Chapter 2
Christian POV.
Fuck tonight has been a total drain. The women who should be my wife we assumed to be dead is alive along with my eldest niece. Ethan is over the moon to have is "Aingeal beag" his little angel back. But fuck me Rose I mean Ana she is perfect I knew I had a connection to her but damn. She's more beautiful than the photo Ray and Carla gave me all those years ago, no wonder I didn't recognise her, she's like a fine wine better with age. I am total fucked. How can I expect this angel love me?
I head down towards the vending machines to grab a coffee, I can't believe this has happened I thought she was dead but know she's here and i'm expected to marry her. Thanks ma. Sitting on the most uncomfortable chair I think back to the day I met Ray and Carla.
Flash back
I'm here getting ready to leave and propose to Ana I'm starring at the most beautiful girl in the world Ana Steele, and her parents have decided to make me her husband. I'm one lucky son of a bitch. I remember the day Ray and Carla introduced themselves to me. They'd been family friends for years Carla coming here from Ireland with my Da. How could I have said no? I think back to the day that started the cluster fuck of events;
I've just turned 17 and having just becoming a made man and a capo to my father I'm sitting in my fathers office drinking a whiskey and meeting with Ray and Carla Steele.
"Christian, are you sure you're happy about this arrangement
"Da, i've known about this marriage for the last 5 years I understand we had to wait for Ana and I came of age" Awesome an arranged marriage to strengthen our families Ethan already has Mia and Elliott a decent Irish lass Kate. Don't get me wrong ive tried all shapes and sizes but never Italian. I couldn't wait.
"That's settled then our Ana will marry Christian by the end of the year Ana is turning 17 next month, we don't want you to meet until it's time..." Ray starts i'd just turned 17 a month earlier.
"We don't want any other pregnancies before the wedding, but here" Carla waves her finger then passes me a photo of a beautiful brunette in a cheerleading outfit.
"Christian Ray and Car your mother and I have had this arranged since Ana was born, you will be the next generation and hopefully the most powerful" my Da explains again..
"Christian i'm trusting you with my baby girl, we keeping this under wraps until I control our runners" Ray puffs on his cigar
"And we are the only ones who know about this Carla?" My father asks, Carla Steele was adopted by my father's family at a young age after my grandpa killed her father she's 100 percent Irish and my da's little sister for all intense and purposes although an Irish Italian alliance scares alot of people.
"The only ones, we have some turmoil in our ranks and we need to make sure our daughters and son are taken care of, hell we've only told Ana of an arranged marriage no names and no photographs. But she's happy I see a sparkle in her eye that someone wants her and will take care of her" To right, she will want for nothing and there is no way I will have a goomah as the Italians call a slag.
I'm snapped out of my day dream by shouting and Italian. Harrison.
"They've killed my family their gone I have no one, Elliott just kill me please my twin she's gone!" he screams.
I collapse unable to breathe unable to think I drop the photo and the engagement ring her father gave me I fall into the arms of another women the she devil Elena. She introduced me to the fact that love is for fools and the world of BDSM. I could never love another with Ana gone but I needed a release that day I lost my heart and became a DOM.
Flashback ended.
I slam my head against the wall fuck I've been a DOM for the last 5 years can I really love again even though my love for Ana has never gone away, can I make love? Can I leave the need to control behind? She is pure and angelic can I do vanilla? My phone rings and I see it's Elena. Speak of the she devil.
"Grey!" I snap
"Well hello to you to handsome!" even being on the phone to her I feel sick to my stomach
"What do you want Elena?" I pinch the bridge of my nose
"Well I've been trying to get a hold of you for day's i've found you another sub a perfect brunette." Oh yes I forgot to mention all 15 of my subs have been carbon copies of Ana without her beauty and her purity. Brunette, Blue eyes and petite. FUCK MY LIFE I drown out Elena's constant chatter thinking about that perfect angel in the room down the hall.
"...and I have been trying to see if this new girl can be trained a few weeks with me and she will be perfect just your type Christian." I snap back to the conversation
"New girl Elena?" I warn
"Roseann or Rose something she would be perfect and looking at her back ground check alone she could use the money" my lives have collided fuck me.
"You will do no such thing Elena Rose no longer works for..."
"Yeah I understand that hence why I asked she's a drug addicted correct?" How the fuck did she know?
"She'll be perfect easy to tame into submission" What fucking planet am I on is this what she does.
"No Elena you will not I don't want to repeat myself" I turn Dom/don
"Ooo Christian you know you turn me on when you talk like that!" she moans "I'm touching myself for you right now" oh jesus
"Elena, stop you have a fiancé now think about Harrison that's why I called off our arrangement" but now i'm thanking my lucky stars I did not just because of my brother from another mother but know Ana.
