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I am pulled back from thinking about that day when Christian clears his throat In a really obvious way.

I didn't know it was Elena that had burned me until 2 weeks before I left Seattle, but I still stand by what I said that day. I will get my revenge.

I know I need to tell Christian about Elena and what she did. He knows I hate her but he doesn't know why, he just thinks I hate her because of what she did to him when he was 15. I don't want to tell him right now because I know what he is like, he will go after her all guns blazing and I don't want him to be tainted with her darkness when he thinks back to meeting his daughter and getting to know her.

"You wanted to talk Ana but you've been staring into space for the last 5 minutes...unless you want to relive the memories we once made in here...I think we better start" I wish now that we are in another setting. This is where he negotiates million dollar deals and here I am about to go head to head with him

"Why don't you start and tell me what you want and the reason you want it and I will either agree or tell you why I don't think it's a good idea"

"Ok Anastasia...I want to see Phoebe, I'm her father and I want to be a part of her life and I want to make up for lost time, we don't need to take it through the courts but i would like written consent from you that I can see her at least 3 times a week " he looks pained when he says this

"Christian you are her father, you don't need written consent to see her, you can see her when ever you want any day you want. I don't want our daughter growing up with set days that she spends with you, we do this 50/50, factoring in both of our schedules" he smiles his shy smile and I think I fall a little bit more in love with him

"Thank you Anastasia...I also want her name changed to Grey" I sigh when he says this. I now it's important to him but the Steele name is important to me too.

"Christian...answer me something...what do you, Mia, Elliott, Grace, Carrick, Kate and Ava have in common?" his brows furrow and I can actually see the cogs turn

"We all share the name Grey..."

"the only person that shares my last name is my..our..baby girl...and I don't know if I'm ready to go back to being the only Steele again" I look down at my hands and will my self not to cry. I don't want to be alone again and I know its stupid because I will always have Phoebe but it's hard to think of her being part of something else when I will be on the sidelines looking in.

"it's ok Ana I understand...perhaps one day we can revisit and revise but for now its ok. I think the inner me that constantly shouts Mine, reared up there for a while...Now about you living at Escala"

"I don't want to move Christian! We have only just got back to Seattle and I like my new apartment"

"I understand that Anastasia but once word gets out or a picture of me with the baby gets out there, it will bring out the crazies, I'm not saying this to scare you but you will need security and I can't look after Phoebe...or you...if you are across town" god I hate it when he makes sense.

"Ok we will move back into my old apartment but I have one condition"

"Okay, what is it?"

"I don't want Phoebe around your...weekend guests" he goes eerily silent and his eyes go almost black

"Do you really think that little of me? Do you honestly think that I will be wasting my time on women who I can't stand to be around when I could be spending time with my daughter? Do you really think I would conduct that type of relationship if Phoebe were in the penthouse or anywhere in the building for that matter?"

"I didn't mean to offend you Christian, but I'm not naive enough to know the that you won't get a new sub sooner or later and some of those contracts will probably last a few months or even years and at one point or another you may want to introduce them to your daughter but I would like to meet them first so I can judge for myself what type of person they are, don't worry I will also extend the same curtsy to you for any of my relationships" as much as it pains me to think of him with another woman, i also do not want to assume that he wants to have a relationship with me, for all I know he wants me as a sub and nothing else. Which I won't do. Not anymore.

He bangs his fist down so hard on the desk it makes me jump and I can tell once again by the look in his eye that I have unleashed the beast!

"WHAT? There is no way in hell you will be introducing another man to my daughter! do you understand me?" he screams at me. His face is so red and the veins in his neck look like they will pop

"don't fucking shout at me Christian! I didn't mean like right now, I meant a few years down the road and I..." he cuts me off by raising his hand.

"I don't care If its a few years down the road or 50 years in the fucking future you are NOT letting another man around my child"

"Who the fuck do you think you are?"

"I think I'm the father of your child and you are NOT bringing another man into her life!"

"So what I'm just supposed to wait until Phoebe is 18 before I can start to date again?" I'm seething! how dare he tell me what I can and Cant do! I don't even want any other men, I only want him, but the way he is making me feel right now makes me want to walk out and ask out the first male I stumble across!

I get up and go to storm out of his office but what he says next stops me in my tracks

"You are MINE Anastasia!" he screams.

I turn around to face him with a look of shock on my face. The thought of being his again sends a little thrill down my spine but its not the right time for us to try to make ago of it. There are so many things he doesn't know about me and I am worried if he knows the full truth about what happened to me in foster care or how I became a sub in the first place, he won't want me anymore.

