Whenever I wake in the morning, I reluctantly drag myself out of bed and I throw on some clothes really quick and I go to the bathroom to freshen up before I'm facing my children and Daddy. We will be okay. We have to be. I finally go out and love on the children and hug my Dad before going into the kitchen to make us breakfast. I have a feeling that this will be the hardest separation that I have ever had from my husband.

Throughout the day, I have to hold back tears several times, especially whenever the kids ask about Daddy. I just tell them that he had to go back for work. They seem to believe it and are placated by it, but Dad is another story. I guess we're going to have a talk once the kids go to bed.

He helps me put the kids to bed whenever it is time and then I go and get him a beer and me some wine and I join him on the couch. "Annie, I know Christian didn't really go back for work. I don't know why he left, but from your expression and the way you've been moping around all day, I know that it's something more. Care to tell me what is going on?"

I sigh and nod. "He caught the guy that was making advances on me, kissing me when he came early and was waiting in the lobby at work for me. We discussed it. He seems to have forgiven me, but he wants me to take time and assess and sort through my feelings for this other man because he believe that there's something more to it. I don't believe there is more, fundamentally, but somehow this man has some kind of hold on me and I can't shake it although I am trying like hell to. I know I won't choose him over Christian, but he wants me to take time and get over this thing. He won't be coming around or talking to me until I get it figured out. It shouldn't take long."

I'm silently crying after I get all of this out. My Dad envelops me in a hug. "It will be okay, Annie. You are a strong, independent woman and I have faith in you. I know that you will get this all sorted out soon. I'll be here to support you every step of the way."

I nod. I pull back from the hug. "Thank you, Daddy. Now let's drink some more and you can fill me in on how the kids have been doing whenever I'm gone to work."

"Let's do." he replies. He tells me how great my kids are for him. They seem to always be great kids, although we do have a temper tantrum from time to time.

It's been a week since my husband left me to sort things out. I miss him like crazy. I haven't seen Gideon at all in the last week. I need to see him because I need to confront him and face this thing head on. If I don't see him soon, I'm going to make time to go see him at work. I want no more elevator situations because apparently elevators hold some kind of sexual voodoo themselves.

GP has officially opened and so far, it is doing great. Liam is loving school and, yet again, has made several friends. He has always been a social butterfly. Phoebe is doing great and she is talking more and more. We can't always understand what she's saying, but since we're around her all of the time, we understand what other people would not.

We officially moved into our new home this week. The kids absolutely LOVE it. Christian had a playground built in the yard somehow and Liam and Phoebe have enjoyed it thoroughly thus far. It has most of the amenities that we have at our Seattle home so it's comfortable for us all. I want to go back to Seattle badly, but this will do in the meantime. I just want to be with my husband.

The kids, my Dad and I have had a fun filled weekend and we visited the zoo and had a good day, mostly in the back yard yesterday. Liam had a friend over as well to join them. They always include Phoebe in their little games and this makes me happy. Liam really loves his little sister.

Today, I'm going in to work and if I don't see Gideon before lunch, I'm going up to have this confrontation and get it over with. I don't see him, so when lunch rolls around, I make my way up to his office, determined to put a stop to all of this.

Once I arrive on his floor, I'm greeted by Scott. "Mrs. Grey." he says surprised to see me. "Are you here to see Mr. Cross today?"

"I am. Is he in?"

"He is, but he has someone in with him at the moment. Please have a seat in the waiting room and I will let him know that you're here."

I nod and smile. "Thank you, Scott."

He nods back and I go and have a seat. I WILL put an end to this madness today. After about 20 minutes, a man walks out of his office. A little bit later, Scott approaches me. "Mr. Cross will see you now. You can go right in."

I nod and smile. "Thank you." I get up and walk to his office door. I take a deep breath before I enter to center myself. I can do this. I open the door and walk in with my head held high. I am Christian's. I look up and find Gideon standing a few feet away. I give him a half smile as the door closes.

"Nice to see you again, Mrs. Grey. May I hug you?"

I think about this for a minute. No harm in a hug. I will not let him use his sexual voodoo on me and we will sit and have a civil conversation and I will end this thing between us.

I nod and he smirks and approaches me and wraps his arms around me. "You smell wonderful, Ana." He whispers in my ear. Nope he is NOT gonna suck me in today.

I pull away. "We need to have a civil conversation. I need you to not touch me though. Can you do that?"