"Oh that big brute hasn't laid a finger on me he wants to wait until marriage, I have to get my rocks of somewhere?" she moans again
"Leave it Elena if I ever need you i'll phone you don't phone me again" I throw my phone across the corridor it smashes into pieces. Fuck my life
Ana POV
"I still can't believe your here Ana Banana I knew somehow I knew you were alive but here in the same city" I giggle at Harrison's nickname
"Of course twin, you'd know I told you we're together forever I bet we even die on the same day!" I smile
"Okay Practical Magic, you okay with Ethan taking Ali cat home Mr and Mrs Taylor are going with him I think Grace offered them a job as Ali's nanny and Jason as your CPO." Harrison explains
"Harri, I don't need a CPO?" do I, the door opens and Grace walks in with a tray of food.
"Yes you do me you and Ali are the last of the Steele line and there are plenty of people who want us dead I deal with it on a daily bases." Grace clips Harrison across the back of the head
"Hush you, we can deal with this tomorrow, Annie doesn't need any more stress. Luckily for you as i'm still registered as a doctor here in Chicago you can be discharged into my care once you eat a meal and they check your sugar level again" Yes I get to go home hang on
"And where would home be?" I peel the lid off the yoghurt.
"Grey Manor, now I know you haven't been there since gosh you two were babies just after your christening but I promise you baby girl you'll be safe with us Gail and Taylor are moving into the huntsman cottage on the grounds." I laugh
"Very snow white" Grace touches my cheek
"I'm living a fairytale" I whisper
"Yes you are sweet child..." Christian walks back into the room carrying a holdall "and there's your prince" I look up between my lashes.
"Come on Harrison walk and old lady to her car" Grace put her arm through his
"Well when I see an old lady I will but in the mean time I'll escort you to the house, see you later sis"
"Bye twin" I wave, fuck with just Christian and I in the room the tension is thick.
"I can't believe you two are twins he acts like well..." he mutters
"Yea everyone said that but it's true he is 10 minutes older. Is that for me?" I ask pointing at my holdall the one Mia gave me
"Yes sorry i'll let you get dressed ..." I jump out of bed and pull off the gown luckily im still in my boxers and bra I see Christian stare at my tattoos.
"Like what you see?" I mock
"You've got ink?" I gently trace my fingers over my tattoo on my ribs and above my heart
"I never noticed them before" he moves closer I don't pull back "Their beautiful" he runs his finger over my Ti Amo tattoo above my heart " I love you" he whispers I can barely hear him. He moves closer placing his hand on my sides.
"It's...it's for you because I lost you before I found you how could that happen, when Papa told me about the arranged marriage I should have been angry but I wasn't." He kisses me stopping me from talking
"I fell in love with you the day your parent's showed me a picture of you..." I don't let him finish
"Dio Mio seriously which photo?" I cringe he pulls a folded photo from his wallet
"I can't believe I didn't recognise you" he gasps I look at the photo of me in my school cheer team good lord it was after a competition i'm all sweaty and disgusting.
"My dad took that it's not the best, I look more like Mia" I explain
"Your still beautiful even more so now" he kisses me again I feel tingles all the way to my toes.
"Christ...ian stop" I gasp for air we stop the kiss and he looks hurt " no I mean we have alot to figure out your mom organising the wedding for a start I barely know my brother any more let alone you I thought i'd lost everyone we need to get to know each other." I kiss the palm of his hand
"I agree Ana, I just can't bear to be apart from you but I do need to tell you something. We can discuss when we get home. Get dressed I'll wait for you out side" he kisses my cheek. Why do I feel like he's not telling me something?
Christian POV
Fuck I can not stop kissing her she's like a drug my own personal drug. But can I have a relationship with her well a vanilla one, the only sex i've ever had is a Sub Dom fuck can I make love? I'm pulled from my inner rant by Ana opening the door and me falling into her. Fucking stupid leaning against the door! I turn and see a vision but fuck me she's wear a white wife beater with the sides cut a sexy as hell bra and a pair of shorts that should be illegal the most covered part is her head which is covered by a beanie. Along with a battered to hell pair of doc martens.
"Sorry it's the clothes I brought with me to change last night" she explains
"Well um..." I shrug my blazer off and wrap it around her shoulders "I don't want you to catch cold." More like having to kill any fucker that looks at her I smile into her hair.
"Thanks" she smiles back at me handing me her bag
"Love the docs" I comment
"The only thing I have left from that night." She sniffs fuck please don't cry. I pull her close and walk out to the car
I direct Ana to where my Spyder is parked, I see her staring at the beast as Elliott calls it.
