Over the next couple of weeks, he sends me flowers daily. My office is nearly full of them. It has also included a LOT of sex. We spend our days caring for the children and over nights, he worships my body in a variety of ways. I'm starting to feel like he IS trying to use sex to distract me, so I've decided that I need to cut him off.

I wake up before him, for once, and I get out of bed and shower really quick. Once I'm almost done, he shows up and wraps his arms around me and kisses my neck. I must resist. "Not now, Christian." I turn and give him a sweet kiss before getting out of the shower. I grab a towel and dry off on my way to the closet. I quickly get dressed in jeans and a t-shirt. No easy access for him today. Once I come out of the closet, he's standing there, wet and naked, waiting for me.

"What's wrong, Ana? It's not like you to turn me down."

I sigh. "I need you to stop distracting me from what happened a couple of weeks ago. We need to face it head on and sex is just distracting us from that. I mean, don't get me wrong, I fucking love the sex, but we need to separate ourselves from it for now. We need to work through this. Okay?"

He half smiles. "Anything you want, Ana. I am going to prove myself to you. I promise you that."

"I look forward to it." I give him a sweet kiss and quickly leave the room before he tempts me with his sexual shenanigans again.

Over the last month, life has resumed as usual, aside from us trying to work on our marriage. It's been going well, though. He brought up going to couples therapy with Flynn and I agreed. Today is our first session.

I have managed to block all of his attempts at trying to lure me into sex. I want him to prove himself without sex. I know well that he can fully please me. I just need to know that he can find other ways to prove himself to me. I'm certain that the wait for sex will be well worth it.

Our children have been fantastic, as usual. Christian has started working shorter hours and spends time with the kids and I. He buys them more stuff and we even take them out to the zoo and to other parks and stuff. We went to Disney Land in California a couple of weeks ago. It was all pretty amazing.

He's kind of making me fall in love with him all over again. It's getting close to time for our appointment with Flynn, so I'm taking a quick shower. He asks me if he can join me and I agree. I can resist. I've gotten pretty good at it over the last month.

I tease him throughout our shower, without touching him. I'm having fun with this. I notice his obvious erection and smile, but continue to rinse off. I stand on my tip toes and kiss him sweetly. "See you when you're done, Mr. Grey."

I walk away and grab a towel. "You're a tease, Mrs. Grey." I laugh as I walk out of the bathroom door.

"You must pay the price, Mr. Grey. Patience." I hear him growl and I go into my closet and get dressed. I decide to just wear jeans and a dress shirt this time. I haven't worn a lot of dresses since I've been denying him sex. I just don't want him to assume that, by wearing a dress, I'm inviting him to have sex.

Once I'm dressed, I come out of the closet, I find him walking into his closet. He looks up at me and smirks and his erection is still very prominent. I smile and wink at him and he just smiles and shakes his head. "You're lucky I love you so much, Mrs. Grey."

"I guess I am. I love you as well, Mr. Grey." I blow him a kiss as I leave the room, closing the door behind me. I go downstairs and spend more time with our children until my husband finally comes down the stairs wearing jeans and a dress shirt as well. I guess he wants to match. I can NEVER get enough of seeing him in blue jeans though, EVER!

After we both give the kids our love, He offers me his arm. "Shall we, Mrs. Grey?"

I smile at him. "We shall, Mr. Grey." I loop my arm through his and we go out to the SUV. Taylor is holding the door open as usual and I'm still giving him dirty looks. I'm still angry with him for not saying anything to me after what Christian did in New York.

When we arrive at Flynn's office, Christian signs us in and we go back pretty quickly.

Flynn is standing there to greet us with a smile. He puts his hand out to me as I enter the room first. "Mrs. Grey." I shake his hand. He looks to Christian and offers him his hand as well. "Christian." Christian shakes his hand as well. "Please, have a seat." He says, waving us to a nearby couch.

We both sit on the couch, pretty close to one another and he sits down in a chair facing the couch with a notepad and pencil. Once everyone is settled down, Flynn starts talking again. "I understand that you're needing some marriage counseling after some disruptions in your marriage. Christian, why don't you begin?"

Christian nods and takes my hand before clearing his throat. "Ana has had some run ins with Gideon Cross over the last year and there were at least 3 kisses during that time." Flynn nods. Christian sighs. "About a month and a half ago, I went to New York myself. I went there for business, but by the end of the first day there, I decided to try to take on a new sub. Friday, I turned off my phone and set it in the nightstand and I showered and put on some casual clothes so that I wouldn't be recognized if I went out. I took off my wedding band and put it into the nightstand as well.

