After working out who Hermione was married to Harry decided to wait a few days before he went to pay a visit to his friend. In those few days Harry discreetly looked into Hermione's life to discover if his theory had been right.
First of all he found out who owned The Black Gem Hotel and had discovered the hotel was jointly owned by Draco Malfoy and Hermione Malfoy. Harry also looked into what other businesses the Malfoy's owned and was surprised to find that he had been to a few of the restaurants and hotels they owned. A couple of the restaurants in Britain he had visited with Ginny and he had stayed in one of the hotels when he was on Auror business in Greece. After checking on their successful business dealings Harry then checked on their private life.
Harry discovered that Draco and Hermione got married nearly seven years ago in France. Harry also discovered that they lived in England, despite owning numerous properties around the globe. From the address in Wiltshire he figured they actually lived in Malfoy Manor which really surprised Harry as he couldn't imagine Hermione ever wanting to live in the house where she was tortured. A bit more digging revealed that Draco had actually destroyed the Manor after the war and their new house was just built on the land where the Manor once stood.
By the time he had finished his research Harry had discovered a lot more about Hermione's life. By the end he was also quite shocked by how rich the Malfoy's were. Harry always knew the family was wealthy but Hermione and Draco seemed to have amassed much more money than Lucius ever had while he was in control of the family's money.
Harry was also surprised to discover the numerous charities the Malfoy's donated to. Harry was tempted to think the charitable donations were Hermione's doing but he had evidence that it was actually Draco who was behind it. A lot of the donations started before his marriage to Hermione and Harry had found at least two charities that Draco had set up himself in the few months directly after the war, a time when Harry knew Hermione wasn't in contact with the former Slytherin.
Harry eventually decided to visit Hermione on Friday afternoon as he managed to get his paperwork finished early. Slipping out of his office, so that Ron didn't see him and ask him any awkward questions, Harry headed to the atrium and flooed to Hermione's hotel.
Harry arrived at the reception desk where a brunette witch asked if she could help, she looked extremely awed when she realised who she was talking to.
"I'm looking for Hermione Malfoy." Harry said, trying not to look as though it was the first time he had put his friends name together with the surname of the boy he had disliked so much in school.
"I think you'll find her on the fifth floor, at the gym." The receptionist replied, smiling brightly at Harry.
Harry thanked the witch and headed towards the elevator. Stepping inside he pressed the button for the fifth floor. As the elevator rose steadily Harry wondered what exactly he was going to say to Hermione. Harry hadn't really decided what he thought of her being married to his old nemesis but he also knew that he was in no position to lecture Hermione about her choices in life. By the time the elevator reached the fifth floor and Harry stepped out he had decided to wait and see what happened once he was talking to Hermione. Hopefully whatever happens they would still be able to rebuild their friendship.
Harry looked about the fifth floor at the large open plan, muggle style gym. The elevator had deposited him exactly opposite the front desk but Harry could see the large space dedicated to the work out machines.
"Can I help you?" A voice interrupted Harry as he stared at the gym.
Harry turned and saw a large man standing behind the desk. Looking at the man, who clearly worked out a lot, Harry felt weedy and slight in comparison.
"Yes, I'm looking for Mrs Malfoy." Harry said approaching the desk. He had decided to ask for Hermione by her surname as he couldn't remember how the staff referred to Hermione.
"I haven't seen her today." The man shook his head. "Hey, Mike. Have you seen Hermione today?" He called to a man who had just emerged from a doorway off to the side of the room.
"No. But I know a man who has." Mike called back. "Wait a minute."
Mike poked his head back through the door he had just emerged from and said something Harry couldn't hear. A second later a tall blond man walked through the door and started walking towards the front desk.
Harry stared at the figure of Draco Malfoy walking towards him. Harry hadn't seen Draco since just after the war when he was a broken shell of a boy after everything he had endured over the past few years. The man in front of him bore little resemblance to the skinny teenager Harry remembered. Draco was still on the slim side but Harry could still see the muscles under his shirt, his pale blond hair was casually styled and he was actually wearing muggle clothing.
"Potter." Draco nodded to Harry as he arrived at the front desk. "I hear you're asking for Hermione."
Draco had no idea if Harry knew that him and Hermione were married. He knew that Hermione hadn't told him when they had first re-met but judging by the fact that the former Gryffindor didn't look the least bit surprised to see him Draco suspected that he did now know about their relationship.
"Yes. We need to discuss the anniversary celebrations." Harry said, not quite telling the truth.
"She's in her office, I think." Draco said. "If you wait two minutes I'll take you there."
"Thanks." Harry replied, surprised by the civil way that Draco was addressing him.
Draco turned and walked back through the door he had entered from a few minutes earlier. He returned a few seconds later carrying a stack of papers which he handed to the large man behind the desk. Harry watched as Draco spoke to the man to for a couple of minutes, discussing new member applications for the gym.
When he finished talking with his staff Draco turned back to Harry and the pair of them headed for the elevator. Draco pressed for the elevator and the two men stood in silence waiting for it to arrive. When it did arrive they both entered the small box in silence and Draco pressed the appropriate floor number.
Harry was wondering how to break the silence when Draco suddenly pressed a button and the elevator came to a sudden stop. Harry was suddenly nervous about being all alone with the former Slytherin as Draco turned to face him.
"Before we go any further we need to talk." Draco said.
"About what?" Harry asked, trying not to sound as nervous as he felt. Draco suddenly looked very menacing and Harry was worried what the blond would do to him.
"First of all you obviously know about Hermione and I." Draco said and Harry nodded, confirming what Draco already knew. "I'm also guessing you know how much you hurt Hermione."
