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A COUPLE WEEKS LATER:
Over the next couple weeks after my night out with Tori and Natalie and everything that happened with Stephen I have done my best to avoid him. It's hard when he's my boss but I have been doing the best I can. He hasn't given up yet on his harassment. He's asking for another chance and spewing off a bunch of nonsense. I don't want him. He doesn't get that. He has kept me at work later than usual causing me to miss out on my time with Natalia and he has tried to get me to have lunch dates with him which I gracefully declined and just ate lunch in my office as I worked. Today is no different. When I arrived at work instead of Tessa having my coffee for me Stephen was standing outside my office with my coffee. He gave it to me with a smile on his face. He tried to kiss me but I moved away before he could. I thanked him but he followed me into my office asking me if I had plans for lunch luckily my dad's plane got in at 9 this morning and he was coming to have lunch for me so I got out of lunch again. He then asked if I had dinner plans but once again I got lucky because Dean comes home tonight and we're spending the night together. He's been gone for a couple weeks and I need to be with him especially after everything that happened a couple weeks ago with Stephen. Dean and I have to work this out he hasn't been exactly happy with me.
Once Stephen finally leaves my office I get to work and my morning goes pretty fast. I am finishing up an article for Tessa to put onto Stephen's desk for me just as my dad arrives at the office. "Ms. Bennett," says Tessa as she appears in my doorway.
"Yes, Tessa?"
"Your dad is here for you," she says.
"Thanks," I say as I finish printing off what I typed. I grab the article from the printer, look over it once more before I grab my purse. I walk over to Tessa and hand her the article. "Please lay this on Mr. Tyson's desk please. I will be back in an hour."
"Okay," she says with a smile as she takes the article from me. "Have fun."
"Thanks," I say with a smile before I walk out of my office. I smile as I see my dad standing in the lobby waiting for me. "Dad," I say with a smile.
"Ana," he says turning around with a smile on his face. "I missed you."
"I missed you too," I say with a smile before I give him a hug and a kiss on his cheek. "How was your flight?"
"It was pretty good," he says, "it was very relaxing."
"That's good to hear," I say with a smile. "So are you ready to get some lunch? There is a really nice French restaurant that just opened up down the street if you want to go."
"Sounds wonderful," he says with a smile before we hook arms and walk out of the building. I decide it's easier to just walk to the restaurant rather than taking a cab to get stuck in the lunch time traffic in Manhattan. "I love the city," he says with a smile as we walk and he takes in the sights and sounds around us.
"Me too," I say with a smile. "A lot different than Cincinnati huh?"
"Much different," he says with a smile. "What does Natalia think of it?"
"She loves it," I say.
"I'm sure she does," he says, "I can't wait to see her this evening."
"She's looking forward to seeing you too," I say with a smile. "I'm glad you're here, Dad."
"Me too," he says as we continue to walk to the French restaurant.
Once we arrive at the restaurant the hostess directs us to a table before a waiter comes and takes our drink order. I order a water and my dad orders the same. We look over the menu and my mouth waters at the French food on the menu. There aren't too many French restaurants in the city so this is a special treat. It's pretty busy for it to be lunch time but we get out food in a timely manner after we order it. "So how is work going?" asks my dad as I take a sip of my water.
"It's going good. I've been really busy the last couple weeks. A few late nights and I have been doing a lot of interviews. It's been busy."
"I see," he says, "so Dean finally proposed to you?"
"Yes," I say with a smile.
"Did you two set a date yet?"
"December 24," I say. "I want a short engagement. There's no need to drag it on when we've been together for 11 years. I want it to be short and sweet. I'm ready to marry my crazy lunatic," I say with a smile.
"Lunatic?" he asks before taking a bite of his food.
"Yeah he's known as the Lunatic Fringe in WWE. Is that surprising for you?"
"Not at all," he says with a small laugh. "The boy is crazy and some of those matches he put on before he got into WWE were crazy. I never saw anyone put their body through such crazy things."
