Chapter Nineteen

The days that followed we browsed around first before we decided to settle on the right printing presses for SIP before we bought them with the best maintains service of the machines if they break down in the near future. We had a SIP board meeting while we were at the manufacturers of the press machines. We talked numbers and the time frame to get them to SIP and their start assemble them on site in Seattle. With the board now on board we bought about ten printing presses. So we bought the machines then head to our hotel by dinner time, we got packing then drove over to the jet where we got settled for our flight. Christian and myself we're working in flight, Christian even had business meetings with old and new partners and then me with authors. Hanna called a few times and we finally turned in by midnight. Stephen and Bianca are at the steer of things and is doing a great job. Taylor, Sawyer and Prescott are all busy with their own things while Christian and I head to our room to take a shower then gone to bed. We slip into bed and fell asleep. I was woken much later by one of Christian's nightmares. I held him to me and he calmed down. He wrapped his arms around my waist. I kissed his damp hair. His biological mother can be glad she's no longer on this green upside down earth, I would have like to find her and make her pay for what she did to my wonderful husband.

'I love you my sexy man.' I whispered to him in his sleep. He just held me tighter. This whole Jack trying to get to us thing is also working on my nerves. I hate playing defence all the time. He better not lay a finger on my husband or my new family-in-law. I will hurt him in ways he will wish he is no more. Then there is Elena what is her deal in sending me a very clear death threat. My head fill with all these situations we are in. I just couldn't go to sleep at all so once Christian turned on his other side I got up, gone to the bathroom and then with a robe wrapped around me I got back to work on my laptop. I worked till I have nothing to do. By morning Christian came out all dressed and pressed for the day. I had a cup of my favourite tea in my hand and gone off to get ready myself. Afterward I joined Christian where he was on the phone with Welch and Andrea. I just sat and listen to them talk. I just sat and looked out my jet window. It was all so pretty and serine up here I almost wish you could live in the sky for ever looking down on all the pretty of the land below. Christian looked at me while he talked to his staff. Our airhostess carried over our brunch and we sat eating. I just sat thinking about everything that's been happening since we started this trip. I am really happy to be going home.

~~~oOo~~~

It's the grant opening of our night club and it is booming. We even got the local news paper to place a couple of adds for us and the radio station is also broadcasting our ads on their station. The doors open and people streamed in to Milady's Corner night club and business is hopping. Christian is here to and the press. I did warn him about this. Everyone is loving the club. Our BDSM clientele came from all over Washington to come enjoy our tight knit community gather hall. They all love the feel and vibe of the place. We have a ton of curious 'Joe's' that asked to see or experience their first bondage play. In so opening the night club to newbie's. The opening weekend is being a great success. Becca is my night club manager and she knows how I operate. To my surprise Kate and Elliot were here and so Mia and Ethan to. We just play along that we were curious about this new hangout. The girls took to the dance floor and wanted to drag me along. Taylor hired a whole new team of guys for us to be bouncers and they are keeping the place in check. We had an outside building were the bouncer can drag the fighting men to if a fight breaks out so not to disturb the flow of the evening for everyone else. We also made sure the bouncers and security know of the wanted men, like Jack and Elena ect. I don't want trouble in our new place. The DJ's we hire are on fire. The music is on fire. I am busy all over making sure we have enough ordered cases of alcohol. Copies of our liquor licence are hanging above both bars and the original licences are in my office I share with Becca now. The pressed wanted to do a story and we asked to keep me just as the owner in their article. By two AM we close the club and we cash up. Yet the play house is still open and going for another two hours before they close for the evening. Kate and Mia asked me what I thought of this place and I just gave them my honest opinion.

'To be really honest with you all, this place is a dream come true.'

'It really has an edgy vibe to it that I really like.' Kate lifted her opinion as she drank her drink.

'Really? Would you come again?' Christian asked intrigue.

'Absolutely.' She said without a doubt, with a smile again. He smiled and then looked at me.

'You think we should?' I asked him as he looked at me. Christian just nod his head at me then took my hand for support.

'Very well we can't hide this anymore.' I sighed.

'What is going on? Are you two okay?' Mia asked looking between Christian and me.

'Yes we are more than fine, little sister.' He took Mia's hand and squeezed it.

'This is my night club. I wanted to open a place like this for a couple of years now.' I spoke in a rush. The whole table just looked around at each other then back to me.

'Seriously this is your place?' Kate asked starting to look pissed at me. Oh, great.

