Hey Guys, so summer is here and I am gonna try to get more chapters up sooner. I tried to make this one a little longer b/c of my absent-ness This story is a little bit of bothe the second and thrid books you will see what I mean in this Chapter. Um I don't know what else to say so enjoy and leave me comments on what you thought.
Ana POV
I lay awake in bed; I can't help but kick the covers off and stretch my legs. My body is way too hot for the middle of the winter. I glance past my sleeping husband and notice the clock reads 2:35am; it has been an extremely eventful day. My mind keeps going round and round thinking about what Christian told me this afternoon. I can't stop thinking about who would have wanted to break into our home, or who even knew the codes to the apartment.
I shiver thinking about what would have happened if Teddy was released from the hospital a day early. We just brought him home and promised nothing would happen to him again. And now he is already in danger.
I release a sigh and swing my legs out of bed slowly trying not to disturb Christian. I grab the robe that hangs on the back of our door and wrap it around me. Teddy's room is only one away from ours just in case he needs us for anything. It was hard getting him to sleep, it took each of us reading three stories and the promise that we were right next door for him to finally settle down into bed.
I silently padded down the hall to his room and open his door praying that it would squeak. I leave it open and watch his even breathing. The pure innocents of this image hits me hard, watching my son's slow breathing, his mind filled with nothing but what he will build next with his legos.
His room is really bare, nothing but white walls and a small child's bed. The huge room seems to swallow him whole. I remember that the reason we are in the new house is because someone broke into our home and destroyed everything; including my sense of security. We have an entire security team that constantly has our backs, but I can't help feel like this person stole something from me.
A hand lands gentle on my back and I nearly yell out in surprise but then remember that my sleeping son is only a couple feet away. I'm pulled back into the strong embrace of my shirtless husband. He is warm and I immediately feel safer and less anxious so I let myself be wrapped up in his warmth. He kisses my neck right above my ear; his warm sleepy breath tickles my skin.
"Anastasia," he draws out my name in a whisper, "It is far too early for you to be awake."
I don't reply to his statement and just lean back into him and watch from afar as our son sleeps peacefully a few feet from us. I reach up to my neck and grab the heart chain that has Christian's name on it, the one he gave me right before we found Teddy. I smile remembering how grumpy he was at having to stay in New York longer than expected.
"Baby," he spins me around so that I'm looking at him, "Come on we both have to go to work tomorrow." I lean my head into his chest.
"This is about what I told you isn't it? Ana I will never ever let anything bad happen to you and Teddy. I would rather die than let that happen, trust me. Please baby lets go back to bed," he says stroking my hair.
"Okay," I say and he takes my hand leading me back to our room. When he closes the door I strip the robe from my body letting it fall to the floor. Christian stares at me like a man that has been in the desert and is seeing water for the first time in a long time. I smile at him because I was thinking the same thing.
"It's been awhile Christian, what do you say we break in the new room?" I ask him. Even in the dark I can see his eyes go from grey to black with lust.
"Oh Mrs. Grey, there is nothing I'd rather do," he says rushing over to me.
Morning comes with a screeching alarm from Christian's side of the bed. He grunts and slams his hand down onto the evil thing. Then he is up and out of bed, I fall asleep as he takes a shower. I am vaguely aware that the water has stopped running when a kiss is planted on my hair.
"Ana time to get up, I'll get Teddy up and dressed while you get ready," he says.
I grunt in response and drag myself out of bed and into the shower. I rush through my shower and pull on a grey pencil skirt and white blouse the only clothes that I have at the new house so far. I make it downstairs in time to see Christian and Teddy sitting at the breakfast table.
Elliot is standing behind the breakfast bar and whatever he has said has both Teddy and Christian giggling. I reach them and place a kiss on Teddy's head and a kiss on Christian's cheek.
"Both of my boys giggling is music to my ear this morning," I say sitting at the table.
"Mama! I'm going to hang out GG today," he yells excitedly. He started referring to Grace as GG standing for Grandma Grace
"Yeah buddy I know, you two are going to have so much fun and Daddy and I are going to stop by to have lunch with you guys." I tell him.
Elliot has left and has gone out back to start putting the finishing touches on the house. He says that he and his crew should be out of here by the end of the week. While Christian and I are away at work we hired an interior designer to come and furnish our, as of now, plain house.
We eat then head to the car where Taylor is waiting for us. Christian places Teddy in his car seat and buckles him in then jumps into the car so he is sitting right next to me. Teddy talks the whole way to Christian's parent's house about what kinds of toys he thinks there will be there. When we arrive Grace is standing outside waving at us as we drive up.
"Thanks for doing this on your day off Mom," Christian says kissing her cheek.
"Nonsense Christian, there is nothing I'd rather do than spend the day with my grandson," she says to Christian then to Teddy, "You ready to see what toys I got you?"
Teddy runs over to her and jumping up and down says yes, we all giggle at him. I can already tell our house will be filled with every type of toy imaginable. We say goodbye to them and after some tears on my end; we promise to see him again around lunch time.
Christian and Taylor drop me off next at Grey Independent Publishing. I kiss Christian goodbye and hop out of the car. I notice that Sawyer has been following us the whole time in the other SUV and is by my side a second after I got out of the car.
Thankfully today I have a ton of manuscripts to read today so I can jump right into my work. That is also good because I don't have to interact with sleazy Jack Hyde. In fact when I look up around 11:30 I notice that I haven't even seen him today. I mentally fist bump myself for not having to deal with the slimeball today.
