05.24.21
Part 3 of 3 of le smackdown. Will Ana and CG survive?
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO - Don't be afraid of me.
"Ana, you're not being objective." He whispered, still holding her trembling body close.
Don't be afraid of me baby, I'd never ever hurt you. No matter what.
"OBJECTIVE?" She screamed, pushing his arms away forcefully. "I'M not being objective? Don't you dare patronize me right now–you've been fucking patronizing me since the moment we met. You're the one whose lost your fucking mind."
Oh fuck. She has murder in her eyes. If she broke Gaia's nose, she's about to break my face followed by my dick. I know it. He threw up his hands and conceded in hopes of calming her down.
"He has two little sisters who are still in high school and they have Ivy League potential. Her mother is a kind woman who helps people in assisted living down in Florida now. THEY DO NOT DESERVE THIS." She turned away from Christian and created more distance, crossing her arms and looking out the window briefly, trying to slow her breathing.
"You and Kate did the exact same thing as they did."
"What the fuc––"
"Shut up and let me talk." She barked. "You took away my choices just like they did. What happened at the wedding happened to ME. I should have gotten a say in how it all went down but no, you both wanted to play a game of chess on acid and strung me along. You both played me too, assuming that this is what I needed. When you should have fucking talked to me!"
"Ana, that wasn't our intention at all. I told you I wanted to protect you, baby. I wanted you to have plausible deniability."
"Plausible denia–" she scoffed and looked up, screwing her eyes shut for a moment. Stay calm, stay calm.
"Ana, baby… I did this all for you." He reasoned. "They didn't think twice about what they did to you and they needed to be taught a lesson."
"I don't care. I did not ask you to do ANY OF THIS." She yelled. "I specifically said, acquire Acero on your own dime and time and LEAVE ME OUT OF IT. My lawsuit was about my getting a piece of the pie, this was still their idea. I only wanted to be compensated." She reasoned, impassionedly. " You stole it from them."
I didn't steal shit. It was there for the taking.
"Why are you still defending him? Them? Are you still in love with him?" He snarled, resentment building up inside of him. "Is that what this is about?" Fuck, does she really still have feelings for him? He panicked internally. I can't deal with that. I can't have her leave me.
"IT'S ABOUT THE FUCKING PRINCIPLE OF IT ALL CHRISTIAN. INTEGRITY." She screamed back. "I told you, I am not like them yet you turned me into something worse and now I'm complicit in stealing someone's idea and hard work. I wanted to go through the proper channels and get my share but you tricked me into doing something devious." She began to sob with her brain about to burst from the oncoming headache."Why didn't you tell me?"
"Because I knew you would've stopped me." He murmured, his tone only slightly chastised and eyes not meeting hers.
"That alone should've been a line in the sand." She replied with a little more strength to her voice. "What you don't realize is that his family will still rally around him eventually and try to help him pay off the debt which means his sisters could lose the chance to go to a decent college. Gaia's mother, she's had to build up her life again from scratch after her husband just ditched her. Gaia may not respect her mother but she shouldn't have to pay for her daughter's sins just like I shouldn't have to pay for Carla's or yours and Kate's recklessness by putting me on Karma's radar."
"Baby, I–"
She held a hand up to stop him from talking.
"You wanted me to trust you but I am never going to trust anyone blindly, ever again. Do you hear me? You pull a stunt like this again in regards to me and there will be consequences, Christian." She breathed out shaikly and turned her face to look at him. "Don't ever make unilateral decisions about my welfare without speaking to me first."
"If you're expecting me to apologize for what I did then you can wait till the end of days because I won't." He roared.
I don't need your fucking apology but I sure as hell need you to let me smack you right now, Ana narrowed her eyes at him, not flinching one bit.
"Have you ever been in debt?" Ana asked, changing tact. He didn't answer but she knew he hadn't. "Because I know what it's like and I honestly wouldn't wish that on anyone. It's crippling. After the wedding I was close to 20k in debt. When I left you that morning and went home with Kate, the nights that followed, in addition to recovering from the emotional mess, I was freaking out about how I was going to pay off 20k. Then to get an apartment and live by myself in an expensive city like this on SIP's salary? Kate was really sweet and offered to keep me as a roommate with no rent and then it helped me a lot when the vendors returned the money but still, I–" Suddenly a lightbulb went off in her head. He didn't, did he? "Wait a minute, did you have anything to do with that?"
