CHAPTER 10

Ana woke up surrounded by Christian. He had himself wound around her whole body. His leg was intertwined with hers. His arms were wound around her body and even his one hand had her fingers interwoven with his. Christian's head was on her breastbone over her heart and he was fast asleep. Ana never would have guessed that a man afraid of touch all his life would be so immersed in this cuddling behavior even subconsciously. She smiled at him. She thought what a sweet loving man he was last night letting her softly pet his whole body. They did so many positions before he would let himself come. Ana was a bit sore from all the calisthenics and how large his cock was. She was going to have to workout more to keep up with his sexual appetite. She was not going to complain one damn bit. It felt so good to have physical body contact with the handsomest man she had ever seen in between her thighs. He stirred and looked up at her and smiled. She ran her fingers through his hair and he sighed.

Christian was looking at her beautiful face smiling at him. He couldn't believe he had the best time ever having sex with such a goddess. She was so very beautiful and responsive to his touch and stimulation all night. She was perfect and she made him feel so comfortable being with her. He crawled up her body and entered her again, this time it was going to go slow and feel everything. He found that vanilla felt more stimulating because he could see her fall apart and crave him with desire. He never felt so wanted than as it felt with her. He had never felt so connected to another person. He rolled her on top of his body still thrusting into her and started kissing her. She felt so right and so good. Christian was reveling in his new found lover. He had never been closer to another human being in his entire life of loneliness and solitude. He just thought that was how it was all going to be that way forever, having everything he thought he wanted when he said so. Elena told him over and over as a kid that he couldn't stand to be touched so he could only do it the way she taught him, love was for fools, he was too damaged, and nobody could give him what he wanted but her. He knew at this moment that she was completely wrong and wondered just how wrong she was to the extent of everything she said. Ana cried out and grasped his cock cuming hard. It caught him off guard in his thoughts and had him cuming hard. He never came harder until last night to this morning. It was so amazing.

Christian panted, "I love how you make me feel, Anastasia… Your body makes my body go to greater heights of stimulation... Don't ever leave me, baby, please. I don't think I could stand it." He was up on his elbows panting into her neck. She was stroking his hair on his head and the sensitive skin on his back. She lifted his head with both hands and looked into his eyes.

Ana said softly, "I'm right here, Christian. I'm not going anywhere." She started kissing him in a soft lingering way. He was eating up her gentle ways. He knew he wasn't good enough for her, but she knew all his baggage and was still here. The heart he thought had been dead was pumping and aching with some kind of feeling he couldn't explain because he never felt it before. She was all he wanted in his life. He was so very lost in her kiss.

Ana broke the kiss stroking his back and caressing his lower lip. He was still inside of her. She said, "I want you to be mine, Christian. I want to kiss you, touch you and make love to only you. Will you be my only boyfriend?" He looked in her eyes and saw how very honest she was being. He wanted to be hers and her be his, so much.

Christian yearned for her and said to her, "Oh yes, Anastasia, I would love to belong to you as long as you belong to me and only me." She smiled brilliantly and nodded her head. He kissed her.

He glanced at the clock and it was 9am. He couldn't believe he slept in her arms at least six hours with no nightmares. He had three more days and three nights he had taken off to watch over Ana. Christian rolled off of her and stood up with his hand extended to her. She scooted off the bed and took it. They took a shower together, washing each other and having shower sex.

When they got out, Ana put on a tshirt and sweatpants. They held hands and went to the bar stools. Hattie was standing in the kitchen and was smiling big. They sat down. Hattie knew the way they were behaving since she got here that she now had a boyfriend.

Hattie said grinning, "What would everyone like for breakfast?"

Christian said, "A white egg omelet with toast, orange juice and coffee."

Ana said smiling, "I'll take his yolks and two more scrambled with bacon, buttered toast with orange juice and tea, please?" Hattie watched as he moved the hair behind Ana's ear and kissed her hand. She even saw him talking to her, making her giggle and put her head on his shoulder. Then, Hattie saw him sit down his cup of coffee, turn and kiss her so affectionately. She was happy for Ana to find such a handsome young man who treated her affectionately.

Christian kissed her. He couldn't stop himself. She made him feel so free and normal. Her giggle was so cute. He loved it. Hattie sat their plates in front of them and they both dug in. Ana thanked Hattie for such a nice breakfast.

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By the time Saturday rolled around, Elena was in a media storm of her own humiliation. She had been taken in handcuffs out of her own residence in her catsuit. CPS was contacted to remove the abused child from her basement dungeon who was bruised and bloody. The media fallout had Ana and Christian sighing in relief to see her out of the public eye but on every television station.

She had bombarded Christian's phones at work and personal and Carrick's phone with begging and threats she couldn't back up.

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On Sunday, Christian took Ana with him to his mother's for brunch. Ana made a cherry chocolate cheesecake with a chocolate wafer crust and cherries on top. Christian pulled up and parked the car. He got out and helped Ana out of the car. He got the cake from the floor in the back. They walked into the house together holding hands.

