Chapter Twenty-One

Christian Grey

Ray drove Ana back to campus and Taylor and I, we drove back to the Heathman and I had to get back to work and Taylor filled me in on the Steven matter on our drive back to the hotel. Our guys almost had him but got away again. I work for hours till about eight-thirty PM then hit the gym for some weight training and Taylor is my gym partner. It was nice to constructively get rid of once frustrations this way. A whole hour later we were done and cleanly showered. I just got dressed when my phone rang and it was Ana she wants me to come in.

'Mr. Grey.

'Milady to what do I ow this wonderful pleasure tonight?' I smiled at my phone.

'A teaching opportunity has presented itself tonight if you're not too busy Mr. Grey.'

'No I just finished up work. I'll be there as soon as I can get away.'

'Good, boy see you here in fifteen.' She hung up and I just smiled and shook my head as I got my jeans on and dress shoes. Took my car keys and head out to Milady's in town. I got there and change in the changing room.

Ana had on a lacy red and black corset with matching thong and a long red and black skirt with two long slits on each side of her beautiful legs with fishnet stockings with tiny holes and her shiny black stiletto heels. An all in all so fucking hot, I have to say. I walked out of the changing room and Ana leaned against the wall just outside of my changing room as she was waiting for me.

'Hey.'

'Hi. I've missed you so much this week.' She whispered, looking up at me.

'Yeah well, Milady the feeling is very much mutual. I didn't want to bother you while you were writing your finals.'

'That is very considerate of you Mr. Grey, thank you. But now that I am finally done with school I can breathe a little better, without running around like a chicken with my head chopped off.' I just nod my head at her as she sighs so heavily. I took her in my arms and kissed her hair again.

'Has Ray gone back home yet?' I asked after a while.

'Yes, right after he dropped me off back at my place. I saw Elliot made quite an impression on Kate, when I left to come here they were still not back from where ever they were going.'

'Interesting, yet we both know very well my brother's reputation when it comes to woman.'

'Yes true too. As long as he doesn't break her heart his balls are safe from my wrath.' She grinned up at me.

'Okay... Let's not discuss my brother's balls ever again. What he does with them is in his own hands. Shall we.' I held my arm for my woman and we head to the playroom.

The session starts the second we walk in the door. It's a different woman we are working over tonight. We bound the woman in the stocks and lock her in with her bend over naked like this we could pretty much do anything with her. Kevin the other dom in training with me tonight is a hardcore dom he clearly like blood play and Ana had to punish him and the woman several times.

Ana later ties Kevin up beside the stocked lady and since he like blood so much Ana gave him a whipping with her long whip. Now if only I can catch Steven and let her whip him down like this then we can both be happy. Ana's wax on, wax off teaching is still continuing. She really made sure I understand the edges of both pain and pleasure before we can move on.

The lady we are practicing on likes being burned with candle wax and she don't mind if we use ice as well so here is where Ana let us practice the fine line just what we talked about a few minutes ago.

We took the woman from the stocks and tied her on her back squatting with her legs bend in the air, to the table as Kevin drip hot candle wax over her, stomach and pubis. My job is to hold ice cubs to her nipples and clit. The lady cries out and Ana being the actual dominatrix in the room exercise her power over the woman and told her to be quiet or she will get a spanking. The woman couldn't keep quiet while Kevin and I administer our hot and ice cold play over her and Ana gently turn the tied up woman over so her ass were in our faces.

She held a large violently vibrating vibrator to the lady's clit while Kevin hold the vibrator there, Ana hands me her cane so I could give the woman her hiding. I gave the woman six beautiful welts all perfectly underneath each other. We turn the woman back around and we continued our play on her. We just went over an hour and fifteen minutes and the woman safeword. She was crying and she was out of breath. She squirted all over Kevin and my arms as I held the vibrator to her while Kevin pound the woman down. Ana gave Kevin a large gray blanket and after we untie her, Kevin had the honor to be her comfort and held her while she is coming down, he wrapped his body around hers and kissed her temple and hair repeatedly.

Ana tends to the woman's caning marks I left on her and made sure she has some water with sugar cookies and milk on a side table since the woman's blood sugar levels clearly drop and she was shaking like a leave. Later Ana pushed me out of the playroom and into a shower in her office. I pulled her behind me and in the end, we took a shower together. I drove behind her to her still dark apartment at midnight. She invited me in and Ana made us some coffee and tea. After we drank our teas and coffees I insisted on staying the night and we both knew we already took a shower at Milady's earlier we took a romantic bath together. She light some pillar candles around the bathroom then got in and sat in front of me in the bubble bath. I just held her to me.

