Christian's POV

The suspense is killing me and probably everyone else around us. Ana and I did a good job of not telling anyone about when our wedding will be, so we can tell only the people that we both love at the family barbeque.

I know that announcing our news at a barbeque party isn't the most ideal way to tell everyone about our happy news, but Ana and I are very family oriented people. We would much rather tell our news to them at a family get together like this instead of just telling everyone individually.

Speaking of family, there is a surprise waiting for Ana at my parents' house.

Ana is good at reading me and I am pretty sure that she knows something is up. We are currently making our way down the tree lined driveway of my parents' house and I can feel Ana's eyes staring at me. I stop the car right next to Elliot's and am about to open the door when Ana stops me.

"Christian, when were you going to tell me that Mia and Sawyer are a thing?" Ana asks me.

To be honest, I was going to tell Ana about them, but I realized that she will find out eventually because both of them will be at the barbeque and I would think that they would be showing some type of affection toward one another.

"Ana, I was going to tell you, but I knew that you would find out eventually and I think you would rather here it from the source's mouth, and by that I mean Mia." I explain to her.

"I get that and I am not mad at you, but I just want you to know that eventually we will be husband and wife and I don't want there to be secrets that we have to hide from one another. " Ana says. She puts her left hand on my leg. Her engagement ring sparkles in the interior light of the car.

"I agree with you. I promise you that I will not keep anything from you, even if it as small as this." I tell her. (A/N: When Christian says "even if it is as small as this" he is talking about the Mia and Sawyer thing that he didn't tell Ana about. Small being the secret)

Ana smiles and I kiss her on the lips before we both exit the car and head up the steps to the door.

I can tell that the barbeque is in full swing because of the aroma of ribs being grilled and Mia's squeals as she jumps into the pool.

We ring the bell and soon are greeted by my mother.

"We have been waiting for you two." My mom tells both of us. She gives Ana a hug and me a kiss on the cheek.

Ana makes her way to the backyard of the house and I follow suit until my mother stops me.

" My sweet boy, please tell me that Ethan won't show up today and ruin our barbeque. It is already too much to handle with Mia being upset. Thank God she is in a much better mood now and I hope that she continues to be happy throughout the remainder of the barbeque." My mom says to me.

" I can assure you that he won't make an appearance here and if he does, he will have to make it past Taylor and Sawyer and then through me." I tell my mom with certainty.

My mom simply nods and makes her way to the kitchen. I head outside and I can see that everyone is enjoying themselves. My father is by the grill flipping over some burger patties. My brother Elliot is floating in the pool. My sister Mia is socializing with Ana and Kate. Everything seems as perfect.

The doorbell rings. Ana's special guest has arrived!

I walk over to Ana and lead her back into the house.

"Whats going on, Christian?" She asks me.

"There is someone here to see you." I tell her.

The door opens and in walks in her father, Ray.

Ana's face is priceless at that moment. For a minute she stands there with her hands over her mouth. Soon she runs over and hugs her father.

"Daddy!" She squeals.

"Annie, its nice to see you." He says, hugging his daughter.

I spoken to Ray over the phone yesterday and he was beyond thrilled to hear that he was invited to our barbeque. He doesn't get to spend time with his daughter and I know how much Ana misses her father, so I decided that it would be great if he made a surprise appearance to the party. The surprise being for Ana. My mother and father already knew that he was coming.

"Thanks for the invite." Ray said to me.

No problem, Ray."I say to my future father –in-law.

After embracing her father, Ana turns to me, still bearing that surprised face that she had earlier.

"I don't know what to say, Christian. " She says, wrapping her arms around me.

"You don't have to say anything, Ana. Your happiness is all that matters to me." I tell her.

We share a quick kiss, before we head into the back of the house again.

Everybody greets Ray with warmth and lots of kindness and I know that Ray feels like he is part of the family, which he is. I remember meeting him for the first time. I have to admit that I was pretty nervous, he was a former Marine and Ana happens to be his only child. I was expecting a full blown man to man talk about if I ever do something to hurt her, I will probably not live to see my next birthday. But I was surprised and relieved when he said that as long as Ana has a smile on his face that is all that matters to him.

I grab myself a beer from the drink table. Elliot joins me.

"So little bro, when are we gonna hear the big news? " He asks me.

I look around and see that everyone is here, so I think now would be a good time to do that, except I can't seem to find Ana.

"Where's Ana?" I ask my brother.

"I don't know. I saw her a few minutes ago talking to Kate." Elliot says.

I make my way to Kate.

"Where is Ana?" I ask her.

"Christian ,don't panic. She just went to change. " She says.

"Im not panicking. We were going to make the announcement together and now would have been the best time to do it except….." I stop my explanation right there.

Holy mother of God!