'Yes. I am Milady of Milady's Corner.' I looked at her then at the rest of our family and friends. 'I know this must come as a shock to you all I know but this is my dream. I also understand if you are mad at me but please I want to ask you all that you don't be mad at my husband. He was only my support through all this.'

'It's true.' Christian confirmed, smiling at me and kissed the side of my temple, at that moment Becca came over and called me away to come look at the figures in the office. They all looked at us as we leave. I saw their jaws drop to the table top as we walked away and head up to my office. Becca opened the books and showed me and we even counted the cash in the safe four times.

'Goodness if I knew this was going to be such a huge boost to our business I would have opened this place earlier.' I stated to Becca.

'Milady, you would have eventually opened this place since it was your dream to do this for our community and we gained a lot of new clientele these past two nights.'

'Really how many?' I asked turning in my desk chair.

'Shannon said at the play house we got fifteen new clients and four of them are couples.'

'This is great. Thanks for all your hard work Becca you really are a star in my books.' I smiled at her.

'You're welcome ma'am. I have never enjoyed my job this much before.' She confessed.

'Well I am really happy you enjoy working for me. Well if we're good here let's go home or do you still have clients to work over.'

'No ma'am I am heading home if it's okay.'

'Of course it is okay. Have a wonderful evening, my friend.'

'And you as well.' We head back down and I rejoined our group. We all lock up and head over to Escala. Everyone is crashing with us tonight. It's Sunday morning at two-forty-two AM and I'm so tired after a well deserving shower with Christian. We had a quickie and gone to bed so tired. I lay down and was fast asleep. Christian came out of the bathroom and switch off the light as he walked over to me and cover me with our blankets.

'Sweet dreams my sweet girl.' He whispered as he kissed my cheek then walked around our bed and got in. We slept in and only around ten to eleven AM we woke and made breakfast with Christian helping me and Kate and Mia helped as well. Elliot is make all of us coffee. We all sat around the large dining room table that rarely gets used and we all ate in silence overlooking the city of Seattle below. Clouds are starting to move in from the east.

'Okay. We all thought about what you said last Ana and we like to support you since it is your dream to have a night club. We were all just in shock of course but we're all over it now.' Kate finally spoke up. My jaw dropped to the table but recover myself rather quickly.

'Thank you, you guys are the best family a girl can wish for.'

'You're welcome.' Kate smiled and reached across the table and squeeze my hand as she smiled at me. I returned her smile. This is a huge relieve for me and I can see for Christian as well. He must have felt like he was in the middle of all this.

'These pancakes are yummy Ana. What is your secrete?' Mia asked the little petite chef amongst us.

'It's butter, Mia. There is no real secret but the one indulgence we all should enjoy more.'

'True.' We all ate then everyone gone back to their rooms and were leaving one by one after their gather all their things. Finally Christian and I were alone at home. Mia and Ethan where barely out the door and Christian had me all tied up in the play room to his table and were whipping me senseless. It was delicious. I bit my tongue and let Christian have his way with me. We are going into hour two and he was flogging me on my behind it felt wonderful but somehow my body couldn't take anymore and I passed out while still tied to the ceiling of the play room. He kept flogging me for about ten to fifteen minutes or so when he step around me and saw.

'Baby?' Christian's panicked voice rang over my still body I'm trying to wake up. 'Jeezes Ana! Ana! Ana baby wake up!' He unhook my hands and untie the rope as he lay me down on the play room floor. I tried over and over to will myself awake, but nothing happened. Christian cover me in a blanket and carried me to the play room bed and tried to wake me. For an hour and a half he struggled to get me to come to and finally I came to.

'Hmmm… Wh… What happened?' I asked holding my pounding head.

'You passed out in the middle of our play angel girl. Are you okay?' He cupped my face in his hands. I have never seen such panic in his eyes before.

'Other for a killer headache, yes I'm okay.' I took account of my body as we spoke. He help me to our room and we got in a bath where he hand me a aspirin for my headache and then tucked me in for the afternoon. My aspirin kicked in and I fell asleep. By five PM we got up, Christian gone off to his study and started to work while I got ready and gone out with Sawyer and Ryan. Prescott is taking the night off. Taylor and Gail will be on duty. Gail was busy with dinner as I head out. I gave Christian a goodbye kiss while he was on the phone with one of his clients. He gave me a kiss on my cheek and a nice hug, and we were off. Ryan is driving us to the play house. The night club opens it's doors at four PM and it's already busy. Sunday nights are always our busies at the play house and with the night club right next door things can only look for the up and up. My dom's introduced me to all our new clientele we've got over the weekend. We are having a huge communal introduction tour at the play house. Louise called me while we're have our tour, he wants to come through sometime this week and I welcomed it. I really wanted him to meet Christian. Christian haven't said much but I think he is curious to meet Louise. So after Louise called I gave Christian a call to find out if he is up for them meeting.

