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LORNA X
CHRISTIANS POV
I hardly slept at all last night. I got maybe an hour of sleep and then I gave up, did some work in my study and then played the piano until the sun came up.
After speaking to my attorney yesterday he advised me that I was going about it all wrong but fuck him. I'm the boss! He told me that the first thing I should do is request a paternity test but I'm not bothered about that one bit There is no doubt in my mind she is my daughter. The baby has my eyes and she has little bits of copper flecks in her hair and besides, Ana may have lied to me about the baby but she would never cheat on me. That's about the one thing I am sure of in this whole fucked up situation.
Simons told me that he will hand deliver the paperwork to Ana at 7pm tonight. If I know Ana like I think I do she is going to flip out. I'm glad I have a conference call at GEH tonight because I am sure she will come to Escala and even though my head is telling me to talk to Ana my heart is trying to protect itself. It took me 3 hours last night to realise the feeling in my chest is hurt. I'm hurt that she didn't give me a chance to be a father from the beginning. I probably won't be the best father in the world, but I'm going to give it m best shot.
The terms that I want Ana to agree to are simple, well I think they are.
Number 1: I want joint custody
Number 2: I want her name changed to Phoebe Grace Grey
Number 3: I want equal power in any decision that relates to Phoebe such as schooling, healthcare and such
Number 4: Where my daughter goes, security goes
Number 5: Ana is not to leave the city, she must stay here until Phoebe is at least 18
Number 6: Ana and Phoebe move into Ana's old apartment at Escala. I can't protect them if they are across town.
I don't think I'm asking for much. She's my daughter not just Ana's. My attorney suggested that I talk to Ana first to see if we could keep it out of the courts because like he said, when news gets out that I have a child, an heir to the GEH throne, the media will go nuts!
As it currently stands Phoebe is now the soul heir to my $24 billion dollar fortune and if Ana thinks that I will allow her to live in an apartment with no security she has another thing coming.
I head down to the SUV with Taylor in tow. I had him go out last night and get a baby seat, I already have one for Ava but I needed a smaller one for Phoebe. As we make our way to Bellevue I have actual butterfly's in my belly. I'm going to see my little girl, I'll be able to hold her and play with her. I wonder If I can get her to say dada?
"Sir may I speak freely?" Taylor looks at me in the rear view mirror. He's been trying to talk to me since last night put I've been putting him off.
"What is it Taylor?"
"You need to talk to Ana, Christian, I know that you have spoken to Simons about custody but please, let Ana have her say first"
"Jason I will speak to Ana, just not right now. You know I have anger issues and right now I know I will mess it up. I need to calm down, every time I think of her not letting me see that little girl my blood boils in my veins and I need to tamper down the urge to drag her into the playroom and spank the living shit out of her. I don't want to hurt Ana Jason, I never have, not physically or emotionally, but I know if I see her now I will fuck things up"
He looks back at me like he is thinking hard and then just gives me a nod
When we get to Bellevue I have to answer 1000 and one questions that Mia fires at me. She's like a god damn energiser bunny!
At exactly 11am Elliott and Kate pull up and I practically run to their car. When I open the back door and I get my first glimpse of Phoebe I could almost cry. She so cute!. She is wearing a little red dress with matching wool hat, tiny little black shoes and a cream coat. A-freaking-dorable!
"Hi baby girl" she gives me a big grin and holds her hands out for me to unstrap her. She's so trusting! I'm a stranger to her and she is trusting me like she's known me her whole life and I can already tell she's got Ana's personality but when I fumble a bit with the straps she actually growls at me. Oh my god she's got my temper! Lord help her
An hour later and Phoebe has been passed all around the room and I beam with pride when all my family say how much her eyes look like mine. Being adopted I have never really thought about blood lines but looking in my daughters eyes and seeing that they are my eyes it gives me a little rush. This is MY child. Mine.
My mom goes all out on lunch and we all sit around the table as one big happy family. I am sat on one side of the table with Phoebe in a high chair next to me, next to her is Ava who has taken to Phoebe like a duck to water and beside her is Kate.
My chest swells with pride again for the millionth time today when Phoebe clears her plate and then looks at me and says "Mo" which I assume mean more so I give her more mashed potato with gravy and she goes mad for it which I love. It would have bothered me if she was a fussy eater.
When I look around the table I realise that I am a lucky man. I have two parents that love me. A big bother that will always protect me. A baby sister who I adore. A sister-in-law that has, surprisingly, become one of my best friends. A niece I adore and finally a daughter. I give a big smile to everyone at the table and I think I freak them out a bit because I know they have never seen me this happy before.
