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Chapter 10.

Thursday 27th April

Christian.

I couldn't believe that bastard had the nerve to call me and disrupt a perfect evening. I am beyond furious at him, I want to hunt him down and slice his dick off and watch him suffer in pain, and lord knows he deserves it.

He thought it was a nice idea to try and gain my forgiveness so he called me to let me know what was in store for my family if I didn't let Ana go. There was no way in hell I was letting her go, but I couldn't let anyone hurt my family, they don't deserve it.

I lie in bed for a few minutes before the noise in my head gets too much, I need to go and work this out and try and come up with a solution that lets me protect my family and keep Ana safe form him. I head to my study and try and get some work done but my brain can't function properly. I need coffee and I need control.

Losing control of this situation makes me hate myself, I never lose control. I make my way to the kitchen and make myself some coffee, I have no plans to be sleeping tonight so I make it strong and hope that it sparks the fire in my brain.

I fill my mug and go back to my computer. Thing Grey, you always have a plan.

I decide to ditch the laptop and go old school with a pen and paper, I think the last time I did this I was still at school. Everything is done on laptops of tablets these days.

I start scribbling down ideas, hoping that one will jump out at me:

1. Tell Ana and have her help with a plan

2. Ask Taylor for help, he is the head of security and its his job to protect me

3. Call welch and see if he can offer help

4. Fake my own death and leave Ana to live her life without me

5. Go into hiding with Ana and my family so nobody can find us

6. Split up with Ana

I narrow it down to two options. I do pay Taylor and the rest of my security a ridiculous wage to ensure the safety of both myself and my family, it would make sense to ask him for his input. If he can't help then I will need to go to Ana and propose my plan to her and just hope that she could see the reason behind it and go along with it. It will kill me to leave her and not be able to see her, I don't even know how long we would have to be apart.

Suddenly I start to panic at the thought of leaving her. What if she forgets about and finds someone else, someone that isn't as fucked up as me, and that doesn't have people out to kill them.

Maybe she would be better off without me, she could move on and find a nice guy, someone with a simple life. He could offer her so much more than me. I don't do all this love stuff, I wouldn't know where to begin. I don't have a romantic bone in my body.

What do I do when it comes to an anniversary? What kind of things do women expect, what gifts to you get them? I go back to my computer and open up the internet browser.

Google solves everything, well according to Mia it does. Any question you have it can give you the answer.

'How to be romantic'

'What do I get my girlfriend for out anniversary?'

'How to surprise the one you love'

This is stupid, all I need to know right now is that I love Anastasia with every part of my being. I don't want to imagine her falling for someone else, I don't want to imagine anybody else getting to touch her and feel the heat radiate from her skin, or hear her breathe as she sleeps peacefully. I delete the search history in case anyone looks to see what I google and go back to the kitchen. It's starting to get light outside and I have no idea what time it is.

I pull the phone from my pocket, it's almost 5am, and I've been in my office for so long debating my feelings, acting like a fool. I put my mug in the sink and go back to bed, hoping to get a few hours' sleep before I have to sit Ana down and tell her what's happening.

"Christian, wake up. I know we drank a few bottles of wine but come on. I'm not hungover so there's absolutely no way you are. Get up."

I shift round and bury my head in the pillows to stop the light burning my eyes, just as I drift off again I feel the freezing cold water hit my back and I jump up instantly.

I turn my head to look at Ana, my first instinct is to snap at her but I look at her and she has a grin that spreads from ear to ear.

"Please with yourself are you, I will get you back for that you know."

"It's almost noon, I figured I had let you sleep long enough, plus I want to go do something today. I can't be stuck indoors all day again."

"I'm sorry, you should have got me up earlier, I didn't sleep much last night."

"It's alright, you looked so peaceful I couldn't disturb you, I just got a little work done and spoke to Kate for a while." I panic slightly when I think about her being in the office. I didn't make any attempt to hide the notepad I had been writing on last night but she sets my mind at ease when she says she stayed in bed and worked from the laptop.

