Hey Guys, I appreciate you guys being so patient with me. School has been awful, and I play tennis too, so I come home at 8 everyday and then I have to finish my homework and I barely get 4 hours of sleep. And weekends are filled with work. I apologize for not updating when I said I would. I am really really sorry. So, here you go:

APOV

Fucking Bastard.

He has been so incompetent it makes me want to rip my hair out. I don't even know who hired him. I need everything to be perfect, especially in this matter and this idiot has gone and screwed it up last time. When he screwed up on my last deal, I gave him a chance. This time no fucking way. I throw my phone against the door and hear it shatter. I turn around and face the wall to ceiling windows, running a hand through my hair. The repercussions of what the idiot did was something that I will never tolerate.

I don't hear the door open, but I hear Christian's voice pulling me out of my thoughts. "Ana?"

I turn around to see him in the room with his family behind him. Shit! Is this room not soundproof? Great. One more thing to add to my misery right now. I feel so bad I interrupted their dinner.

I see them all stare at the ground at the broken pieces of my phone, and then look at me with shock, almost as if they didn't expect me to get that angry. I curl my lips into a smile that doesn't reach my eyes. I know it doesn't. I've seen it myself in the mirror more times than I can remember trying to assure myself that everything in my life is perfect.

I walk towards Christian and plant a kiss on his cheek. Just like the perfect wife. I watch as a smile plays on his lips. It breaks my heart. I hope he doesn't think that I did it because that's how I feel. Oh come on Ana, you know you do a small part of me thinks. No. It's because I need to play the part of a perfect wife in front of his family. I am almost happy that this is only lasting for 6 months. I can never be the perfect wife that he deserves. He deserves so much more than me. So much more than a broken shell of a person trying to find an escape.

"Is everything ok?" he asks. His eyebrows are furrowed. I don't like that look. I never want him to be worried about me. No, he shouldn't care about me. I don't deserve it and at the end of the six months, it is only going to be so much harder.

"Yes."

"Woah Ana Banana. Remind me to never make you mad again" Elliot grins. I am going to miss him. Especially his humor.

"Funny Elliot"

I turn to Christian again who is watching us with a smile. I think he likes that at least one person gets along with me in his family.

"I need your phone" He reaches into his back pocket and pulls out his smart phone.

I dial Percy's number. He picks up on the first ring

"Hello?"

"Hey Percy, it's Ana. Listen I need you to send me a new phone with all my previous contacts."

"Sure Ana. What happened?

"Andrew happened"

"Ohhh..." Yeah he understands

"Make sure he gets out of my building by 8 tomorrow morning or ask security to escort him out. By the way. I need my jet to be ready at Sea Tac by 2 in the morning. I need to fly to New York. And there will be a flight to Sierra Leone from New York soon. So tell Max to be ready. Thanks"

"Alright. Bye Ana" I end the call to see Christina staring at me with a hard gaze.

"Why are you leaving at 2 in the morning?"

"I need to go to New York" He narrows his eyes at me.

"I know. But why?"

"Does it matter?" I am not used to the scrutiny. I am not used to answering to people. And frankly, I don't want to answer, I know its petty, but it makes me feel like I am going to be controlled.

"Yes it matters Anastasia" he grinds out.

"Christian..." Grace tries to put a hand on his shoulder to stop him from yelling, but he shrugs it off.

"It doesn't matter, and I am going to my office right now. I need to pick up some files. I'll be back by midnight" I try to move past him, but he grabs my upper arm in a tight grip, and it sets me off.

"Anastasia"

"Fucking hell Christian. Get off of me. You are not the boss of me. I will do what I want."

I push him away and walk through his family, who are all standing there, watching me. I still don't know what they think of me. But, I think I just may have earned some negative points. I shrug the thought off.

"Elliot, can you come here?" I ask while I am grabbing my keys. He walks toward me with no humor in his eyes.

"What the heck Ana. Can't you just tell him why you are leaving. He is worried you know" I know. I really did. But, I don't want him to get attached and I don't want to answer to anyone.

"I know. It doesn't matter. Can you just bring Christian to the Mile High. I'll wait there. I just need to pick up some files." Without waiting for a reply, I pull on my heels and stroll into the elevator. I can feel all their gazes on me. But I don't turn back. Not once.

IMPORTANT

I know a lot of have been asking about the preview. It still has a long way to go. But here is another preview that is probably approaching in probably a couple of chapters.

"It's fine. Truth hurts. Don't apologize." It hurts. A lot. It hurts like a bitch. I felt like his words slapped me, and I finally felt that I would never belong in this world. No matter how much money I make, no matter how much I try to prevent myself from getting hurt by building walls around me, I know that I will never have anyone for me.

"Ana."

"I said not to worry about it. It's fine. I am sorry for butting in. It wasn't my business. I won't do it again. Excuse me."

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