Chapter 17
Author's Note: I read each and every one of your reviews (as I always do) and most of you wanted to see Kate so here she is.
Also, this will never be a cheating story.
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Now that we've told all the family, I've decided its time to tell Kate now too. We've really grown apart these past few months due to our jobs and partly due to all the secrecy with this situation but I still think of her like a sister and want her to know so I call her and now I'm here at her door.
I moved out around month four and then once I started showing in month five I kept making excuses for why we couldn't meet up so this is the first time I will be seeing her for months.. Here goes nothing, I ring the buzzer and am granted access immediately.
By the time I off of the elevator, Kate is just opening her door. She comes barreling at me and angels me in a hug in which I hug her back with just as much enthusiasm. She pulls apart and really gets a good look at me. "Woah, look at your boobs!"
"Of course that's the first thing you say." I laugh while we walk in to the apartment.
"Hell yeah, they're huge. Wine?"
"No, thanks." I already had that tea at the dinner and I rally want to/should pump tonight to keep my supply strong and to save up on milk.
"Big boobs and no wine? What are you pregnant?" She jokes sitting down with her wine.
"Not exactly."
"And what does that mean?"
I take a deep breath. "I really hate to do this but can you please sign this." I push the NDA Christian had drawn up over to her. "It's just because of your father and media connection. Kate, I know that you wouldn't do it but-"
"Then why are you asking me?" Kate asks and I can see the hurt she feels all over.
"I'm not.. What I have to tell you involves other people and they just want some reassurance."
She cautiously signs the document and then sends it back over to me.
"Okay, good. Uhm you know how I started seeing someone a while back?"
"You mean when you got all secretive on me?"
"Yes." I nod my head guiltily. "Well I was seeing someone and I really liked him but I didn't think it was going to work out so I left him. And then the month after I moved out."
"Don't remind me, it's been lonely here with you." I raise my eyebrows at her. "Okay, maybe not lonely but different." She smirks. Katherine Kavanagh doesn't do lonely.
"Well in that time I got a new place not too far from hear, got a promotion, and now I have a son who I'm sure would love to meet his God Mother. You know, if you don't hate me."
I look up and I think I broke Kate. I've never seen her speechless let alone frozen, seriously, the wine glass is halfway to her lips and I'm sure she hasn't blinked yet. I wave my hand in front of her face and she puts down her glass slowly before opening her mouth again.
"Soo.. I'm a God Mother?" she asks carefully.
"If you want to be."
"Oh my god! Steele, this is amazing. You have a son?" she gasps as if realizing something "I have to go shopping!"
"Kate." I try to warn.
"Don't you 'Kate' me, this is my first god son/nephew and he will have the best clothes possible."
"Okay, I won't argue but can you at least organize with his other aunt so I won't have too many. I want him to wear everything at least once and not waste them."
Kate rolls her eyes like I'm talking crazy. "You can never have too many clothes but I'll see. Who is this other aunt anyway? More importantly, who is the father? I mean he had me sign an NDA Ana." She frowns as if its preposterous for someone to need an NDA in their personal life.
"You have to promise not to freak out on me."
"Ana, you just told me you have a son and I haven't freaked out yet so I doubt anything else would make me."
Yeah, I don't know about that one. "His name is Christian."
"Okay, I don't know any Christian. Have I met him before?"
"Sort of."
"Okay, spill Steele."
"Well, remember when my job search was going horribly and so I stopped looking for a while?"
"Yeah.."
"Well one day I was bored so I went to that little market not too far and then I started walking downtown. I was too busy looking around to look where I was actually going and you know my clumsy self, I bumped in to this guy, well he sort of bumped in to me too.. Anyway I was mad so I started yelling and then apparently to shush me up, he pulled me in to his building and got me some new clothes and we ate breakfast and sort of went from there."
"Awe, that's so romantic." Maybe that part.. "So what's his name? And I don't care whatever you guys are, I still get to interrogate him!"
"His name is Christian." I tease, I know she wants every single detail she can get.
"Christian what?!"
"Christian Grey."
Her jaw drops. "Wha- wait. Christian Grey as in benefactor to the university, guy that dipped out on my interview, billionaire and suspected gay Christian Grey?"
"The one and only."
"Well.. hot damn."
Tuesday Afternoon
Christian POV
"Elena, I have told you this countless times within the past few months. I do not need your help finding a new sub." I say as I pinch the bridge of my nose with my thumb and index finger. I already have enough stuff to deal with without Elena stirring shit up even more.
"Oh please Christian, I know you better than that. You contracted your last girl by yourself and now look at you." she looks at me scrutinizingly. "You obviously need my help." she states smugly.
"Get. Out." I bark quietly trying to reign in the anger I feel. Really, I want nothing more to strangle her up against the wall for talking to me like her pet.
How dare she scrutinize me? I am the Christian Grey.. MASTER of my fucking universe.
"Excuse me?" Why the fuck is she still here? I quickly pull out my phone and text Taylor to come remove er before I feel obligated to do it myself.
She struggles but Taylor quickly escorts her out and once she's gone I pinch the bridge of my nose again; I can feel a serious headache coming on.
He decides it is best.
"Sir." Taylor comes back in my office probably awaiting instructions.
"Put Mrs. Lincoln on the proscribed list for me. She doesn't get in to GEH or Escala without my express permission."
"Yes, Sir."
"And we're leaving now."
Anastasia POV
I'm on my way to pick up Christian from Escala so that we can go to the hospital together for our night with Teddy. We figured that it would be safest using my car since, as of now, has no connection to Christian.
I feel like things are starting to come together now; everyone who is important in our lives know (and most took it well), Teddy's coming out of the hospital and Christian and I have been making some progress.
I park in my old spot next to the SUV and make my way out of the car. This definitely feels a million and one times different from the last time I was here. Last time I left I sat in my R8 and cried for what felt like hours before actually leaving and now I'm going back. I still don't feel right if Teddy were to be here, I don't know it just feels weird, but Christian should be able to have tie with his son.. I didn't really think of that before. We really need to discuss that, I didn't ever really consider that he would want to be a part of our lives but that's exactly what he needs. Maybe talking tonight with Teddy with us will put things in to more perspective.