AN: This is the second update to this story today, 11/16/21. So, if you haven't read chapter 13. Please, read it first.

There is a reason why you are getting 2 updates today. Some people in the comments have not been very happy with the speed in which I am updating the stories. When I volunteered to update Madison's stories. I did it in good faith. Thinking that I would have all of her stories updated to completion by now. However I did not realize at the time that my personal life would completely implode. And that things would get so much worse. I promise you I am doing the very best I can. But after the negative comments on my update speed. I realize that my best is NOT good enough for some of you. So, I have a question for you. So, I am updating all of Madison stories again today. With this message. So that you Madison's readers may vote on how we proceed in the future. My question is, do you want to continue with me updating the stories as I am able to? Or do you want me to send the stories back to Madison, for her to update at her convenience? I will wait 72 hours before I do anything. So, the most people have a chance to vote.

If you read Unwritten. I have not forgotten to update it. There's a problem with 1 of the chapters. I'm waiting on Madison to correct it at her convenience.

Chpt. 14 CPOV

I wake up before Ana the next morning, not that I'm surprised considering everything she went through last night. It was a bold move on my part to force her into the playroom but I knew that if something didn't change she would crash hard. She wasn't listening to reason; I tried telling her that Taylor was taking care of everything but she just kept listing all the things she needed to do.

"No….Please get out" Ana mumbles in her sleep.

Ana hasn't discussed much of her childhood, but I got the impression it was pretty normal. She hasn't spoken much about her mother but I know she was close to her father.

"Don't! Please…..get out of my room!" she yells.

"Ana! ANA!" I call as I shake her shoulders.

"Oh Christian…."she says breathless looking around the room.

"What happened?" I ask.

"I was dreaming that instead of turning around and coming up here last night I found the guy in my bedroom…" she shudders at the thought.

"Oh, Ana" I pull her close to me, her chest once again against mine.

"I don't want to go back there Christian" she whispers.

"Shhhhhh….I meant what I said last night" I lift her chin up so she is looking at me. "You are staying right here with me until we find the bastard who did this. Until he is behind bars this is where you will be sleeping every night."

"Are you sure? I don't want to impose…." She sighs.

"Ana, I won't have you anywhere but here where I can keep you safe" I say kissing her still swollen lips.

"I could sleep in the guest room-" she begins.

"No! Why? Don't you want to sleep in here?" I ask concerned. Maybe I'm pushing it too fast; maybe I'm just assuming she would want to sleep with me.

"It's not that! I like sleeping with you" she reassures me. "I just didn't want you to feel you had to sleep with me if you didn't want to."

"Oh baby" I sigh. "I'm getting hard just thinking about waking up next to your naked body every day, waking up inside of you, waking you up in the middle of the night to play."

"Christian" she blushes.

"I'm going to keep you safe; I promise you that you will be safe here" I vow to her.

She looks up at me with this innocent look in her eyes that I've never seen before. It's as if she is begging me to keep her safe, to not let anyone hurt her. I can see the battle in her mind, struggling with the idea that I can protect her and wondering how that will happen. I can almost watch the wheels start to rapidly turn in her head trying to figure it all out.

"Let's go take a shower, we need to meet with everyone at GEH this morning" I say.

"At your office?" she asks.

"Yes, that's where we have the best imaging programs to tackle the security cameras" I answer.

"I don't have any clothes with me…my luggage was lost-" she explains.

"Taylor had clothes delivered this morning for you from Nieman's" I interrupt.

"Oh, thank you. I don't want to even think about what was done to my clothes last night" she sighs in relief. "I will reimburse you the cost of everything."

"No you won't" I say firmly as we get in the shower. "We will order more items as you need them."

"Thank you" she kisses me on the lips.

"But we won't be ordering pajamas" I smile.

"None?" she raises an eyebrow.

"None….I only want you naked in my bed" I say.

"Only if the same rule applies to you" she giggles.

