HI GUYS

I REALLY CAN NOT BELIEVE THE FEEDBACK THIS STORY HAS GOTTEN SO THANK YOU ALL

JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS, MY IPAD MESSED THE AGES UP ON MY LAST A/N THERE IS 4 YEARS BETWEEN AS AND CG. WHEN SHE WAS A SUB SHE WAS 21 AND HE WAS 25 BUT NOW THEY ARE 4 YEARS OLDER.

I STARTED A PINTREST PAGE FOR THIS STORY AND THE LINK IS ON MY PROFILE. ALSO I UPDATED THE GREY CROSS GENERATION TODAY SO CHECK IT OUT, IT'S FUNNY ;)

ONE MORE THING. I'VE NEVER ASKED FOR READER INPUT BEFORE BUT I NEED IT NOW. LIKE I SAID WHEN I STARTED THIS STORY IT WILL BE A BIT BUMPY BUT IT WILL HAVE A HAPPY EVER AFTER BUT THEY WILL BE SOME BAD GUYS SO SHOUKD I USE THE VILLIAN'S WE ALL LOVE TO HATE SUCH AS JACK HYDE AND STEVEN MORTON OR SHOULD I MAKE UP A NEW PERSON? LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU ALL THINK

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LORNA X

CHRISTIANS POV

It's been 8 days since Kate told me Ana was coming back and it's the happiest I've been for a couple of years. I got the apartment ready for her but Kate called me and told me that Ana had found herself an apartment in the Pike Market district. It's not as close as her being 6 floors below me but it will have to do. It's a good safe area and when she re-signs the contract I will insist that she has security when she is not with me.

It niggles me a bit that the odds are Ana has been with another man, or men, since we were last together but it would be a bit hypocritical of me to punish her for it i suppose.

Ive had more subs in the last year and a half than I did in the first few years I was a dominant. None of them lasted more than 5 weeks. I think subconsciously I was trying to replace Ana but none of them matched up, they were either too tall, too short, wrong colour eyes, wrong breasts, talked to much, didn't talk enough. God I didn't even have sex with 4 of them! I preferred to beat them into submission and then go to my bedroom alone with my right hand, lay back and think of Ana.

Worked like a charm every time.

"Sir, you have an unscheduled visitor in the lobby that wants to see you" Andreas voice comes through my speaker. She has worked for me long enough to know I don't do surprise visitors

"Get rid of whoever the fuck it is Andrea"

"it's Miss Steele sir and I remember her being on the pre approved list, I'm not sure if it still stands because it's been a few years. Should I send her away?"

Holy fuck Ana's here! In my head I am doing the happy dance of the century

"NO! Andrea send her straight up"

"Yes sir"

I stand up and tidy my desk and make sure my tie is straight and my suit looks ok. I even stand in front of the reflection of the window and try to tame my hair. It's a lost cause. Fuck I am actually nervous! Man up Grey. I sit behind my desk and try to look the powerful CEO but inside I'm like jello.

A knock comes on the door and I take a big breath

"Come in" I say

The door opens and in she walks in like goddess and I realise in this moment how much I've fucking missed her.

One word comes to mind when i look at her

WOW!

She looks fucking fantastic! She is wearing a pair of stone washed jeans that look like they have been painted on her body, a pair of brown Ugg boots and a oversized off the shoulder cream sweater that shows the silky skin of her shoulder. Her hair is even longer than before and it's almost touching her waist and it is slightly curled. She is wearing a hint of blue eyeshadow that emphasis her big blue eyes. She looks at me and smiles and I swear I think my heart skips a beat.

"Hello Christian" I stand up and walk over to her and kiss her cheek, when my lips are close to her ear I greet her because I know it used to turn her on when I whisperd in her ears.

"Hello Anastasia, it's been a long time, please take a seat" I motion for her to take a seat on the sofa and I sit in the chair opposite her. If I sit next to her I might jump her where she sits. I'm already painfully hard and I think if she gets within one foot of me, I'm going to come in my pants like a horny teenager!

"I can't stay long I have a quick meeting at the hospital"

"Yes Kate told me about the board position,that's very impressive Ana for someone so young"

"Coming from you that's a huge complement, thank you. I did a bit of charity work for Memphis general in Tennessee and I guess the board here in Seattle were impressed with my work, they gave me a call, gave me an offer I could not refuse and well, here I am" she shrugs

"Well I for one am happy to have you back here. So, to what do I owe The pleasure of your visit?" I purposely choose the word pleasure and it has the affect I want. She blushes.

"I wanted to give you the keys back to the car that was left out side if my new apartment this morning which i am assuming was from you? Its very kind of you but I dont need it" she puts a set of keys on the coffee table between us.

"Ana, the car is a gift please keep it. You have only been back a few days and I dare say you haven't had time to get a car yet so this will make it easier for you"

"I already have a car Christian, and don't worry I know what you are like about safety stats. It's a Range Rover, 1 year old, safest in its class and I drove it all the way here from Mephis and it's perfect" she smirks at me.

