Chapter six
Ana
As I woke the next morning, I noticed that Christian wasn't lying next to me. I stretched my arms and flung my legs off the side of the bed ready to get up. Deciding not to waste any time I glamoured myself clean and dressed, before checking on the twins. I was just about to walk into their room when I heard talking and giggling coming from downstairs.
I smiled as I followed the little voices of my children, my smile growing with each step I took. I would never get bored of hearing them talking to each other. As the twins came into view, they both jumped up and ran over to me shouting excitedly.
"Morning, sweethearts. How did you sleep and who brought you down here?" They opened their mouths to answer when Christian's booming voice stopped them.
"That would be me." Christian walked over to me and my breath caught in my throat at the sight of him. He had on Black jeans and a black turtle neck sweater with the sleeves pushed up showing off his strong forearms and the sweater clung to his body like a second skin.
Christian in a suit was insanely hot but seeing Christian in a turtle neck, well now I never wanted to see him in anything else. I was practically swooning by the time he reached me.
"Morning Kitten, are you okay?" He was smiling down at me and I couldn't find any words. How did I get so lucky to be able to call this man my husband? If it wasn't for the apartment full of people and my children stood watching us, I would have taken him right there and then.
"I'm good but just so you know tonight you are all mine. This sweater is the sexiest thing I have ever seen you wear. You really need to wear them more often." I couldn't hide the lust in my voice nor could I help but run my hands all over him as I looked him up and down. I was giddy with excitement knowing that in a few hours, I would have him naked and inside me.
He must have heard what I was thinking as he growled pulling her hard against him. What can I say? Seeing him look this hot made me lose the ability to hide my thoughts.
"Calm your thoughts, my Queen, we have little people watching us and I am clinging on to my control by a very thin thread." I coughed and closed my eyes trying to clear my head and when I opened my eyes and could feel the blush creeping up my cheeks when I saw the hunger in Christian's eyes.
He smiled as he leaned down to kiss me before he whispered over my lips, "Later, kitten. Those sexy fucking thoughts of yours will become reality, I promise." I kissed him again before stepping back trying to calm my breathing.
"Okay, have the twins been fed?" I was desperately trying to gain some composure. Christian laughed before he walked back toward the front room telling me that they had been fed.
I followed behind him taking in the sight of his incredible backside and before I could stop myself, I let out a sigh that had him turning to face me with his eyebrows raised in question.
"I can't help it, you look hot. Besides, you're my husband it's allowed." I shrugged my shoulders as he laughed and turned to carry on walking.
When we entered the front room, I noticed my mom and dad sitting on the sofa watching the news with serious and concerned expressions on their faces. "Morning, guys, how are you?" My mom looked up smiling a little.
"We may have a problem." I frowned and looked at what they were watching that had them looking and sounding worried.
"What's happened?" They didn't have to answer because as soon as I saw what was on the screen, I noticed a picture of the doctor that had been here just the day before.
The news reporter was talking about how they had found the doctor's abandoned car, and that he had been missing and hadn't been home the night before. He also hadn't shown up for work that morning.
We were still watching the news when Huldah and Beal walked into the room to see what was going on. The dread was building in my stomach as the phone front desk phone began to ring.
Christian answered the phone and listened to what the person on the other end was saying I was too far away to hear anything but mumbling. After a few more seconds Christian said that he would send someone down then hung up and turned to address us all.
"The police are here. Sathanas will you please go and escort them up?" Sathanas nodded his head and headed out of the apartment, and I gave Christian a small smile just as everyone else entered the room.
Christian quickly filled the others in as I got all the children settled in the seating area just off to the right of the dining area. I put a movie on for them and gave them snacks and toys to keep them occupied not wanting them to hear what was being said. Hope sat with her headphones in and her tablet on promising to keep an eye on the children.
Once they were all settled, I walked into the front room just as the officers arrived. Christian calmly introduced himself and everyone else as I stepped up to Christian's side and wrapped my arm around his waist.
"Hi, why don't you take a seat, can I get you anything to drink?" I tried to hide the concern in my voice as I spoke to the officers who declined a drink but took a seat. I could hear that they were feeling pretty intimidated with everyone standing around the room staring at the officers and I had to admit it was pretty intimidating.
However, I winced when I heard that when they looked at the women it was no longer intimidation they were feeling. It was pure lust, which caused most if not all of the men to growl simultaneously.
I decided to defuse the situation by getting down to why the officers were there, and hopefully get them out as quickly as possible. "So, what can we do for you officers? As you can see, we have a full house and it could descend into chaos at any minute."