"That's Dean for you," I say with a smile. "His wrestling has actually toned down a little bit since he got signed with WWE. My fiancée is one crazy SOB I'll give him that. I'm surprised he's still able to walk after all the stuff he's done," I say as I shake my head. Before Dean had gotten into developmental and WWE he had a crazy wrestling career, it was hardcore. He put his body through all sorts of crazy things. He's had chainsaws taken to his scalp and so much other dangerous and crazy things. I never let Natalia watch her dad wrestle before it toned down a bit; I could barely watch it but when Dean says he loves this business he loves this business he puts his body on the line for it week in and week out. He's a crazy lunatic but he's MY crazy lunatic and I love him. He does what he needs to do to help put food on our table.
"He is pretty crazy," he says with a smile, "so any word on when you two are moving in together?"
"He's moving in this week," I say with a smile. "He has already had some of his clothes and stuff delivered to the apartment. In fact we are going to look at houses tomorrow afternoon. He has the weekend off and we're spending it together."
"That's cool. I'm glad you two will finally be living together."
"Me too," I say, "it's good for me and it's good for Natalia."
"Yeah," he says.
"How are things with Chastity and Rod?" I ask.
"Rod is getting ready to graduate from high school and Chastity doesn't talk to me much anymore. Ever since she went to live with your mom in Arizona she doesn't talk to me much. She's mad at me but I guess she's getting ready to end her junior year of college."
"Wow," I say. "I'm sorry, Dad."
"Not your fault, Honey," he says. "How are things with your mom? Have you talked to her since you got engaged?"
"Things are okay with her," I say, "She's coming up soon to go look for a wedding dress with me. Are you two going to be okay at my wedding?"
"I will be. I won't do anything to ruin your day. You've been waiting for this for the last 8 years. I would never do anything to jeopardize your day."
"And you know your secretary isn't invited," I say.
"I know," he says, "I never even thought about bringing her but I wish that you would give her a chance."
"I don't have to give her a chance, Dad. I don't like her."
"I know, Sweetie and I understand."
"Okay," I say, "so how's the family business going? Is Rod ready to take over yet?"
"He can't wait," says my dad with a smile. "He's going to college for business and then he's going to come work with me."
"That's awesome," I say with a smile. "I'm glad that he's going to be a part of it."
"Yeah since you and Chastity went a different path."
"Hey, I love what I do," I say with a smile. "It's the best job in the world. I love the people I work with and I love my job."
"That's good," he says, "I'm happy for you."
"Thanks," I say,
"So are you moving outside the city or staying in the city?" asks my dad.
"We're leaving New York all together," I say, "We're moving to Connecticut but I'm going to travel to New York City every day for work."
"That's a big drive," he says, "don't you think you should find another job outside of New York City? It might be easier for you."
"I have thought about it but I'm not sure I'm ready to leave my job. I mean my boss is an asshole but I'm not sure I want to leave what I do."
"I think you can do better than where you're at, Ana," he says.
"Dad, I know. I hear this from everyone. I know I have other offers out there. I have magazine companies knocking on my door, TV shows that want me to write for them. I know but I don't know if I'm ready to leave this company."
"What is it that is keeping you?"
"I'm not sure," I say, "I wish I could answer that but I don't want to leave just yet."
"I just think if you have other magazine companies and TV shows after you that you should take the opportunity. You're not bad at what you do. You're pretty good at it."
"I know, Dad," I say, "I don't want to talk about it anymore so can we please drop it?"
"Sure, Honey," he says, "so now that you're getting married are there any plans of having another baby?"
"We're working on it," I say with a smile.
"I'm happy to hear that," he says with a smile. "I bet Dean is excited."
"You have no idea," I say with a smile. "He's on cloud 9."
"I bet he's wanted it for a long time."
"But with him not living with us and being gone so much and just Natalia and me it wasn't right but now that he will be with us more I think it's the best time to start trying plus he loves Natalia so much and he's amazing with her. I owe him this."
"He is an amazing father," says my dad.
"And who would have thought after he grew up without a father. He does a pretty damn good job with her and she loves him. She is such a daddy's girl."
"I know she is," says my dad with a smile. "I hope this happens for you two."
"Thanks," I say with a smile. "I love him, Dad."