Grace walked up to them saying, "Christian surprised me when he said he was going to be bringing you with him. Not like you're not welcome sweetheart. Just surprised." His family had no idea they were in a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship yet. Christian went to get them both a glass of wine. Ana walked into the living room and Carrick hugged Ana.

Carrick asked concerned, "How have you been since getting out of the hospital, Ana dear?"

Ana smiled and said, "I have been doing great. I get a headache and a little dizzy, ever so often but it's all been manageable." He patted on her.

Carrick said seriously, "I'm glad we were so very worried about you being alone." Christian walked up and gave Ana a glass of wine.

Christian casually said, "She's ok and not alone."

Grace walked into the room and asked, "She's not? Where are you staying?"

Christian grinned saying, "I have been staying with her."

Grace's eyes widened and asked, very surprised, "You are?"

Christian said proudly, "Ana has officially become my girlfriend." Everyone gasped.

Elliot said smart wise, "Way to go little bro. Getting a girl finally. I thought you were gay. Billionaires dating billionaires, epic."

Christian said sharply, "I'm not gay."

Elliot said matter of factly, "Well, yeah, obviously. Did she pop your cherry?"

Grace was frustrated and said, chastising him, "Elliot, hush! You don't say those things in front of anyone. I taught you better than that." Christian kissed Ana and she turned into him with her hand on his chest. The room gasped.

Mia said, "Wow, she can even touch you, Christian?"

Christian was looking in Ana's eyes and said, "Yeah, and it shocked the hell out of me."

Grace said, starting to weep, to Carrick, "Oh, Cary. She's healing him." Carrick put his arm around his wife.

Elliot asked, "What kind of dessert did you bring this time, Ana?"

Ana said smiling, "Cherry Chocolate Cheesecake."

Elliot groaned and said, "I can't believe Christian gets the girl who can cook."

Ana said, "You just need to hang out more at restaurants than trashy bars, Elliot and you can find a chef."

Elliot said, pouting, "But she won't look like you. She won't be able to punch out people like you defending my virtue." Ana laughed and so did everyone else. Grace walked out of the room.

Christian said, "What virtue?" Elliot rolled his eyes as they laughed.

Grace was at the door to the room and said, "Dinners ready. Everyone go ahead and sit down." They all walked into the dining room and sat down. Christian pushed in Ana's chair and kissed her before taking his own seat. Everyone stared. It was just so out of character to see him act this way around a girl.

Christian said looking at them, "Get over it." He knew they were just going to have to get used to it. They all started eating and talking about normal family things.

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Christian and Ana had both been seeing each other for a couple weeks. Elena was unrelenting in sending her emails and messages of her unanswered phone calls. Christian's field audit came back on her and he got the results that she could add a few more million from padding her other businesses with his money. He had all her books in the safes, the real and fake books of the salons, the books of her sub-furnishing business which was considered very illegal, the BDSM clubs and the strip clubs. Christian handed them all over to the IRS who reported it all to the FTC and FBI. He also provided the passwords and IDs on the offshore bank accounts where she had sequestered the money away.

It was lunch time and he was going over to Ana's office to bring lunch from The Capital Grille. He got her a Cobb salad and himself the ribeye steak sandwich with a half order of onion rings.

A half hour later, Karen Daniels knocked and walked into Ana's office and gasped. Ana was lying on the floor in her dress giggling and laughing with a squeal as Christian was straddling her and tickling her.

He laughed and said, "I'll teach you to never steal a man's last onion ring, Anastasia Steele!" They both froze and Ana sat up and they both looked at her.

Ana innocently said, "He wouldn't give me one."

Karen kept a straight face and said, "He probably won't again, just so you can steal one and he can do this again." She started snickering. They all laughed. Christian let her up off the floor. Ana smoothed out her dress.

Karen said, "I just wanted your opinion on this acquisition target, Ana." Ana took the papers and started going over figures in her head.

She said, "If I can get the calculations of where the corporate value is from this quarter and last quarter, because I'm not sure about why it's not here, I'll have an accurate projection summary for you. So far it looks lucrative, but I'll dig deeper on the causality of the value drop too with the economic analysis team, then I'll have the full analysis complete by morning in your email, Karen."

Karen grinned and said, "That's why we keep you around." She looked at Christian and said, "If the figures were all there she could have told me immediately if it was worth the value. Her brain works faster than a computer on projections and risk assessments. She can read a spreadsheet at a glance. It's amazing to see those gears turning in her head. I handed her six target corporations and got a summary analysis before lunch time the same day on all six. It took her more time to type the email than the time it took to do the math. We have a 4% risk factor on acquisitions in the last three years since coming back after her schooling was completely done." Christian just realized just how much of a genius at finance Ana really was because 4% is like having no risk at all in mergers and acquisitions.

He bent down and kissed Ana and said, "I'll see you after work, beautiful. I have to get back to the office."

Ana grinned and said, "You betcha. See you later, Christian. Thank you for lunch."

Before he walked out the door he smirked and said. "Onion ring thief." She giggled. He walked to the elevator and was gone as Ana's PA drooled watching him.