Oh fuck me, she's figured it out. Christian swallowed and gave a tight smile with a shrug. Ana clenched her fists and exhaled in frustration.
"Did you strong arm them into doing that?" Cause I swear to god I will end you right now.
"No, I incentivized them." He grinned with his killer smile but Ana just stared at him, unimpressed. Usually about now, women drop their panties for me. Of course I had to fall in love with the one woman who doesn't. "I hired them for a few GEH related things and told them they'd be on our preferred vendors list if they would reimburse a valued employee of ours whose wedding got cancelled."
"The catered lunch we had everyday the first week SIP moved into Grey House?" She murmured more to herself in understanding. She had recognized they were the same caterers she had hired but didn't think too much of it at the time. "I'm not a charity case, Christian. I can take care of myself."
"I know you're not. I didn't do it because I felt sorry for you, I did it because what happened to you was wrong and I didn't want you to be worried or sad more than you already were." He confessed in sincerity. Well, that and I had fallen for you, hard.
Ana didn't respond. Her arms remained crossed and her facial expression tense. She wasn't making eye contact and grinding her teeth. Is this supposed to make me feel better? Knowing that I'm completely in your debt now?
"I don't need anyone taking care of me, I can handle stuff— I'm not some damsel in distress, stop treating me like one. If I need help, I'll ask, till then stop trying to be so over efficient." She muttered.
Why are you so god damn stubborn? I really should spank her but then she really would murder me.
"My wanting to take care of you doesn't diminish how I see you or how much I love you." He said firmly. "It's just another way for me to love you. You'll just have to accept it."
He was met with petulant silence again. They were similar in this regard, wanting to be self-sufficient, but his sessions with Flynn as of late were helping him navigate this. Wanting to be successful in a relationship with Ana also meant that he would have to be ready to accept her love fully as well. They would take care of each other in their own ways and they would have to learn what that looked like in the days that would follow… However, one word that would have to be exercised often would be the act of compromise.
Ana had never, with the exception of Ray, ever had decent role models around her who showed her what equitable relationships looked like. She'd only been with people who would take and she fell into that role of self sufficiency for herself and now, allowing someone else to take the reins was a new lesson to learn.
A lesson that Christian would undoubtedly have to unlearn given his need for control and micromanaging.
She'd probably cut my dick off if I tried to micromanage her pussy. As long as she lets me near it, I'll live happily for the rest of my days.
But for now, back to the current argument, Grey.
There will be enough makeup sex later.
I hope.
"Ana, you're thinking about this emotionally and I love that about you. You're a good person with an impossibly big heart but I need you to think about this rationally." Ana's jaw hardened even more but Christian closed in the distance between them and cradled her face. "Just give me a minute. Please?"
Ana's brows furrowed and she nodded like a little sulking child.
"I didn't take anything from them. They literally gave me Acero. Everything was laid out in the contract. They chose to sign without reading it, if they had, then they would've brought it up for revisions but they weren't smart. Anyone with half a brain would've picked up on that and demanded to renegotiate. They chose to misuse GEH resources, Reed chose to respond to the flirting, engage in the sexting and accepting of gifts. They chose to lie about their marital status. In the contract it was written outright that if I was at fault for sexual misconduct, I would forfeit the $5 million and my stake. I may have played Satan but they exercised their free will and made their decisions."
He's right, Ana realized and nodded. Her emotions had been on high alert and she was hurting more than thinking clearly. God, this is all exhausting.
"Did you literally turn this into a biblical scenario?" Ana giggled, as he wiped her eyes.
The sound brought Christian instant peace. Yes! She's come back to me.
"I have been told I'm quite the handsome Devil. It made sense."
Ana rolled her eyes. "You're weird."
"Don't you see how different you are from them?" Christian stroked her cheek. "Any other woman would've jumped at the chance to screw me for my money and influence. You were drunk and didn't come on to me once. You resisted and wanted to murder me when you were sober and I gave you those NDAs knowing that you could completely ruin me if ever I pulled some unforgivable shit. Not to mention, half a million dollars for your app and you have refused to cash it. It's been what, 3 weeks since I gave you the money?"
Ana pursed her lips and looked away. That's because I've got many brain parts missing, remember?
"Then why give them to me when you knew I would never do that to you?" Ana muttered. "That feels like you're patronizing me."
