Chapter 4
Once Ana had awoken Christian, she explained how they both had fallen asleep in the playroom and he needed to come to bed so as to avoid a sleepless and cuddleless night. Christian sat up groggily and rubbed his eyes before asking how long he was asleep for.
"Almost an hour," Ana replied. Christian got off the bed and lethargically walked over to Ana, giving her a lazy sleep-filled smile. He was just so cute sometimes, Ana thought. He linked both their limbs together, before ambling, hand in hand, towards their bedroom.
Christian, ever the control freak, went to take a quick shower. As soon as Ana's head hit the pillow, sleep took over her senses.
After stepping out of the shower, Christian picked a towel up to wrap around his waist before stepping back into the bedroom.
Ana was already fast asleep in bed, she must have been tired after the playroom session, Christian thought. Their session was quite intense which they both had immensely enjoyed.
Tomorrow he had a very long day ahead of
him at GEH as he was trying to wrap up a deal which had proven to be quite difficult. He needed to relieve the tension that had been building up. Ana, as always, was more than happy to lend a hand, pun intended. Sometimes Christian couldn't believe his luck, how well his beautiful Ana knew him.
In such a short space of time, who could have imagined that such a sweet, innocent, beautiful woman would turn not just his life but everything around him upside down, for the better.
He shuddered when he thought about his life without Ana, leaving a bitter taste in his mouth. It was like everything of his past had disappeared behind a thick veil, every scar, every woman, everything but Anastasia Rose Steele.
He often felt vulnerable whenever he confronted himself about how desperate he had become for Anastasia. Even after his marriage, he sometimes felt doubt. Doubt that she may not love him as much as he loved her. No one could have loved anyone as much as he loved his Ana. He just hoped she felt the same way about him.
Ana knew about Christian's uncertainties, so she never let the oppurtunity of telling him how much she adored him slide. She said he needed to give himself more credit.
In his head he still found it difficult to believe that a woman like Ana ever bestowed him with a second glance, let alone love him back with equal fervor; a tainted man with a shitty, horrible past. He shook his head. Perhaps he needed to consult Flynn and arrange a joint session with him and Ana.
Christian climbed into bed with her and wrapped himself around her form from behind, pulling her close before kissing her head, murmuring sweet words that she never got to hear. Christian fell asleep with a satisfied look about him. A nightmare free sleep. His dreams were expectantly pleasant.
It seemed no sooner when Christians eyes had
closed, he was awoken by his alarm going off at 6:30 am. He hazily pulled Ana over him and started kissing her creamy neck, ascending towards her sweet lips.
Ana started to stir, and grumbled, asking him about the time. Christian smirked and answered her. She really wasn't a morning person. He had told her a thousand times if she didn't like waking up in the morning, she didn't have to work. He would pamper her like the queen she was to him. She could quit and hire someone reliable for the publishing house. Nothing was important to him than her sleep that she was apparently so intent on losing. But alas, Christian sighed, his heart ached seeing her all exhausted.
Ana rolled over onto her side facing him before running her dainty fingers over his beautiful face, sleepily telling him to have a good day, she loved him and to call her later at lunchtime.
Christian reciprocated by telling her the same thing, got out of bed and headed towards the shower to start his day before going down for breakfast. Taylor met him in the kitchen after Christian had finished a quick breakfast and they set off to Grey-House for a very long day at the office.
Ana awoke again after drifting off for a little while and felt her muscles aching and sore thanks to their passionate session in the playroom last night. Ana jumped in the shower to help relieve the aches, dried herself and got dressed. Now ready for work, she shortly headed downstairs to have breakfast. Mrs Jones greeted Ana asking what she would like for breakfast, Ana responded with her choice of scrambled eggs on toast with tea.
She approached sawyer after breakfast so he'd drop her off at Grey publishing.
At work Ana delved straight into work since she felt like she needed the distraction. Her mind was still poring over what she was thinking about
last night. There was something that just didn't feel right after playtime with Christian.
At 12 o'clock, lunch arrived. Ana rang Christian to see how his day was going but he didn't respond.
He could be busy, Ana mused, as he normally answered as soon as she rang.
Once lunch was a finished business, Ana got back to work. By 4pm her concentration was all over the place so she decided to head home telling her secretary that she wasn't feeling well and will see them tomorrow and if they needed anything, they knew how to get in touch.
Once home Ana needed a distraction so she went straight to the library and sat down in the cushioned chair. She picked up a book as a distraction was needed so she could stop these thoughts going through her mind, but the book didn't help.
Not long after she started reading, Ana's mind started to wander back to why she kept feeling that something was either wrong or missing from her life.
She still couldn't pinpoint what it was so she decided to walk up to the playroom, unlocking the door before stepping inside and closing the door behind herself.
Standing in the middle of the playroom, Ana let her mind run free. She started to go through everything that she and Christian had done together last night, just to see if there were any signs as to why she felt the way she did.
As all her thoughts came together, realisation
hit her hard. One of the reasons was that even though she enjoyed their activities in the playroom, getting dominated by Christian, she really wanted to learn how to be a dominant. It would really change the dynamics of their relationship. It could be so much more intense, especially if they both took turns being the Dominant.
But there was one problem, that was Christian. He wouldn't be happy with what she had decided to try.
She couldn't imagine him wanting to relinquish his control in the playroom as this was where he usually regained his control and relieved his stress.
If nothing else was working or if they had an argument, he regained his control in his playroom, which was more than fine with Ana.
The thought of being able to dominate Christian excited Ana to an extreme. She would love to tie him up and have him at her mercy. Just sitting there thinking about it had her all excited and wet.
Ana knew she would need to learn. If only Christian would teach her. The best person to train her would be Christian, but she couldn't see him wanting to do so as he liked her as a submissive partner in the playroom.
It would be very taxing to explain to him that this could turn out to be fun, if they did together. She wasn't assured how to persuade him though. She
guessed she'd just need to discuss it with him.
Time seems to have got away from Ana. When she checked her watch it was nearly 6pm which
meant Christian would be home soon. She needed to prepare herself for the talk that was soon going to take place.
Christian walked into their house ten minutes later looking as sexy as ever. He made his way towards her smiling and engulfed Ana in a tight hug, crushing her to him before giving her the most sensual kiss ever.
As they pulled apart it took a few minutes for Ana to remember that she was on a mission, "Christian. Baby, I need to talk to you."