"Yes, sorry." I could see the officers getting flustered by the women and at the same time scared by the growls coming from the men. I grabbed Christian's hand and squeezed until he looked down at me. I shook my head telling him silently to get a grip. Now was not the time for them to get territorial.
"We are here with regards to Doctor Greene we believe he was here yesterday afternoon. Is that right?" Huldah answered while rubbing her bump protectively.
"He was here to see me, to check up on me and the baby. I had an accident so he just wanted to make sure we were okay." Beal stepped up behind her and wrapped his arms around her and pulled her against him growling at the officers who were looking at her like they had fallen in love with her.
I rolled my eyes at the ridiculous display of testosterone, then coughed pulling everyone's attention to me. "We have just been watching the news and we saw that he seems to be missing, we want to help in any way we can."
"The reason we're here is not just because we know that he was here yesterday. It's also because when we looked back at the CCTV of the outside of your building, we noticed there was a woman that had been standing outside watching the building for hours, and when the doctor arrived, she walked down the alleyway with him. They were gone for a few minutes and when the doctor came out, he was alone. The alleyway has a dead end, so we're not sure where the woman went but when the doctor came out, he was acting a little off. We searched the area and couldn't find anything to tell us where the woman went, other than a side door to this building and we were wondering if we could have access to the door. As this is your building and we don't have a search warrant we were hoping we could get your permission."
Christian's grip on my hip got a little tighter when hearing what the officer had to say. "Do you have an image of the woman?" The officer pulled out his phone and flipped through it before he turned it to show Christian a picture.
"We were actually hoping that you may know who she is. It's been enhanced but it's still a little blurry, unfortunately, but if you could identify her that would be a huge help."
Christian took the phone from the officer's hand to take a closer look just as Beal and Zeus came over to see for themselves. I heard a quiet hiss followed by a growl coming from Beal and Christian before he handed back the phone.
"Sorry, officer, I don't know who she is but you have my full cooperation. Whatever you need you only have to ask. I will be sure to let the front desk know that they are to give you whatever you need." He had an edge to his tone that let the officers know that the conversation was over with.
The officers stood and shook the men's hands, but when they went to do the same with the women the men swiftly moved them all away making it clear that the officers were not allowed to touch us in any way. It was ridiculous and so childish. The only ones that didn't act like jealous idiots were my dad and Benji.
Once the officers left I was just about to shout at the men for their ridiculous behavior but when I looked at Christian all thoughts of reprimanding them fled because he was clearly trying to hold back his rage.
"Christian, who is she?" I knew the second Christian looked at the picture the officer had shown them was responsible for the shift in his mood.
"Leila, Elena's sister. She was banished years ago because she became jealous of any attention I gave to other women. She was my second in command. Someone I trusted, but she had developed some kind of obsession with me. I never looked at her like that and she didn't like it so she would kill anyone I gave my attention to. I had to cut ties with her and eventually banish her from my Kingdom. She had become convinced that she would one day become my Queen." I couldn't hide my shock when it was Beal that answered my question instead of Christian.
"So, what does this mean? Why was she here?" Huldah sounded terrified and I hated it. She had been through enough.
"We need the apartment checked for bugs, and I think it's safe to say we have found the woman with the white hair that you saw in the warehouse, Pythia."
"Christian, how is that possible that she could get into the apartment without us knowing?" He wrapped her in his arms tight when he heard the panic in her voice.
"How do you think? It's not a coincidence that she disappeared down that alleyway with the doctor but didn't exit way with him. She was the fucking doctor and she walked right into the apartment and none of us fucking spotted anything wrong." I could hear the rage in Christian's voice as I felt him shaking against me.
Beal growled before storming through the apartment lifting everything, checking under tables and chairs, and seeing him doing this kicked me into action. "Christian, lift the sofa, and check underneath it." He moved over to the sofa lifting it easily which shocked her for a second as the sofa was huge yet it took no effort for him to have it in his hands above his head before shaking his head when he saw nothing.
Shit, would I ever get used to things this man can do?
I shook my head and looked under the coffee table and immediately I saw a small glass ball with a red flashing light in the middle. I picked it up and held it in my hand. "I'm guessing this is what we're looking for?" Christian placed the sofa down and walked over to me to take the little ball from my hand to get a closer look at it.