"She's beautiful" she runs her hands over the paint work.
"She? " I question
"My dad once said that all cars are girls because of their beauty" she bites her lip what I would give. She looks up through her lashes
"Ana please stop.." she bites it again "I'm using all my will power not to bite that lip and fuck you right here and now." She gasps and I think she moans. "Come on let's get you home."
Ana POV.
What the fuck was that! My lady parts are in the middle of a mosh pit. I wonder if he realises i'm a virgin? Yes a 22 year old virgin. I'm lost in thought that I don't see the gates that approach.
"Who've you got in there king kong?" I joke.
"Cute Jurassic Park reference there god you and Harrison are related with all the movie quotes." He laughs a beautiful laugh.
"Well we shared the womb until I decided to kick him out" I shrug.
"Come on Ma mentioned breakfast we need to get there before Harrison and Elliott they will eat everything in sight." He stops the car in front of an amazing house not to big but I bet it's bigger than it looks. Christian opens my door and holds out his hand, I look to the side and see a removals lorry.
"What's happening?" I point.
"Oh the Taylor are moving today Mr Taylor packed for you and Ali." He explains I hope Gail packed my underwear and vibrator.
"Oh Ana!" Grace bellows from the upper floor window. "Brunch will be ready shortly i'm cleaning this hell hole I have no clue..." Christian stops Grace with is hand up
"Ma seriously wait until we come in and then you can explain" she slams the window and we make our way inside. Wow this place his amazing everything in this house has to be an antique well apart from the marvel picture leaning against the fireplace and a empty nail in it's place . I'm thinking that shouldn't be there.
"Elliott he removed over family portrait because to be honest we all hated it. We replace it when our parents return from Ireland. " Christian whispers, Grace makes her way down the stairs marigold and apron cover her designer dress.
"These boys you'd think we raised animals this place is horrible, ever heard of a duster Christian a mop?" she glares.
"We usually book a cleaner before they arrive" I smiles
"mhm" I giggle.
"Where is Elliott and Kate? How about Harrison? " he asks
"Elliott is cleaning the pool" Kate surprises us walking down the stairs with Ava on her hip "Hey Ana, I still can't believe you're the Ana how did I not see it especially with Ali" she hugs me with one arm.
"Where is my niece?" I ask I hear bounding footsteps followed by Carrick and Ethan.
"Zia Ana! I have my own roomed with room of all my books and Mr snuggles it's awesomness!" she launches her self into my arms.
"Well mimi you'd better show me this awesomess bedroom." I hold her tight.
"Christian can you show her I have to get rid of this tat!" Grace points at the Marvel canvas
"I told him not to do it Mama" Kate comments getting her husband in trouble.
I follow Christian as he leads me up the grand stair case with real suits of armour.
"Christian this place is amazing"
"It's been in our family for years when my parents leave Elliott, Kate, Ava, Ethan, Harrison and myself live here. We have our own wing i'll show you your room after this it's in mine and Ethan's wing. " I nod and he leads me out of the dark wood area of the house to a lighter brighter wing.
"This is beautiful Christian, just like..." I start
"Mia designed it she was in college for interior design?"
"Yes she loved the medieval period" I smile remembering all her sketch books.
"Zia Zia look look!" Ali races to the first door opening it I find a bright pink room wouldn't be my first choice but its all Mia I mean Ali. Like mother like daughter I suppose
"Wow Mimi that's amazingness I love it" she shows me where all her books live and her new dolls. I look at Christian, he's standing by the door.
"Knock Knock" from the a joining door comes Ethan I look at him in surprise
"Daddy!" Ali calls out its weird hearing her shout that.
"Hey my little one it's time for some lunch lets go and see Nana!" He holds his hand out and they leave the room again the tension is thick i'm not sure if its sexual since I have no clue how that feel.
"So" Christian smirks
"So, where do I sleep?" I walk past him out into the hall way
"Well our room..."
"Our room?" I gasp
"Well our room is down here I don't sleep there so it's all yours there's a door for there to the room I use as a bedroom. " he blushes beet red
"Oh Okay." I walk into the last room on the corridor it's beautiful.
"Um Mia she designed it so you would..." he mutters
"Oh my it's oh fuck Mimi!" I sink to the floor.
"Fuck Ana!" I sob into his chest but he pulls away, "Please Ana anywhere but my chest" I nod and go to stand. I can see he's panicking and trying to change the subject I stand and walk over to the bookcase, turning when I hear Christian's velvet voice
"Why do you call Alis mimi?"