'So tell me Milady did this Master that clearly taught you so well, though you how to use a whip like that?' That's what I wanted to know?

'Yes he thought me the basics but his other hired dom's taught me so much more which gave me my rounded training.' She spoke up.

'So you had other dom's training you then as well, not only the master?'

'No Master Louise he is really good but had almost ten other dom's men and woman they taught me things master Louise have either forgotten or haven't done at all. But I have to say after all my endless hours of therapy at the shirks office couldn't have helped me like master Louise has.

Yes, I was way too young when he took me in, but in the beginning, it was just the two of us. His business grew quite fast in the two years I was with him and he had to hire other dom's to keep up with the growing clientele. It was only then he started to let me start my first sessions and I have been saving up since I was 16/ 17 to one day open my own playhouse.

So when I started class at the university and was transferred to master Louise Portland playhouse I almost had enough saved up to open my own playhouse. Over the years with everything I saved up I paid for my whole college career and had enough to open the playhouse we were in an hour earlier.'

'Goodness. So you invested your money then?'

'Yes, I learned how to trade stock online and soon I had enough real cash to do what I always wanted and now with college finally done I can pursue my real dream of English literature in the publishing sector.'

'Goodness Miss Steele, it sound's so hot when you talk business like that.' I hugged her to me and we washed.

'I do?'

'Yes, Milady you do.' I kissed her hair again. Silence stretch for a bit but it was not uncomfortable at all.

'So Christian, how was tonight's teaching session?' She asked me, laying my hands on her breasts, while we still lay in the bath.

'It was very educational, Ana. You really are a great teacher. I like you teaching me, Miss Steele.' I added with a smile on my face.

'Really, well then you can practice what you've learned this coming weekend when I'm all yours Mr. Grey to play with.' I smirked at her as I hugged her to me again. We just lay in the dead silence of the night in her apartment. It is so silent you can hear your blood sing in your ears.

'What a night?' She spoke after a while, blowing out a long sigh.

'I would say. How was your night?' I asked her. I love touching her soft skin and to make sure she's actually real and not just a dream. She finally replied to my earlier question.

'Well, the usual, whippings, floggings, caning and paddling after the third client it just gets tiring.' She admits.

'I can just imagine. Now relax, Anastasia.' She did and fell asleep in my arms in the bath. I pulled her out of the bath and I dried her off and got her dressed for bed. We both lay down in her bed and she fell asleep just as fast on my chest. By morning I had a call, work-related and had to leave so I ran out of her apartment and cut a single white rose from the garden and went back inside where I lay the flower on my pillow with my handwritten note on my pillow. I softly kiss her temple then head out.

Letting her guards guard her apartment. I jogged off to my car and drove the distance to the Heathman, Taylor and I head back to Seattle via Charlie Tango. Ros called she said something about a staff strike on one of the sites we own. Great, I can't believe this. We rushed back to Seattle and raced off to Grey House on a Sunday no less to have an emergency meeting with the striking company's board members. The workers want a better working environment and more money. We got to Grey House and Andrea was on her post like she always is.

Always ready for anything, we got everything ready for our emergency meeting and the members all came rushing in and our meeting started trying to sort out this situation before it blows up and breezes over to the media. For four straight hours we talked numbers and strategy and with everything now discussed and planned out we just saved this investment of ours. By eleven AM as we finally drove home to Escala, I gave Ana a call. I press Ana's number and waited for her to answer.

'Steele.' She snapped when she answered the call and I could immediately pick up on her mood.

'Baby what's wrong?' I asked and frown as I listen to her.

'Oh, hi. Sorry. I am just so tired. We had a fire here at the Play House in Portland. It was just an accident and I can't get a hold of my insurance guy at all. I already left him ten messages.' She spoke and she even sounds so tired over the phone.

'Is everyone alright, baby?' I had to ask.

'Yes, everyone is fine, thank heavens, it is just my Play House.' Ana spoke up and I could hear a lot of people talking in the background.

'Who is your insurer?' I finally asked.

'Insure It All.' She answered. Great now those jerks have their teeth in my Ana too. I will have their head on spikes if I can have my way. They were my old insurance company back when I just started my company, but I quickly switch to another corporate insurance company with a well-known name and business reputation.

'No! Baby they are the biggest frauds in the business. I'm sending over my insurer.' I finally spoke up.

'Thank you.' She sounds so relieved.

'I'll try to get back later.'

'Please, I don't want you to cancel your scheduled appointments just for me, Christian please.'

