Ana's POV

He just had to make an appearance and kill the mood. Does he not understand that nobody wants to see him let alone talk to him? Mia is making big strides into moving on and frankly doesn't want to hear the name Ethan anymore.

I looked at Mia when Christian told us what had happened at the front door of his parents' home. She had a blank face on. She was probably reliving the moment when she saw with her own eyes that her boyfriend that she had cared for and loved had been cheating on her. I wonder what would have happened if Ethan had found out that Sawyer and Mia have a thing now. Would that have made Ethan even more willing to see Mia and set things straight with her? Or would he have backed out in defeat?

Elliot gives his sister a side hug. She smiles, but I know that it is a forced smile.

Kate is just standing next to me, casually drinking her beer. All of this must be killing her right now. She feels embarrassed. As Ethan's sister, she probably thinks that everyone doesn't trust her. She doesn't want the Greys to think of her as the direct reflection of her brother because she isn't. Kate would never cheat on anyone because she knows it hurts and Kate wouldn't hurt anyone unless it was 100% necessary.

We all make our way to the inside of the house to eat some barbeque. Taylor and Sawyer have been called in to join us as well. Although they are just Christian's security, the Grey family treats them like they are part of the family.

I sit next to Christian and wait for everyone else to sit at the table. Sawyer walks over and sits next to Mia. He gives her a folded piece of paper. Mia takes it from him and rips it into little pieces. Must have been from Ethan.

She is about to go over and through them away when Sawyer takes the pieces into his hands. He kisses her on the forehead and goes into the kitchen.

Mia lets out a sigh.

"Does he not get it? I don't want to see him." She says.

" He probably thinks he still has a second chance that you are willing to give him." I say.

"There is no way in hell that I will give him a second chance. He hurt me. And frankly, I don't trust him anymore." Mia says.

By this time everyone has sat down at the table. I was hoping that we would all talk about something else, but the topic of Ethan seemed to be on everyone's mind.

"Im sure glad that Christian was the one who intervened with Ethan. If it were my the boy would probably not see tomorrow."Carrick said.

"Why can't Ethan just leave us all alone?" Elliot asks. "He is well aware that we don't trust him after what he did to Mia."

" He is just hoping for a second chance that he will never get." Christian says.

After a while, I started to get annoyed with the conversation and I can tell that Mia isn't liking it one bit either.

" Can we please talk about something else?" She asks. " I love the fact that everyone is concerned about my well being, but I am perfectly fine now. I can reassure you that I will not be talking to Ethan anytime soon and if he makes an attempt, I will be sure to just ignore him just like I have been doing for the past couple of days."

The conversation turned to the weddings. Kate was really excited about that topic. I am just as excited as she is, but I have yet to think about what my color scheme will be and what the menu will be at the reception.

"Maybe we can have the reception after my wedding here." Kate says to Grace.

"That sounds like a wonderful idea, Kate." Grace tells her future daughter in law.

"Have you put any thought about your wedding?" Mia asks me. I assume she is going out with Sawyer after the barbeque since she is only eating the potato salad that Gretchen prepared and not the barbeque.

" I just know that we are having it here. Other than that I have nothing."I say to her.

"Steele, you have a lot of time to decide on what you want and how you want it." Kate says to me.

She does have a point. I have ideas about what I want for the wedding, but I just need some help deciding some things.

" I am willing to help you, if you need any help." Mia says. She looks a more upbeat now than she was when we first got to the dinner table.

"I would love your help." I smile at her.

The barbeque was delicious and soon after, desert was served. We had strawberry shortcake soon after the barbeque. It was probably the best strawberry shortcake I have tried.

After we chowed down on the food, we made it into the living room. Christian stepped out to make a few calls. I sat down next to Kate.

"My brother just had to make an appearance. That guy seriously needs to get a clue." She says.

I simply nod my head. Kate hasn't gotten over the situation at hand, unlike everyone else who seemed to have forgotten what had happened earlier.

"I wouldn't be surprised if the Greys didn't trust me anymore. They think it runs in the family." Kate went on. She ran her right hand through her blonde hair, a gesture she does sometimes when she is worried.

"Kate, stop saying that. You are not like Ethan. You're an engaged woman and everybody knows that you are madly in love with Elliot. You wouldn't do anything to jeopardize that love." I tell her.

" I get it, but Mia moved in with him. They were doing so well and yet he goes out and cheats on her. They probably think I would do the same. I will get married to Elliot and cheat on him during the course of our marriage." She said to me. "They don't know that I have been in Mia's shoes before. I know how it feels and I wouldn't want Elliot to feel that way."

"I doubt that the Greys think different about you since this all happened. Quit worrying about this." I reassure her.

Soon, Christian steps back into the living room. After a while it is time to leave.

We silently walk back to the car.

…..

After 10 minutes of silence, Christian starts to talk.

"I called Welch after we ate. I was really mad that he didn't alert me about Ethan. We had an agreement that when Ethan will be in the area where we are, he would let me know to prevent such encounters from happening." Christian said.

"Im sure Welch didn't mean to not tell you. He probably didn't want to disturb you while you were at your family's barbeque." I tell him.

"Welch told me that he was unaware of the fact that Ethan would make an appearance at Bellevue and even if he did, he couldn't have warned me because Ethan had changed his number." Christian says. "That sly bastard."

Since Ethan has been part of the Grey family for a long time, he has become accustomed to Christian's ways. He knew that he was being watched and in order to stop that, he went in and changed his number.

"Welch managed to find out his new number,so now we got tabs on him ones again. This time he will not get off our radar." Christian continues.

"Hopefully, he gives Mia some space. Seems like he still hasn't come to terms with the fact that she doesn't want to see him anymore or hear from him." I say.

"He won't get any close to Mia. Mia has a CPO and she has Sawyer now, so we can all rest assured that he won't get near her." Christian informs me.

I don't respond. We finally make it to Escala. Within minutes, we are in the elevator heading to the penthouse that I call home.

As soon as my head hits the pillow, I am out like a light.

Next Chapter: Mia and Sawyer's date!