'Grey.' He snapped at me.

'Sorry Mr Grey I will call back later once you cooled off.' I felt the bite of his tone as he answered my call.

'Ana waist…' He sigh heavily on his end. 'I'm sorry I am just tired of blocking all the blows and the fires I have to put out all over.' He confessed. I felt the urgency in his voice.

'What? What's going on?' I asked walking out into the tea garden.

'Jack broke in at Grey House and set fire to our server rooms. Not much damage to the server itself according to Ros and Welch. Then there are this, allege case that popped up that Elena claims that she's pregnant with my baby.'

'WHAT?!' I yelled as my anger flare up in full on furnace.

'Yes, according to her story she's about two months along.'

'Fuck! Is everybody we know more fucking crazy then we are. In that case we're the normal ones here. Besides we have enough honeymoon evidence to bury her in it.'

'Yes we do. I'm sorry Ana. I don't want you to worry about this shit to. You have enough stuff going on. I'll… I'll deal with this.'

'Do you want me to come home? I can reschedule my clients.' I felt desperate to get to him.

'No… I'll see you at eleven Mrs Grey. We can talk then.'

'As you wish handsome. The reason for my call is to let you know my former Master Louise will be in town this week. He wants to come and have a look at the night club and our extension here in Seattle. He only saw my Portland play house and he haven't been here yet. I was wondering if you'd like to meet him?'

'Let me know when angel girl I'll make it work with my schedule.'

'Okay, I'll will or I'll just let Andrea schedule it for you in your appointments.'

'Great, that can work to.' He sounds more and more down the longer we're talking making me worry even more.

'Christian? Are you sure you're okay?'

'I don't know myself, Ana. I just thought we sorted most of our shit out and now all this.' It was something in his voice that threw me more as we talked then end our call. I finished the introduction tour of our newbie's and let their now new dom's lead them away to the changing rooms, so their first play can be set up. I walked over to the night club and Sawyer and Ryan walked with me. They talked to the bouncer team. Becca and I waited for the cash in transit truck to take away our weekend profits and we drove back home. We got home and my husband is drunk judging by his behaviour and the bottle of bourbon in his hand. Christian grin at me when he saw me.

'There is my sexy minks. Is it eleven PM yet?' He slur his words and stagger on his feet smirking at me when I walked into the great room.

'No, I took care of the necessary stuff then darted right back here. What is going on?' I walked up to him as he took a swig of bourbon from the bottle.

'I'm going to be a father.' He mumbled to me.

'No you're not. The bitch is a liar.' I snapped.

'She sounded very convincing earlier.' He staggered towards me with a messed collar shirt hanging out here and there and he is walking around on his soaks.

'You can't be the father of her baby Christian we were on our honeymoon two and a half months ago. She knows all your buttons and triggers Christian that will get the right reaction from you.'

'I haven't thought about it that why?' He said with a few hiccups.

'Well that is something to think about. Besides that is what us dom's do we find our subs buttons and we learn how to use them and control them in our own way.'

'You're really smart Ana.' He pulled me towards him, and the alcohol smell knock me a little.

'And you are as drunk as a skunk and really smelly.' He giggled as he took another drink of bourbon from the bottle. 'How long have you been drinking, Christian?'

'Since we last spoke on the phone.' He confessed.

'Fuck! Where is Taylor?' I asked getting him to follow me but it is not working yet.

'In the security room.' I finally got him to our room, as we pass the kitchen I lay the empty bottle of bourbon on the counter then took him to our room. 'Where is my sexy sex kitten taking me?' He asked slurring his words.

'Well Mr Grey, if you'll get in bed I'll have a nice surprise for you.' He got into bed and smiled at me, I pulled his pants off and his smile grew. 'Now wait right here I have to slip into something sexy first.'