"No, it's trusting you. And, yes I know you'd never do anything vicious, that's why you're my better angel but we all know Kate's a psycho and she would've convinced you otherwise and rightly so."
Ana didn't respond to that but silently pondered over what he said to see his side of things.
Kate is a psycho but at least she doesn't hide it and she's funny. I'm still gonna give her a piece of my mind when I see her next.
"Yes, I pushed you to file the suit but the fact that they didn't read the contract and started with their shit meant everything was fair game. They weren't smart about it and that's on them. Karma and I have an understanding, she outsourced too." He grinned, trying to lighten the mood. Ana tried but ultimately failed to suppress a smile.
"You can't go after their families." Christian tried to speak but she stopped him again. "Fine, they fucked up by not reading the contract and they made those decisions but leave their families out of this. Don't sue them for more or put out negative press. Losing Acero will haunt them for their days to come. Nothing like looking back on wasted potential and having regrets. They need to be able to survive and for that they need to be able to work and get decent jobs if they're gonna pay off all this debt that's akin to a fucking mortgage." I thought 20k was bad, close to 300k or more each is just brutal.
"Who knows, they'll learn from this and move on to be better people hopefully. If they want to buy a house one day or have kids or whatever with either each other or other people, they can't still be in debt and barely getting by. They made a big mistake and you guys showed them today. Enough."
"Jesus, Ana. How can you–"
"Christian, it happened to me and I get to decide what's fair. Not you, not Kate, not anyone else. It has to be my decision. My ultimate revenge is being happy and successful which I will be, in a way that matters most to me."
"I don't like it." He mumbled, shoving his hands in his pockets. The other investor will take it the extra mile it needs to go. I've already laid the groundwork for it anyway.
"You're not meant to like it. So get over it." That's what you've been saying to me too, in your own CEO way. How you like them apples, Grey?
Christian smiled at her firm tone and rolled his eyes. She's got me by the balls.
"Want to hear something hilarious?" Ana nodded. "Kate wants to put up videos of them on porn sites."
Ana shuddered. "Of them…? Did you watch them?" Please say no.
"Fuck, no. Kate and Elliot did but we already know they're fucking sick. All I was told was that they sound like banshees being strangled."
"Oh god, no." Ana gagged, shaking her head with her eyes screwed shut, trying to rid herself of the potential image. Thank god, I can't even remember what sex with him was like anymore. My brain has blocked it out like a bad memory. Thank you, brain.
Christian laughed and leaned in to whisper in her ear. "Besides, the only porn I'm interested in is standing right in front of me. I prefer live performances and hearing that sexy as fuck voice moan and scream my name for more." Now I'm hard as a rock and need to fuck you.
Ana closed her eyes and a faint moan escaped her lips as her body leaned in further to him. Grabbing his tie, she pulled him closer for a kiss, pouring all her love and need into it. Relief finally spread through Christian's body before grabbing her ass and pushing her against the cool window to take her.
"No. Wait." Ana gasped, panting out of breath. Kissing you is like running a marathon, Grey.
"What?"
Don't want someone else walking in on us like last time. "Not right now. Tonight. No interruptions."
Oh fuck that. I can't wait that long. Instead of answering her, Christian simply threw her body over his shoulder and walked towards the door that led into his office through the conference room with Ana squealing, giggling and begging him to put her down.
Not a minute later, Ana was sprawled out on Christian desk. He pulled his chair and got comfortable, spreading her legs.
"Christian, I need to go back to work." Ana countered weakly but he ignored her protest and continued to push up her dress and rip her panties before throwing her legs over his shoulders.
"Say the magic words." He purred, trailing kisses on the inside of her thighs. His facial hair always tickled but every now and then the roughness also felt exquisite.
Ana closed her eyes in embarrassment, pursing her lips, trying not to smile in excitement.
"Magic words, Anastasia." Ana mumbled the words under her breath but Christian refused to let her off easy. "Louder, I can't hear you."
"Please…." She bit her lip, closing her eyes again. "Lick my pussy."
"Good girl." He smirked
"Fuck, Christian…" Ana moaned. He was devouring her like a man possessed, like a man having his last meal, like a man starved for decades. "Please!"
With his pants impossibly tight, he needed relief but he didn't want to stop touching her writhing body.