"I know you do, you've loved him since the day you started that project with him. He's a good guy and he's good to you. I have only wanted the best for you and I'm glad that you found it."
"Me too," I say with a smile as I continue eating my lunch and he does the same as we talk about the latest news headlines and have small talk about the little things. My dad walks me back to work when our lunch date is over and I give him the key to my apartment before I go inside the building.
When I get back to my office Stephen is in there waiting for me holding my article in his hand with his arms crossed across his chest. He looks agitated. "Well, I read the article, Ana. I don't like it."
"What don't you like about it?" I ask.
"All of it," he says. "It's not what I was looking for. It's not your best work, Ana. I think you're too distracted with your personal life."
"I'm not distracted by anything. What is so bad about it? I think it is a great interview about Sia. She's mysterious and artistic. What's wrong with it?"
"It's just a really bad article. It's opinion," he says, "I don't like opinions."
"So what do you want me to do, Stephen?"
"I want you to rewrite it again and I want it done by 8:00 tonight," he says tossing it onto my desk.
"That article took me 2 days to write," I say.
"Well, then I guess you better get busy on it then. I want it on my desk by 8 tonight or you can say goodbye to your job."
"You would fire me over something so stupid?" I ask.
"I asked you to do a job, Ana, but you didn't do what I asked. I don't want an opinion piece. If I wanted an opinion piece I would work for the editorial section of the newspaper but I don't. I work for an entertainment magazine and I expect the articles in my magazine to be entertaining not persuasive."
"All right," I say, "I'll rewrite it."
"Good," he says. "Remember 8 tonight," he says.
"I need to do other things before I start the article can you extend it till 11?"
"Fine," he says, "but I want it on my desk by 11 tonight. I hope you don't plan on leaving."
"Well, Dean comes into town tonight. We have a dinner date."
"I guess you don't now," he says. "11 tonight, Ana," he says with a smirk before he walks out of my office making sure he brushes against me on his way out.
I roll my eyes as he walks out the door and walk over to my desk. I look over the article and I don't see anything wrong with it but since he's my boss I do have to listen to him and redo the whole thing. It took me two days to write this article and I have to rewrite it all in 9 hours. I shake my head as I pull my cell phone out of my purse to call Dean to cancel our date for tonight. I was really looking forward to having my date night with him. His phone rings and after the 3rd ring I hear his sexy, raspy voice that I love so much answer. "Hey, Baby," he says into the phone making me smile.
"Hey," I say with a smile of my own. "I have some bad news for you."
"What's wrong?" he asks.
"I'm not going to be able to have dinner with you tonight," I say. "Stephen is being an ass and I have to rewrite an article for him. He wants it on his desk by 11 tonight. It's going to take me some time to write it."
"So we aren't going on a date tonight?"
"No, I'm sorry. I'll make it up to you. I promise."
"Okay," he says and I can hear the disappointment in his voice.
"Can you please get Natalia from school for me? My dad is at the apartment too so you two won't be alone. You three can hang out and I promise I will be home as soon as I can tonight."
"Okay," he says. "I can do that. I love you."
"I love you too," I say, "I'm really sorry, Dean."
"Don't worry about it, Ana," he says, "I'll be fine. You don't' even have to make it up to me."
"Dean, why are you being so short about it? I told you I'm sorry. I'll make it up to you."
"Ana it's fine," he says, "I'll see you when you get home."
"Fine," I say, "Bye, Baby."
"Bye," he says before he hangs up on me. I knew he was going to be upset about it. I knew that staying late was going to bother him. Stephen is doing this to be a jerk. I know it.
LATER THAT NIGHT:
I do what Stephen asks. I spent the entire rest of my day rewriting my article after I finish up some of my other work. I proofread it on my computer before I print it off. Stephen has been hanging around all night. He's come to check on me at least 50 times to see how it was coming, asking me if I wanted something to eat and trying to talk to me. I declined eating and I am starving. I can't wait to go home to get something to eat. Everything looks good with the article and I don't' see so much opinion in it as before so I print it off and then take it to Stephen's office. I knock on the door. "Come in, Ana," he says as he turns around in his chair with a smile on his face.