Most women won't touch a married man so I needed to keep my options open. I went to a local BDSM club and I found one of my former subs, Susannah. I asked her if she wanted to scene with me and she happily jumped at the opportunity. I had Taylor take us back to my apartment at Cross Towers."

I'm silently crying at this point. Flynn slides a tissue box towards me and I nod and take it as Christian continues. "I kissed her in the back of the SUV. I wanted to know if it would feel anything like what I feel whenever I kiss my wife. I don't normally kiss subs, John. You know that. I've actually never kissed a sub before. I felt nothing whenever I kissed her. I was pleased by this. Whenever we arrived at my apartment, I had her strip down to her panties and kneel by the door, as I've always required of my subs. I went and changed into my dominant jeans. When I came back out, she was still just as I told her to be. I approached her and put my hand on the top of her head and told her to stand.

I had her bend over the back of the couch and she happily obliged. I was contemplating what to do with her and I went and got my belt. I spanked her with the belt 15 times. I took my erection out of my pants and stood behind her. I told her that I was going to fuck her for my pleasure and not hers. I pulled her panties down her legs and I took my place behind her. As I looked at her ass, I suddenly thought of Ana's tattoo on her ass. I pulled back and told her to put her clothes back on and either leave or go sleep in the guest room. I went straight to my room and closed and locked the door before putting my boxers on before laying under the covers, angry with myself for even thinking about doing anything with someone other than my wife. Sometime throughout the remainder of the night, she climbed into bed with me, but I didn't know it until I woke up to Ana. I thought Ana was Susannah at first because I didn't think Ana would be there."

I have my face in my hands at this point. I don't like reliving this and these new details are hard to stomach. I feel a hand start rubbing my back. "Ana, How did it make you feel to find the woman in your husband's bed?" Flynn asks.

I look up at him. "Angry. Betrayed. So fucking angry."

"What upset you the most about it, Ana?"

"I thought that he had sex with her because she was in his bed in just her bra and panties and he was just in his boxers. He told her to get out of bed and I stopped her from leaving the room. She, apparently, didn't even know that he was married. I looked back at him and saw him sliding on his wedding band. That infuriated me. I asked her if she fucked him and she just ran out of the room. I confronted him and he said almost everything he just said, except he left out the spanking and the part where he wanted to fuck her. When I learned from her about those parts, I was even more infuriated and I told her to leave and not come back and to leave me and my family alone."

"That sounds like it would have been difficult for you." He looks to Christian, "What have to tried to repair the damage that has been done, Christian?"

He looks down, ashamed, before clearing his throat. "Sex. I've attempted to use sex. I also have sent her a lot of flowers to try to make up for my behavior."

"Christian, you know that sex won't fix your problems. It's only putting a Band-Aid on them so that you don't think about what's happened. You're distracting Ana and yourself from dealing with the problem. Do you know anything else you could try to work this out?" Flynn asks.

Christian rubs his hand over his face. "I don't know. That's something I thought you might be able to help me with."

"Well, I can't tell you what might help because that's different for everyone. How about you put yourself in Ana's shoes, regarding the incident with Susannah? Ana, how about you put yourself in Christian's shoes regarding what happened between you and Gideon?" Flynn suggests.

I think about this. I'd be angry, just as I was whenever I caught him in bed with that woman. But it looked like Christian had sex with the woman and I never put myself into the position where it would appear as if I had sex with Gideon. But what must Christian thought and felt whenever he saw me with Gideon in that elevator and he heard what happened in the ladies' room at dinner? He must've thought the same way that I thought whenever I saw him in bed with Susannah. Now, I feel terrible.

I'm crying again and put my face in my hands. "Ana, how did you feel whenever you put yourself in Christian's shoes?"

"Terrible. I thought about what Christian had seen and heard and I can only imagine that the same things went through his head as what went through mine whenever I saw that woman in his bed." I look up at Christian. "I'm so sorry, Christian. I wasn't thinking about how that made you feel."

He has tears in his eyes as well and just nods. "I understand why you felt and reacted the way that you did as well, Ana. I'm sorry." He replies.

"Now we're getting somewhere." Flynn says. "What can you do in the future to avoid anymore misunderstandings like this?"

"Be honest and open with one another. We need to make sure that when we have straying thoughts, that we discuss them with each other instead of acting on them." Christian says while looking into my eyes.

"Ana? What do you think?"

"I agree. I'm still upset that you went out looking for someone to betray me with. I never went looking for Gideon. He kept finding me. I think you're right, though."

"I'm sorry, Ana."

I nod. "I forgive you, but as you said, you have got to discuss with me if you ever even think about doing something like this again. I hope that you don't, but I need to know if you do."

"Agreed. If you run into Gideon again, I need you to get away as soon as possible and not allow him to touch you and contact me immediately."

