*****This is a work of fiction! I do not own the characters, they belong to EL James. The story line details belong to me.****
Ana
It's hard to believe how fast the years have gone bye. Christian and I have been able to live a semi-normal life since my death. It's really hard to believe that I allowed him to talk me into it, but then again the idea of almost dying twice made me realize his fears and worries. Today Grace is turning 5. She is so excited about having a big family party and all the works. Christian and I though really don't want one, but agreed to allow Mia to throw a party for her and all her little friends.
"Miss. Rose," Sawyer said from the entry way of our great room. I turned to see a familiar woman standing with Sawyer. Shit! What the hell was she doing here? Ugh! I couldn't just bitch slap her since I am not Ana anymore, but ugh my palm was itching to. Now I knew what Christian was feeling when I made his palm twitch.
"I'm sorry, do I know you," I ask faking not know the evil woman standing before me. She moved towards me and reached out her hand.
"I was an old friend of Mr. Grey's, but when he married Miss. Steele it didn't work out," she said pondering something in her mind for sure. I didn't look like Ana Steele-Grey due to having changed my hair color and eyes, but also had to have a little reconstructive surgery on my face after the first explosion sent debris into my face. Although Christian says it didn't matter how I looked to him, I would always be his Ana.
"Oh, Mrs…," I left off hoping she would get the hint I had no clue who she was.
"Oh, forgive me of my manners. I am Elena Lincoln," she replies smiling.
"It's nice to meet you," I say as Grace takes the moment to run into the room while being chased by her brother Theodore. Elena stands frozen for a moment looking between the two children and me. Of course both of them look mostly like Christian, but Teddy has my fair complexion while Grace carries her fathers.
"Wow, she has sure grown up," Elena comments as they both run to me.
"Mommy, can I pay wit Grece," Teddy says as he reaches up for me.
"Grace, sweetie will you take Teddy outside to your Auntie Mia, while I finish up talking with Mrs. Lincoln," I say passing my 3 year old off to his sister.
"Yes, Ma'am," she replies as she takes his hand. She has been taught to not reply with mom or mother in anyone's presences outside of family or close friends. She understands why, but sometimes I think she feels neglected by not being able to call me mom freely.
"May I ask why you are here Mrs. Lincoln," I ask inquiring just what her purpose here was.
"Oh, I moved away after Mr. Grey's wife made him cut ties with me, but I was in town and thought I would come by to see how he was doing," she says as she moves closer to the patio door, followed by Sawyer. I take the moment to move to intercept her from entering the backyard.
"I'm sorry if you had a falling out with the previous wife, but I don't think Christian would like for you to be this close to his children," I say as I step closer to her to prevent her from moving any closer than what she was.
"So, the rumors are true he married the help," she says as she laughs. I just want to slap her right across her botoxed face and give her a good right hand. The story going around was that I was hired shortly before Mrs. Grey (me of course) was killed to help her when the baby was born. I was the cousin of Taylor's. Then things just progressed and Mr. Grey slowly fell in love with me.
"What the hell? It really doesn't concern you Elena who the fuck I married," comes the voice of one pissed off Christian Grey in all his glory. I noticed her flinch a little when he spoke, good job honey I silently cheered him on inside my head.
"Christian, I …" Elena stuttered.
"Rose, sweetie why don't you go outside and help Mia set up. You know it would mean a lot to Grace to see you helping to make her feel better," he says as he moves toward me. I knew this was his way of getting rid of me, but at the moment I was happy to leave because I just wanted to blow my cover and that wouldn't be good for me or our family.
"Sawyer," I say as I reach up and kiss Christian on his cheek and move to the patio door and out of it.
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Christian
I was having a shitty day. I wasn't in the mood for a lot of people coming over to the house, but would put up a good face because it was my baby girl's birthday. I mean really how hard is it to keep your eyes on the prize or should I say paperwork, to dot all your 'I's and cross all the 't's. No someone was trying to screw me over within my own company. I haven't been able to find the leak.
"Damn it," I shout as I slam my Blackberry onto my desk. This brought Ros's attention back to me.
"Mr. Grey, maybe you should go home and relax," she said as she gathered up her paperwork. I knew she meant well, but I was too pissed to listen to reason. I wanted to chew her head off, but my phone rang.
"Grey…" I said emotionless.
"Mr. Grey, we have found that the intruder isn't employed with Grey House," Welch was giving me new information.
"What do you mean?" I question trying to think of who might have the ability or knowledge to hack into our secured systems.
"We are having a hard time coming up with the whom because they are using a wireless server and it bounces all over the place. All I can tell you is that are firewalls have been breached, were down for several hours while the person hacked in, but now there is a tighter firewall and more security measures in place. We will catch this person," he said as I hung up the phone.
"Christian, please go home. I will keep you updated on any and all information we get," Ros must be desperate to get rid of me because she used my first name. I have been shitty to everyone for a few weeks due to all this hacking into my databases. I have lost two very big deals because another company underbid us. It was nerve wracking.
"Fine, but any new details you better call me. I don't care if it's at 3 in the morning I better be the first person you call," I say succumbing to her.
"You will be! Mr. Grey you should know me better than that. I have been here with you from the start," she replies softly with a smile. I know out of anyone is this place she is the most honest and loyal person to me.
"Fine, I think my little girl deserves all of her daddy right now. Thank you Ros!" I say as I slip my suit jacket back on and move toward the door.
"Mr. Grey," Ros calls out to me before I slip into the elevator. I turn around to see her carrying a gift bag in one arm and her papers in the other.
"This is for Grace," she says as she hands me the package. I smile at her as I move into the elevator and press the button to go down. I enter the parking garage to be met by Taylor.
"Sir," he says as he opens the door for me and I slip into the SUV.
"Home, please," I say as I start looking over the paperwork from the blown deals. The details just didn't seem to add up. I must have been lost to the world because Taylor was speaking as I looked up to see that we were already at the house.
"Sir," he says as he opens my door.
"Taylor, why don't you and Gail either take the night off or join us for Grace's party later. I'm sure Sophie would like to join us if you'd like her to," I said with a small smile. Jason and Gail had been raising Sophie for almost 2 years since her mom didn't want her anymore. She was just a good girl.
"I will check with them and let you know, Sir," he says as we part ways. I watch as Sophie comes running out of the guesthouse toward her dad. I loved seeing him in that manner, he seemed so relaxed and at ease. I was thankful though that he was such a good friend. Things had changed for the better once Ana died. It brought everything into perspective for me.
I noticed that there was a different car in the driveway. There was also a man standing by the car the driver no less, but who would come here with a personal driver. Shit! I knew whose car that was. I bolted for the front door. I will kill her if she has hurt my baby.
"What the hell? It really doesn't concern you Elena who the fuck I married," I say as I hear the end of her saying something about a rumor of me marrying the help. I see red and have to focus on Ana to keep my temper and anger at bay.
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A/N: Thank you for your support. There will be more of the stalker and who do you think is behind the hacking. Is it the same person?