"Mimi was my nickname for Mia same as Harri is for Harrison so when Alis was born she became mini Mimi because they looked so much alike." I sniff wiping my nose on the back on my hand.
"Here" he passes me a handkerchief
"Wow, thanks i'll treasure this!" I giggle.
"So, we need to talk?" I nod
"Yes, we do"
"Firstly Ana, this room is yours all your books and clothes will be in here by the end of the night I use the closet and the bathroom but I sleep else where I will show you once we talk" he picks me up placing me on the bed.
"So, I guess..."
"We would be married by now..." he starts
"Married 5 years Christian" I finish how different would life have been
"We need to get to know each other. How about a life history sort of thing or 20 questions?" he suggests "You go first."
I curl my feet under and think about where I start. "Well you know I'm a twin I was born last and the smallest they also lost me but I pulled through. I was little miss book worm in school Mia and Harrison were always the popular ones. I was just Harrison Steele's little sister they didn't even realise we were twins. I was a late bloomer." I smile "My papa always said I was his rose and my time to blossom will come." I sniff again and wipe my eyes in the hanky.
"Your beautiful again, stunning in fact!" he kisses my hand I shiver under his touch. "Do you feel that?" I nod "It's like we connect on a subconscious level. But body craves you Ana" he kisses me with such power until I move back.
"What's wrong? That's twice now?" he seems angry
"Well... let me finish. I was always good at music and dance the summer before junior year I went to dance camp I grew boobs a figure, when I went back to school everyone stared I had Harrison beat the boys off they were ruthless, but one Jose he's the son of Jack Hyde he was close friends with my dad. Jose wanted to court me. God that sounds old i've read too many books." Christian laughs.
"Before you and I were arranged to be married Hyde came to ask if Jose would be worthy or what ever , Papa said no that's where this all starts. See I have never been kissed until today and well i'm..."
"Still a virgin, fuck Ana" he stands as paces.
Christian POV
A virgin fuck I am screwed. "Still a virgin, fuck Ana!" I stand and pace running my hands through my hair I see the look on her face I move over to her taking her face in my hands.
"Hell Ana, why hasn't someone swept you off your feet your beautiful." I remove my hands from her face and into my hair i'm going to be bald by the time i'm 25.
"are you angry at me?" she asks I scoff at the thought
"No, Ana baby no" shit did I just call her baby, maybe just maybe I can have this sort of relationship. Hell anything was better than losing your virginity to a girl 8 years older who has to twist your nipples to get off.
"Well, I can guess you're not a virgin then although I..." I snap my head back what the fuck is she implying, I have fucked up.
"We were supposed to be virgins when we married but hell Ana we were going to be married at 17 I was a horny teenager and well i'm 23 now. " I try and explain
"I get that Christian although I decided to wait, I wanted to be married hopefully to you I dreamt it wished for it." She snaps and storms of the bed. I grab her arm I know it was rough but I pull her till were face to face.
"Where have you been?" I grasp her lip in my teeth
"Waiting" she moans I run my hands up her bare sides I pick her up and carry her to the bed, we start getting hot and heavy until someone knocks the door.
"Ana Christian!" motherfucking cockblocking mother.
"Coming Ma!" I yell back Ana giggles in my ear "Rain check? After brunch i'm bringing you back here and we're finishing this." I kiss her lips standing up and adjusting my painfully hard cock.
We walk hand in hand into the dining room and fuck I look to my left and I see the person I was I didn't Elena.
"I see you took my advice" she smirks
"What are you doing here?" I snap
"Christian!"Ana comments and my sudden outburst
"Um dude she's going to be my wife she has every right to be here" fuck Sorry Harri
"Hey sis come meet Elena!" Harrison grabs Ana into a hug.
"Elena this is my sister Ana and this little munchkin over there by Ava is our Ali Cat!" fuck if looks could kill Ana would be six feet under.
"Well hello Rose, sorry Ana" Ana shakes her hand
"Pleasure to meet you Elena" Ana rocks a little, fuck she needs to eat.
"Are you drunk or?" Elena scoffs
"Elena!" Harrison snaps and I grab Ana's hand from the she bitch
"Elena, please excuse us Ana needs to eat"
"Doesn't look like she needs it the size of here" Elena snarls
"Elena seriously that was fuck... Ana is diabetic!" Harrison removes his hands from Elena's waist fuck I wish Ray didn't arrange the wedding between Harrison and Elena. Fuck. That's a story all on it's own, our competitor in London kept thieving our drug supply and the only way they allowed us to move the drug into Dublin was if we married into the family the only person not arranged was Harrison the poor bugger. She's older than all of us by about 4 years, she didn't care who she fucked so she fucked me and we continued until about 6 months ago when I caught her with an underage boy for fuck sake she's almost 30. I shiver and hurl at the thought.