"I can do that. I love you, Christian."

"I love you, too, Ana." I smile and he leans into me and kisses me sweetly.

"I think we're done here for today. If you need me again, be sure to let me know and we will fit you in. I'm hoping that you won't need me again, though. I will see you both for your individually scheduled appointments next week." Flynn announces.

"Thank you, Flynn." Christian says, shaking his hand.

"Just doing my job, Christian. Take care of this woman. She is a good one."

Christian looks over at me. "She's quite possibly the best woman I've ever met." He says with a smile.

I shake Flynn's hand as well. "Thank you." He nods.

"I'll see you both soon. I hope this session has helped you both to get some perspective and that you're able to fully repair your relationship again."

"Okay, we'll see you later." Christian takes my hand and leads me out of the office and to the SUV. He lets me in and gets in himself. The whole way home, we just stare at each other.

Whenever we arrive home, our trance we've been stuck in is broken and we get out and go and spend some time with the kids. He goes off to work for a couple of hours and the kids and I go swimming in our indoor swimming pool while waiting for Christian to come home from work.

Whenever he arrives, he joins us for the rest of the day and after the kids are all tucked safely into bed, has me sit on the couch and he goes to gather us some wine. He comes back and sits right next to me. He smiles at me and sets the wine bottle and glasses on the table. He hands me mine and takes his own into his hand.

He sits back and looks into my eyes. We both take a drink. "What would you like to talk about, Ana?" He asks. I'm caught in a trance by his ruggedly handsome face and body.

"Um.. Tell me how work went today?"

He proceeds to tell me about what's going on with his work while we sip on our wine and I listen attentively, but slightly distracted by his erection straining against the fabric of his pants.

Once he asks me what else I'd like to talk about, I can't take it anymore and I put down my glass and climb over and sit astride him and my lips crash into his. "I want you to take me to bed, Mr. Grey." I whisper against his lips before kissing him again. I feel him smile. It only takes a moment before he leans forward and sets his glass down and he grabs me under the ass and he picks me up and carries me to our bedroom, our lips still firmly connected to one another.

He sets me down at the foot of the bed. "Stay right here, baby." He says and I nod. He goes back to the door and he closes and locks it. He comes stalking back to me with a mischievous grin on his handsome face. His lips crash into mine and he kisses me sensually as he undresses me. Once I'm naked, I do the same for him, kissing his body as I go.

He picks me up by my ass and he lays me down on the bed. I hurriedly roll over and get onto my hands and knees before he climbs onto the bed behind me. He chuckles.

"What do you want, Ana?"

"I want you to fuck your wife, Mr. Grey."

By this time, he is directly behind me with his cock at my entrance and an ass cheek in both hands. "As you wish, wife." He thrusts his full length into me at once leading me to gasp.

He thrusts hard and fast and it feels fucking spectacular. He continues this until after my third orgasm, whenever he tells me to come with him and I do so, gloriously. After our orgasms end, he thrusts a few more times before stopping.

After a few more minutes, he pulls out as he kisses my back. He leans down and kisses my ass tattoo, as usual. I'll never get tired of that. I collapse onto the mattress as he lies down beside me. He smiles at me and helps me onto my side. He pulls me up against his side and I lay my head on his chest and drape my legs over his. "I've missed you, Mr. Grey." I tell him.

"I've missed you as well, baby."

"I want more." He chuckles.

"I love how insatiable you are. If it is more you want, then it is more you shall have." He rolls me over onto my back and he loves me well.

This continues for a few more hours before we fall asleep, safe and sated, in one another's arms.

Over the last 3 months, our relationship has improved significantly. I'm still having a hard time fully coming to terms with my husband using a business trip to go out shopping for a new submissive and him almost fucking her, but for the most part, I've forgiven him as he has my transgressions in the past.

We've started visiting the playroom again and we always have extraordinary sex, even out of that room, but my husband always has new ways to astonish me inside that room.

The kids are doing great. Liam is still absolutely in love with his school and friends, but he recently started summer vacation. We have his friends over for him occasionally and that makes him very happy. Phoebe is such a smart little girl. She is speaking a lot now, although most people can't understand what she's saying. Everyone in our house and family can now understand what she's saying most of the time. Our Teddy is a little monkey and he's always climbing, or at least attempting to, on just about everything. We occasionaly have some boo boos because of it, but he hardly ever cries about it.

All 3 of our children are spectacular children and they amaze us more every day. We are exceptionally proud of all of them. We're only about 2 months away from Liam and Phoebe's birthdays. Time needs to slow down. They grow up way too fast.

Ava is over 1 now as well and she's absolutely adorable. Her and Liam are friends and they love to spend time together. Their playdates are quite possibly the cutest thing ever.