CHAPTER 4
They both got a drink and he took her to an obscure part of the house. It was a small salon with a fireplace. He turned on the gas fire logs, locked both sets of doors. He had her sit on the sofa next to him looking out the big picture window that was winter frosted. The snow was falling outside and the Christmas lights were reflecting.
Christian leaned in and said in her ear, tickling it, "You dance very well."
Ana said leaning into him, "So do you. My father taught me how. He taught me many things. He died, that was when I retired from working for the government to take care of his arrangements and I went back to school after. I kinda lost myself in my academics to heal from losing the only person I ever loved and respected unconditionally." Christian kissed her shoulder.
Christian said, "I don't know what is happening to me right now at this moment but you are all I want to think about, touch and feel. I've never been like this around anyone. You just feel so very good." He took her hand kissing the palm. He said, "I can't be touched, on my chest or back." Ana turned her head and looked him in the eyes.
She said softly caressing his chin, "I promise I'll never hurt you, as long as you never hurt me. If you want to be around me as my friend, you cannot do what you have been doing. The cycle of letting out your rage channeled through sex and causing pain to women must stop right now. There are healthier ways to deal with an outlet for stress, frustration and anxiety. I will help you, but if you go back to it, I will be gone forever. I can disappear anywhere in the world and be 100% untraceable while hating you for being so weak." Christian looked down thinking about what she just said. If he wanted to punish during sex, it would be the last he ever would see her. He would be a weak failure and he didn't ever want to be a failure or be hated in anything, especially by someone like her.
Christian said slowly feeling a deep determination, "I will work with my psychologist and you. I don't want you to leave."
She said softly brushing her thumb across his lips, "Christian, can you tell me now?"
He said looking down, "Please, Anastasia, I can't, not inside my parent's house." She nodded and decided to let it go for right now being it troubled him so much being near his family to tell her.
Ana said running her fingers threw the hair on the back of his head, "Ok, when we get to your place." He smiled, nodded and kissed her. He thought she was being so very understanding of how he felt and loved that.
There was a pounding on the door to the room. Elena yelled, "Open the door, Christian!" More pounding. He broke the kiss and sighed loudly.
Ana asked, "Who is that old woman? She is rude and strange?"
Christian said, "She's also a friend of my mothers and I own sixty percent of her three salons." More pounding.
Elena says loudly, "I hear you in there! Open the door, Christian, now!"
Ana looked into his eyes and said, "She's the one and your family doesn't know?"
He asked nervously, "How did you figure it out?"
Ana said caressing his face, "It's what I do. I problem solved, troubleshoot and calculate. Besides, I saw how she was looking at me and you."
He smiled and said looking in her eyes, "She's cruel and ruthless. Be careful."
Ana said seriously, "Go ahead and let's deal with her. She thinks she owns you, body and soul. I can handle her." Christian nodded and got up going to the pounding door. He unlocked it and was not opening it all the way.
He growled angrily, "What the hell do you want?"
Elena put her hands on her hips and said in her Dom voice, "What the hell is wrong with you! You hung on, danced with and kissed that stupid girl. You know you can't do vanilla, you're too damaged for that kind of relationship. You'll just fuck it up and get her to run from you because you don't know how to love or be loved. She isn't even in the lifestyle. Leave that girl alone, she is not right for you and come with me now!." He listened to her tone of voice being demanding and condescending towards him. It was truly pissing him off.
Christian said in his Dom voice, "Shut the fuck up and leave me alone! It's none of your goddamn business what I do anymore, Elena! I can see whomever I want for however long I want. Get the fuck away from me and leave me the hell alone!" She shoved past him instead, pushing him back and stormed into the room marching up to Ana.
Elena forcefully said waving her nail polished talons at Ana, "Leave Christian alone! You're not right for him. You could never satisfy his needs. You're not able to handle him. He beats little brown haired girls like you for breakfast."
Ana said smirking at her like she was curiously looking at a lunatic acting crazy, "You oughta know, you trained and brainwashed him to do it."
Elena stood there and looked at her with her mouth open. Elena said, stunned, "You know?"
Ana chuckled and said, "Yes, he didn't even have to tell me. It was you who just has. I figured it out on my own because you are acting like an overly obsessed dominating control freak lover. You're tipping your hand and showing everything because you're losing control of yourself and him. It's really quite sad to watch you demean yourself this way. The family will catch on real soon, all because of your out of control behavior." Elena stood there in complete shock.
Elena finally came back recovering and snapped nastily, "You little bitch! You think your so fucking smart don't you? I have been best friends with Grace and Christian for years. So see, you're nothing compared to me."
Ana said stoically, "Thank you for the compliment. I'd never want to be so plastic and transparent as you. I bet that face, ass and tits are all plastic too. You must be a very insecure woman about your age, appearance and have an extremely narcissistic personality. You dress like a hooker with tight clothes too young for you. You should just go find some rich old man and sponge off of him until he dies. Then you can fight with his children about everything in the will. You seem the type greedy and arrogant." Christian made a noise and stomped down the laugh caught in his throat.
Elena shot a glared at him and said, "Are you just going to stand there and let this bitch talk to me like that? I saved your life! Do something about her!"
Christian said glaring at Elena, "I've done more than enough for you over the years. I don't owe you anything anymore. You need to start standing on your own and stop trying to hold that over my head. I'm sick of you telling me what to do and how to live my life. If you don't cut the shit, Elena, you will be removed completely financially and all alone. No more bossing me around, giving out ultimatums and no more handouts from me. I'm fucking done! If you don't shut up, back out of this room and leave, you will be broke by Monday."