It was like seeing the evidence of Leila being here made it very real as Christian crushed it in his hand cursing under his breath. "I am going to fucking crush her. She was in our home around our children. She probably knows everything thanks to these fucking things. I need someone with the children, especially, Hope, they are never to be alone."
Everyone else had returned to the room as Christian was speaking and when they arrived it was clear they had found more devices around the apartment and with each listening device I saw I could feel my own rage building. This bitch had been in our home. The place where we should all feel safe. I watched as each device was crushed before I spoke.
"I don't want to stay here. Do we have another place that we can go to that they don't know about? I just don't like that she has been in our home and around our family." My eyes burned with unshed tears but not from sadness they were from pure white-hot rage. I loved this apartment and now I wouldn't feel comfortable here until these people were found and dealt with.
"We have many places, sweetheart, and now that you have mentioned it I think we could all do with a vacation somewhere hot and away from the stress we have been dealing with?" I felt relieved when I saw the fear on her family's faces replaced with excitement and relief.
"That sounds perfect. When can we leave?" Christian kissed the top of my head before shouting for all the children to come into the front room. We told them what the plan was and the excitement from all of the children made everyone else let out our first genuine laugh in what felt like forever. Our excitement was amplified when Christian informed us all that the place, he had in mind was his villa in Italy.
As we organized everything, my family made calls to their work to arrange the time off saying that it was a family emergency, Kate did the same with the kid's schools, and the children jumped around screaming and giggling, I couldn't help but smile as I felt the atmosphere in the apartment become more relaxed.
About half an hour after we decided to leave, we all held on to each other's hands as we shimmered to Christian's villa, or as he reminded me it was now our villa. I would never get used to all of the things I had now that we were married.
When we arrived everyone apart from Christian, his brothers, Apollo, and Zeus were standing with their mouths wide open looking around in awe.
The place was out of this world.
It was all white marble and open-planned, and I could see from the main entrance out to the view on the opposite side of the house of a massive infinity pool that looked like it was spilling over into the sea.
The front room had a few steps leading down to it from the main entrance with a huge U-shaped grey sofa that faced the massive glass pocket doors that opened up to give an unhindered view of the garden.
It was stunning.
I walked further into the room to see another room to the right that had another massive sofa that faced a white wall with a glass fireplace that when you looked through the fire you could see the room next to it. Above the fireplace was what could easily be an eighty-inch white flat-screen TV and despite the size the room was very cosy and would be perfect for movie nights.
I turned around and smiled as I watched the children running around excited "Kids be careful you don't want to fall and hurt yourself." They were screaming excitedly not listening to a word I had said and I didn't blame them they were too excited also if they could get hurt or did get hurt, they would be healed in seconds.
"Okay, everyone, pick whatever room you want mine and Ana's room is the one at the top of the stairs, and the one next to ours can be for the children it's the only other room that's big enough for all of the children." As soon as Christian finished speaking everyone headed for the stairs wanting to get the best room.
"Huldah and Beal I thought you would be okay with the pool house. It has three other bedrooms. So, I thought it would be perfect as it seems like you won't have long left in the pregnancy, also I know that Hope has become attached to you both so if she wants and it's okay with you, Kate, and Elliot she can have one of those rooms." Beal smiled at Christian before he, Huldah, and Hope walked off toward the pool house with Kate and Elliot's blessing shouted down from the balcony upstairs.
I turned toward the stairs when Christian pulled on my hand. "Come on Kitten let me show you our room and the twin's room." I ran up the stairs behind him feeling so much more relaxed and relieved to be away from the apartment. It felt like being here all of our problems had been left behind…for now at least.
When I walked into the bedroom, I noticed that it followed the white marble theme of the main rooms of the villa, with a huge bed that dominated the left side of the room, and across from the bed was a large yellow and white sofa and matching chairs sat on a cream area rug.
In front of us were glass pocket doors that opened up onto a balcony that had two patio chairs and a small table, perfect for us to sit and enjoy a nice glass of wine while watching the sun go down at night. The balcony also had a stairway to the left that led to the pool in the garden.
I walked through big double doors that opened up into a white marble bathroom that had yellow and white features, and the bathtub ran along the floor-to-ceiling windows, and I couldn't help but gasp at the breathtaking view. I had the sudden urge to climb into the bathtub and stay there watching the world go by, but then I felt little hands tugging on mine, and I knew that wasn't happening anytime soon. Especially, when I looked down and saw Theo pulling me with both of his hands.
"Mommy, can we go and see our room now?"
"Of course, you can sweetheart. No running though. I will be in with Daddy in a second." He kissed my hand and I almost melted at the sweet gesture.