The moment she came, the force of her orgasm made her dizzy and incoherent. I know I'm on earth but I'm also not on earth. Christian stood up, smirking with pride watching Ana's body trembling with satisfaction. Spreading her legs further apart to wrap around his hips, he slammed into her with a force that knocked the wind out of them both.
Mine.
"You feel so fucking good." Christian grunted against her lips before moving to continue to whisper sweet nothings and dirty musings in her ear. Each declaration translated into a lust filled moan and intense wave of pleasure that would run through her body. "Who do you belong to?"
"You." Ana moaned, looking into his eyes. Only you.
"Name, say it."
"Christian, I belong to Christian Grey." She cried with her body arching upwards.
"That's right." He grunted, increasing his pace. "You belong to me. Only me. Your pussy is mine, your body's mine and your heart is mine. Do you understand?"
Ana whimpered his name in assent with her body going into overdrive and racing towards the edge. I'm almost there. A few thrusts later, they both came simultaneously with Christian's body falling on to hers. They held each other with urgency, recovering from the aftershocks from their little office lips ghosting over each other, they finally found the energy to speak only to exchange reassuring i love yous, and smiles.
"Feeling better, Mr. Grey?" Ana giggled, playing with his beard.
"Fanfuckingtastic." Christian chuckled.
They both reluctantly got up and made their way to Christian's private office bathroom to clean up.
"Mr. Roach is going to think I died." Ana laughed while fixing her dress and hair in the mirror.
"I'd argue that you came alive, twice." Christian joked, earning a light punch on the arm from Ana.
Before they reached the door to leave his office, Ana stopped and caught Christian's attention.
"I'm not sure that I ever said this but, thank you." Her voice wavered. "You didn't have to take care of me that night and morning or with the vendors, money for the app." Her voice caught in her throat. "Trusting me with your secrets, the lawyer for the suit and this…" She waved her hand around. "IMAX revenge movie." Christian chuckled and cradled her face but tears started to fall from her eyes and her voice grew heavy. "T-thank you for everything."
"Baby, don't have to thank me. I didn't do it because I had to, I did it because I wanted to. I never want to see you worried or crying. I want to give you the world and see you happy all the time. I want to protect you from anything that could harm you." He said with a soft kiss. "I love you and you've given me so much happiness in such a short time. Everything I have is yours. Besides, if I had left you hungry and to your own devices that night, I'm pretty sure PETA would've been on my ass for animal cruelty." He smirked.
Ana giggled and they shared a few more parting kisses. "Speaking of animal cruelty, tonight! Shrimp cocktail and chocolate cake and I don't know, other yummy stuff to eat. Make it happen. Angry badger's had a long day and it's not even noon yet."
Christian laughed heartily at the demand. "Yes ma'am."
"I'm not a ma'am." She grumbled, pouting.
"I mean, yes my Queen." He rightfully amended his statement.
"Good." She smiled, fixing his tie and tiptoeing to kiss him lovingly one more time. "Try not to be an ape and crush any more skulls without me today."
"I'll try." He grinned and walked her out to the elevator to send her off after one last obscene kiss that caused Olivia to deflate and Andrea to silently cheer her boss on. The moment he got back into his office, he made an important phone call. "How long until shit's gone completely sideways for Carla Adams and Stephen Morton?"
"Everything's in place. By the end of the week their lives will be completely upended." Welch confirmed.
"Excellent."
Later that evening, Elliot and Mia showed up unannounced begging to know how the day went with Kate in tow. But before that, Ana and Kate had to have a conversation in private.
"What are you doing?" Ana asked her thin ice walker best friend, who was covering herself with cushions and curling into a ball on the couch in the library.
"DIY protective gear? After watching you bitchslap the hoe, I gotta make sure my bases and assets are covered."
Ana rolled her eyes. "Why didn't you tell me, Kate?"
"Have you met yourself? You're a party pooper." Ana gave her a pointed look and Kate rolled her eyes. "Because, you're all for fun and games but you suck at real serious shit and that's not fun. Also, the bitch tried to turn you against me. I'd have loved to beat the shit out of her but I paid $45 for this custom manicure and I really like it."
"Both of you went too far and you should have talked to me about it. It should have been my decision because it happened to me." Ana continued. "You are my best friend, your loyalty should have been to me."
"You're right, I am but loyalty can be shown in many ways and not all of them require calling Congress into session."
"I deserved to know. You both took my choices away from me."
"If that's the case then yeah, I guess we did and guess what? I don't care." Kate shrugged.