'Okay.' I gone to the bathroom and I done my private business, flush the toilet, wash my hands. I walked out and he was hugging his pillow. Finally my plan worked. I lay a bucket next to his side of our bed with two bottles of water and a strong pain killer I know he will need in a few hours. I walked back out and called Taylor, Ryan, Sawyer and Lennox to Christian's office.

'Okay, Taylor give me the 411 on the fire at Grey House please?' I asked starting to feel the drain on my energy.

'The fire started around four- thirty PM this afternoon, the alarm gone off at Grey House and our security team there informed us immediately and they chase after the suspect. The oxygen was cut in the server room and the fire gone out immediately.' Taylor let me know. Okay so the damage can't be that bad then.

'Any word on the suspect?'

'They chase after him for about six blocks when they lost him, ma'am.' Taylor confessed and the anger in his eyes are clear.

'Great now this to, Mr Grey is very drunk and will be sleeping it off. One of his former girlfriends is trying to guilt tripping him. So he is not in a state to handle anything right now. Taylor, Sawyer can we drive over to Grey House to see the damages please.'

'Yes ma'am. I'll get the car ready for us.' Taylor left getting to work.

'Ryan, Lennox please keep an extra eye on Christian for me. There are just too much crazy going on right now.'

'Yes, Mrs Grey.' We left, and I gave Christian a quick kiss on his hair, then we were gone. Sawyer and I rode the elevator down and meet up with Taylor. We weave through the traffic towards Grey House in uptown Seattle. Great I have a drunk husband, my own business I had to set aside tonight to sort out my drunken husbands business. Great life is just peachy. We reached Grey House and I meet up with Ros and Welch.

'Nice to finally meet you Welch. I have always heard Christian giving you his high demands. Thank you for all your hard work you put in at the company and in private. Nothing goes unknotted believe me.'

'You're welcome ma'am.' Welch smile at me.

'Okay so what do we have here?' I asked looking between Ros and Welch.

'Where is Christian?' Ros asked me as we walked to the server room.

'Well my husband took to the bottle earlier. So he is passed out currently and sleeping off the bottle of bourbon he drank by himself, while I attend to my own business.'

'I'm sorry. Well I can torture him for you tomorrow Ana.' Ros got a smirk on her pretty African-American face.

'That would be good, make him work for it.' Her smile grew as I gave her the okay. 'But not too much okay. He is going through a bunch of things as the moment.'

'Very well.' We stepped through the door at the server room and Welch showed me the damages. Gosh, I'm so glad no one were around to be caught in here it is pretty bad.

'Taylor do you perhaps have the insurance companies number with you?' I asked looking from Welch to Taylor.

'Yes, ma'am.' He gave the number and I dialled up the broker. I talked to him and told him who I was and that he has to get his ass over here ASAP. Mr Terry didn't sound very happy with me with this high demands.

'Thank you.' I smiled up at Taylor as I hand back his phone.

'Why not wait till tomorrow?' Ros asked me.

'Because tomorrow is a business day and if the servers are down no one can do their jobs. If we can have this fixed tonight even better. I would understand if you want to go home to Tracy. She must be worried about you.' I spoke as I wait for the line to connect to the insurance company.

'Yeah she's been calling me every half an hour to an hour.' Ros confessed as she looked just as bummed as Christian.

'Go on we have this. Welch and I will kick Terry's ass if we have to.' Welch laughed as we all stood around the server room. Our call to the Mr Terry our insurance broker picked up and we talked and while he had me on hold Ros and I continue to talk. Finally Terry agreed to come over, he will be with us in twenty minutes.

'Thanks and don't worry about Grey, he will get back on his feet once this is all sorted.' Ros tried to cheer me up.

'Thanks Ros, you really are a golden girl.'

'Don't I know it. Bye.'

'Bye.' She gone off as Mr Terry walk in with our extra security.

'Mr Terry, wonderful thank you for coming at this late hour. We need this fixed as early as possible, please. We have important business to get through and we can't be stuck not working tomorrow morning.' I lay our case in front of him. He jumped to when he saw that I'm thee Mrs Grey. He took pictures and send it to his claims department. Within an hour and a half the new server boxes have been approved and were being delivered an hour after approval. So you see it can be done if you know what buttons to press. Welch were all smiles as he got his hands on the latest models of server boards and is busy installing them with the insurance company tech guy. Another three hours later everything is back up and working and the backup files are being transferred to the new server outlet. It's two-forty-three in the morning and I can see Taylor and Sawyer are just as tired as I am. We left Grey House and drove over to the play house and the evening at the night club were a really successful one. The play house, were really busy and Becca has everything under control. We drove back to Escala.

