HI EVERYONE

IM SO PLEASED YOU ARE ALL LIKING MY STORY :)

SOMEONE SAID THAT SHOULDN'T THE BABY BE A BOY BUT ALL THE OTHER STORIES ARE OF HER LEAVING AND HAVING TEDDY, I CAN ONLY THINK OF GONE BABY GONE BY MRS LUTHOR WHERE ANA HAD A GIRL SO I THOUGHT I WOULD MIX IT UP A BIT

THIS IS MY SHORTEST CHAPTER SO FAR BUT IT SETS A FEW THINGS UP FOR THE COMING CHAPTERS.

THE NEXT CHAPTER WILL BE CHRISTAINS DAY WITH HIS DAUGHTER AND A LITTLE BIT OF ANAS REACTION TO THE LAST THING CHRISTIAN SAYS IN THIS CHAPTER

ONCE AGAIN THANKS FOR ALL THE REVIEWS THEY ARE REALLY ENCOURAGING ME SO THANKS AGAIN

CHEERS

LORNA X

CHRISTIANS POV

Breath, just breath. In and out. In and out. This isn't fucking working! Oh god I think I'm going to pass out...nope I'm good! now I'm going to be sick...no I'm good!

I have a child! Oh my fucking god I have a daughter!

I run down Elliott's stairs and run out the front door with him trying to stop me

"Bro just wait, you can't drive like this you need to calm down"

"Elliott I just need...oh fuck I don't know...HOW THE FUCK COULD SHE DO THIS TO ME?" my temper overtakes me and I draw back and punch the wall by the front door

Owwwwwww FUCKKKKKKK! I've broke my hand! Shit!

"Christian calm the fuck down...jesus let me look at your hand" Elliott tries to take my hand but I just shrug him off. I think my anger is under control but when I look up and see Taylor stood by Ana's car I see red.

"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING HERE? DID YOU COME WITH ANA?"

"Sir calm down"

"NO I WILL NOT FUCKING CALM DOWN ANSWER THE FUCKING QUESTION"

"Yes I came here with Miss Steele"

"WHAT THE FUCK! DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THE BABY?"

"yes Sir I did"

"HOLY MOTHER FUCKING FUCK IT ALL TO FUCKING HELL" he knew! He fucking knew and he didn't tell me? If he knows then Welsh does because it would have come straight up on the background check, I spin around and point at him with my one good hand. My other hand is, in a word, mangled.

"You will drive me to the hospital so I can get my hand fixed and then you will call Welsh and I want both of you in my study at Escala and I want this CLUSTERFUCK sorted!" I turn to face my brother and he looks how I feel.

"Elliott I'm sorry for punching your wall. I'll pay for any damage. I need to go I don't know how to handle these...these..feelings" I run my hand through my hair and I when I pull it back I see I've pulled a few hairs out. Great I've only had a daughter for 10 minutes and I'm already going bald!

"I understand you need to get things sorted Christian. Just don't go to hard on Ana. I'm sure she had her reasons"

"I don't want to even talk about Ana at the moment Elliott. ...Look I want to see the baby, could you arrange it with Ana for me to see her tomorrow? But I don't want Ana there, I just...I'm to angry Elliott and I know I will end up saying something that I will regret"

"I understand Cristian. Perhaps you should go talk it through with Flynn" it pisses me off that he suggested this but I can't deny it's what I need.

"Yeah you're right...I'll call you tonight so we can set something up with...Phoebe" a small smile breaks out on my face...Phoebe.

"Ok bro, take it easy" he turns and walks back into his house. My eyes lift up of there own accord and they connect with the deep blue pools of Ana's eyes. She is stood in the window of the master bedroom staring at me and even from here, I can tell she's been crying. I know I should go to her. I know I should tell her it will all work out. I now I should take her in my arms and never let her go, but I don't. I turn my back to her and get in the passenger side of my car telling Taylor to get a move on because I can't feel my fingers on my right hand anymore.

3 hours and 9 stitches later I am in my study at Escala listening to my my two top security advisors tell me that the purposely kept things from me. To say I am seething is an understatement and when I see a picture of my mother holding my daughter and the picture is dated 3 days ago all I feel is betrayal. White hot betrayal. As if she knows I'm thinking about her there is a tap on my study door and my mother walks in

"Excuse us gentlemen, I think my mother and I need to have a little chat" Taylor and Welsh leave the room and i stand and pour myself another glass of bourbon and hold up an empty glass in her direction and she nods her head so I pour her a healthy dose.