"I have the article for you," I say with a smile. "I took out all the opinions and made it more entertaining."
"Wonderful," he says with a smile as I hand the article to him. "So do you want to go get a few drinks tonight?"
"No, Stephen, I want to go home to my fiancée. He's waiting for me. I had to cancel our date night because of you."
"If you had done the article right the first time, Ana you wouldn't need to stay," he says as he gets up from his chair tossing the papers onto his desk. He saunters toward me and I feel sick to my stomach. I hate his saunter. "You're distracted lately," he says as he cups my face with his hands and strokes my cheeks with his thumbs. "You should really focus on your job. It's important. I wouldn't want to need to fire you because you're too consumed with your personal life."
"Are you threatening me?" I ask.
"No," he says with a smile. "I'm just being observant. There's some stuff you can do for me," he says, "and maybe I'll change my mind."
"Are you trying to blackmail me? Do you think I'm stupid? My father is a business man this is illegal."
"Who's going to believe you?" he asks as his hands move from my cheeks down to the top button of my blouse. "I mean it's just you and me in here, Ana. I sent security home about an hour ago and told them I would make sure you got out safely." My breaths become heavy as he starts to unbutton my blouse. "If you do this," he says, "you won't worry about losing your job."
"Stop it, Stephen," I say pulling away from him. "I'm not doing anything."
"See, Ana? Your career belongs to me. If you want the job you'll do what I ask of you if not then you know what you can do. I know how much you love it here, Ana. How much do you truly love it? What are you willing to do to keep it?"
"Not you," I say as I fix the button to my blouse. "This is sexual harassment, Stephen and it is illegal."
"Again, no one is here to believe you," he says with a smirk. "It's your word against mine. Who do you think they are going to believe? Some write for the magazine or the man in charge of the magazine? You're going to lose, Ana if you think you're going to get anyone involved. I have your career in the palm of my hands," he says as he removes his tie and starts to unbutton his shirt. "The choice is yours, Ana. Do you want to keep this job or not?" he asks. I stand watching him unbutton his shirt. He takes it off and exposes his white wife beater. "What's it going to be, Ana?" he asks as he reaches for his pants. He starts to unbuckle the belt he's wearing and starts to unbutton his pants. "You know you want this, Ana. You know you love your job that you're willing to do anything to keep it and I can make it so that you never get a job in this town again if you choose to walk away from this. I can destroy your career."
"You wouldn't," I say with tears in my eyes.
"Wouldn't I, Ana?" he asks as he pulls his pants down. "Find out how serious I am, if you want a career in New York City you'll do what I'm asking you to do. If not prepare to not have anything. I will bury you," he says as he walks over to me. I try to back away but he grabs my hand stopping me. "Come on, Ana, I know you want this as much as I do so just relax. Let what happens happen," he says pulling me toward him. Before I can get away his arms are wrapped around me and his lips are on mine. His tongue in my mouth as I feel like I am about to throw up, I try to push him away but he's too strong. Flashbacks of Mack are playing in my mind from when he took advantage of me when I was 17. I have the same sick feeling in my stomach.
"Get off of me," I say pushing him way. He looks at me shocked. I can feel the sickness in my stomach and then I feel the lump forming in my throat as he stands looking at me. "Don't fucking touch me again." I say as a strange taste fills my mouth as the lump in my throat gets bigger, my eyes water over with tears and before I can stop myself I vomit all over him as he gets closer to me. He stops in his tracks as I look at him with a smile on my face as he is disgusted with my vomit covering him. "If you don't mind now I'm going home."
"Yeah," he says, "that would be best. We'll talk on Monday morning."
"You'll talk to my lawyer Monday morning. I quit," I say before I walk out of his office and to the bathroom to clean myself up before I clean up my office and head home.