As much as I would love to spend all day with Ana in the shower I know we need to get moving so we can meet with Taylor, Barney and Welsh to see what we can find. Ana is disappointed when I don't offer to wash her beautiful body, but I assure her that we will have plenty of showers with her staying here. The offer to stay here was spontaneous last night but thinking about it now I don't want her anywhere else. I want to do everything in my power to keep her safe; I can't have someone running around breaking into her apartment. What if she were there when he broke in? When she offered to sleep in the guest room this morning my heart immediately sunk at the thought of her anywhere else in my bed. Realizing this, I'm beginning to wonder if Dr. Flynn wasn't onto something in our meeting last week. I wonder if I am falling hard for her; could she be falling hard for me? Will that complicate things?

"I brought some clothes that Taylor had sent over, if you don't like them I can pick something else out…" I say as Ana comes out of the bathroom in a towel.

"It's fine Christian" she assures me.

"I'm going to have Gail move everything into my closet so you won't have to wonder the halls in a towel" I smile.

"I don't mind moving everything" she says.

"It's okay….let's get going" I reply.

We eat a quick breakfast that Gail prepared for us, neither of us saying anything. Taylor drives us to GEH and immediately I can see the shock in Ana's eyes as she takes in the size of the building. I am always amazed when someone sees it for the first time; usually you can almost see the dollar signs flashing before their eyes. With Ana though it's different, she is looking up at the building in surprise and in awe. Ana is not like the other woman I tried dating before turning to BDSM; they all were after my money. They would play it off like they didn't know who I was initially but it always came out later that they knew exactly who I was and only wanted me for my money.

"You own this building?" she asks in awe.

"Yes" I confirm.

"Wow, it's huge" she says.

"It is" I laugh. "Come on."

"Taylor please have everyone in the board room as soon as possible" I say as take the elevator to the executive floor.

"Yes sir" he confirms.

"One day I want to fuck you in here" I whisper into Ana's ear as I show her my office.

"I'd like that" she smiles. "I'd also like to suck you off while you are on a conference call."

"You're killing me Ana" I groan feeling dick twitch at the thought.

"Soon" she promises.

"Sir? Everyone is gathered in the board room" Taylor says through the intercom.

"Are you ready?" I lift her chin so she is looking at me.

"Yes, let's find out who this bastard is" she says confidently.

I kiss her gently on the lips before taking her hand and leading her down the hall to the board room. I hear Andrea gasp as I walk past her and I realize that I've never held hands with a woman in my office before. Occasionally I would have a date meet me here for lunch or dinner but we would also leave the office and never show any signs of affection. With Ana it's different; it's almost as if I can't keep my hands off of her.

"Ana, I would like to introduce you to my team" I say as we walk into the room. "Barney is my head IT guy whom you've spoken to previously, Welsh is my head of security at GEH and of course you know Taylor."

"Thank you all for assisting me today, I appreciate you taking time out of your busy schedules" she greets everyone.

I'm momentarily taken back with the change in Ana when she walked into this room. I've seen myself do it but watching her change into CEO Ana is freaking hot. She walked in the room as if she owned it even though she was out of her comfort zone. Her body is oozing confidence as she sits straight up in the chair next to me.

"Okay gentleman what do we know" she asks.

"The person who broke into your apartment is a Caucasian male, appearing in his late thirties to early forties from the images we can gather. He disguised himself as a delivery person, gaining access to the service elevator from someone who was working in another apartment. It's not clear how he gained access to your elevator code but he is seen exiting the elevator on your floor. We don't believe he knew there were cameras in the building because he made minimal attempt to hide from them. He then picked your lock in a matter of seconds before entering your apartment" Welsh describes.

"Inside the apartment you already know that he destroyed most of your possessions in your living room, shattered your kitchen dishes and most of your appliances. Did you enter your bedroom?" Taylor asks, and Ana shakes her head. "Please excuse my bluntness, but the images in there were the most disturbing. He took out most of your undergarments from your dresser and put them on your bed before pleasuring himself on them."

