The next day the kids have a half-a-day so I just left them home. Today mom arrives! I'm so excited!
I'm getting the kids ready to go make a visit.
Christian doesn't know I'll be coming in with the kids for lunch. Andrea knows though.
"Mommy, we really gonna go see daddy at work?" Phoebe asks.
"Of course and it's a surprise! We're going to have lunch with him"
"Yay! We get to see daddy!" Teddy jumps in excitement.
We arrive at GEH in twenty minutes. Sawyer is downstairs so he greets the kids.
"Luke I like that" Phoebe says pointing to his employee badge "I want one too!"
"Hold on," he goes to the front desk and grabs two visitors pass. "Here you go." He says putting them on their shirts.
"Cool! Thanks!" Phoebe says.
We go straight up to the 20th floor. The kids go around the Andrea's desk to greet her.
"Hey, Ana, Mr. Grey has a visitor but he should be done soon."
"Great, did you order lunch?" I ask.
"Yeah, it should be arriving soon." She smiles and I nod.
Someone walks out of Christian's office. I turn and see a tall, brunette walking towards me.
"You" she points at me. "Fetch me something to drink" she says then shoo's me away.
Excuse me?
"Did you not listen to me? I said-"
"I heard you, but I'm not going to let you boss me like that. First of all you don't even know if I'm an employee here. And second, don't be rude."
"Oh no, who do YOU think YOU ARE talking-"
"No no," I interrupt. "Who do you think you are yelling at me? And in front of two kids? Don't you have any manners?"
"Kids?" She finally noticed Phoebe and Teddy next to Andrea. "I don't get why people bring their kids to work" she says with an attitude.
I open my mouth to say something to her but Andrea beats me to it.
"Miss Susana, what would you like to drink?" Andrea asks.
"Nothing anymore."
A minute later Christian comes out with a blonde lady.
"Don't come unannounced Elena. That's final."
"But Christian-"
"No" he cuts her off and notices me. "Ana hey" he seems surprised. "What are you doing here?"
"Daddy!" Both kids run to Christian.
"Hey!" He kneels down. "What a surprise"
"Those are your kids?" Susana shrieks.
"Yeah, why?" He answers.
"Nothing.. They're such.. Nice kids.. Where's the mom?"
"Right here" I answer.
"So you're Anastasia Steele?" The blonde lady ask and I nod. "You have two kids now, Christian? One wasn't enough?" She turns to him.
"Enough" he says. "Kids, go in my office. Your mom and I would be in there in a few."
The kids nod and walk right in.
"Elena. Go, and don't show up unannounced." He sighs. "Don't show up at all."
"Christian I need help-"
"I SAID NO! THAT'S FINAL!" I walk over to him and rub his arm to relax him.
"So grumpy," she chuckles "you need to get back to that life and get yourself a good submissive-"
"ELENA I WILL HAVE YOU THROWN OUT IF YOU DON'T LEAVE IN THE NEXT TWO SECONDS"
That life? Submissive? What?
Elena and Susana quickly leave. Andrea excuses herself for a moment leaving Christian and I alone.
"Come on let's go with the kids" He says pretending as if nothing happened. I pull his arm as he walk away making him stop. "What?"
"Who was that?"
"Elena"
"Don't get smart." I say "who is she?"
"No one important. Come on."
"No! Who is she!?" I ask once again. "What did she mean with that life and submissive?"
"Nothing, Ana. Drop it."
"Christian!"
"No! Drop it!" He says once again.
"You're hiding something from me. She's clearly someone who knows something that I don't."
"Anastasia, stop." With that said he walks into his office. I follow behind. Andrea comes in a few minutes later with our lunch.
"Dad I'm gonna meet grandma Carla today! Mommy, Phoebe and me are gonna go see her when she gets here."
"Oh is that so?" Teddy nods at Christian. "Ana, she's coming for dinner tomorrow, right."
"Yup." I answer not looking at him. Am I mad? Hell yeah. Am I being childish? I could care less right now.
"You're going dress hunting tomorrow too?"
"Mhm."
"Anastasia, really?"
"Mhm." I answer knowing why he asked that.
Yes, you'll be getting one word responses.
Luckily the kids talk a lot during lunch. I keep my eyes on them and ignore Christian as much as I can. I find myself drifting off thinking about Elena and what she said.
That life?
Submissive?
What kind of shit was he into?
And most importantly, why was she here today?
At the end of the lunch I tell him I'll see him later on today and he nods.
I strap the kids in the back of the car and drive off to the airport. Mom's flight should be landing in about thirty minutes so it gives me enough time to arrive. Mom and bob rented a car so I'm just going since we're going to their hotel. She wanted to meet Teddy as soon as possible and see Phoebe.
When I get to the airport I park and step out with the kids. When Phoebe spots mom she runs directly to her. Teddy and I follow behind.
"Oh, you're getting so big!" Mom says. "Ana, honey!" She pulls me into a tight hug.
"I missed you."
"I missed you too!" I said. "Hi bob" I give him a quick hug.
"And who is this handsome little fella?" Mom ask looking at Teddy.
"Hi! I'm Theodore but call me Teddy. Mommy gave me the nickname." Teddy is very proud of the nickname. It's cute.
Mom smiles when Teddy calls me mommy.
"Well hello Teddy, I'm Carla."
"My new grandma!"
"Your new grandma." Carla gives him a hug and a kiss on his head then turns to me. "We're staying at a hotel near by."
"Yeah, Bob told me the name of it last night" I say. "I'll meet you guys there."
When I get to the hotel I stay put until mom arrives. When she does I hop out and walk in with her. She checks in with bob and we head to their room.
"I'm so glad you'll be staying long"
"Me too" mom smiles "I've missed you so much!"
