll be here waiting whenever you're willing to admit to what's going on between us. I will NOT give up on you, Anastasia."

I scoff after a few moments, because, yet again, I was stuck in a trance. "Stop trying to use your sexual voodoo against me, Mr. Cross. It will not be happening because, as I told you before, I am happily married."

He smiles and winks as he leans down to whisper, "We will see about that, Mrs. Grey." he whispers into my ear and I involuntarily shiver upon feeling his breath against my ear. Finally, the elevator dings at my floor and I swerve around him and quickly exit the elevator. "I'll be seeing you again soon, Mrs. Grey!" he yells as I'm walking away quickly. What the fuck? That was intense. I won't give in to him. I don't care how hard he tries to lure me in.

Before I go into the door, I take a deep breath and shake off what just happened in the elevator. I smile as I enter the apartment and my children come running to me and hug me. I cook us dinner and we eat together and talk about our days. Unfortunately, my mind keeps wandering to thoughts of Gideon Cross.

I keep myself occupied with the kids and my Dad and once the kids are bathed and in bed, I have some wine with my Dad and he drinks a beer. "I can see that you've got something on your mind, Annie. What's troubling you?"

I honestly don't think that I should have this conversation with my Dad so I will give him the bare minimum. "There's this guy that keeps making advances towards me, but I keep telling him that I'm happily married. It's just frustrating. It's no big deal. I am pretty sure that he won't try anything more. Despite his advances, he hasn't tried anything inappropriate so it will all be okay."

He smiles back at me. "Okay. Let me know if you need me to put him in line though."

I giggle. "I'll let you know, Daddy. I think I should go to bed. I have an early day tomorrow."

"Okay. Good night, Annie."

I hug him. "Good night, Daddy." I stand up and walk back to my room to take a long relaxing bath and try to cool down after that encounter in the elevator. I can't believe that he kissed me, but I actually enjoyed it. I hate that I enjoyed it, but I'm glad I had the strength to stop it.

Once my water starts to get cold, I get out and go to my closet and put on my nightie just before my phone rings. I run into the bedroom to pick it up.

"Hello?" I say because I didn't look who it was before answering it.

"Hey, baby. Just calling to see how your day has been?"

"It's been pretty good. Everything is going smoothly with the new house and GP and we should be moving soon and GP will be open for business soon."

"That's great. I miss you."

"I miss you too, Mr. Grey. How was your day?"

"Same shit, different day. I closed a new deal with another company out of Georgia today."

"That's great! When are you coming back to visit? The kids miss you as well."

"I should be there Saturday morning. I'll fly in whenever I get off work. I should be there in the early morning hours."

"Okay. I'll leave the light on for you."

He chuckles. "I feel like I've heard that on a commercial before. What are you doing now, baby?"

"I just got out of the bath and into my nightie and I was just about to crawl under the sheets and get me some sleep. I've got another big day tomorrow."

"I wish I was there to wash your beautiful body." I blush. I still melt into a puddle whenever he praises me.

"Me, too, Mr. Grey."

"How about I call you on Skype and we have a little internet fun before we go to sleep for the night?"

I smile. "I like the sound of that. I will be in bed with my laptop, eagerly anticipating your call."

"Mm. I wouldn't have it any other way, baby. Talk to you again in a bit. I'm going to hang up now."

"Okay. Love you." I hang up and get out the laptop and check myself in the mirror to make sure that I'm presentable for my handsome husband. Once I get into bed, I set up the laptop and lay there, impatiently waiting. Whenever he rings me, I answer immediately and we have a lot of sexually charged cyber fun. It was pretty great, but no substitute for the real thing. I cannot wait to be in his arms again.

After saying good night to my husband and hanging up. I put up my laptop away and lay down and have sweet dreams about my husband until Gideon slips into my dream and it immediately wakes me up. I hate it when he invades my dreams. I get up and drink some more wine before going back to bed and slipping back into a peaceful sleep.

Whenever I wake in the morning, I get up and dressed appropriately for my Dad to see me, as usual. I go out and make us all breakfast. After we eat, I send Liam off to get dressed for school and I head back to my room and take a quick shower and get dressed. Gibson and I drop off Liam at school and he takes me to Crossfire.

I have a good day working on putting the final touches on GP so that we're fully prepared to open next week. I'm waiting for the elevator and whenever the doors finally open, there he stands again. I roll my eyes and scoff as he stands there smirking. "I'm taking the stairs." I say and as I start to walk away, he blocks the door.