"Oh God" Ana mumbles. "I think I'm going to be sick."

"Gentleman, give us a minute" I say escorting Ana back to my office.

"There's a rest room-" I gesture towards the door but before I finish she takes off.

I hear her lose her breakfast and my heart sinks knowing the images that must be going through her head. I open the bathroom door, kneeling next to her rubbing circles on her back. I whisper to her telling her that everything is going to be okay, trying to convince her that she is safe. She nods before rising and walking towards the sink. I hand her my extra toothbrush that I keep in there so she can feel better before walking back into the meeting.

"Are you okay?" I ask as we walk out of the bathroom.

"I'm okay" she says confidently.

"We don't have to-" I begin.

"Yes we do, I need to catch this bastard" she says, CEO Ana returning.

"Gentleman, I apologize for leaving abruptly" Ana says entering the board room again. "Now, where were we?"

"The red paint that I'm sure you saw in your living room" Taylor begins and Ana nods. "Was throughout most of your apartment. Any mirrors have been smashed, your office was torn apart although it didn't look like most of the books were ruined – just thrown around. Several windows were broken and the electricity had been cut to your apartment."

"That explains why it was so dark when I opened the door" Ana says. "I could only see the damage in the living room and kitchen because of the light in the hallway. I always leave the kitchen light on when I leave so that I don't come home to a dark apartment."

"A police report has been filed, here is the name of the detective assigned to the case" Taylor says handing Ana a business card. "They would like a statement from you but agreed to wait until early next week seeing that you never saw the person in your apartment. Your home owner's insurance will be sending out someone to determine a claim adjustment in the next week. We have contracted with a cleaning crew that has assured me they can have the place looking brand new as soon as the insurance company is done with their assessment."

"Thank you Taylor" Ana smiles. "I appreciate you taking over last night."

"We have one decent image of the guy from the security cameras" Barney begins. "Several are blurry and others are from his side or his back. But there is one fairly decent shot of his front, however it is slightly blurry. He is wearing a dark hat which casts a shadow over his face and as well as a hooded sweatshirt which I believe disguises much of his stature."

"Please bring up the image" Ana instructs.

"This is the best one we have" Barney says clicking a button moments before a picture appears on the projector screen.

Barney was right; the image is blurry and dark. The bastard who did this was smart enough to at least try to disguise his appearance with a dark black hat and dark sunglasses. His head is down, but he doesn't seem to notice the cameras as he is standing in front of one as he walks off the elevator and makes no attempt at covering his face.

"That BASTARD!" Ana screams moving closer to the screen.

"Ana? You know who this is?" Taylor asks surprised.

"I sure do" she says with confidence. "Jack fucking Hyde."

"This is him?" Barney asks, remembering the name from the research he had initially helped Ana with.

"I would bet money on it" she says. "See the ponytail? And that scar on his cheek…that's him."

"Who is Jack Hyde?" Welsh asks.

"An employee who hacked our server that I just fired" Ana explains with disgust.

"How did he take the termination of his employment?" Welsh asks.

"He denied all the accusations, despite Barney having concrete proof it was him" Ana says. "He was furious; for some reason he thought I was meeting with him to offer him a promotion. He yelled and screamed – Oh my god…"

"What is it?" I ask worried.

"I completely dismissed it when it happened, I thought he was just angry…" Ana mumbles.

"What did he say?" Taylor asks.

"He told me he would see that I paid for this…that I should sleep with one eye open" she says. "I thought he was just talking out of anger."

"He has a criminal record, right?" I ask.

"Yes….a very long one" she admits. "I didn't like the idea of keeping him on when I took over SIP but Mr. Roach insisted he was a very talented editor. His criminal record showed nothing in the last few years so I decided to keep him on but to keep a close eye on him."

"I just pulled his bank account activity for the last month" Welsh says. "It appears he emptied his account three days ago. There are no transactions on his credit cards either and he hasn't paid his mortgage in months – the bank was going to foreclose."