I love my mom. No matter how far she is we've always had a tight bond.
"I can't wait till tomorrow! Who else will be joining us?" Mom asks.
"It will be you, Phoebe, Grace, Mia, Kate, Jessica and I. I wanted my friends there too."
"Of course. It's going to be a fun moment! I'm so happy for you. You're finally getting that happy ending you deserve."
"More like happy beginning." I smile and she agrees.
For the next few hours we stay in talking. Bob tells the kids funny riddles while mom and I talk alone for a bit. I'm just so glad everyone is getting alone great!
When it's time for me to head home the kids say bye and so do I. Christian sent me a text letting me know he's already home. When I get there the kids greet him and I go straight into the room.
For the rest of the day I manage to ignore Christian. He hasn't made any effort to say something to me so I shrug it off. I'm still mad. The fact that he wants to keep secrets from me is frustrating. We're not even married and he's already keeping something from me.
After dinner the kids go play in their room for a while.
"Ana"
"What?"
"Come with me," I follow him to his office and I realize he wants us to be as far away from the kids as possible. "I don't want you to be mad at me."
"Well then tell me who Elena is and what she was talking about. Oh and why she was there in the first place."
"Elena is an old friend of my mom's. I had helped her open up a chain of salons before Teddy was born and then gifted them to her the day after he was born. I just wanted to be done with Elena for good."
"Why?" I ask.
"She isn't someone I want around Teddy and now Phoebe. And you as well."
"Why don't you want her around us?"
"She isn't a good.. Influence? She just isn't someone I need in my life anymore. Ana, Elena isn't important. She was back with a friend begging for my help financially. I told her no and it was final."
"Who was she to you?" I ask and take him off guard.
"What?"
"You heard me."
"Why would you ask that?" He gets all serious.
"Just answer me."
"Ana, it's in the past. It doesn't involve you. Just drop it."
I try to be rational here. It is his past that doesn't involve me so he doesn't need to tell me. But I feel like he's hiding something I should know about.
"So you think it's something I don't need to know about?"
He nods. "It's something in my past I don't like to discuss with anyone."
Okay, so this thing is a big deal. Right about I'm feeling like I deserve to know. After all, I'll be his wife and the mother of his son. I wouldn't keep anything from him. He'll be my husband and the father of my daughter.
"Alright, just remember this moment when I decide to keep something from you."
I begin to walk out but his words stop me.
"That's not fair!"
"How so?" I retort.
"We'll be married. Everything that happens to us in our marriage is something we should both know about!"
He has a point. He isn't telling me something because it's part of his past he probably isn't proud of. It doesn't have anything to do with us now.
But, I still believe is something I should know about.
"You know everything about my past and I know so little about yours. All you've told me is that your biological mom neglected you and let others hurt you. Also, that you've had a rough teenage years. No details. But you know all of mine. You know how much that hurts right now? That you don't trust me." I turn and walk away but his words again stop me.
But this time they make me freeze up in my spot.
"I'm a Dominant. Well, was."
"What?"
"I was a dominant as in I was into the BDSM lifestyle. Elena use to help me find submissive. Teddy's mom was sub."
"She was a.. Sub?" He nods. "How long were you into this lifestyle and who intro- it was Elena right?"
He hesitates but then answers. "Yes."
"How old were you when you got into all that?"
"Fifteen"
"WHAT? Fifteen? You were fucking fifteen!? That... Thing thought it was a smart idea to tell a kid about that lifestyle? Let alone introduce him into the world? You've been a Dom since your teen years?"
"I wasn't always a Dom. I was a sub at first."
"I'm afraid to ask this. But who's sub were you?"
"Elena.. Let me just tell you everything first.."
And he does. He first explains more in detail about BDSM and what happens in those relationship. Then he tells me about how his childhood really affected him and he never felt like he belonged anywhere. When he entered his teenage years he was going down a wrong path; getting in fights, drinking, getting expelled from school. Elena introduced him into this world and would "punish" him everyone he fucked up. He found control in some ways and it helped him shape up.
"I haven't had a sub since Teddy's mom died. I stopped with the lifestyle. It wasn't something I needed around Teddy."
"Christian, please tell me one of the reasons you want her away from our kids is because she's a pedophile?" He slightly nods. "She used you. She used you and your situation to her damn advantage. She manipulated you. She decided to use what you were going through against you to get pleasure out of it and 'shape you up'."
"I know.. I know. I see that now. I came to my senses all those years ago. When Teddy was born, I began thinking about past. And then I started thinking about how I got into the lifestyle and it made me sick thinking about someone like Elena trying to do things like that to fifteen year old Teddy when I know there's other ways to help him. Even though she did use my situation against me I can't lie about the fact that it did help me. I chose to stay because it shaped me up. But I now see that it wasn't something that shouldn't have happened. I helped her start her salon just to pay her back. She did give me a loan to start my company-"
"What!?"
He sighs. "She lent me $100,000 to start up GEH. I did the whole salon thing to repay her and not have her use that against me anymore. Then I washed my hands from her when Teddy was born."
I take a deep breath. "Where did you and your subs meet?"
He rubs his face. "Here."
You've got to be shitting me.
I'm kind of afraid to see your responses to this chapter lol. I tried making this chapter happen in different ways but this is what I ended up with. I'll be posting another chapter today which continues their conversation or rather argument about the topic.
I want to make it clear for this chapter and the next that Ana isn't bothered by the fact that he stayed in the BDSM lifestyle after turning 18 and that he had subs. She's really bothered by the fact what Elena did and that they had sex. She's also mad at the fact that she would have never found out if Elena hadn't showed up and said what she said. If it wasn't for Elena and her getting Christian to talks she think she would have never found out about it.
I hope I don't disappoint with this chapter lol xx