Once the twins had gone, I walked over to Christian and wrapped my arms around his waist. "Thank you for this, Christian. This is incredible and just what we all needed."
"You're welcome, kitten. I wish I had thought of this sooner. Why don't we go and see the children's room then go downstairs for some food and maybe have a swim?"
At the mention of the pool, my excitement shot up a few notches. I had always loved to swim and didn't get to do it very often. So, at the mention of swimming, I suddenly wanted nothing more than to dive into the cool water. Especially now that I could feel the heat causing beads of sweat on the back of my neck.
We walked into the twin's room to find not just the twins but Jamie and Ava jumping on the big double beds, and once again Christian had the room looking exactly like the one, we had at the apartment. I hugged him to me tighter loving how incredibly sweet he was and how he thought of everything.
"Mommy look it's just like our other room." I was laughing as Elliot and Kate walked in.
"Christian this place is incredible. We may never want to leave. Thanks so much for this man I think we all needed this." Elliot slapped Christian on the back as he watched the children jumping around with the first genuine smile, I felt like I had seen in so long.
"Anytime Elliot. You can stay here as long as you want. Why don't we all go down and relax by the pool, have some cocktails and food, and have a swim? I think we have all earned some fun, and the best part is that no one knows we are here so we have time to just breathe and enjoy each other. Kids, what do you think, do you want to go swimming?"
Jamie and Ava were cheering and already jumping down from the bed but Abigail and Theo sat down looking confused. I forgot sometimes that they technically were only babies so they wouldn't know what swimming was.
"Come on, sweethearts. Mommy and Daddy will show you how to swim it's a lot of fun. You'll love it." They jumped off the bed and ran over as I glamoured on little bathing suits for them, and when I did, they both stopped running and looked down smiling at what they were wearing.
Abigail had on a powder blue full bathing suit that had coral-colored ruffles around the top of it and on the bottom making it look like a little ruffled skirt and a coral-colored anchor on the front.
Theo had on Powder blue shorts with a coral waistband and a coral anchor on the right leg.
As I watched them become more animated the more excited, they became I realized how much I never wanted them to grow up and lose their innocence. I wanted to protect them from all the horrors this world could and likely would throw at them as they grew older.
I shook myself out of my dark thoughts as we made our way downstairs determined to have some fun with my family before we had to face reality once more.
Once we reached the bottom of the stairs, I realized that I needed to change as well so I glamoured on a powder blue and white polka dot bikini with a coral-colored lace floral soft cover-up that tied at the waist and came down to my knees with nude wedged sandals and rose gold mirrored sunglasses.
I took a quick look in the mirror happy with what I was wearing until I looked at Christian who looked like he was ready to pounce. "Christian, are you okay?" His eyes moved up from my feet up my body slowly until they reached my face.
I didn't get to move another step before Christian grabbed me around my waist and pulled me tight to his body before growling in my ear so that no one else could hear.
"Tonight, you are in for a spanking wife of mine. This outfit should be fucking illegal. Having said that, I don't think I am going to be able to hold on to my control until tonight. You look fucking incredible." I laughed and pulled back to kiss him before biting his lip gently.
"Sorry handsome, you will just have to be patient." With that, I slapped his behind and walked off laughing at his deep growl.
We walked down the last few stairs and bumped into the children, then froze when we saw Pythia pinned against the wall with her legs wrapped around Zeus's waist and her head thrown back while she moaned softly as Zeus kissed her neck growling like he couldn't get enough of her.
Christian and I grabbed the children and put our hands over their eyes before I coughed to get their attention all while trying to hold in the laugh that threatened to bubble over. Zeus looked up completely unashamed at being caught dry-humping Pythia, while Pythia buried her head in Zeus's neck hiding her face.
Smiling we walked past them still holding our hands over the children's eyes much to the children's annoyance, laughing quietly.
Once we got outside, we saw Huldah lying by the pool, and Beal leaning over kissing her stomach, and Huldah had the most beautiful smile on her face as she ran her hands through Beal's hair.
I noticed now that everyone had glamoured on bathing suits, including Christian who had simple black swim shorts that hung off his hips in the most mouth-watering way. As I stared at him, I had to admit everything this man wore looked incredible on him, no matter what it was, and now I was feeling the frustration he had been feeling when he saw what I was wearing.
The twins pulled me from my lustful thoughts when they saw the swimming pool and jumped around in our arms with excitement desperate to get down. "Mommy, Daddy, can we go in please?" They were pulling on mine and Christian's hands as they tried to drag us over to the pool.