'Thank you- you guys for being so super awesome. I know it's late can you get two of our guys to relieve you two so both of you can get some rest.'

'We'll get on that once we're back home ma'am.' Sawyer looked over his shoulder at me.

'Good.' We got to the basement parking and my car has been covered in white paint all over the front doors and windshield. Making it impossible to drive. Great, now this as well.

'Ma'am?' Taylor turn to me and asked me with a nod towards my car.

'Take pictures of it for our records please then we'll deal with this at a later time.'

'Very well, ma'am.' We gone up to the penthouse and Christian clearly were sick in the bucket. I took it and washed it out and place it back in the spot I left it in for him before we left. He is still very much passed out in his drunkenness. I walked to Christian's study and sat in his chair with my hands in my hair. I saw a new incoming e-mail on Christian's computer. It's from Elena. Doesn't that woman have a life? I forward the unopened e-mail to myself and read it.

To: Christian Grey

Date: 15th of August 2011, 04:22AM

Subject: Our Baby…

From: Elena Lincol

Dear Christian

Please don't hate me. I remember our night together on the 19th of July. How can you not remember. I hope you told Ana about our dalliance. See attached our babie's picture from the ultra sound.

See he has your smile. Well, call me once you've got this e-mail.

Elena

What dalliance? I got to Christian's photo's he took of me and us on our honeymoon and gone through the pictures. We got married on Saturday, 17th of July and the time she mentions here, we were in London and we never left each other's side not once. She's even more psychotic then I original thought. The 19th of July like she claimed we were riding the London eye across from the houses of parliament. Because of the slow rotation we were on the Ferris wheel almost an hour and a half. We were the last people getting off that night it was around ten-forty-six PM after that we gone to bed and had hot sexy bondage love making as Christian calls it. It was a wonderful time. Just wish we could have stayed there. There were a knock on the study door.

'Come in Ryan.' I called.

'Ma'am we checked and recheck the garage footage and the feeds have been tampered with, but we do have full blown footage of a Leila Williams on file that did this to your car Mrs Grey.'

'Great more shit to pill on. Thanks Ryan, you guys rock.'

'Any time ma'am.' He wanted to turn around and leave when I stopped him.

'Ryan wait, please. Will you and Lennox be able to drive me to SIP around seven AM later today?'

'We will be ready Mrs Grey. Lennox is taking a nap as we speak.'

'Good. You all work so hard constantly. Thank you for that.' I smiled at him tiredly.

'You're welcome, Mrs Grey. We'll be ready at seven.'

'Thanks Ryan.' He left and I gone to the kitchen and started cooking to stay awake. I made enough breakfast to feed a football team. I ate my bacon and eggs with toast and my tea. By the time Gail came out for the morning everything where already cooked. I walked off and took a quick shower and got dressed for work. I thought about all this shit and I am at the point of crawling into a corner and cry my eyes out. Yet I got the alarm clock set to go off for my drunken sleeping smelling husband and then head for the bathroom where I got ready for the day. I put in some eye drops to clear my sleepless red eyes then started with my make-up. I finish with my make-up then got busy with my hair in a tight ponytail.

I got dressed in a bright red dress with garter belt and stockings with black high heels along with a black coat for the pouring rain outside. Great the weather matches my mood. I spray on some of my perfume from Dolce & Gabbana, then head out. I kissed Christian's forehead then set out. While I were busy applying my make-up I wrote Christian a short letter about all the additional shit that happened last night while he passed out drunk. Then place it on my pillow for him to read. Ryan, Lennox and I we set out tackling the Seattle traffic heading towards SIP.

We arrived and gone in through the back. Construction next door for the printing press are well on the way and the men are already hard at work to get everything ready before our shipment of machines gets in. Ryan and Lennox got settled at security and I got settled in my office. I got my laptop fired up and started to work through my own SIP related e-mails and new submissions. By the time Hanna got in at eight most of my work were already up to date. I gone off to the kitchen and made myself a triple espresso with only a dash of milk and enough sugar to put a diabetic in a coma, just to wake me up after an exhausting night. By ten AM I finally got a call from Christian.

'Ana Grey, good morning.' I answered keeping my voice business like for my husband.

'Good morning, it's me. Please don't yell like that.' He spoke up.