When my eyes land on the empty chair next to Mia I frown. I know that is where Luke normally sits but he had to go to Portland today as a CPO for Ros but I get a short sharp pain in my chest when I think of Ana. She should be here.
Here I am surrounded by my family and my support system and who does Ana have? No one. Her daughter is with me. Her best friend is with me. Here I am sat eating a fabulous meal and she is probably alone in her apartment and knowing her she's not eating. I get a lump in my throat when I think of her all alone.
"Kate, can you do me a favour?"
"Sure what's up?"
"Call Anastasia and ask her to join us" my mom beams when I suggest this but Kate looks down at her hands and a look of sadness comes across her face
"Ana's has something to do today so she won't be able to come here" Kate tells me softly.
What does Ana have to do today? I know she doesn't have to work because I had Barney hack into the hospital server and he downloaded me her schedule. Shit is she meeting a man? She can't meet a fucking man! And she sure as fuck is not bringing a strange man around my daughter!
"Where the fuck has she gone?" I hiss at Kate and her eyes snap up to me. It's rare I talk to Kate like this but at the moment I have a constant reel of images of Ana in the throes of passion under another man and I don't think I've ever felt this mad!
"First of all don't try and pull the CEO bull on me Grey, Second of all don't swear around my child OR yours and third of all if you must know...Ana has gone to Montasano so she can put flowers on Ray and Carla's grave"
And now I feel like a first class prick. She will be emotional after visiting her parents grave and then I'm going to serve her with papers saying I want to take her child away from her 3 and a half days a week. It was utter bullshit of me to put joint custody come to think of it. I have a multibillion dollar company to run and there will be times when I won't be able to give Phoebe 100% of my attention. Perhaps I should just ask for unlimited visitation? That way Phoebe wont be brought up on a time table.
"Excuse me for a moment" I leave the table and dial Simons number only for it to go to voicemail. I leave him a message telling him not to give Ana the papers tonight.
I spend the rest of the day just holding Phoebe to my chest where she fell asleep. It's the most comforting thing I have ever felt to have my baby girl snuggled to my chest. I may have had my reservations about being a father but after spending only a few hours with my daughter I know my fears are unfounded. I will be a great father because my little angel deserves one.
I get a bit emotional when I have to say goodbye to her but I make a promise to her that daddy will see her tomorrow. I'm hoping that Ana and I can sit down and talk tomorrow. Hearing that she was all alone today at her parents grave no less, made all the anger I felt disappear. We need to talk and we need to be civil for Phoebes sake and me sending in one of my minions with a list of demands just wont work.
I get to Grey House at 6:45 and get on the conference call with my team in Japan. They try to bullshit me about why we are spending so much money on the docks over there but I cut them off and tell them to fix it.
I spend a little bit of time putting together plans to have a day care installed on the floor below my office. Hopefully if Ana and I can come to some agreement I'm hoping to bring Phoebe to work with me. I want to show her the family business. I actually laugh to my self when I get a little vision in my head of me holding Phoebe up to a crowd of my GEH employees just like on the lion king.
I am pulled out of my musing when I hear heels clacking on the marble outside my office and before I even have time to think the door is opened so fast and hard I think it might of actually have come off the hinges, and when I look up I am met by the furious raging eyes of Ana.
"WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS?" she throws few sheets of paper in my general direction and I get up from my desk and slowly walk to her. When I look down I see the papers that Simons had drawn up. Shit! He must have not got my message. To say Ana is seething is an understatement. She is actually shaking with temper
"Ana It's not what you think, I left a message for my attorney to not give them to you"
"How very fucking nobel of you! You've known about Phoebe for all of two days and you send me fucking custody papers! Are you out of your fucking mind? There is NO way in fuck I am moving back to Escala. There is NO way I am signing something that says I have to stay in the state and her name is STEELE!" now I'm pissed! I stand a foot in front of her and I have to say, I'm impressed that she is standing her ground. I have never seen Ana look this...Hot!
"Let me tell you a few things Miss Steele! She is my daughter just as much as she is yours, it's not my fucking fault I didn't know about her and she is a GREY! You will NOT be fucking taking my daughter to another fucking state and you WILL move back into Escala so my security can make sure you are safe and that a fucking NUTJOB doesn't try to kidnap our child!"
She opens her mouth to say something but I don't give her a chance.
With her stood in my office with a pair of tight assed jeans and a tight black teeshirt that hugs her curves, with anger in her eyes looking sexy as hell I do the one thing that I have wanted to do since she barged in.
I scoop down and grab the back of her thighs, back her up to the nearest wall and kiss her like my life depends on it.