"So we don't know where he is?" Ana asks in a shaky voice.

"Not yet, but we will find him" Welsh vows.

"Ana, in the meantime I have hired a CPO for you-" Taylor says.

"I'm sorry…a what?" she interrupts.

"Close protection officer" Taylor answers. "A security guard if you will."

"Oh" Ana sighs.

"Luke Sawyer will be assigned to you" Taylor explains. "He will basically be your shadow, just as I am to Mr. Grey. He will accompany you to work every day and home; he will insure no one who is not approved to see you gets into your office. He should accompany you at all times; if you leave the building to get lunch, if you go to Seattle E Books, anywhere you go he goes. Even if it's somewhere in the building, be sure to let him know."

"I understand" Ana says quietly.

"I will be reviewing all security for SIP and Seattle E books to determine where your possible risk areas are. Barney says you upgraded your servers so we believe any risk areas will be to the physical layout of the buildings. I will prepare a report identifying risk areas with recommendations and approximate costs for eliminating the risk areas. As is standard for Mr. Grey, I will identify the risk areas using a leveling system so you can easily where you are most vulnerable and where you are least. I will be available at any time for consultation either in person or by phone" Welsh outlines.

"Thank you, I appreciate your assistance" Ana replies.

"Does anyone have anything else?" I ask, sensing that Ana is getting overwhelmed with all this information.

The meeting concludes with no one having any other information than what we already covered. Everyone leaves the room, however Ana makes no attempt to move from her chair. I can tell the shock is setting in as the reality of everything finally hits her.

"I didn't think he was serious" she says quietly. "I thought he was just mad that I was firing him."

"You couldn't have known he would react like this" I assure her.

"I should have seen it; given his criminal record I should have known this could happen" she sighs.

"Let's go back to my office, I have to check a few emails and then we can go back to my place" I say.

"Okay" she takes my hand and we walk by to my office.

Ana sits on the couch without saying much as I sit at my desk reading through several emails and updating a few reports. I ask Andrea to reschedule everything on my calendar for the remainder of the day and cancel my appointments on Monday as I'm not sure how Ana will be feeling by then. I'm just finishing my last email as I realize that Ana has fallen asleep on my couch. I pull a throw blanket out of the bathroom closet and lay it over her as I return to my desk. I spend the next few hours reading through reports and reviewing financial statements waiting for Ana to wake up. I'm sure she is exhausted from everything that happened at her apartment last night, plus our very long scene in the playroom on top of the emotional toll this meeting just took on her.

"Sorry," Ana says waking up. "How long was I asleep for?"

"About three hours" I smile.

"What?! You should have woken me up instead of waiting here for me" she stretches.

"It's fine…I was able to get a few things done" I say. "Are you ready to go get out of here?"

"Yes" she replies.

Taylor drives us back to Escala where we immediately head to my penthouse. There is no way I am allowing Ana back in her apartment until Jack Hyde is off the streets and her apartment has been restored to its original condition. She doesn't need to see the disgusting scene that Taylor described. Gail serves us a wonderful dinner when we arrive home and I can tell the toll this is taking on Ana as we eat in silence. She looks exhausted even though she took a long nap today; her eyes are filled with worry and concern.

"Ana, do you want to talk about it?" I ask gently as we sit in front of the fire.

"No" she sighs. "I'm just kicking myself for not taking the threat seriously."

"Ana you couldn't have predicted he would have reacted this way" I try to comfort her. "We will catch this bastard, I promise you that."

"Thank you Christian" she says.

"What do you need?" I ask completely out of my realm here.

"I think I just want to go to sleep" she answers.

"Of course" I said leading her upstairs.

