Really important Author Notes:
1. Due to an issue, my stories were taken off FF, but they are back. As a result, though you need to re-follow/favourite this story. Sorry..
2. Yes, I have been off the radar for a few reasons. One of which is life and two because I am getting published.. not in the fiction but in journals. I am conducting action research in my profession and have been experiencing some success.
3. Yes, I know this isn't the longest chapter... but it's something.
Christian's Expose
Christians POV:
"Stay the night with me. It is late and I don't want to worry about you. There are clothes here that you can wear tomorrow to work and you can borrow one of my shirts to sleep in, but clothing in bed is optional, and not recommended". I suggest to Ana but the reality is that should any clothing get in the way of her and me tonight, I intend to shred them.
"Okay...I am exhausted." Ana relents fatigued, "Can I use your bathroom first?"
"You know where it is. I will meet you in my room in a few minutes. I just need to get something." I try not to grin knowing that it will give away me surprise. I have been waiting to give this to Ana.
"Okay, but before you go is there anything else you need to tell me? Are there any other secrets or omissions?" I sense that Ana is trying to be playful however the end result is chillingly serious. Internally she is fighting her need to know... everything... however, not wanting to hear anything else that might change her point of view. I cock my head to the side and determine what I can actually tell her or not.
"What is it? Tell me, or I am leaving and I won't be coming back!" Ana threatens. Miss Steele you could run, but I would follow you! You are mine!
"Alright but you need to promise not to freak out and that you will spend the night with me... in my bed!"
"Freak out? You make it sound like I am some sort of headcase."
"No Ana, not a head case. You're intelligent, beautiful, captivating... and extremely enticing." I lean over and kiss Ana passionately, only stopping when I know I have achieved my desired result. I sit up straight and wait.
"So is whatever you have to tell me still, is it bad?" Ana's voice brakes and swallow's hard. Her body language has changed and has become more confused from the mixture of kiss and the scene at play. I narrow my eyes. This is what I was waiting for. Next time I will have to do more than kiss her make her forget her train of though.
"Not to me, but with your unpredictable persona right now, I could tell you the most irrelevant piece of information and you would probably get on the next flight to Georgia." Ana scoffs as her blue eyes become dark, but then giggles.
"I do believe that I got one over you that time... it was so warm in Vegas! How many hours did you spend flying around again?" Ana is grinning like a Chester cat, making me want to throw her over my shoulder and carry her into my playroom. I would make sure she can't sit for a week, then fuck her so hard that she can't walk properly and feels where I have been. Only me. 10..9..8..7... I count down until I reach zero. Shit even that didn't work.
"Hhhmm.. I love it when you get spirited. Maybe I should take you here, on my couch. I am yet to do that."
"Christian, I believe you have something to tell me.. still!" Ana scolds. My usual reaction would be harsh; however, I shock myself when I smirk.
"You're the first woman to ever say no to me…. and it is incredibly hot!" I close the small distance between us and start to possess Ana with her mouth. I kiss her even harder when her very nimble hands make short work of my belt and zip. I moan into her mouth as she grips me, massaging me before she drops to her knees and takes me deep into her mouth
"Ana…sta..sia.. ….You Are… so... so... Perfect. Don't…. stop…. Baby." I struggle to say. "That… feels…. So good!"
Ana wraps me around her tongue and then all too suddenly, stops, and then straddles me sitting on my lap, facing me. I would be more than willing for this change in position except she is still wearing her jeans and I can't bury myself into her.
"Talk Christian! I am over waiting…. That is if you want me to finish what I started."
"I am only telling you because I don't believe we should have any secrets... I have never done this relationship thing before..."
"Relationship thing?" I realize how alien those words sound when Ana repeats them, but it is that very thing to me. It is as foreign to me as my playroom would be to Ana before she walked in.
"Just remember that you promised to stay the night with me in my bed and I expect you to finish what you started just then..." I place my finger my finger on Ana's mouth to prevent her from making one of her smart mouth comments. "SIP is having serious financial problems. Their costs are greater than profit levels and in light of the decline in the economy, The Lockridge Corporation is eager to liquidate some of their holdings or close them down."