Hope joined us smiling and holding her hands out to the twins, and I smiled at hope as little inflatable armbands appeared on the twins, and Jamie and Ava's arms knowing that Hope was the one to glamour them.
"It's okay, Aunty Ana, I'll take them." The twins ran over to Hope grabbing her hands. Jamie and Ava were already playing in the shallow end of the pool as Hope walked over to join them.
We watched laughing and smiling as the twins stepped into the cold water for the first time, shock and excitement clear on their beautiful little faces. I sat on the side of the pool dangling my feet into the cool water noticing that it wasn't as cold as I thought it would be thanks to the baking sun.
I sighed contentedly as I untied her cover-up sliding it off my shoulders before lowering myself into the pool.
I took off my sunglasses and placed them on top of my cover-up before swimming over to the twins. As I did, I heard a splash behind me but when I looked back, I couldn't see where the splash had come from until I felt hands running up my legs and around my waist.
I screamed as I was pulled under the water and came back up spluttering and rubbing my eyes, pushing my hair back from my face, to see Christian looking down at me with a cocky smile on his face.
The water made his hair look so much darker and his lashes looked impossibly long and almost blue-black which made his eyes look so much lighter. He was the definition of sex on legs.
Once I gathered my wits about me I splashed him before attempting to swim away but he clearly had other ideas as he wrapped his hand around my foot pulling me back and wrapped my legs around his waist and my arms around his neck.
"Where are you trying to go, kitten? Do you not know by now that I will never let you run away from me?" I laughed as he leaned down to kiss me. "You're all mine beautiful, never forget that."
"How could I ever forget that? You own my heart and soul, my King." Christian smiled down at me as he kissed me again, the kiss becoming more intense by the second.
"Errr, guys, you do realize other people are here, right?" We were brought out of our little bubble and back to reality by Kate who was sat on a lounge chair with a cocktail in her hand and a big cheesy grin on her face.
"Sorry, I couldn't help myself have you seen my wife? she is HOT." I couldn't hide the stupid grin on my face. I would never get tired of hearing how much Christian wanted me.
The rest of the day was incredible and just what we all needed.
We taught the twins how to swim which they picked up quite quickly, although, they still needed the armbands and inflatables to hold onto. I knew once the twins started to figure out what they were doing that this was going to be something they would want to do as often as they could and I wasn't wrong considering they had barely left the pool all day.
As the sun started to set the children all started to get restless and cranky, so we got them changed and ready for bed. Bella was with Pythia being fed, and from the look on Pythia's face, she looked like she could have sat with Bella forever.
I had noticed that she had been sitting with her the whole day never taking her eyes off her, as Zeus sat next to her never taking his eyes off Pythia.
Once all the children were fast asleep, we all made our way to the large table on the patio, enjoying cocktails and the incredible food that covered the table.
We knew this was the perfect time to come up with a plan but none of us spoke about the looming threat that was still out there. Instead, we decided to just enjoy ourselves, at least for tonight.
After a few hours of talking and laughing and quite a few cocktails, everyone was feeling pleasantly buzzed, everyone apart from Pythia who was still holding Bella, even though Bella had been asleep for hours.
When I asked Pythia why she didn't want to put her in her crib Pythia explained how for most of her life she had been hiding from demons, angels, and people who wanted to use her to gain power. So, she had never been around anyone for any length of time and she had never been around a baby before. So, she was fascinated by such a tiny, beautiful, innocent, and angelic being.
When she had told us this and asked if it was okay that she held her instead of putting her in her crib Kate told her it was fine, after all, Kate was happy for the break.
I smiled at Pythia who was staring back down at Bella once more and turned in time to see Christian who was staring down my bikini top with his hand fisted on the table. "Christian, baby, are you okay?" I was biting my lip as I watched his hungry eyes move slowly up to my face.
"No, come, we need to go to bed. I can't wait any longer." He didn't even try to be quiet or discreet as he stood so fast that his chair hit the wall behind him. I looked around the table apologizing for leaving so suddenly, but no one seemed bothered as they laughed at us whistling and cheering as Christian pulled me away.
When I didn't walk fast enough Christian bent at the waist and picked me up wrapping his arms around my thighs and throwing me over his shoulder, shimmering us up to our room.
Well, it looked like tonight, dominant Christian was taking charge and just the thought of it had me biting my lip and my core pulsing with excitement.