"Thank you, come on let's get something to eat then we can decide what to do today."

"Great idea, I was close to eating my own fingers waiting for you to get up."

We eat our breakfast and then head up to get dressed for the day, we decide to just go for a walk and chat a little, I know I need to tell her about the conversation with Jack last night, and being honest im surprised she hasn't asked about it yet.

We wrap up warm and head out in the cold crisp air, it feels good against my skin, I miss being able to come here so often.

"So, what was Jack calling you for last night?" Fuck! I was hoping we could wait and talk about this later, but I should have known she hadn't forgot about it.

"He called to threaten me, or warn me. I'm not entirely sure."

"About what? What did he say exactly?"

"Well, Jacqueline is plotting to come after me and she wants to see me destroyed. Apparently the only way she can do that is by hurting the people I love the most. He called to tell me that she was going to come after you, I didn't want to have this conversation just now, but we need to."

"Oh, so what are you going to do now?"

"Well, I have wo options. I can call Taylor and get him to figure something out that can protect us and the rest of my family." I don't want to tell her the second option, even just thinking about it is breaking my heart.

"And the second?"

"Well, I was thinking last night and trying to come up with a solution myself. I had a few but they were terrible to be honest. Jack said If I didn't leave you then they were coming after you, but if I let you go they would be satisfied that I was suffering and would leave the rest of my family be. He said that they haven't done anything wrong and it's just unfortunate they have me as a part of the family."

"Don't listen to him Christian, they are so lucky to have you be a part of their lives. You are incredible in every way. You are so caring and considerate and it's clear that you will do anything it takes to keep them safe. I understand that you don't want to put me at risk too. So how about we come up with something together. That way you can keep everyone safe while your guys catch them."

"Ana, you are incredible. I was thinking about this all night. I don't want you to think this is a way of me trying to get rid of you. I love you so much and I don't want to think about losing you to someone else."

"You won't Christian, I have never felt this way about someone before. I wouldn't ever leave you for someone else I promise. Now let's get this situation sorted and then we can get back to living our lives as normal shall we?"

I wrap my arms around her and kiss her like my life depends on it. Thankfully she kisses me back with just as much passion. I have truly found the person I want to spend the rest of my life with.

We walk back to the house laughing and joking and decide we need to come up with something that will seem real.

After a few hours we come up with something that will seem legitimate and will have everyone believing we are over.

We decide that instead of going to visit Mia we are going to go back to Seattle. We will have a huge public row, making it seem like we are over for good. People in Seattle love to gossip so it won't be very difficult to gain attention. As soon as the press catch wind of it I'm going to release a statement. To go with the rumours that circulate from time to time I am going o do something I never thought I would do.

"Ana, are you sure about that part. I don't want someone else falling for me and stealing me away from you."

"Ha not a chance, trust me Ethan is a great guy, and he will be more than willing to help us out on this."

"Alright if you say so. Go and give him a call and fill him in on what's happening. Maybe give Kate a call too, we should probably keep the family in the loop too."

"Yeah that's a good idea. Otherwise Kate would probably come after you and try to kill you herself."

I give her a smile and she disappears into the bedroom to call Ethan. I pull out my phone and call Elliot as well to fill him in. I tell him the plan and he bursts unto laughter.

"Bro, that's amazing. I'm guessing Ana had a huge part top play in that one. Seriously though, you better keep her safe. Kate would probably kill you if you don't, and I ant lose my brother."

"Of course, I wouldn't have thought about that. I plan on it Elliot. Like I said I love her, I couldn't even imagine losing her."

"Good. I got to go, my lady is calling. Keep me updated, I trust Ana is going to call Kate so my lips are sealed. See you soon."

"She will, I'll see you soon Elliot."

I can't help but smile. I never thought I would see the day the Grey bothers were smitten. It's a miracle.

Hope you enjoyed this chapter guys. There's so much happening in the next few chapters. We will soon find out how Christian managed to save Ana. Remember as always leave some reviews and let me know how you are enjoying it.