Elena looked at him in complete shock and said, "You wouldn't dare treat me like that after everything I have done to make you the man you are today. Successful, wealthy and in control. You owe me! I saved you fucking life!"
Ana snapped getting sick of the lemon sucking hag, "You didn't do a goddamn thing for him but try to fuck up his whole life, old woman! He had the brains to do that and be successful. He was already born with it. You just latched on when seeing his potential, digging your nails in as deep as you could and rode the waves behind him trying to get as much profit as possible to benefit yourself. I bet your greed exceeded your need a very long time ago." Elena was about to pop a blood vessel in her Botoxed veins. Elena couldn't understand how this girl wasn't affected by her at all.
Elena said dark and threatening, "You better watch your back you bitch. I'll pay you back for this."
Ana moved up into her personal space, looked hard and directly into her brown angry eyes not blinking. She said deathly calm, "Are you threatening me? If you think you are, I know people that with one phone call can make you disappear off the face of the planet or find yourself in a ship's hold waking up headed to Afghanistan. Don't you dare try to creep in on me or fuck with me old woman. You better listen to Christian and get the fuck out of here or lose everything. I know for a goddamn fact that you have no idea who your fucking with by threatening me. I know who and what you are: a broke down divorcee with master/slave issues, insecurities from age slipping away, a control freak and a hater for people you can't use, manipulate or abuse." She moved an inch closet in Elena's face and continued, "Fuck with me old woman, come on, I fucking dare you to try! I'll drop a dime on your ass so fast, they will never find the body." Elena's eyes got big wondering if she was just bullshitting her or not.
Christian looked back and forth between them with a chill running down his spine at Ana's words, knowing they were true. Ana hit Elena blatantly right between the eyes with her comments. Elena flinched, clenched her fists and turned walking straight out of the room.
Christian exhaled. He locked the door behind her and sat on the couch next to Ana. He said looking at her, "If she isn't afraid yet, she will be, I assume, unless she is stupid. I know she's not stupid."
Ana said stoically, "Yes, she will be frightened. I will get someone to keep her under surveillance. I will not let her fuck with me and maintain her current MO. She will need a good beat down because at this point she is still unconvinced and that's all she seems to understand. I have dealt with people in her mindset."
He looked at her in amazement and asked, "Wow, just what did you do for the CIA?"
Ana smirked and looked at him flirtatiously, "If I tell you, handsome, I'd have to kill you. So you're just gonna have to live in the wonder and mystery of me." She leaned over and captured his lips deeply kissing him and pulled his bottom lip with her teeth gently, letting it snapback. Christian was in a euphoric mood again caressing her hip with his thumb. Her hands were stroking his neck at the hairline, giving him goosebumps.
Christian said softly, "You are the most desirable women I've ever met. What is the power you have that is affecting me so much?"
Ana stroked her fingers across his lips while gazing into his dark gray soulful eyes and asked, "Does it hurt if you get touched on your chest and back, Christian?" He nodded, drowning in her blue passionate eyes. She licked his bottom lip as he opened his mouth gasping, taking her tongue in his mouth again. She was stroking his tongue with soft slowly languid strokes. His hands moved up her naked back pressing her body against his.
There was a knock on the door and Elliot said, "Christian, come on, get your butt out here. Mom said they are opening their party presents." Christian groaned.
Ana broke the kiss and said in a whisper, "We better return to the party. I have to give your sister and your mother, as the hostess, their Christmas presents."
Christian said out loud to Elliot, "We'll meet you out there." He took Ana's hand and they both left the room after he turned off the fireplace. She stopped at the bathroom to wipe off her lipstick from their mouths.
Ana said smiling as she wiped his mouth, "I can see that dark lipstick is not something to wear around you. We can't seem to control kissing each other constantly. He chuckled and licked her neck making her giggle at him as she wiped off her mouth putting the lipstick on. He took her hand and led her back down the hall to the living room.
As they entered the room, Elena was sitting next to Grace watching him and Ana keeping her face neutral. Elena's eyes glared at the two of them. The room took turns giving their gifts out. The family didn't exchange family gifts until Christmas Day in the morning. But the guests all started giving out their gifts. Ana added her gifts to Grace's and Mia's pile.
A girl with blonde hair, brown eyes and a long oval face was sitting next to Mia on the couch. Mia was looking at all the names on the labels of her gifts and snatched up the one that was a stack of the three gifts tied together with ribbons from Ana and looked up at her grinning from ear to ear.
The girl sitting next to her asked, "Who's that one from?"
Mia said smiling, "This is from my best friend Ana. She is the best person I know."
The girl sitting next to her said frowning, "I thought I was your best friend for years since first grade? You even wanted me to marry one of your brothers so we could be family eventually."
Mia turned, looked at her like her head was blown up and said incredulously, "Are you crazy, Lily? I never said such a thing or suggested it in all the years of knowing you. Ana is my best friend. I met her three months ago at a gala and we are planning out my business I'm going to create." Lily was mad and upset.
Lily asked angrily, "So that's why you haven't been around in the last few months. I kept calling and calling to go out to dinner, shopping and clubbing but you haven't been able to, now I know why."
Mia shrugged and said, "Sorry about that I have just been busy creating something worthwhile in my life that makes me happy with someone who inspires me. Creating a business takes up a lot of time and there's not as much time for doing meaningless nonsense."