"Christian, look honey I know you're upset..." I hold my hand up and cut her off

"Upset doesn't even begin to come close to how I'm feeling mother...you were the one person on this planet that I thought would always have my back...I didn't think you would stick a knife in it" I've never pulled the CEO bullshit on my mother before and judging by the look on her face, it was a big mistake to start now

"Now you listen here young man. I will always have your back and I kept it from you for a reason Christian. What would you have done if I had called you while I was in Memphis and said "Hey son I just found out you have a child" you would have lost it Christian! You would have charged in like a bull and you would have lost Ana and your daughter! Ana came back on her own, yes I may have given her a little push but if she would have been forced back here like you would have demanded then she would have bolted the first chance she got, so don't you ever say that I would stick a knife in your back every again" woah she's mad!

"Mom I...I'm sorry I spoke to you that way, it was disrespectful and I'm sorry, I'm just...stunned, angry, confused, hurt, betrayed, and elated at the same time" she cocks her eyebrows at me and out of every thing I just said she only comments on one

"Elated?" I give her a shy smile and rub the back of my neck

"Yeah, elated. I've got a baby girl mom" tears come from her eyes and she delicately wipes them away. I stand at the same time she does and I pull her into a hug. I've only been able to hug my family like this since...well since Ana came In to my life.

Shit Ana...what the fuck am I going to do about her?

"You do have a baby girl Christian and I know you will be a fantastic father, and honey, I know you are upset, Elliott told me how you reacted but give Ana a chance son, let her explain her side of things before you pass judgment. No matter what you both do for the rest of your lives you both have a tie that will bind you together for eternity"

"I know mom. I just need to calm down a little bit. Did Elliott tell you I wanted to see the baby tomorrow?" I'm going to need my family around while I adjust to...fatherhood. Oh my god I'm a father. It keeps hitting me in waves!

"Yes he did and I called Ana earlier and talked to her, she was a little worried about letting Phoebe go on her own because well, we are all strangers to the baby really but I worked my magic. Elliott and Kate will bring the baby to Bellevue tomorrow at 11am and they will take her back at 6pm so you have the whole day with her"

How fucked up is this? My daughter is 15 months old and she doesn't even know me! Anger once again bubbles in me and its all directed at Ana. She should have told me. I don't care what the situation was or is, I had a right to fucking know!

"Thanks for coming over mom and thank you for helping with arranging for me to see Phoebe tomorrow" Phoebe. I keep smiling when I think of her. Is this what being a dad feels like? My mother stands on her toes and kisses my cheek saying her goodbyes. As she gets to the door she turns and looks at me

"I knew there was something going on with you and Ana, right from the first time I saw you both together after she came back from Europe" no she couldn't of. Ana and I were always careful

"How did you know?" she turns and looks back over her shoulder

"You may be able to hide secret rendezvous in boat houses, but you can't hide the look of love son" and with that she breezes out the door.

Shit. Love? I'm not ready for that. And shit how does my mom know about the boathouse? One thing at a time for god sake. I sit back down at my desk and text Taylor with the plans for tomorrow then I open my Mac and start ordering stuff so Phoebe can have a bedroom here. I order her a princess bed with matching furniture, enough toys to last a year and I email Caroline Acton to get my girl a new wardrobe.

My girl. My little girl. Phoebe Grace. Phoebe Grace Steele. That's going to change. She is my daughter so that means she is a Grey, I know Ana didn't list me as her father on her birth certificate because It would have flagged up on Barney's system that a legal document had been put in my name. Shit! Do I have any legal rights to Phoebe? What If Ana decides to move back to Tennessee? Can I stop her from taking my child? Just the thought of that happening brings a cold, damp sweat to my skin.

She's not taking my baby away from me! I look at my watch and see its only 5pm and Andrea should still be in the office so I ring her number

"Andrea speaking"

"Andrea its me...put me though to Simons in Legal"

"Yes Sir" not 20 seconds later I am put through to the head of my legal department at GEH

"Mr Grey good afternoon Sir, what can I do for you"

"I need you to start proceedings for a custody battle"