'Very well Miss Steele. Just call if you need anything.' I offered.

'I will and thank you again.' She spoke and sounded a bit relieved.

'You're welcome, baby. I'll miss you.' I let her know.

'Bye. I'm missing you more already.' She added and we both hung up. We got back at Escala and between work and being home it turned out to be a rather nice quiet day at home. Of course, by three in the afternoon, mom called inviting me over for dinner tonight. By six we drove over to mom and dad's place for dinner. Elliot's construction company truck were in the driveway and I knew it's going to be a very long night at my folk's place. And you guessed right dinner dragged out to the point of annoyance. By ten-thirty-five PM Taylor and I head back to Escala.

We got back and I took a shower then got to work in my study. I worked way into the night when I looked at the clock on my computer it was three AM already and I finally went to bed. Ana haven't called back after her fire incident and I hope my insurance company got in touch with her after I talked to them. I luckily fell asleep without any dreams and I could finally get some proper sleep in for once.

I only have meetings from ten AM today so I lay in for a while. I got up at nine AM and got ready for my day ahead. I was all dress and ready to leave. Taylor drove us to the office as my phone as per normal rang off the hook. I was swamped with work the moment I stepped into my office and Andrea gave me the stack of messages of calls I have to return. I got to it and in the end, the crises of last week were settled and all worked out well. A sign of relieve there.

By Tuesday afternoon I ordered some flowers to be delivered to Ana's new apartment on Wednesday morning. I had a few sessions with Claude and Flynn but the rest of my week was pretty much same old, some old. It's Thursday evening and Ana gave me a call and told me I can come over to the playhouse for a teaching session and I drove over there after dinner and a few hours of work.

I got there and my eyes almost fell out when I saw how hot Ana look in her teacher's outfit. Oh, mama. She gave me my outfit and we walked over to the playroom. It's a familiar looking woman, oh no! It's... It's Elena. I pulled Ana aside and told her everything.

'Well, what do you want to do then?' She asked me.

'Okay I will do the session but don't make me talk, the mask will work to hide my face and the tank top is hiding my scares.' She nods her head and we head back to the room where I wore my mask. We had a great teaching session on my former dom and Jerry really let her have it. Ana had to spank Elena a couple of times for being really naughty. After our session, Jerry held Elena in his arms to help her come back for her low. Ana and I got cleaned up and I took her to the nearest restaurant which was a twenty-four hour MacDonald's and we each had a burger.

'So that was your old dom?' Ana asked taking a sip of her soda.

'Yeah, it was, thank you for not letting me speak during our session. I haven't seen her in a year at my parent's annual charity gala last year and although we are business partners we are nothing more.'

'Good to know. Now how late shall I be at your place tomorrow?' Ana asked eating her burger.

'Oh, I'll pick you up from your place we are going away for the weekend.' I let her know our plans.

'Really, where are we going?' She asked eyes all bright.

'The last time you were at my place you really looked so tired so I was wondering if you'd like to have a weekend break away at one of my places nearby.'

'Now that sounds like a great plan. You have no idea how tired I really am.'

'I know baby I can see it on your face. Besides we knew each other so well earlier in our lives that we basically fill each other gaps so well. I am kind of afraid when our three month's agreement expires that you'll move on Miss Steele.' I finally air my panic.

'What? Why would you think that?' She asked a bit offended and edging on angry.

'Because of our lifestyles we are both in.' I answered.

'Christian since you are back in my life I've never been happier why would anything change just because a piece of paper don't bound us together anymore.'

'Really you don't want to move on to someone better?' Hey, I wanted to know.

'Someone better? Seriously Christian! Unless you tell me I absolutely repulse you and don't want to ever see me again then I will have no choice but to leave.' She spoke look seriously into my eyes.

'No! Stop saying awful things like that.' I snapped a little.

'Very well then by your reaction alone, it tells me you really want me to stay and be your girlfriend again?' She kind of asked me along the lines.

'Yes, that is exactly what I am asking Miss Steele. So what do you say?' I mentally held my thumbs and cross my fingers.

'A zillion times, ... yes ...!' She smiled up at me.

'This is such brilliantly wonderful news.' I pulled her close and gave her a hug. She smiled at me and kissed my cheek.

'So by the way I've got four interviews tomorrow.' She broke the news.

'Oh really. Where?' I asked as we sat back down and continue to eat our food.

'Seattle Anchor Publishers, Blue Trope Publishing House, A New Leaf Publishers and the one I am really rooting for and it is a personal assistant position at Seattle Independent Publishers or SIP for short.' No way this is probably the biggest coincidence ever. How do I explain this to her? Well, I have to but maybe after her interviews tomorrow once we are safely in Forks where she can yell at me like I know she will once she finds out.