"Christian you okay?" Ana asks
"Yes beautiful let's get you some nosh" I grab her buy the waist aiming towards the buffet table
"Oh Ana, all the food has splenda instead of sugar apart from the broche" Grace kisses Ana's cheek
"Oh Grace you didn't have to thank you" Ana returns the kiss
"Why does she get special treatment" Elena comments
"Because my god daughter has type 2 diabetes" Carrick adds sitting down with Ali and Ava on his lap.
"whatever!" Elena picks at her salmon
"I tend to eat fruit and yoghurt for breakfast or an omelette I record most of my food in a note book" Ana explains looking shocked " Oh by the way Christian have you got my insulin pen?" she pops a cherry in her mouth making it sexy as hell I forget the question.
"Christian has left the building!" Elliott holler
"Looks like his other head is using all the blood" Harrison snigger
"Uncky Wristian!" Ava shout
"Shit sorry sorry what was the question?"
"Insulin pen where is it?" she asks " I usually take it mid afternoon" she picks up a piece of pineapple and the juice drips down her chin of fuck myself
"Pen yes, no I haven't got it Ana it was a black market one how did you get it?" I enquire
"I know people!"she mutters
"Oh Ana, I will put a call into the hospital and get you your month supply plus spare for the house delivered this afternoon" my mom rushes from the room
"I'm sorry, it's just food and meds for Ali were more important" Ethan's head almost snaps off his neck
"What's wrong with Ali?" Carrick asks hugging his granddaughters close
"I have a bardy cough and my pump pump helps me to not cough!" Ali explains
"She has asthma, because her lungs her still developing the smoke from the fire effected them i've seen plenty of doctors who gave her a pump to help with times she struggles to breath ...i'm so sorry Ethan!" Ana stands and runs out of the French doors.
"Fuck!" Harrison jumps up before me and is out of the door.
Ana's POV
I run and run until I reach a small dock leading into the lake fuck it was all my fault. My diabetes and Ali's Asthma.
"ANA! ANA WAIT!" I hear Harrison he skids to a stop behind me "Seriously Ana it's either your a fast runner or i'm unfit." He laughs panting
"A bit of both" I kick off my docs and place my feet in the cool water Harri mirrors my actions
"So tell me what that was about?" he wraps his arm around me I instantly feel safe
"Mia all but threw me and mimi into the hide room and the tunnel out to the side of the house." I found a bag with clothes and a money lot but not enough also bus tickets to Chicago. After I heard mimi get shot I ran but I couldn't leave her I went back, the smoke was thick by the time I got out of there but mimi was coughing up a storm. I took her to the hospital by the time we were seen the hospital was inundated with victims of a house fire. Our house fire so I ran picked up her pump and baby face mask and ran never looking back"
"That's why we thought you were dead you weren't at the hospital when we came to look for survivors."
"Were there any?"
"A few but mostly just drivers and lackeys no one made it out." I feel him kiss my hair.
"So diabetes huh? That's new too?" He gives me a side ways look
"So yea uh, I tried to save the money, I found Mr and Mrs Taylor and they helped out loads but I became anorexic I wouldn't eat sometimes for days. Eating when you lost your family becomes low on your list. It wasn't until I collapsed at work one day that Gail took me to the hospital and they found out that my organs were failing. Fuck I had no insurance and I couldn't expect the Taylors to pay so the money I saved by not eating was wasted by my stupidness. After I was discharged I couldn't pay legally for the insulin so I met a guy Jake he hooked me up with enough pumps to last a while my last one was the one Christian took. I wanted this job to be able to get health insurance which would pay for my pens and mimi's pumps" I explain when I feel tears on my face but they're not from me.
"Oh my god twin, you could have died not once but 3 times now you're not a fucking cat!" I stands and pulls me with him.
"You're going to explain all of this to Grace and she will help you I want you so see a specialist to make sure you have no lasting damage"
"Harri I can't..."
"You can we're the sole heirs to Steele Industries, do you know how much we're worth?"he pulls me into a hug
"Enough to pay for my meds?" I sob
"Enough to last you 50 life times Annie!" come on he pulls me into the house and into the study I can't believe what my eyes are seeing I feel physically sick.
"You've gotta be fucking kidding me, i've waiting till marriage so you go after another poor schmuck" Harrison growls as Elena drops her hand from Christian's crotch and her face from his.
"Oh my god!" I run up the stairs into my the bedroom slamming the door. So much for the rain check.