"What the fuck?"
"You need some perspective in your life." Kate intoned. "Allow me."
"Perspec–" Ana exhaled in frustration. "How the fuck is this about–"
"You heard me." She replied, cutting her off. "I was there at the altar standing behind you. I saw your face and how you fell to the ground. It was so fucking humiliating and no one deserved that after all you had done. I saw you melt into my sofa for the week that followed, completely heartbroken. And the shit that's going around in Montesano? They're icing your dad out when he suffered too." Ana's eyes fell to the floor as images of what happened previously flashed before her eyes. "Honestly, we didn't go far enough. After leaving you penniless and homeless, they deserve the exact same and a hell of a lot more."
"Kate, it will ruin their entire lives. I get tricking her with the sexual harassment shit and showing José who she truly was but the financial shit? I mean… I get it but I feel really bad about it. I talked Christian out of going after their parents and the bad press with the extra lawsuits. How can they pay back the money if they can't work a decent job?"
"Their choices lead to consequences. No one put a gun to their head and made them do any shit." Kate argued. "Had they not fucked with the business side of things then this would've been really hard to do but they were weak mofos and that's what you get. They got greedy and well, they bit off more than they could chew and now, they gotta wear a smelly ass carcass made of shitty choices and failed dreams"
"I feel guilty." Ana murmured. I shouldn't but I do and I hate it.
"José didn't feel guilty. Gaia sure as fuck didn't feel guilty. She tried to attack you over her delusions that Grey was supposed to be hers. FUCK. THAT. SHIT. ANA." Kate bellowed, making Ana flinch. "You're a good person, I get it. You want to take care of everyone but be fucking smart about it and spend your energy on people and things that actually matter."
Kate could see the beginning of tears start to fall from Ana's eyes. Montesano and her life with José and Gaia was all she knew for the past 7 years and it all got ripped away from her. She hadn't been able to properly mourn it before getting sidetracked into a new relationship and revenge plan that she had no real understanding of until this morning.
Walking closer to her best friend, Kate wrapped her in a hug which made Ana break down.
"I don't want to get hurt again." She sobbed. Kate soothed and rubbed her back. "I've been paying for Carla's mistakes all this time, I don't even want to imagine how worse it could get if I did something on that level to someone else and it feels like I did. I only wanted compensation and… just, I don't know what I wanted but it certainly wasn't this level of carnage."
"They are paying for their mistakes. Had they read the contract and had Gaia and José respected the sanctity of friendship and marriage, they wouldn't be shit outta luck right now. It's that simple."
"You're so much like Christian. It's like I'm dating a male version of you." Ana pulled back and wiped her eyes.
"How dare you!" Kate gasped in offense. "I'm so much prettier and hilarious."
Ana burst out laughing. 'You're insane."
"Real talk, the man is head over heels for you." Kate whispered. "You think he cares about a fucking app? I mean I'm sure he'll find something to do with it but he did this for you. He burned their world to the ground for you."
"That's what fucking scares me, Kate." Ana choked out. "What if I do something wrong and he thinks it's unforgivable. I would never cheat on him but I don't know what else…"
"For men like Grey, it's all about loyalty and you are the most frustratingly loyal person I know so you got nothing to worry about. And if he tries some shit, well… just remember who your bff is and what shit she's capable of." Kate smiled with a smug expression.
"Of course, how could I forget." Ana rolled her eyes.
"The rest? You gotta talk to him, Ana. Tell him these fears. He can't read your mind." Ana nodded at Kate's advice. "But a man who goes to these lengths to get you what you're owed after knowing you for five minutes? Please, he isn't going anywhere. Whatever magic spell your pussy has him under, keep casting it day and night!"
"Oh god, Kate. You are so… ugh, I can't even describe what you are." Ana whined in laughter.
"I'm priceless and indescribable. Anyway, wanna see the shit I sent her over text?" Kate wiggled her eyebrows.
"Eww, no." Ana grimaced. "What did you do with the wardrobe though? Christian said it would be moved so she couldn't sell it to make any money back."
"Wanna split it? I got the really good shit. Dresses from the top designers, rows of red bottoms..." Kate chuckled. "I spent about 85k."