I walk into my apartment carrying a box of my stuff from the office. I'm surprised to see Dean still awake watching TV. He looks at me as I'm standing in the foyer and I look at him. My dark brown eyes meeting his blue eyes, he stands up and walks over to me. I drop my box of things and wrap my arms around his neck as his arms find their way around my waist. I wrap my legs around his waist as I press my lips against his. Kissing him wildly, passionately and aggressively, my tongue dominating his as I run my hands through his wild hair. He carries me to our bedroom never breaking our kiss. He kicks the door shut behind him before he walks me over to the bed. He throws me down onto the bed breaking our kiss. I look up at him with a smile on my face as he removes his grey wife beater and I start to unbutton my blouse. I pull it off and throw it to the floor as he towers over me. He covers my body with his and kisses my lips again with the same wild and aggressive passion as before. His lips trailing kisses down my neck. He gently nibbles and sucks at my neck before trailing his kisses down my chest. His hands mastering my breasts, kneading them and massaging them softly as they pour out of my black silk bra. He tears my bra away quickly exposing my swollen breasts. One hand on one breast massaging it softly, squeezing it gently and his mouth on the other one, sucking the nipple softly before he moves to the other breast. "They're bigger," he mumbles before taking my nipple into his mouth once again before his lips make their way down my body and around my navel. He reaches the top of my skirt and pulls it down quickly. He removes my garters and pulls away my black lace panties. Spreading my legs quickly his head is between my legs. His lips on my sex making me moan out in pleasure before his tongue is inside me, making love to me. His soft wet tongue making love to me as I pull at his wild hair, the passion tears through my body, my eyes close as I enjoy his sexual pleasure. The passion rips through my body growing stronger, I feel it in the pit of my stomach, my toes start to curl as I fall apart from the work of his tongue. Crying out in pleasure as I reach my climax.
Dean removes his head from between my legs and stands up as I look up at him. His body is perfect as he unbuttons his jeans, pulling them down quickly before kicking them off. I see his erection through his briefs as I sit up. I pull his briefs down and take his hardness into my hand, stroking him softly as he groans out in pleasure. I take the tip of his erection into my mouth sucking it softly as he groans in pleasure, a growl in his throat as I take more of him into my mouth, his hands loosen the bun in my hair freeing my dark hair. He runs his hands through my hair as I make love to him with my mouth, the pleasure in his deep moans. I take him deeper into my mouth and I hear him gasp as I suck him harder and pleasure him deeper in my mouth. His fists twisting in my hair as I continue making love to him with my mouth, a deeper growl catches in his throat as his erection grows thicker and larger in my mouth. A deep groan from his sexy raspy voice as he explodes into my mouth, hitting the back of my throat as I swallow all of his seed as he pumps it into my mouth.
He removes himself from my mouth and pushes me back onto the bed before straddling and towering over me. I take my hands to his firm chest, running them through his chest hair. "I love you," I say with a smile.
"I love you too," he says with a smile as he slides himself into me softly at first as he lowers his body onto mine. I wrap my arms around his neck, his lips on mine as he makes love to me softly at first before his movements get harder and faster as he goes deeper inside of me. I move my hips to his rhythm as my fingernails trace his back as he continues to make love to me. I can't hold back anymore as he works himself deeper inside of me, making his movements harder, his hot breath on my neck, our sweat mixing together. I feel the passion ripping through my body like a tide in the ocean. He hits the right spot as my nails dig into his back and my toes dig into the mattress. I cry and scream out in pleasure as he brings me to my climax. He continues his movements and after a couple thrusts he falls apart, releasing his seed deep inside of me as he groans out in pleasure, "Anastasia," he says in his deep raspy but sexy voice as he pours himself into me.
He lays entwined with me in our bed under the covers as we lay catching our breaths. He kisses my lips softly as he slowly removes himself from inside of me before lying next to me. He takes me into his arms, his heart his racing and his breaths heavy. I rest my head on his chest and listen to his heartbeat. I close my eyes as he kisses the top of my head and drift off to sleep as he holds me in his arms never letting me go as I hold onto him tightly.
*A/N: What did you think of Ana's lunch date with her dad? Did she need some time with her dad? What did you think of Stephen being a jerk to Ana? What about him making her rewrite the article? What is your opinion on him blackmailing her to keep her job? Are you surprised she quit her job? What did you think of her throwing up in Stephen did he deserve it? What do you thik made Dean and Ana make love to each other without saying a single word about it? What do you think will happen now? Please review and thank-you for reading.