After having the weekend to think about the conversation he heard between his mother and Ana, Christian decided that he had to do something. He knew his health was important, but when the CEO goes down, the entire company goes down with him. He needed to stay on top of everything. Ana was right; he needed to take a break. Get away. Maybe going somewhere and not take work with him will be the answer and Ana wouldn't be so hard on him.

He knew that he wanted to do something special to show and to prove Ana that he was taking his health seriously, he wanted to let her know that he was sorry that he let that happen and that it would never happen again.

It wasn't long before Christian had an idea. He picked up his phone and called the one person he knew would make this surprise happen. With the right amount of money, he was going to bring this idea to life.

Within hours, Christian got approved. All he had to do was print off the paperwork, sign it and it was all theirs. He couldn't wait to tell Ana.

He sent a text to Ana.

Hey Gorgeous.
Just wanted to let you know I have a surprise for you when you get home.

Forever yours.

It wasn't long before his phone beeped indicting a new text message.

My fifty.
Always trying to make me smile. I wonder what the surprise is.

Forever grateful to be yours.

He waited for a few minutes before he replied. He wanted to make her wait.

If you want to know so badly, get home as soon as you can.

;)

He had to go back to work. He didn't have the time to get distracted. Especially if he was taking time off work. He needed to do as much as he could since he wasn't planning on taking any work with him.

He was so focused that he didn't hear Ana come home. She was standing in the doorway to his office admiring him. It wasn't until he looked up that he saw her. It brought a smile to his face.

"How long have you been standing there?" He asked as he made his way towards her.

"Long enough."

Christian kissed her "I know it's been a rough couple of weeks, I wanted to do something for you to show you that I'm taking my health seriously." He led Ana to his desk and handed her the folder containing the paperwork. "I've been waiting for this all day." Ana said as she got comfortable.

Ana was grabbed it from him and slowly opened it. She didn't believe her eyes when she read what was inside. It took her a few minutes to say a word.

"Christian, it this for real?" she asked.

"Yes" Christian told her. "This is a contract for a house I bought in Italy. I know you always wanted to go there and now we can go there anytime we want. I'm going to take some time off work and spend time at our new home to renovate and make it ours. We leave this weekend to check it out in person."

"What do you mean you're taking time off? I'm confused."

"I really thought about what you said about what you said about taking it to slow and the best way I know how to do that was to step away from work and concentrate on something else. This will be a project we can work on together." Christian confessed. "I hope you're not mad."

"How could I be mad at you?" Ana gave him a smile. "Should I ask how I got the time off?" Ana asked putting down the contract.

"Trust me, everything is under control."