"I will behave myself, Mrs. Grey." I nod, pleased with that answer. "Please, have a seat on the couch." I turn and walk over to the couch and have a seat.

He sits beside me, just a little too close, so I scoot away from him a little. "What would you like to talk about, Anastasia?" he asks.

I look up into his beautiful blue eyes. "You weren't wrong. I do feel something for you." He smirks and starts to move closer to me. I put my hand up. "But it is absolutely nothing in comparison to what I feel for my husband. I can't and I won't be with you, Gideon. I need to be absolutely clear and honest with you. You seem to have had some kind of power over me for a little while now. That needs to end. I need you to be respectful of my marriage. Do you understand?"

He sighs and looks down for a moment. "I can't get you out of my head, though, Ana."

"Well, that's something that YOU need to work out yourself. This" I point my finger between myself and him, "will NEVER happen. I do need one more thing from you, though." He suddenly looks hopeful.

"Anything. Just name it and it's yours." I nod. I need to do this. I have to get over this thing.

"I need you to kiss me, Gideon. I mean, give it all you've got."

He smiles, surprised by my request. He moves closer and gently puts his hand on my cheek as we stare into each other's eyes. He gently presses his lips against mine and then he kisses me sweetly at first, and he sensually deepens it. I'm surprised that I only enjoy it a little bit. I am pleasantly surprised. There is no spark. After a minute, I pull back and smile at him. That did it. I ONLY want my husband. What Gideon was expecting was most likely feeling is nothing more than lust. He smiles back at me, but doesn't remove his hand from my cheek. I'm still looking into his eyes, but I take his hand softly into my hand and lower it to his lap. "Thank you. Now, I have to go. I hope that you have a happy and fulfilling life, Gideon." I kiss his cheek and get up and leave him stunned on the couch. I walk out the door, fully certain that it is ONLY my husband that I want.

I think I need to tell Christian this in person. We need to take a trip to Seattle today.

I let my COO know that I need her to take over until I return and that I'm not sure exactly when that will be. I go home early to my kids and dad. I let them know that we're headed back to Seattle for a couple of days. Everyone, including my father, is excited about this.

We notify Gibson of our plans and I book us tickets on a commercial flight. I want Christian to be surprised by our presence after we arrive. I told Gibson to keep it a secret from Taylor and everyone else for now. I even used my personal account to book the flight so that Christian isn't notified.

We have a relatively nice flight in economy on our way to Seattle. The kids got restless from time to time, but overall it was a good flight. Whenever we arrive, I rent us a van so that we can drive back to our home. Once we're all loaded in, we head straight to the house. We get everyone settled in and from the looks of things, he has been staying here. Gail is here and surprised to see us, but I tell her that our presence is to remain a secret from everyone here until I can surprise Christian. She agrees to keep my secret and I sit down and contemplate how I want to do this.

I come up with a plan, but I need to get Taylor involved. I go out on the back deck and this is when I notice that there's a stable set up in the distance and I see a beautiful pony roaming around in the fence surrounding a portion of our property. He finally got Liam's pony. I sit down on the lounger and I call Taylor. He answers immediately.

"Taylor."

"Hi, Taylor. It's Ana. Do you have a moment? I need to speak to you about something."

"I do have a little bit of time. How can I help you?"

"First of all, are you around Christian right now?"

"No. He is up in his office. I'm downstairs in the security room."

"Good. I am in town and I need to ask you a favor."

"I'm listening."

"I need you to take Christian to the penthouse at Escala whenever he gets off work. Tell him that there's something there that he will want to see or something, but do NOT tell him that I'm in town even. I would like to surprise him with my presence. Do you think you can work with that?"

"I do. He will be getting off in around two hours today. Does that give you enough time to do whatever you need to do?"

"That's perfect. Thank you, Taylor."

"It's not a problem, Ana. Welcome back to Seattle. We have missed you around here. Will you be staying now?"

"Unfortunately, no. I want Liam to finish out the school year in New York and then I want to come back."

"We look forward to it."

"Okay. I will see you later. Thank you for your help. I have to go and get things prepared."

"Okay, see you then."

I hang up and smile. I can't wait to see the look on my husband's face. I get up and I go and let my Dad and the kids know that I need to go take care of something and that I will be back later and will, hopefully, have their Daddy with me. They are all excited about that.

I give them love and leave with Gibson. I have him take me to a boutique first so that I can find a dress that Christian is sure to love. I won't get lingerie because I intend to be naked under the dress so that, hopefully, Christian will take me. I want to be naked underneath to give him easy access.