"Yes, and I'm really sorry about it." Harry said quietly.
"It's not me you need to convince. But that wasn't what I wanted to talk about." Draco said. "I just wanted you to know that you can't hurt her like that again. If you do, I'll make you regret it."
Harry gulped and nodded nervously. "I understand." Despite knowing that Hermione had married Draco, Harry hadn't expected the blond to be so protective of his wife.
"Good." Draco said, pressing the button and re-starting the lift as though nothing had happened.
The rest of the brief journey passed in silence and when the elevator stopped Draco and Harry got out. Draco led Harry down a brightly lit hallway towards a large door at the end. Draco opened the door and stepped inside, Harry following close behind.
Harry found himself in a large office, with two desks in the room. Hermione was seated behind one and she looked up when the men entered, her eyes widening slightly when she spotted Harry behind her husband.
"Harry, I wasn't expecting to see you today." Hermione exclaimed, shocked to see Harry with Draco.
"I thought we could discuss the anniversary." Harry said.
Hermione tried not to sigh when Harry mentioned arranging the anniversary ball, she had been hoping to pass the majority of work to Jason but it seemed rude to tell Harry that when he had arrived obviously expecting to deal with her. After their meeting today she would hand over to Jason for the most part as over the next few weeks hopefully her and Draco would be finalising the deal for The Lucky Penny and the new restaurant would be needing all her attention.
"And I was also hoping we could talk." Harry added, not noticing that Hermione seemed less than enthusiastic about the anniversary ball.
Hermione noticed Harry's eyes flicking over to Draco when he mentioned talking. She wasn't sure if it was Draco he wanted to talk about or if he wasn't comfortable with her husband in the room.
Draco had also noticed Harry's gaze fall on him and decided he would give his wife and Harry some space. "I should be going." He said, giving Hermione a quick kiss.
"Don't forget to go and pick my parents up. Their flight lands in an hour." Hermione said. Her parents were coming to visit for Lyra's birthday but preferred to travel the muggle way, despite it being a longer journey.
"I won't forget. I'm heading there now." Draco reassured his wife. "See you tonight."
Hermione said goodbye to Draco and waited until he left the room before she turned to Harry. "Do you want a drink?"
"No, thanks." Harry shook his head.
"Do you want to sit down?" Hermione asked, gesturing to a sofa that sat in the corner.
Harry nodded and him and Hermione sat down on the sofa. Hermione sat waiting for Harry to speak, he had come to her so obviously there was something in particular he wanted to discuss.
"So, you're married to Malfoy." Harry eventually said.
"Yes." Hermione nodded. "I suppose it was a bit of a shock for you, seeing Draco today."
"Well I certainly wasn't expecting to run into him. But I already knew you were married to him." Harry said, explaining to Hermione how he had figured out who she was married to.
"Clever." Hermione noted. "I never realised Sirius had explained the naming tradition to you."
"Why didn't you mention him when we first spoke?" Harry asked.
"It wasn't really relevant. I didn't know how you would react to the news and considering we have to organise the anniversary celebration together I didn't want things to be any more awkward then they already are." Hermione explained.
"What would happen if I react badly now?" Harry asked.
"First of all, I'd ask you to leave and then I'd hand over all the anniversary arrangements to Jason and you would have to deal with him." Hermione said, not looking impressed with Harry's question. "Are you going to react badly?"
"No. I have no right to offer an opinion on your life choices, not after what I did. Besides you seem happy." Harry said. He knew after what had happened with Hermione that he was in no position to criticise her choice of husband, no matter how weird he thought it was.
"I am." Hermione said with a smile. "You know if you're serious about us becoming friends again then Draco cannot be an issue. I won't stand for anyone speaking badly of him or bringing up his past."
"That's fine, I don't have a problem with him." Harry told Hermione, despite holding reservations about Draco's apparent change of character.
"Good. Do you want to talk about the anniversary now?" Hermione asked, summoning a notebook and quill.
"Can I ask one more thing first?" Harry asked and Hermione nodded. "Can I tell Ginny and Ron about you."
"You can tell them what you want, I don't expect you to lie to your family, Harry." Hermione was actually quite surprised that Harry hadn't already told anyone about her, she had expected him to have told Ginny at least. "But I have to tell you that I'm in no rush to see either of them."
"But we're talking again." Harry said, surprised by Hermione's lack of interest in Ginny and Ron.
"Harry, we're only talking because Kingsley interfered and brought you to the hotel. If that hadn't happened we would have re-met on the night of the anniversary celebration." Hermione said gently. She didn't want to hurt Harry but she thought he deserved to know the truth. "No-one has made any attempt to contact me before now and I haven't gotten in contact with anyone either, that's hardly the actions of people eager to re-connect. Me and you re-connecting doesn't change things with Ron and Ginny. They both said some incredibly horrible thing to me."
"They're both really sorry you know." Harry said.
Harry didn't mention their failure to contact Hermione as he knew that if anyone of him, Ron and Ginny had really wanted to contact Hermione they could have tried to. Harry and Ron had actually discussed trying to contact Hermione on several occasions but they were never quite brave enough to face the possibility that she wouldn't want to speak to them.
"Should we get on now." Hermione said, ignoring the comment about Ron and Ginny. If they were really sorry they could apologise in person at a later date. "I'm planning on leaving early as my parents are coming to stay for a few weeks."
"How are your parents?" Harry asked, as they settled down to begin making solid plans for the anniversary.
"Good. They decided to stay in Australia but we see them a couple of times a year." Hermione replied.
As Harry and Hermione made plans for the anniversary, Harry asked a few more questions and discovered more about Hermione's life and what she had been doing in the last nine years.