There is something different about Ana. She seems more confident somehow.

"ok I will take the car back Miss Steele. How did you like Tennessee?"

"I loved it! The food, the music, the people but Seattle is home so when the chance came to come back I jumped at it"

"Kate told me you were living with a guy, are you now in a long distance relationship with him?" I need to find out what, if anything, Is standing in my way of her being mine again.

Her eyes narrow a bit when asked and if I didn't know any better I would say she is angry with me

"Kate should learn to keep her mouth shut! But to answer your question, No I am not in a long distance relationship, I wasn't even in a close distance relationship with him. The guy she was talking about was my room mate and he moved to Louisiana 6 months back"

Absolutely fucking jackpot!

"Anastasia I am going to cut right to the chase. I need a new submissive and I would like us to sign another contract, we were good together, very good if you will recall" she looks like I just shocked her. Surely she would know I want her back? I didn't want her to go in the first place! God she was the only sub that I ever offered more too for Christ sake.

Ana was always different, from the very first time I saw her and when I was around her, I was different. I actually liked myself when Ana was around. I want that feeling back. The day she told me she wanted to end the contract I said I would do anything to make her stay. I even went as far to say we would date and try to be a couple but she said no.

"Christian...I...I really don't know what to say..."

"Say yes Anastasia, it's really very simple"

"Look I...I'm flattered that you asked but Christian... I'm not in the lifestyle anymore, haven't been since I left Seattle"

"What! Why?" she's not a sub anymore? Does that mean she only does regular relationships now? Shit I can't do a regular Thing for an extended period of time! When I offered Ana more I meant like a date once a month or something, not all the hearts and flowers crap! But maybe for Ana...I could try...maybe.

"I killed and buried a few of my demons and that part of my life is over. Look I need to go, it was great seeing you again"

Is she fucking kidding me? It was great seeing me? Anger bubbles in me but somehow, and I really don't know how, I resist the urge to bend her over my desk, spank her perfect little ass and fuck her until she screams my name letting every fucker in the building know what I'm doing to her! Instead the gentleman in me rears his ugly fucking head

"Great seeing you too Ana. Would you like to join me for dinner tonight?"

"Um I can't tonight Christian, thank you for the invite though but I have a mountain of boxes I need to unpack"

The sting of rejection shoots through me and it must show on my face because she's quick to say maybe another time. Sure, fine, whatever! I walk her out to the elevator and just before she gets in she stands on her tippy toes and kisses my cheek.

"Bye Christian"

"Goodbye Anastasia" the doors close and I take a minute to get myself together. I feel sad and I don't know why! Now I'm just pissed off! Who the fuck does she think she is to refuse my dinner invite? I turn on my heels and march back into my office slamming my door behind me.

I have women literary throw themselves at me. Last month I was at a meeting in Miami when the fucking manager of the hotel I was staying at personally delivered my room service and then she just started getting naked! Now I may not do one night stands but this was an opportunity that I wasn't going to pass up, I mean this women looked like a freaking super model and she had a body to die for, so I pulled out a standard NDA made her sign it and then she gave me a blow job i got her off with my hands and then I sent her on her way. She was happy, I was happy because it cleared some of my tension, she went her way and I went mine, but I know I could have asked that woman to do anything and she would have done it and yet I can't get Ana Steele to have dinner with me! Well fuck that noise!

I grab my phone and call the one man who can get me all the information I need to get Ana back in my playroom or my bed or the fucking kitchen floor I don't care!

"Welsh, get me an updated background check on Anastasia Steele, I want to know every little detail about the last 2 years, where shes been, who's she's been with, her jobs everything! And I want it by this time tomorrow" I hang up without saying goodbye and press the the intercom that goes straight to Andrea

"Andrea, call Claude and have him meet me at the Escala gym in 1 hour"

I need to work off this tension and if I cant fuck Ana until she can't walk, kicking the shit out of Claude will have too do. For now! Because I WILL have Ana again and it WILL be soon!

I'm Christian Grey and I don't do the patience bullshit! I know what I want and I want it now!

3 HOURS LATER

"Jason its Welsh, have you looked at the updated background check on Miss Steele yet?"

"No I've only just sat down at my desk, give me a sec and let me pull it up...ok I've got it, what am I looking at?"

"Third line down"

"Third one down...HOLY FUCK! Shit! Welsh at you sure?"

"100% what do I do Jason? Do I leave that info on it or delete it?"

"Don't do anything, stall Grey for a couple of days, this stays between us Welsh, if it gets out it will be a clusterfuck of epic proportions"

"what about the attached picture?"

"Hold on...oh my god! Is that Dr Grace? Its a bit blurry"

"Yep it's her alright, what are you going to do Jason?"

"Track her cell phone for me, I'm going to go have a little chat with Miss Steele"