"Christian I...look we need to concentrate on you getting to know Phoebe before we think about us...but in saying that...I am yours Christian, but now isn't the time...maybe in a few weeks when we are both more settled"

"Why wait Ana? I want you, you want me, whats the problem?"

"We still have so many things to talk about, there are things you dont know"

"Then tell me!"

"I...I will but not now Christian please, just get to know your daughter and then we will talk"

"How do you expect us to move forward if you keep things from me?"

"I don't want to keep things from you Christian but please I'm begging you, just give me time" he looks at me for a long time and then nods his head

"Ok I will give you time...um...can I...I'm...would it be ok if I went back with you and tucked Phoebe into bed and maybe read her a story? I do it all the time with Ava" he is actually blushing. So fucking cute!

"Of course you can. I'm sure Phoebe will be thrilled to have her daddy read her a story, come on then you can ride with me" he beams when I say this. He grabs his jacket and we walk out of his office and get on the elevator.

The electricity that has always been there doubles the second the doors close. I close my eyes and lean my head back against the wall in a effort to stop myself from jumping up and wrapping my legs around him. I almost jump out of my skin when I feel his breath on my face and when I open my eyes he is stood right infront of me with his hands on either side of me holding on to the rail

"Christian"

"shhhh Ana, don't think, until the elevator gets to the lobby just don't think" he leans forward and presses his lips to mine. It's the softest most gental kiss we have ever shared. My hands go to his hair and his hands find my hips pulling me forward so I am pressed up against his chest. In a moment of bravery, or maybe stupidity, I start to run my fingers down his back. I have only touched his chest and his back once and that was the night before I left, I'm not sure if he will be ok with it but I take a chance. He slightly shudders when my hands go to his no touch zone but when I get all the way down to his ass and give it a little squeeze he growls and pulls me even closer just as the door pings and opens

"Fuck!" we both say at the same time and it makes me giggle.

"Seems you were saved by the bell Miss Steele" he smirks at me and I just can't help myself. I cup his dick in my left hand and with my right I pull his head down so his ear is right next to my lips

"Perhaps it was you who was saved by the bell, Sir" I practically purr into his ear and then I quickly release him and walk out the elevator laughing as I go because he is frozen on the spot, still in the elevator

He doesn't catch up to me until I'm am right by my drivers door. I press the door open button and slide into my seat and he hops into the passenger side, puts his belt on, crosses his arms across his chest and actually pouts!

"You ok over there Mr Grey?" I giggle as I merge into traffic on my way to Kate and Elliott's who are looking after Phoebe for me while I came to, in my own words to Elliott "knock some sense into your dick head brother!"

"Cockteasing doesn't become you Anastasia!" he growls but I can see a smile forming on his lips

" I wasn't cockteasing Christian, I was mearly informing you that had the elevator not stopped you may have been the one who would have been screaming for yo momma!"

The burst of laughter that comes from him is pure joy. He laughs so hard he has tears coming out of his eyes.

"You Ana Steele, are a very strange bird"

"Yeah well it takes one to know one"

We are interrupted by my phone ringing over the speaker system with a call from my building manager of a small condo unit I own in Miami. He tells me that one of the tennents is moving out and he is haveing a cleaning crew come to spruce the place up and I need to wire transfer the money to pay them. When I hang up I look at Christian and he has his mouth open like he is trying to catch flys.

"What's wrong Christian?"

"You own a condo complex?"

"Only a small one, I came into some money last year and I remember you telling me once that you can't go wrong with having your money in bricks and mortor so I went online and browsed a few property auctions and I found my place. It was a little run down so it had to be fixed up but it turned out ok. I sold 3 of the condos and I rent out the other 12" i shrug like its no big deal but I am very proud of myself for what I achieved. I just hope Christian doesn't ask me where I got the money from.

"How did you come into the money" Shit! Do I tell him a part truth or all of it?

Honesty is the best policy so I go with the truth. Even though I don't want to taint him with my dark past, I also won't lie to him when he has asked me a direct question. He will find out sooner or later and seeing as we are almost to Kates I am hoping he won't scream and yell to much.

"An old friend of mine died and he left me his entire estate"

"Must have been some friend! Who was it?" ok here goes

"My first Dom" he snaps his head to me and and his knuckles go white from the grip he has on the arm rest. He never asked me the names of my other Doms because he always said that it made him angry to think of me with another man and I know it would not have show up on a background check because one of the best known things about being in the world of BDSM is secrecy.

"What was his name?"

"Richard Lincoln...Elenas ex-husband"