Chapter Thirty-Four

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 assembles 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 I 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 defense 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 fills 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 all my work were done.

By morning Christian came out all dressed and pressed for the day. I had a cup of my favorite 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 looked out the jet window. It was all so pretty and serine up here I almost wish you could live in the sky forever looking down on all the pretty of the land below. Christian looked at me while he talked to his staff. Our air-hostess 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 grand opening of our nightclub and it is booming. We even got the local newspaper 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 into Milady's Corner nightclub and business is hopping. Christian is here too avoiding 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 communities new 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 nightclub to newbies.

The opening weekend is an even greater success. Becca is my nightclub manager and she knows how I operate. To my surprise, Kate and Elliot were here and so Mia and Ethan too. We just play along with 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 too if a fight does break 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 hopping. I am busy all over making sure we have enough ordered cases of alcohol. Copies of our liquor license are hanging above both bars and the original licenses are in my office I share with Becca now. The press 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 playhouse 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 from her glass.

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

'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 nightclub. 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 tabletop 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 to look at her.

'Shannon said at the playhouse we gained 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 that is 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 making all of us some nice 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 nightclub. 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 secret?' Mia asked the little petite chef amongst us.

'It's real 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 were barely out the door and Christian had me all tied up in the playroom 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 our second hour 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 up to the ceiling of the playroom. He kept flogging me for about ten to fifteen minutes or so when he stepped 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 unhooks my hands and unties the rope as he lay me down on the playroom floor. I tried over and over to will myself awake, but nothing happened. Christian cover me in a blanket and carried me to the playroom 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. 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 helps me to our room and we got in a bath where he hands 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 went 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 playhouse. The nightclub opens its doors at four PM and it's already so busy. Sunday nights are always our busies at the playhouse and with the nightclub right next door things can only look for the up and up. My dom's introduced me to all the new clientele we've got over the weekend. We are having a huge communal introduction tour at the playhouse. Louise called me while we 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 wait...' He sighs 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. Yes, we do. I'm sorry Ana. I don't want you to worry about this shit too. 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 nightclub and our extension here in Seattle. He only saw my Portland Playhouse and he hasn'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 as well.' 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 out most of this shit and now all this new shit gets piled on.' 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 nightclub 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 behavior 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 from his pants 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 way?' 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 this, 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 went to the bathroom and I done my private business, flush the toilet, wash my hands. I walked out and he was hugging his pillow. Good.