Ana enters the backyard of my parents' home looking exceptional in a simple black bikini that would look plain on any other woman that would wear the same thing, except on Ana it looks amazing. She looks around the room, trying to locate where I am until she finally sees me. She smiles and makes her way to me. I get an instant hard on and fortunately for me and everyone else around me, it is well hidden because I am wearing black swim trunks.

"Ana, are you trying to kill me?" I whisper seductively in her ear.

She slightly blushes and giggles.

"Of course not!" She says. "Why would I ever do that?"

She wraps her arms around me and pulls me into a kiss. She slightly gasps as she feels my hard on poking her.

"I need you." I tell her, kissing her neck.

"Baby, we can't do this here. My dad is only a few yards from us." She states to me.

"Im aware of that. Don't worry; I have a plan." I reassure her.

At this moment, everyone is here, so I guess that now is the time.

"Can I have everyone's attention please?" I say, loud enough that everyone can here.

Everybody stops what they are doing and face me and Ana.

"We have been keeping this secret to ourselves since we made our decision. It was quite a challenge keeping if from all of you, but we did it and now it is time that we reveal to you what we decided." I continue talking. I look at Ana who simply nods at me, giving me the green light to tell our family the news.

"We decided that we would like to have our wedding next spring, here at Bellevue." I say.

Everybody cheers and claps for us. I look over to my mom who is wiping tears that are flowing down her face. She looks very happy and I for one am glad that she is excited.

"We can finally start making wedding plans." Mia gushes as she runs over to give Ana and me a hug.

"Sounds great." Ana says. "You will be one of my bridesmaids."

Mia squeals.

"Yay! I am going to be a bridesmaid in two weddings!" She says, excitedly.

Oh boy does Luke have his hands full!

After everyone has received the news, I pull Ana away to my room upstairs. I need my woman, pronto.

We make it inside the house and are about to walk up the stairs when I hear a voice that I didn't want to hear, ever again.

"Sir, you are not to come in. You're not allowed on the premises." Taylor tells someone.

" Taylor, I need to speak to Mia. She hasn't been answering my calls or texts. Please let me see her!" the someone says. I turn my head over to the front door and see Ethan. He looks disheveled and in a desperate need to see my little sister.

"You will not be allowed in, Ethan. Mia doesn't want to see you. Frankly, she doesn't care about your existence anymore. You hurt her and shocked everyone in this family. So no, I suggest you leave the premises before Mr. Grey finds out." Sawyer tells Ethan in a commanding tone.

I leave Ana's side. Ana asks me where I am going only to get her answer just by looking at the doorway.

"What do you want?" I retort at Ethan. Taylor and Sawyer move to the sides, so I can deal with this asshole.

"I want to speak to Mia. What about is not your business." Ethan says, harshly.

"Sorry, but you can't. And I have to let you know now that you are trespassing my parents' property and causing a disturbance so I suggest you leave now before you get into even more trouble." I say.

"You're not the boss of me, Christian. " He takes a step and attempts to cross the threshold of the door when Taylor and Sawyer block his way.

I grab him by the collar of his shirt.

"You are messing with the wrong family, Kavanaugh. You better walk away now if you want to keep that pretty face of yours." I threaten him.

He punches me in the stomach with one of his hands. As much as that hurt I get a hold of him before he makes an attempt to get into the house. Sawyer and Taylor take him by the arms and lead him away.

I make my way to the back of the house.

Ana rushes to my side along with my mother and father.

"Baby, are you alright?" Ana says. I sit down in a lounge chair.

Both of my parents look concerned.

"Im good. That prick made an appearance. He tried getting into the house, but Taylor and Sawyer stopped him. He punched me in the stomach before he was lead away by the two of them." I explain what happens.

"That guy is up to no good." My father says, taking a sip of his beer.

"Christian, do you feel good? Because I can give you some pain relieving pills." My mom says to me.

"Im fine, mom. Thanks for the concern." I tell her.

Elliot, Mia, and Ray make their way to me.

"I cannot believe this." Ray said to me. "I always thought that Ethan was a nice kid. I can't believe that he would do that." I am guessing that Ray has already been told about what Ethan did to Mia. I can understand why he doesn't believe any of this because he knew the fucker since he was a child and Ethan was probably always making an effort to seem like a good kid, when in reality he isn't.

"Its shocking to all of us, Ray." My father tells him. "We thought that he was a nice guy, but after he hurt our Mia, we were certainly surprised. He isn't welcome here anymore."

" I would break his bones if he was Ana's boyfriend." Ray says.

I gulp at the sound of that. Luckily, I don't intend to hurt Ana, so I shouldn't worry about what Ray had said.

All of us decide to retreat back to the house to eat some good barbeque. Of course we aren't going to forget about what Ethan had done both now and a few days ago, but for now we are just going to enjoy each other's company which is the only thing that truly matters.