"$85,000?" Ana squeaked in complete horror. "Kate, thats… fuck… that's…"
"I know, I should've gone to 100 but some shit came up with work and I couldn't complete my revenge retail therapy. We're the same size in shoes and more or less clothes too. We should split it. She tried to split us apart, we should come together to wear amazing clothes that she is gonna pay for… forever." Kate said ominously with wide eyes and a sinister grin to match.
"Christian's right, you're a psycho but I love you for it." Ana giggled.
"At least I'm an imaginative psycho, if we had let him take point on this entire plan there would've been no excitement at all." She smirked. "And I love you too but honestly, you need to learn how to be a bitch now. No more granny panties."
Ana shrugged, shaking her head slightly. There's so much I need to learn.
Kate knew Ana would struggle with all this, maybe it was the small town girl in her or maybe it was that need to never come across as uncaring and disloyal as Carla. Whatever it was, she knew her best friend was going to struggle with this too.
Till then, she was going to patiently wait till they announced themselves as a couple to the world. Then the real fun would begin. Kate had a plan to make sure everyone in José and Gaia's lives knew how Ana had upgraded. It was a petty notion but she lived for petty shit.
She wasn't above buying a billboard in the town square to celebrate "Montesano's own, Anastasia Steele dating Christian Grey." Anything to make sure the Rodriguez matriarch was reminded of her son's failure time and time again. As for Gaia, Kate would eventually find out where she ended up and make sure to send her all the printed media to stuff in her mailbox so that she would be surrounded by the news of Ana making it in the world while she remained down in the dumps, working hard for each paycheck only to have chunks of it taken out to pay a debt for things she could never possess. With each dollar that they both would make and use to pay off their debt, they'd be reminded of what they did to Ana– for years to come.
Revenge is quite the aphrodisiac.
I need to go find Elliot now.
Christian had the security feed sent over and they watched it on the obscenely big screen in the media room.
"That's the kind of girl on girl action I'm for." Elliot clapped. "That shit was epic. Can we watch it again?" His declaration earned him a few smacks on the head and scolding glares.
"Get the fuck out." Christian growled. "Fucking asshole."
Ana rolled her eyes at everyone laughing. "How about we watch the video where you were the star of the show, I'm sure Mia will enjoy it."
"Huh? What did I miss?" Mia asked curiously.
"Nothing, you missed nothing." Elliot shut her down and glared at Ana but it didn't work. Christian cued up the security feed from that weekend and showed Mia what exactly happened. By the end of it, Mia was howling with Kate, while Chrisitan and Ana chuckled.
"Oh my god, I think I peed my pants a little." Mia cried in between laughs.
"GROSS." Elliot grimaced, not at all happy having watched his ass get handed to him again. "I'm never gonna live this down am I?"
"Maybe in a few years." Ana quipped. "Come on, let's go eat. I'm hungry!"
After consuming a hearty dinner with their little viewing party and bidding them goodnight, Christian and Ana found themselves relaxing in his gigantic tub, surrounded by scented candles and luxurious bubbles. Why do I feel so guilty right now?
Get over yourself, Annie.
"Did you really believe that I would send her texts?" Christian asked after a long stretch of relaxing silence.
Ana was sitting with her back to his front, leaning her head on his shoulder and enjoying the warmth of the water and his body as his hands and lips roamed around hers from time to time.
Her eyes fluttered open, body tensed a fraction and her heart rate picked up. She gulped and sat up a little but Christian stopped her from moving further away.
"I don't know." She answered truthfully. "At that moment, I didn't know. I walked in and…" Taking a deep breath she tried again. "She's a trigger for me, just like Carla is. And Ray was always that constant I could rely on so I think I subconsciously always equated men to be good and trustworthy in a way aside from what happened in Texas of course, I just lumped that in with it being purely a Carla thing. When Gaia tried to drive a wedge between Kate and myself, I first thought I'd distance myself from Kate but I wanted to give her a chance to explain because I really liked her. We talked and I believed her. Then when everything happened a few weeks ago, my trust broke in both men and women." She took a deep breath before continuing on again.
"Kate has seniority in my life in a way right now and I don't know how to explain it but she's always been on my side and I know she has a good heart despite how she appears. This thing with us is still so new and you're you and I'm me, a lot of it doesn't make sense– since you could literally have anyone– so when Gaia said all those things it was like a punch to the gut and I panicked. I just wanted to run away and hide. All those feelings from that day came back. I couldn't think straight." She turned her body a little to face him with tears in her eyes and voice heavy. "I'm sorry."