I pick out a beautiful red lacy dress with a silky fabric behind it so that my body isn't exposed too much. I have Gibson take me to Escala after I pick up some food for dinner.

Whenever we arrive at the penthouse, Gibson goes to the security room and I head to the kitchen and put the food away for now while I get cleaned up. I head upstairs with the dress to our bedroom and I go into the bathroom and take a short bath with smelly oils. I think it smells magnificent.

After I get out of the tub, I dry off and go put on my dress after drying and brushing out my hair, leaving soft curls that cascade over my breasts. I go to the full-length mirror in the closet and I check myself out. "Perfect!" I say and then I go to my vanity and I put on some light makeup.

I put on some simple jewelry and I head downstairs and put on an apron to make sure none of the food gets on my beautiful dress. I cook us up some steak and potatoes and, of course, some macaroni and cheese. His favorite.

After it's fully cooked, I prepare us both a plate and put them in the warmer. I get us some wine and glasses and make our place settings on the dining room table. I light some candles to get a romantic glow going on and I lower the lighting so that we can watch the flames of the candles flickering. It's a beautiful set up if I do say so myself. I decide to hide because it is close to time for Christian to get here. I stand near the foyer, but out of view.

Whenever I hear the elevator ding, I hear his voice. "What is it that you want to show me, Taylor? I really need to head home and feed the pony." I bet he never thought he'd be saying those words.

"It's right through here." I hear from Taylor. Next thing I know, I see Christian walking out of the foyer. As he gets further into the great room and his back is to me, he stops for a second.

"I'm still not seeing anything, Taylor." I approach him quietly from behind and I put my hands over his eyes.

"Guess who." He quickly turns around and smiles brightly, picking me up and spinning me around.

"Ana, I'm so happy to see you. Why are you here in the middle of the week?" He lets me down after giving me a sweet kiss.

"I came to see you. I wanted to surprise you. We need to talk." I say cheerfully, hoping that he can tell that it's going to be a good talk.

He smiles at me, so I guess that he caught that. He leans down and kisses me sensually. "I'd love to talk wife, but I'd like to take you to bed first." he whispers against my lips.

"Not yet, Mr. Grey. We need to get some food in you." He grins.

"You're such a magnificent, sneaky woman."

I giggle. "I try. Come with me." I take his hand and walk him to the dining room. When he sees the setup, he seems pleased with it. "Have a seat, Mr. Grey." He smiles and kisses me sweetly again before sitting at the head of the table. I go into the kitchen and I grab our plates out of the warmer. I place his plate in front of him and I kiss the top of his head. "Bon Appetite, Mr. Grey." I place my plate on my place setting and pull out my chair before having a seat myself. He is grinning at me at this point with love and awe in those beautiful grey eyes.

"It looks and smells exquisite, Mrs. Grey."

I smile and wink at him. "Only the best for my husband. Now eat up." He grins and we eat together and for now, we just engage in casual conversation. We will hit the deep conversation after dinner. He holds my hand the entire meal and, as usual, he spends a lot of time staring at me as I consume my meal.

Once we're done eating, I take our plates and put them into the sink. I will take care of those later. I turn around to walk back to the table, but I find him standing directly in front of me and he wraps his arms around me and pulls me flush up against his firm body. He leans down and kisses me passionately. "Can I take you to bed now, Mrs. Grey?" he whispers against my lips. I smile.

"Not yet, Mr. Grey. Grab our wine and meet me at the couch." He growls under his breath.

"Okay." He kisses me sweetly one more time before going to gather the wine and I go and have a seat on the couch as seductively as possible because I can feel him looking at me again.

I look up at him with a smile as he saunters over to the couch taunting me with that fine body. He sets the wine and glasses on the table and then sits down so close that our bodies are touching. He leans forward and pours us both some wine. He picks both up and sits back and hands me my glass. "What would you like to talk about, Mrs. Grey?"

"I have something important to tell you and I think you will like it."

"I have something important to tell you as well."

"Me first, Mr. Grey." He smiles.

"Of course, baby. The floor is yours." I giggle.

I take a drink of my wine and look directly into his eyes. "I kissed Gideon." He furrows his brow.

"This is supposed to make me happy?" he asks questionably.