"Anastasia, if there's nothing here, you have no reason to avoid me. You should be able to stand in an elevator with me and be civil." I stop and take a deep breath. I can do this. I will just think about Grandma on the way down.

I turn around and get back onto the elevator and after pushing the button for the lobby, I stand as far away from his as possible. As soon as the doors close, I feel it again. I hear him chuckle under his breath so I close my eyes and think about Grandma.

My Grandma made the best cookies I have EVER had in my life. She loved to cook. She was a fabulous cook and I always loved going to Grandma's house. I'm interrupted from my thoughts by someone clearing their throat. I open my eyes and see that it's him.

"What are you thinking about? You're smiling a lot. Is there something that you'd like to share?"

I roll my eyes. "Not in the sharing mood today."

"Okay. Can I tell you something that I've been thinking about?"

"I'd rather you didn't but I get the impression that you will tell me anyways."

He stands right next to me and he lightly grabs my shoulders to turn me towards him. He puts his fingers under my chin and lifts my face to where I'm looking right into those damn mesmerizing eyes. "I've been thinking about you. I think about you when I wake up. I think about you when I'm working. I think about you after work. I even dream about you. YOU are all I can think about." By this time, he is rubbing my arms and I realize that he has somehow managed to back me up against the wall again. "I know you think about me too, Anastasia. I can feel it."

"Gideon, I don't know what you think this is, but you're wrong. There is nothing here. The sooner you get that through your stubborn head, the sooner we can all move on with our lives."

He crashes his lips into mine without warning and It takes me a few minutes this time before I push him off of me. "Gideon, that was inappropriate. I told you that I'm happily married and that isn't changing. I will NEVER be with you. You need to come terms with that."

He smirks. "Whatever you say, Mrs. Grey." and he kisses me softly one last time and I furrow my brow and push past him and that's when I realize that the elevator door is open and my husband is standing there glaring at me and Gideon both.

"Christian! I'm so happy to see you!" I say and I approach him and I wrap my arms around his waist. He allows it and lightly wraps his arms around me.

"Ana, was he bothering you?"

I shake my head. "It's under control. I handled it." I look up at him and he is giving Gideon a death glare.

"Are you going to continue to bother my wife, Cross?"

Gideon puts his hands up in surrender. "No. She's all yours." he says but as soon as Christian looks away from him, I see him smirk and when he sees me looking, he winks discreetly as the doors close. Mother fucker. I didn't hear the elevator ding and I have no idea how long Christian was standing there, but I know that he will have questions.

"Let's go home, baby. I want to take you out tonight." I look up at him. "We need to talk." He says as he looks into my eyes. I just nod as I swallow hard and he leans down and kisses me sweetly. He pulls away and offers his hand and I take it and he leads me out to the SUV where Gibson and Taylor are waiting for us.

Christian helps me in and he goes around and gets in himself. He climbs in and I can tell from his expression that he is not happy but he turns to me with an obviously fake smile and he buckles my seat belt before buckling his own. "Christian"

He cuts me off. "We will talk later, Ana." he says without looking at me. He takes my hand and holds it and looks out of his window. I squeeze his hand and he turns and half smiles at me. "I hope you know how much I love you, Mrs. Grey."

I smile back. "I do. I love you just as much, if not more."

He looks to be deep in thought for a second, but he nods and turns back to the window. I look out the window myself wondering how this conversation will go. Christian is giving off a bad vibe at the moment. I forgave him for kissing Sasha, though, so he should be okay with this considering that I didn't reciprocate. If he saw the kiss, he should've seen that.

Whenever we get back to Cross Towers, there is tension in the elevator, but this time, it most certainly is NOT sexual. I decide to break the awkward silence. "We will be okay, Christian."

He looks at me and puts his hand gently on my cheek and I lean into his touch. "Of course, Ana." He turns to me and he kisses me sweetly before he breaks off the kiss and he wraps his arms back around me and holds me tight up against his chest. I feel the tears threatening to fall, but I manage to keep them at bay. We will be in front of the kids in a little bit.

Once the elevator dings and opens, he takes my hand and walks me to our apartment. Once we're inside, the kids maul us and we both give them love. After squatting down to their levels to hug and kiss them, We stand up as soon as they run back off. "Ana, why don't you go and shower and I will be in there shortly?" he asks me.

I nod. "Okay. I love you."

He smiles down at me. "I love you, too, Ana."