Sawyer informs me that Mr. Grey has arrived an hour later. I grab my purse and make sure my computer is off before I get up. Just as I am getting ready to leave my name is called, I turn around to see Hyde standing out of the doorway with a malicious look on his face.
"Where do you think you're going?" he spits out. Note to self Jack is in an even worse mood than usual today.
"Lunch, this is the normal time that I leave," I say back to him. He is about to reply when my name is called again but this time in the direction of the door.
"Hey what's taking so long baby," Christian says. He is wearing a pair of sunglasses, but I can that he has heard what Jack said and he is very angry.
"Nothing I'm ready let's go," I say grabbing his hand. Hyde's faces looks like he swallowed something sours as we make our way to the door.
Just before we reach the door something catches my eye on the reception desk. It's a magazine; I pick it up and tell Hailey that I'll give it back to her when I get back. She nods then goes back to typing on her computer. Taylor is waiting in the car and Sawyer has most likely disappeared to the other car already.
We get into the car and I throw the magazine at Christian, he's caught off guard and the face he makes is almost comical. But I'm angry that he didn't tell me about this.
"What the hell is this? How come I'm the last to know everything Christian?" I say. He looks down at the magazine then sighs and runs a hair through his hair.
On the cover is me and Teddy walking out of the hospital, Teddy has that bear that he is now obsessed with and his hair is blowing crazy in the wind. He has a huge smile on his face as he is looking up at me; it is actually a pretty good picture. The caption reads: PRINCE GREY; CHARITY CASE?
"I just found out about it myself, promise. I already have my PR team working on it. We might have to release a statement. Trust me I'm just as angry at these accusations as you," he says.
"Sorry I through the magazine at you," I mumble. He kisses my head and I lean my head onto his shoulder.
We make it to Grace and Carricks house just as lunch is served. Teddy shares with us about all the different kinds of things he did today. Grace showed him how to garden and he seems to have really taken to it, he insists that we should get flowers for his room. We tell him that maybe it's a better idea to keep the plants outside.
Lunch goes really smoothly and Christian and I tuck Teddy into the guest bed for his afternoon nap. He is out as soon as his head is on the pillow. Christian and I thank Grace again and then we are off back to work. Christian drops me off and walks me to the door this time. Sawyer pops up again and we both go inside.
The rest of the day passes with a relative ease and I don't have any more encounters with Mr. Hyde. Sawyer tells me that Taylor will pick me up after work because he has to see to a personal matter right after I get off, which is totally fine with me. I continue working right until 6:30 and I realize that Sawyer must need to leave so I turn off my computer. I glance around the office and notice that almost everyone has already taken off.
"Ana, I need you to go to the printer room and grab me what I just printed then you can go home," I hear Jack sneer behind me.
I nod and go to the printer room which is in the basement to grab what he needs. While I am in there I hear the door close behind me. I turn around to see Jack Hyde standing there laughing, sounding more like a cackle.
"Finally we are alone together huh," he says walking towards me. I start to back up getting a bad feeling as to where this is heading.
"What do you mean?" I ask casually hoping to distract him so that I can make a break for the door. He shakes his head and walks even closer to me so that I can feel his breath on my skin.
"I think you know exactly what I mean. I've been patient like you have wanted me to be," he says picking up a strand of my hair bringing it to his face to smell it.
"I don't like this Jack please back up or else," I say pushing him away but he doesn't budge.
"Shut up bitch," he pulls my shoulders back and with a sharp jerk slams my head into the wall behind me. There is intense pain behind my eyes and I place my head behind my head and feel sticky blood on my fingers.
"Look what you made me do, tsk tsk. You, bitch, are a god damn tease! I've watched you from day one flaunting what's mine. Don't even get me started on that 'Husband' of yours, what a joke. No! Now I am taking what is truly mine." He spits in my face then tries to squeeze my boob. I have had enough of this shit and I am starting to feel really dizzy. I know if I pass out something really bad will happen to me.
Using what is left of my adrenaline I bring my knee up to his groin and I can hear a satisfying crunch. He groans and grabs his junk then falls to the floor. I made a break for the door but he catches my ankle and I lose my balance. My face meets the floor with a sickening crack; I can feel the blood flow out of my nose.
"Stupid Cunt, get back here," he sneers.
I kick him with all my might, making contact with his face, he lets out a little yelp and releases me. I pull myself up and stumble to the door trying to get away from him, the world is spinning even faster and I'm starting to see black spots in my vision.
I yank the door open and push myself into the hallway, trying to stay on both feet.
"I will come after you and that fucking husband of yours, I promise you that!" Jack yells from the printer room. I run back into the main office, Sawyer I need to find Sawyer I think.
"SAWYER!" I yell out. He comes barreling out of my office holding his gun. His face drops and he runs to me.
"Jesus fucking Christ what happened Ana…Ana" he says his voice is laced with concern. I can't hold my body up anymore so I slump into his body and he grabs me so I don't fall.
I can feel him pick me up like a small child and walk me outside, then I hear a gasp and then there are really angry voices. The black spots in my vision over take everything and the whole world goes black.
CG POV
I am having a lovely day so far; I had lunch with my beautiful wife and my little man. Work has been good to; people seem to still be shock at how I've been in such a good mood after being so grumpy lately. The best part though, is that I get to pick up my son and my wife and we get to go home as a family.
My phone starts to ring just as I am getting ready to leave the office for the night. I see that it is Taylor and pick it up.
"Grey," I say into the phone.
"Christian, it's Ana, she's hurt," he says. My heart stops beating.
Finished! What did you think of this chapter? Is Jack slimey or what? Until next time :)