I giggle again and shake my head. "No, silly. Let me finish." He nods. "I kissed Gideon. Well, I told him to kiss me like he meant it. He did." I put my hand on Christian's thigh and look into his eyes. "It was a good kiss, don't get me wrong, but I barely enjoyed it. There were no feelings there. There wasn't that spark that I feel with you every time your skin or lips touch mine. Nothing!" He's smiling at this point. "My point being, I realized in that moment that all the attraction that I thought that I had to him, was nothing more than just a little touch of lust." I take another drink of my wine. "I also found out in that moment that there's only one man that I want for the rest of my life. There's only one man that I need. You own me heart, body and soul, Christian Grey. I am completely yours, as it always has been. I love you with absolutely EVERYTHING in me. YOU are IT for ME!" He smiles and grabs the back of my head and he kisses me passionately.

He pulls back. "Are you done now?" I nod. "Good. Drink some more wine and I have news for you." I nod. I pull back and I drink more wine, whilst staring at my perfectly imperfect husband. We were truly made for one another. "Sasha's attorneys contacted me."

I nod. "Why?"

"Well, it turns out that Sasha doesn't want this baby either. It turns out that she was, once again, trying to trap me as well and destroy our marriage in the process this time. She, once again, wants you and I to raise the baby as our own."

I smile widely with a tear in my eye and I set down my wine glass and I wrap my arms around him and crash my lips into his. I finally sit back in my place and take my wine back off of the table. "This is GREAT! How far along is she now?"

"20 weeks and it's a boy." My smile grows and a tear falls down my cheek and Christian sets his wine down and takes mine and sets it on the table as well. He wraps his arms around me and I wrap my own arms around him. I can't believe this. We're having another baby!

"We're having another baby, Christian? This is real?"

"It's very real. My attorneys and her attorneys are sorting out the paperwork at the moment and then whenever we all sign, it will be official." I pull back and kiss him sweetly.

"This is wonderful, baby. Thank you for telling me this."

"You gave me wonderful news tonight as well so I wanted to return the favor."

I kiss him and I crawl onto his lap and sit astride him, deepening the kiss and I kiss him passionately. "I want you to fuck me now, Christian. We can have all the foreplay that you want later. I just need my husband inside me."

He smiles back. "I'm happy to oblige, Mrs. Grey." At this point I'm already working on unbuckling his belt and he smiles against my lips and gives me a passion filled kiss as I finally free him from his pants and boxers and I stroke his erection just before I lift up and slide down on it, leading me to gasp.

Before I begin to move, my husband wraps his arms around to keep me from moving. I look down at him and he smiles and brings his lips that extra inch until his lips are firmly pressed against my own. He grabs my hips and lifts me up on his erection and holds me there. "Are you ready, baby?" He whispers against my lips.

"Yes, I am." His lips crash back into mine as he thrusts his hips filling me completely and then he begins to thrust hard and fast whilst kissing me passionately. He brings me to the edge quickly

"Come for me, baby." He whispers against my lips and my body automatically responds to his command. My body begins to tremble and his lips are back on mine to muffle my cries as he continues to thrust relentlessly. Once my orgasm nears the end, he wraps his strong arm around me tightly and he stands and immediately lays me back on the couch without breaking the kiss. He begins to stroke me fast and hard until I'm on the edge again. He encourages me to come with him this time. "Come with me, baby."

I immediately come hard around his throbbing erection as I feel him empty himself into my core. Once the final pulses of our orgasms end, he slows his thrusts to a stop and he collapses onto me. "I'm so happy that you're still mine, Mrs. Grey." He says while still panting.

"I'll ALWAYS be yours, Mr. Grey." I reply breathlessly.

He lifts his head and kisses me sweetly. "How about we go home and introduce Liam to his pony before he has to go to bed and once the kids are down for the night, I want to take you to our playroom. We haven't been in there in a while." My inner muscles contract because I'm so excited about the thought. He chuckles lightly and reach up and kiss him sweetly.

"Let's do, Mr. Grey." He grins and kisses me sweetly while he pulls out and he stands up and helps me up. He situates himself and he looks around for a minute with a confused look on his face.

"Where's your panties?" I giggle.

"I didn't wear any this evening, Mr. Grey. For you." He grins and pulls me close again and kisses me sweetly.

"You're a naughty wife, but we need to go upstairs and get you some panties. We don't need to go home and have our kids see your bare bottom when you bend over." I start to laugh and he joins me.

"Okay." He takes me upstairs and helps me into some panties and we go back downstairs and have Gibson and Taylor take us home.