'Oh, I'm sorry. What shouting, I thought this is calm compared how I really feel since you told me of all the shit that is going on.'

'What shit?' He barked at me now. I sighed heavily feeling like I could crack at any moment.

'Christian, please not now. I'm sure once your drunken ass is sober again it will come back to you. As for now I am just trying really hard not to crack and run away so far no one will know where I am not even you.'

'What?' He started to sound panicked.

'See you at nine tonight Mr Grey. Have a nice day at work.' I spoke up and my voice crake a little on the end of my sentence.

'Ana please wait. Tell me how to fix this?' He tried to compromise.

'Do you remember what happened last night then?' I asked and started to feel really old and so tired.

'I remember snippets.' He spoke up and I could hear him thinking really hard.

'Like?' I asked starting to feel so tired with a triple espresso in my system.

'I remember Elena's call, the baby, you coming home then that was about it.'

'Good keep on remembering the rest, it will come to you. But for now I'm just trying not to fall asleep at my desk and try and make it through this fucking awful day. It really started out thee most fucked up blue Monday ever.'

'Anastasia what is going on?' He is in full blown panic now. Good, jack ass let him panic a bit maybe it will help him remember.

'If you still can't remember by lunch time Mr Grey, let's have lunch then and I'll try and explain everything then.'

'Oh, okay. See you at noon.' We both hung up and I got back to my work. We have a few new authors Roach and our other team members approved on a few of our new authors with me and Hanna and we're working hard to get everything ready for the printers and then there is the e-book lay outs. Hanna knocked quickly then stuck her head in my office just past noon when she let me know I have a visitor.

'Please show them in Hanna, thank you.'

'You're welcome, ma'am.' Christian stepped through the door.

'Mr Grey.' I tried to go with cold. 'How can I help you?'

'Mrs Grey, you wanted to have lunch. Let's go have lunch.' He sat at the edge of my desk, looking at me.

'Yes, of course. It's a mad house around here rushing to get everything ready for a few new authors. Let me just grab my purse, then we can go to the deli a few blocks from here.' He got up and walked closer to me, then pulled me into his hold. It felt really nice.

'Ana, Taylor filled in the blanks I couldn't remember and then there were Ros that gave me shit at work all morning.' It made me smile at that fact and the little pleasure it gave me that she kept her word.

'Good I told her to go right ahead last night.' I confessed to my little guilty pleasure.

'So she got her permission from you then, Mrs Grey.' He raised a brow at me.

'Yes, right after I told her to go home so Welch and I could wait for your amazing insurance company. Mr Terry needs to be thanked for all the strings he pulled to get everything up and running for you last night or rather really early this morning. Welch had a time of his life with the latest tech they send over for him to install.'

'You met Welch?' He looked more intrigued.

'Yes, a really hard working young man that can sometimes go over looked. Then there is the situation with Elena.' I added as we walked out into the street and our security surrounds us.

'Yeah about that, I cut her off this morning. I got to my computer and you were clearly going through our wedding and honeymoon photos on my computer and the time and dates stamp on the bottom of the photo's clear me of the so called child she wants to allege I have with her. Thank you for that.' He took my hand in his and kissed my fingers.

'You're welcome. Then there were my car.'

'What about your car?' He stopped me as he looked at me as we wait for the traffic light to go green. I met Taylor's eyes and he gave me a small smile and a nod.

'You didn't?' I spoke turned to look at Taylor now.

'Yes, ma'am we did.' He finally answered.

'You guys are really something.' I turned and looked at all our close knit security.

'You're welcome ma'am.' Sawyer spoke up as we all walked on.

'Will someone tell me what is going on, please.' Christian asked getting impatient.

'When we got home from Grey House this morning, and my lovely submissive special were trashed with a tin of white paint. We took a ton of pictures then these lovely gentlemen made sure the car got removed before you could see it.'

'What? Who did it?' He asked looking between me and the boys.

'At first the boys couldn't find anything on the feeds but we quickly found someone tampered with the feeds and the last image Ryan and the guys got where of Leila Williams breaking into the garage.'

'Fuck! Not Leila too. Is everyone losing their damn minds these past few days?'

'It would look that way and it really feels that way to me.' We got to the deli and we having a nice lunch and I have another two, triple espresso's.

'What is with all this coffee, Mrs Grey? You're a tea drinker by nature.'

'I'm drinking espresso to try and stay awake and not fall asleep at my desk or on my feet.'