My lawyers said the final stage of the deal went through on Monday last week and as of this coming Monday, I am SIP's new owner. We finish up at MacDonald's and I drove behind her in her old VW red rabbit. For a woman that had a great business sense, her transportation is a little old maybe we can fix that her birthday is in two months so maybe I can surprise her with a new car. She invited me in and I really wanted to see her new place so I want inside after her.

'This is a really nice apartment you have here Miss Steele I approve.' I said looking around.

'Thanks the moment I saw it I just knew it was perfect so I sign a rent to buy contract, with the realtors.' She let me know.

'You plan to buy this place then?' I asked turning back to her.

'Yes, or do you think it's a bad investment then?' She asked me looking panicky

'No-no you can never go wrong with property for investment. I was just thinking since we are clearly a couple again now, you might want to move in with me at a later stage.' I throw it out there.

'Yes at a later stage. Right now we can go to bed so I won't be so exhausted for my interviews tomorrow.'

'You want me to stay over?' I smirk at her.

'Yes, that is if you want to of course.' Ana added.

'Come on baby let's go to bed.' We got ready for bed and then climb into bed. We both fell asleep so fast. By seven the next morning we both jumped out of bed getting ready I drove over to Escala and got into a quick shower then Taylor and I left right after breakfast to the office.

Ros and George my technology expert came around and brought the new specs of a prototype of a high tech solar unite that will provide cleaner energy to the people of Africa. Everything looks good and the cost isn't that much higher to manufacture either. After our meeting, my normal workday commenced. Now that most of my things are all up to date Taylor and I took off to Flynn for an hour session. After Flynn, we head home to pack when Taylor mentioned in our drive that Steven is out and about in Seattle.

I told him to get the guys on him if he makes any moves to approach Ana they should take him down. I don't want any harm coming to my Ana. She's been through enough already in her life. Taylor jumped right to it and order our guys around. I worked for a few more hours at home. Then Taylor and I head out with our weekend suitcases in the trunk. We drove over to Ana's apartment I rang her apartment number at the door downstairs. When she heard it was me she opened for us and Taylor got her bags and we drove off in the direction of Forks. It is a rather lengthy drive to Forks. Ana came and sat on my lap as we drove to the small town.

'So how did your interviews go today?' I asked after a while.

'Oh, you will not believe it, the other three were horrible and then the publishing house I rooted for hired me on the spot.' She spoke all excited.

'Really so who is your boss then?' I smiled at her as I smooth her hair out of her face.

'A Jack Hyde.' She answered really excited. Oh, great this is the guy that overstepped the line so many times before with his previous assistant's Roach and his team at SIP are trying everything in their power to get rid of him. He better not try anything with my girl. I smiled at her.

'I'm so proud of you baby.'

'Thank you.' She smiled sweetly.

'So when do you start?'

'In two weeks. I wanted to talk to you about something first.' She added and I frown at her a little.

'Oh, very well go ahead.' I prompted, let's hear her out.

'I wante to go visit my mother in Georgia from this Monday coming till Thursday. Will it be okay with you Mr. Grey?' Okay, this is news. I rubbed my chin while in thought.

'As long as you don't violate our agreement Miss Steele then it's all okay. When was the last time you saw your mother?'

'A year and a half or is it two years ago on her wedding with Bob.'

'You haven't seen your mother in two years?'

'Yes, I really want to see her little even if it is just for a few days.' She got a little misty eyed there for a moment.

'Very well Miss Steele. I really hope you'll have a great time with your mother in Georgia. I can arrange my private jet to take you if you like?'

'No, I can't abuse your company property, love, really.' She protested.

'None sense, I'll arrange with my pilot to take you.'

'Very well Mr. Grey as you wish. Thank you for doing this for me.'

'You're welcome baby.'

'Now that we are an item again love I have to add I have a gallery show to attend in Portland in three weeks.' She mentioned matter-of-factly.

'Oh, who's?'

'My friend Jose's, that took your pictures for the student paper. He is one of my dear friends. Can you believe his father and Ray were in the war together? They reunited through Jose and me.'

'Goodness what a small world. Very well, Miss Steele, we can attend his show. You will just have to remind me later so I can put it on my schedule.' I smiled at her.

'I will. Thank you, Mr. Grey.' She mutters through a yawn. The rest of our drive to Forks where in silence. With Ana still on my lap she fell asleep in my arms on our drive.