He leans down and kisses the top of my head and I walk into the bedroom I walk into the bathroom and strip off my clothes after starting the shower and I get in and close my eyes and let the water cascade over me. Before I realize it, strong arms wrap around my waist and Christian is directly behind me. He moves my hair to the side and he kisses my neck. "I want to fuck you now, Ana." I turn around in his arms and stand on my tip toes and kiss him sweetly, but quickly deepen it until we are stuck in an amazing passionate kiss.

"Please fuck me, Christian." He smirks and his lips crash back into mine and he lifts me by my thighs as he pushes me up against the shower wall. I wrap my thighs around his waist and my arms are around his neck. I'm running my fingers through his unruly copper hair and we're locked in a passionate embrace when he thrusts his full length into me unexpectedly. I gasp. "FUCK YES!" He puts his hand over my mouth to silence me.

"Shh. We don't need your Dad or the kids to hear us." I nod and he continues to thrust into me urgently. He strokes me harder and faster than usual and I love it. "You are MINE, Ana!" He tells me.

"I know. I am YOURS Christian and YOU are MINE."

"Never forget that, Ana." he says as he continues his relentless thrusts bringing me dangerously close to coming undone.

"Christian Grey, I could NEVER forget that. It's only you. It's always only been YOU."

He grins at me as he continues to stroke me from the inside and it is just what I needed. My body tenses in preparation for my impending orgasm. "I want you to come with me, Ana." He commands me.

My body immediately responds and my inner muscles clamp down on his cock and he continues to thrust as I feel his member start to pulsate. This only provokes the orgasm to become more intense. He puts his hand back over my mouth as I'm about to scream. Fuck, I needed that! I needed my husband. Once the final pulses of my orgasm end, He thrusts a few times before his pulsations come to a stop and so do his thrusts.

He buries his face in the crook of my neck for only a moment. "I Can't lose you, Ana." he whispers.

"Christian, you will never lose me. I'm yours until I'm no longer alive. Even then, my heart will ALWAYS be yours and the kids'"

He looks up at me and smiles and nods. He kisses me sweetly again before pulling out and letting me down and leading me back into the shower stream. He holds onto my waist for a moment to make sure I'm steady. "Are you okay?" he asks.

"Yes. I've got it." He smiles and lets go as he grabs the shampoo.

"Turn around." I do as he asked and he washes my hair and I'm immediately in nirvana. This is fucking amazing!

"Please wash my hair every day for the rest of my life. This feels heavenly."

He chuckles lightly. "I will do what I can." He helps to rinse the shampoo out and then he kisses my neck before turning me back around. He grabs a sponge and puts some soap on it and he sensually washes my body, paying special attention to my most delicate regions. Yet again, it is heavenly.

Once he has me clean, he stands back up. I take the sponge and wash his body the same as he washed mine. I'm as delicate as possible and I kiss the tip of his cock before washing it. I look up at him and smile. I help him rinse off and he grabs the back of my neck in a possessive grasp with one hand and wraps his arm around my waist with the other arm. He kisses me feverishly. "If I didn't have a reservation for us, I'd fuck you again right now." He whispers again and he kisses me sweetly one more time before we get out of the shower. He dries us and I go into my closet and find a beautiful blue dress hanging on my mirror across the closet. I walk over and feel the smooth silky material of the dress.

I assume that Christian picked this out so I put on some sexy lingerie and I put the dress over it and pick out some matching heels. After drying my hair and applying light makeup, I grab a matching purse and stick my phone and lip gloss into it and close it. After one last look in the mirror, I come out of the closet to find my husband looking even sexier than usual and I was convinced that wasn't possible.

His eyes widen when he sees me and he gives a huge panty dropping grin. "You look exquisite, wife."

I smile back. "You look absolutely handsome yourself, Mr. Grey." He takes my hand and spins me around, as usual and He pulls me flush up against his chest.

"Let's go before we're late, Mrs. Grey." I nod.

"Let's do, Mr. Grey." He kisses me sweetly and takes my hand and walks me back out to the living room and we say goodbye to the kids and my Dad and tell them that we will be back later.

"Be safe. I will see you whenever you get back, Annie."

I nod. "You don't have to stay up and wait for me. You need your sleep, too."

"Okay, if you insist." I giggle.

"See you in the morning. Love you."

"Love you, too, Annie."

We leave and we go to the elevator and wait for it to arrive. He wraps his arms around me possessively and he holds me close to his chest. We stand there staring at the elevator doors, waiting for them to open because we're eager to get to our dinner