Excuse me?! How dare he accuse me of infidelity? He's the one who went running to Mrs. Robinson when I told him I was pregnant and what did I do, worry and wait for him to come back, drunk I might add, granted I'm lacking in the ex department but it's the principle. Christian is the only man I know biblically and the only man I've ever loved and yet here he is, standing before me with this accusatory look on his face. I've done nothing wrong here. I have sacrificed my youth my body and some of my free will for this man, and done so happily, because I love him but apparently that all means nothing. He doesn't trust me.

"I have never slept with-" I begin and I can feel my anger bubbling up from my core and immediately, I know this isn't going to end well.

"Oh that's bull shit Ana. I watch you with him tonight and I saw you two cozy in your little corner." He was shouting and throwing his clothes around the room. Even though I was pissed at him, I had to admit, seeing this passion in him turned me on.

"We were talking about his fucking book Christian! You interrupted our meeting so we never got to finish. That was strictly business." Now I was yelling. When it came to Christian I usually tried to be the level headed but this is way beyond personal.

"I saw the way you looked at him Ana. You were hanging on to his every word like he was some Adonis!" Then he got quiet and that scared me. I'd take loud pissed Christian over quiet boiling Christian any day. "The way you looked at him," I couldn't do this. His eyes got sad and he looked like a child. "That's the way you used to look at me. That's the way you looked at me on our wedding day." I didn't know what to say. I could tell this wasn't about his ego. He was truly hurt. He actually thought I was sleeping with this man.

"Christian, I-" I reached out to touch him and for the first time in years he flinched away from my touch. I was losing him.

"Do you love him?" His eyed pierced through mine.

"Of course not. I love you. I've only ever loved you. I don't know-"

"Mom?" Fuck! There was only one way this could have gotten worse and here it was. Teddy and Phoebe were at the door hand in hand. Tears were in Phoebe's eyes and fear in Teddy's.

"What are you two doing out of bed?" I said as sweetly as possible, as if it would make them unsee what'd just happened.

"Phoebe heard you yelling and she got scared." Phoebe walked over and sat on my lap.

"Mama what happened?" Her eyes were still wet and I could tell she was sucking her thumb. She hadn't done that in years.

"Are you and dad going to get a divorce?" Teddy's arms were crossed and he looked mad but I could tell he was scared. So sure things had been a little stressful. Christian was in the middle of a merger and I was playing catch up at work since I'd been on maternity leave but things weren't that bad. Were they?

I looked at Christian and he returned my look of urgency. "Of course not." Christian walked over and tousled Ted's hair. "Now the two of you need to get back to bed. You have school in the morning." Ted walked away Phoebe followed.

Christian closed the door behind them and looked at me.

"Christian, I promise you, I swear I have never slept with Lucas Frost or anyone else for that matter. I love you. I loved you before I wanted to and I will always love you. I don't know what I did to make you think that I was interested in Frost but the truth is he makes me a bit uncomfortable and-" I was looking at my hands and not paying attention but suddenly Christians mouth was on mine.

"Prove it." He breathed. "Make love to me." Somehow I knew this wouldn't be the end of this but I wasn't in a position to decline and, truthfully, I didn't want to.

The next morning I was engulfed in paper work. I was working on opening an office in New York and it was beginning to become more work than it was worth.

From outside the door I hear, "I don't think I need an appointment to see my own wife." Shit. What was Christian doing here? I hoped he wasn't mad at Emily. She's new and probably didn't recognize him.

"Oh Mr. Grey I'm so sorry. I didn't-"

"Don't worry about it. I'll just go in now."

"Um yeah sure. You, you go right in." I rolled my eyes and laughed a bit. He still had that affect on women. All of them, myself included.

He walks through the door and he's pushing a stroller.

"What a nice surprise! What are you two doing here?" I walk over and picked up Aria. She smiled her smile and I couldn't help but return it. "I hate to toot my own horn but I make some attractive kids." He took Aria from me.

"What am I chopped liver?"

"I guess you helped too." Christian smiled at me but I know that didn't mean I was forgiven.

"I came to take my girls out for lunch. I assume you haven't eaten yet today."

I immediately changed the subject. I didn't feel like being scolded. "Are you sure you can be away from the office? I'm sure you guys are swamped with this merger."

"No it's fine. The staff is used to it." Yeah you know just buying another company, no big deal. "Unless you have to work."

"No I can go. I'm just doing paper work for the new office. I can use a break but it looks like I'm going to have to go over there. The realtors are telling me I can't get a space in the Village but somehow I'm sure I can squeeze my way in. Worst comes to worst I'll end up on the Upper East Side which wouldn't be terrible but it's not where I want to be."

He was playing with Arias fingers, but as soon as I mentioned me going to New York his head snapped up. "You're going to New York?"

"I'm not sure yet." He wasn't happy about this. Come on Ana think, think! "You and the kids should come. We can make a weekend out of it." Score. I mentally gave myself a high five. After being married to Christian for seven years I was becoming an expert on deflection.

He visibly calmed. "Yeah okay. Phoebe would love the central park zoo."

"Okay enough about work this is supposed to be a break!"

We went to a restaurant down town and of course Christian had his own table reserved.

"I bring all my business lunches here. Their salmon is to die for."

"Is this a business lunch?" Oh great here we go.

"Of sorts." Goodie. "I have a proposal." The waiter came with the wine selection and Christian sent him off. This must be serious.

"Well can I just say, proposal or not, I am your wife Christian. I'm not a client or someone you're trying to buy out. You don't have to bring me to some fancy place to talk to me."