"Sounds like either way I am out of a job. I might have to look over East now to stay in Publishing!" Ana sighs. I narrow my eyes at her statement. Like hell, I will ever let that happen!
"SIP has been sold. You will not be out of a job" I state is a matter of fact tone. Striving to squash the idea of moving East in her head regardless of how brief it might be.
"How do you know?" A slight tone of annoyance is more than noticeable in her voice, but it is short lived. Ana looks at me surprised and for the first time a little intimidated. "No...you didn't… did you?... you haven't bought SIP have you?"
"Yes. I bought the company. I have known the CEO of the Lockridge Corporation for some time now. Bryan Lockridge hasn't been interested in the publishing industry for years now. He let the company lose and as a result it has deteriorated, when it should be growing. I intend to put my people in charge, which will filter the Grey Enterprise Culture throughout SIP."
"You're my new boss?"
"In an indirect way… yes"
"Indirect?…. Then I may just indirectly resign." Ana shifts off my lap, now standing in front of me. I know this trick too well. If this is all Ana has right now then she is out gunned.
"Miss Steele, I am a man of many resources, I would purchase every publishing company in America if need be" I also respond standing up now, to gain height over her.
"You don't have that much money!" I can't help but smirk arrogantly. My hand is twitching so badly and my pants so tight that I wonder if how much longer I am going to be able to hold out.
"I think you might be surprised Anastasia! I can and would…. So if we could …" I want to move on from this topic, but Ana interrupts me. I know that I could cure her of this terrible
"O.M.G… What is everyone at SIP going to say? Not that many of them know I am with you, but Ben does... but that shouldn't be a problem. But everyone will... in time."
"In time?" I cock my head to the side, curious to exactly what Ana means. Does she know about tomorrow?
"Yes Christian, in time... in time more people at SIP are going to discover that you and I are together." I can't help but smile broadly at Ana's admission of us bring together. It is exactly what I have been waiting for this evening.
"Thank you."
"Huh?"
"The staff at SIP could probably try saying Thank you. We have saved all their jobs. If someone else had purchased the company, they would have likely terminated a lot of their job while keeping the current ineffective management on... I am going to do the opposite." Ana's body language changes a little as I outline my plans. She is fidgeting with her the ends of her hair. "What is it?"
"Umm.. Nothing. I umm.. I can live with you owing SIP." Ana voice is strained. Years of reading people have told refined my skills. The tone of her voice is because of something else.
"Excellent. What else is agitating you? What is it you want to ask me about SIP?"
"Nothing... well it might be something.. ..Nonetheless it is you who is supposed to be talking. Anything else you haven't told me?"
"Yes."
"Spill it then Grey!"
"I funded Seattle's University's psychology department's research project on mental illness" Ana looks mystified at my disclosure at first until she puts one and one together.
"You funded the project that Ethan participated in?" I nod. "Why?"
"To spend time with you...Alone"
"Christian!" Ana's body language changes completely to the point that I can't determine what is going on in her head. She stands up and faces me. Ana's expression is so erratic that I take on a neutral stance.
"Christian...?"
"yes?"
"How much did you give the university?"
"A couple of hundred thousand dollars."
"That's a lot of money to..."
"Anastasia I would have happily paid two, three, even ten times that much." You have no idea how much I would pay to get rid of Ethan Kavanagh permanently.
"Thank you" I cock my head at Ana's response it was not what I was expecting. "For saving SIP and for Ethan. He really enjoyed the experience and learnt a lot from it. The past year in New York working for his father was supposedly disastrous, that your donation, although it didn't have the best intentions was a godsend."
"Happy to oblige."
"Take me to bed. I am really tired" My jaw hits the ground. This was the last thing I expected her to utter just then.
"We aim to please!" Not wanting to give Ana any time to change her mind I sweep her off her feet and carry her to my bedroom.
"Would I be correct in assuming that you still expect me to continue with my previous endeavors over your manhood?"
"That would be an accurate assumption and one I intend on holding you to!"
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