"No, I get it and I'm sorry too." He conceded, resting his forehead against hers. "I should've told you about the texting that Kate took point on at least. That was a gamble, especially if Reed had opened her big mouth before all this happened. I just didn't want them to point fingers at you because none of this was your doing, the element of surprise was a huge part of all this when it came to them."
"I thought I had to wait till the end of days for you to apologize." She teased with a crooked smile.
"Well, I'm only half-apologizing?" He chuckled, leaning forward again to give her a quick kiss. "The other shit, I stand by."
"What if they still find a way to come for me?" Ana mumbled. "He's pretty lazy but she's actually crazy. 7 years of hatred doesn't just go away and now all this? What if she loses her shit?"
"I'll have her committed before she even formulates a full thought on that subject and as for that limp dick?" Ana giggled, shaking her head. "He was on the first bus back to Montesano after sorting out all his shit in boxes from the parking garage."
"I can only imagine the soliloquies his mother will recite in my esteemed honor." Ana scoffed. "She treated Gaia like a daughter after everything that happened with her dad leaving. Not sure if she knew the real story but I can imagine Gaia using that to explain her actions this time around. She'll probably say that she knew that I was dating you and wanted to teach me a lesson… whatever twisted version will help them both feel better, soap opera style."
I'm sure Dad will find out and then pulverize him. Fuck, I can't afford having him end up in jail. I need to call him tomorrow.
"I can still go after them." He grinned, planting kisses on the column of her neck. Dickstract her and she'll let you.
"Calm down." Ana scolded, playfully. "You and Kate have done enough. Relax."
Christian's curiosity was still at an all time high. It had been an emotionally charged day and now in the calm of the night, things were looking more clear and there were lingering questions.
"What did you say to them in the hallway outside the conference room?"
Ana giggled. "Oh, um… I told her what she was missing." Christian laughed. Ana loved hearing the warmth in his voice when he did. Work Christian was hot and broody but homebody Christian was sexy, funny and playful. "I told them that you never deny me and make sure that I'm taken care of." She shrugged with a shy smile.
Turning her face towards him, Christian bit her lip and smiled. "I think we should go to bed so I can take care of you a little more."
"How about we take care of each other at the same time?" Ana whispered, huskily. Christian's answering smile gave her that last push of confidence she needed. Slowly turning her body, she climbed on top, locking him in a sensual kiss trying to take it further but she was interrupted. Christian wasted no time in lifting her and mere minutes later she was sprawled out on his bed, ready and wanting.
This is never going to be enough. I'm always going to want more from her. Feeling her heat around him, luxuriating in the tight fit as she pulled him in further and further, Christian's eyes rolled back from the sensory overload. The innocence of her voice urged him on, telling him how she felt every time he was inside, growing, taking, giving and most of all, loving her.
I want her on cloud fucking nine whenever we're together. With unwavering focus and precision like movements he worked to bring her three orgasms in quick succession before indulging himself to the point where all he saw was blinding white light as his body fell into a floating high with her.
"You lied to me, Ana." Christian whispered against her lips as they exchanged lazy kisses, lying side by side with limbs entwined. The bout of tension that gripped Ana's body was immediately perceptible in her eyes as it halted her movements. "The first night we had dinner here, you said you never thought about me." He added for clarification.
Oh, that. Well, It was half true, kinda. Her eyes scanned his face as if she were looking at him for the first time before her lips twitched, desperately trying to hold on to her secret but that wouldn't be possible, not with Christian. He'd draw it out of her one way or another.
"I did a little bit but then I tried very hard not to." She replied. He pressed for more, his curiosity piqued with impatience and excitement radiating off of him in the way his hands continued their seductive dance over her body. "That morning, I thought there was something but then I felt guilty, having never felt that way for someone that I was blindly going to marry. Even though I was very clearly broken up with, I still felt like I was cheating in a way? I guess on myself? I can't explain it. But I also couldn't help it. Then I met your hyena of a brother and that nagging voice inside of me saying that I was just amusement for you was reaffirmed." She shrugged.
"I need to kill him." He said roughly. "That prank was not enough. We need to go all the way, or maybe I can pay Kavanagh to do it." Or I can just wait for him to fuck up with her. Then my hands are completely clean.
"You won't. You love him." Ana giggled. "And, your mama will kill you."