'Ana, please speak to me. Let me make last night up to you, please. You worked miracles according to Ros and Taylor they're your new fans with the way you handled the insurance company.'

'Okay, I won't be late tonight. I would just like to come home and go to bed since I haven't slept at all last night.' I looked at him as I took my last sip of espresso. 'Look I was thinking about everything last night and after I got you in bed we all jumped to get everything up and running so Grey House won't be down for business this morning that is why I pushed the insurance guy the way I have, so your business won't lose a day's work. Then to crown everything my husband's ex-dom says she's pregnant with his baby who can either be imaginary or insane and my car gets totalled I would say that will keep you up to when you have to deal with all this... all this fucked-upness.' I looked at Christian as he finish his food. He reached over and took my hand.

'I am really sorry you had to deal with all this by yourself. I'm sorry I got so smashed last night, I haven't been that drunk in years. It just become too much all at once.' He fussed up with a heavy sigh. 'Will you please forgive me Mrs Grey?' How can I not, I am still crazy about him like that first day we met, now even more so then back then.

'Of course you're forgiven if that is what you're seeking here but you've done nothing wrong here, Christian. It is what is being done to us not because of us.' I spoke looking up at our entwined hands to his beautiful eyes.

'I don't agree with you, Ana. All this shit is happening because of me and my fucked up past. I am really sorry you're in the middle of all this baby. I'll sort this out.'

'How Christian? Since last night I got the feeling like this shit is just the start of something bigger. The server room fire specially. It feels like someone is trying to take revenge on us for something. The way the fire was started and the things that got burned or totalled.' I saw my handsome 28 year old husband age in front of me and he suddenly looked older then Ray.

'Yeah I guess your right Ana. I may be the CEO and I love running my universe from Grey House like you say sometimes but I don't always have the answers for everything and I would like you with me to sort out this mess.'

'Christian since you asked me to marry you, we became a team and as a team you will never be alone in anything every again. I am in and ready for battle if that is what you want.'

'My brave lioness Anastasia Steele. You're so much stronger than me.'

'Hey, you're just as strong, you broke my rapists jaw all those years ago. In my book you're the tiger in this relationship. A lion is very much mediocre against a bangle tiger, Mr Grey.' He looked at me with such amusement then tilt his head to one side as he look at me. As if he just saw me for the first time. He blinked a few times, lean towards me over the table and gave me a kiss.

'Thank you, Mrs Grey. I feel much better now. Your faith in me is something I never experience before in myself. Thank you for that. Ana…'

'What is it Christian? Something is clearly eating at you, I sensed it since you arrived what is it?'

'It's the way you found me last night. I feel ashamed being drunk like that. After we broke off our relationship in high school, it broke me Ana and I became a secret alcoholic at 17. I would work my butt off over weekends for extra cash just so I can feed my alcohol addiction.'

'I drove you to become an alcoholic?'

'No, just the pain of our brake up, it was so painful. My addiction gotten so bad that Grace almost caught me with a bottle of bourbon in my room one time.'

'So that explains the annual charity gala's…'

'Yeah it's because of me. I finally fussed up about my addiction and they got me help for it.'

'Remind me to thank Grace and Carrick the next time we see them.' I smiled up at him. I looked up at the clock on the wall behind the deli counter and I only have ten minutes to get back to SIP.

'Come love I'll walk you back.' He pulled my chair out for me.

'Thank you.' We walked back the few block to SIP. I gave him a kiss on his cheek. 'Thank you for lunch handsome.'

'Ana wait.'

'What is wrong, love? You're not yourself.' I cupped his face in my tiny hands.

'After what happened yesterday and last night, are we okay. If we're not I'll go crazy with worry.'

'Hey, I'm not mad at you not even for last night, just the situations we found ourselves in that others created for us. We are better than great Mr Grey, so please don't worry about us.'

'Oh, thank god. You really are my sanctuary Anastasia Rose Grey more then I let you know, sometimes.'

'And you are mine Christian Trevellian- Grey in every way. We will get through this and someone else will be standing with their own egg on their faces not us.' He met my eyes then nod as he cup my face and gave me a kiss. 'I love you Ana.' I know it is sometimes difficult for him to say those words but he gets better and better saying it every time.

'You do know you're getting better and better about saying it, yet you take my breath away every single time you say it to me. I love you more Christian.' We kissed once again and he gone off once he dropped me off at my office. As for me I got back to work.