As if on autopilot, I watch Ana enter the bedroom and go to the bathroom to get ready for bed. She takes off her clothes and crawls under the blankets closing her eyes as soon as her head hits the pillow. I use the bathroom, taking a few minutes to try to think of the best way to handle the situation before returning to the bedroom and joining her in bed. I decide the best thing I can do is simply comfort her; I move next to her on the bed and pull her close to me. I hold her tightly as she begins to sob in my arms; I reassure her everything is going to be okay as I hold her tightly as several minutes pass.

"Thank you Christian" she turns to look at me as she finishes crying.

"I'm here for you Ana, anything you need" I kiss her.

Her lips are so soft and moist from crying, I can't seem to get enough of them. I try to pull away, not wanting to push her into something she is not emotionally ready for but she grasps my head pulling me closer to her. Her tongue thrusts into my mouth as she moves her body so she is up against me.

"Ana…" I say pulling away briefly.

"Please Christian….just take my mind off of everything" she begs.

Her eyes beg as much as her voice does; I immediately give in and wrap my arm around her waist anchoring her next to me. She takes charge; quickly attacking my lips, sucking my lips, biting my lips as she rubs her sex against my growing erection. Realizing this is what she needs, I let her control the pace for tonight. If it gets her mind off of things, I'm willing to do anything she wants tonight. My hand reaches between us, stroking her sex as she moans into my mouth. She isn't as soaking as she usually is, but a few strokes to her clit has her juices flowing quickly.

"Ahhhhhhhhh" she moans as I push a finger into her tight sex.

She grinds her sex against my hand, as if she is trying to fuck me and the sight of it nearly brings me to my own orgasm. I quickly roll her on top of me, giving her complete control in this position which is what she seems to want tonight. She immediately sits up, grasps my erection and guides me into her tight, wet core.

"Ohhhhhhhhhh" She moans as she takes half of my erection inside of her.

"Deeper" I tell her.

She moves up and slides slowly down my erection a little further still not taking all of it in. She's been on top while I'm sitting up, but never when I'm lying down. I wonder if this position has her feeling more or if she is still sore from last night. I hope it's not the latter because I wouldn't want to be doing this if she is hurting.

"Oh God…." She moans as she finally takes me all in, sitting on me, grinding herself against me.

"You feel so good" I say grasping her breasts.

"Hmmmmmm" she moans.

I hold her hips, guiding her to start moving because if I stay like this much longer I'm likely to combust having her walls hold me as tight as they are. She must sense my need and she slowly begins to move up and down; sliding her sweet, wet pussy up and down my dick. I watch myself go in and out of her and the mere sight of it has me heading straight for an orgasm.

"You look so hot when you do that" I say as she slams herself onto my dick.

"Christian…." She moans.

"Come when you can baby" I tell her; this is not a scene, this I about her.

"I need…faster….harder" she says.

"Do it baby….let me watch you make yourself come when you ride me" I tell her.

She leans forward slightly, placing her hands on my chest as she begins to ride me harder and faster. I momentarily pause watching her hands on my chest but not feeling anything. There is no pain, no panic, nothing. Her eyes are closed as she loses herself, focusing on nothing but the pleasure she is receiving. I am in shock, as I too am feeling nothing but pleasure despite her hands on the middle of my chest.

"Ahhhhhh" she moans pulling me from my realization.

"Play with your clit baby" I instruct. "I want to see you make yourself come when you're fucking me."

"Ohhhhhhh" she complies with my request.

She rubs her clit as she continues to ride me hard and fast just as she said she needed. I can see her struggling to continue the pace as the orgasm approaches. I pinch her nipple hard and she screams out my name as her walls grasp me tightly causing me to find my own release. She collapses on my chest, continuing to move up and down on my erection riding out her own orgasm. I hold her tightly before rolling us onto our sides where I kiss her deeply.

"Thank you" she says.

"Anything you need Ana, anything" I assure her.

We fall asleep once again just like that, our connection to each other in place and our bodies wrapped around each other. Her leg holds me close to her as her arm around my waist insures that I don't pull her out of her. She needs this connection as much as I did the night I spent inside of her following my nightmare.