"I'm sure I can send her on an extended vacation to Europe." Christian chuckled. "Tell me, what exactly did you think about?" He crooned, desperately wanting to know more.
"Your hands." Ana's breathing hitched. "All over me, just the thought of you touching me…"
"Did you touch yourself?" His lips ghosted over hers to travel along her jawline, down her neck and back up again. "Did you cum, thinking about me?"
"Um… mmhmm." Ana mumbled, closing her eyes and biting her lip. "I went d-dancing one night and I wished you were there, I wished you were close to me."
Fuck, I knew I should've gone that night! "So I've owned every single one of your orgasms since that morning?"
"Yes." Ana panted, her breathing growing harsher as she began to tightly grip his hair and slowly grind against his form. He could keep talking to me like this and I'll cum in just a few short minutes. I know it.
Christian smiled as if he'd won the jackpot.
"You've owned all of mine since we met." He confessed, after kissing her hard. "Yes, I wanted to take care of you but when you ripped that dress off of yourself and I saw you in that sexy as fuck pink corset, I wanted to fuck you so bad. I wanted to fuck the sadness out of you and then the next morning, I wanted to kiss you and it took everything in me to stop myself. You were still reeling and I didn't want to cause anymore trouble given my own shit."
"You kept making fun of me, I thought you were so weird and…." She whispered.
"I didn't realize that sober you was so shy and reserved." He revealed. "But after you left, I kicked myself for letting you go. I wanted you. I wanted to spend the whole day making love to you and then when you kept resisting me, I didn't understand why. No straight woman had ever said no to me and it was infuriating and so fucking hot." His cock twitched against her folds, begging for more at the memory. The sensation caused Ana to squirm against him, wanting more friction.
"I thought you just wanted more stories for some locker room talk." Ana giggled. "I was so angry and hurt, I never wanted to see you again. I told Kate you made me want to smack you and fuck you at the same time."
Christian maneuvered himself to manipulate their positions where he was sitting up and Ana was now on top with her hands locked in his grip behind her back. The sudden movement made her giggle at his playfulness.
"Go on, fuck me." He grinned, giving her a slow deep kiss.
"I have already fulfilled that fantasy many times since then." Ana laughed. "I honestly had convinced myself that I was crazy for even thinking you could want someone like me, so it still feels very weird sometimes."
"And I thought you'd leave me once I told you everything about myself." Christian confessed, letting go of her hands to anchor them on her sides and feel her smooth skin. "I'll always want you, Ana. Whether we're making love or fucking, I'm always loving you and I give it my all, yet it's still not enough. I need more of you."
Why are you such a romantic Grey? I've already cried enough today.
"Well then I hope you know that even when I'm fighting with you and yelling at you that I love you too but I'm still learning or I guess relearning a lot of things." Ana smiled with a heavy voice, kissing the tip of his nose. "If only you hadn't been such an eccentric weirdo that morning we could have avoided all this."
"I was trying to seduce you and it worked. Admit it." Christian chuckled.
Ana snorted, rolling her eyes. "Yeah it worked so well that I couldn't get out of there fast enough."
"I saw you squirm when I came into the room after my shower. You wanted me, don't deny it." The seductiveness in his voice made her belly quiver with need even more than before.
"I knew it. You walked out half naked on purpose." Ana giggled before falling into a laughing fit. "Poor Christian Grey had to actually work to get some. So much for being a hot billionaire."
Christian laughed too. "In the end, all that hard work paid off."
Leaning in, Ana whispered. "Did it? Because I still sense some hard work that needs to be paid off right now." She continued on, licking the shell of his ear. "I'd love another demonstration of the things that big cock of yours can do, Mr. Grey."
Fuckkk, don't cum Grey. Don't you dare.
Christian groaned, trying to get a hold of himself. Grabbing the nape of her neck he pulled her face back to look into her eyes and smiled sinisterly when she moaned, mapping out all the ways to fuck his woman into a blackout.
"Ask and you shall receive, Miss Steele."
Hostile takeover with a side of sex for breakfast, identity theft and a prison beatdown for lunch and then feeding my girl and losing myself inside of her for dinner and dessert. It really is good to be me.
Who said the fuck said Mondays were a drag?
A/N: Phew! They made it past the explosions and ended up with a resolution and love. Next update will be on 5.31.2021. Let me know what you think in the reviews and see you all on Facebook. I live for your reactions and comments.