"Humor me." He smiled and sipped his water. I have no idea what he has up his sleeve. He's giving me mixed signals and I think it's on purpose. Stay on your toes Ana. "I want to hire a private investigator." Okay. "For Lucas Frost."

"Christian! That's not-"

He held up a hand. "I know you told me you were not having an affair with this man and as my wife I trust you, as your husband I'm going to take you word on it and drop the issue." What is going on here? "But as a businessman, I don't trust him. Something about him doesn't sit right with me."

"But he's my business. Technically Grey Publishing is my business. You made sure of that."

"Yes. And since this man will be interacting with my wife, I have a duty to her and her business to make sure he's not a psycho killer." I'm not going to win this. "So, I figured you would like to have some say in this, hence why we're here."

"I have two conditions." This is a bit awkward. I'm trying to be some business tycoon and hold my own but I'm stuffing my face. He's right, this salmon is delicious. "Whoever you hire, I don't want to know about them. I don't want to know anything about them; first name, eye color, sexuality or anything."

"That, I can do. What else?" He finds this entertaining.

"They cannot make contact with him or interrupt his daily life. They will just sit back in the shadows, be a face in the crowds and observe. I don't know much about his day to day but I'm sure he doesn't want to be interrupted by his publishers snooping husband."

"Sounds fair to me. So we have a deal?" He held out his hand for me to shake, a smile playing around the sides of his mouth. I shook it to appease him.

"Now can my husband come back or am I stuck with the business tycoon." I smiled and stuck another piece of fish in my mouth.

"Anastasia, your sass is making my palm itch."

"Now what do you suppose we do about that?" He smiled his smile and just like that things were back to normal. Well what's normal for us anyway. Needless to say we didn't make it back to the office.

I laid my head on Christian's bare chest. We don't get much time together during the day.

"I think your post-pregnancy glow is kicking in." He stroked my cheek and they flushed on queue. I can't believe that not even 24 hours ago we were arguing. When we were in our little bubble nothing mattered. And then of course the phone rang.

"Hey Mia!" I assumed she wants to make lunch plans. That girl lives off of lunch.

"Um Ana…"

"What's wrong?" I immediately jumped up and started getting dressed. Christian looked at me, worry in his eyes but I didn't even know what was going on.

"I think I'm going into labor and Ethan isn't answering his phone."

"I'm on my way. If you're not in too much pain try to pack a bag and I'll be there in 10 minutes."

"Okay." She sounded like she might cry. "Ana?"

"What is it Mia?"

"I'm scared." I think she was crying.

"It's going to be okay I promise."

"Okay. Just hurry."

Christian was already dressed and I was looking for my other shoe. "Mia's going into labor and Ethan isn't answering his phone. I'm going to get her and take her to the hospital. You need to get the kids and call Kate and get her to find her fucking brother. Then call your parents and meet me at the hospital."

"Shouldn't I be with Mia too?" He looked confused.

"She's in pain and she's scared. You have no idea what it's like. She needs me right now."

I picked up my keys and ran out of the door. It was only 15 minutes to get to Ethan and Mia's but I was determined to make it in five. With Mia's pregnancy being rocky as is, I wanted to get her to the hospital as fast as I could.

When I got to the house the door was open but I didn't see Mia. "MIA! I'm here!"

"In here!" I ran to the kitchen and she was lying on the floor like she was making a snow angel. "It doesn't hurt as bad if I lay like this."

"Let me help you up." I heaved her body off the floor and helped her to the car. Getting her into my Audi was a struggle. It was really low to the ground but any one of the trucks would have been too high.

"Is it supposed to hurt?"

"Yeah kinda." I knew that pain and I felt bad for her. I wouldn't say it out loud but it only gets worse from here.

"Fuck! And you did this three times?"

I was rudely ignoring her but I was trying to concentrate on getting her to the hospital fast and safely. I knew I didn't have to worry about the police. I once asked Taylor how he never got pulled over for diving so fast and apparently all of the Grey cars are "marked". Christian makes a very generous donation every year so the police leave him alone.

We pulled up to the hospital and I could tell Mia was in a lot of pain. Luckily a nurse was outside. I explained to her that Mia's water had broke and that she was a high risk pregnancy. I may or may not have slipped in the fact that she was a Grey but regardless she was in a room faster than I could say epidural.

Her contractions were coming hard and fast when Ethan busted through the door.

"I'm soo sorry Mia! I left my phone on my desk and I was in a meeting! Why didn't you call the office?"

She was doing the typical breathing exercises and just looking at him.

"What is-"

"I don't think she's going to talk to you." He walked to her and grabbed her hand and you could see him wince. "I'll go into the waiting room and leave you two to it."

"NO!" It was the first time she'd spoken since we got to the hospital. "Stay with me. Ana. Please." Holy fuck. She was really scared. I hoped she'd be better with Ethan here.

"I'll stay. I promise." I did stay with her. After 8 hours of contractions and screaming, baby Hope was breached so they preformed an emergency C-Section. As soon as she heard Hope crying she was visibly more relaxed and I realized the entire time she was afraid that Hope wouldn't make it.

"Ana, is she beautiful?" She was crying and so was I.

"She is. She looks like you!" I wasn't sure why I was crying. I didn't even cry when I had my kids. I was far too tired for that.

"Ana, will you be her God mother?" I was shocked. I was not expecting that.

"Meet your daughter Mia." Ethan put Hope and Mia's arms and her eyes lit up.

"My baby."

"What about it Ana?" Ethan was looking at me.

"Yes of course!"