CHAPTER 7 – FINAL INSTALLMENT PART II

All credit to EL

CPOV

"You're quite the seductress, Ms. Steele," I say as I hoist her up off the couch. I fix my clothes and look around for her bag.

"There better some clothes in here. I don't want anyone else seeing what's mine," I say as I spank her naked ass. "On second thought, I hope there's a turtle neck in there," I yell as she runs into the bathroom, the remnants of our love making dripping down her leg.

She comes out two minutes later in a pair of black pants and a v-neck sweater. She rinses my face with a warm washcloth before she sits on the couch to put on her boots. Her cheeks are still flushed from our love making.

"You looked so handsome leaving the house this morning, that I could do nothing but think of you all day. I'm glad I made the trip down here," she says. Ana took the day off today in order to have a long session with Flynn and her mother.

"Well I'm glad you came so that I could come," I say with a wink. "Now I want to take my beautiful girl to lunch. I can have Andrea call and get us a private table somewhere. What do you feel like eating?"

"Well I want pizza and where I want to go, we won't need to call ahead," she tells me. I can take this woman to any one of Seattle's most exclusive restaurants and she just wants pizza at some local hole in the wall.

"Fine," I sigh, pretending to be annoyed.

"Don't worry. We'll work it off later," she says. I don't know if she means in bed or with our personal trainer.

After I put my tie back on, she comes over and adjusts it.

"It's my favorite," I tell her. She got it for me after I encouraged her to go on a shopping spree with Mia. She was resistant of course, but she complied and came home with this tie for me. I found out about it when I went to the bedroom and found her in nothing but this tie.

She snorts knowing I'm lying about the tie being my favorite. It's purple. Once Ana moved in with me, I soon learned that her favorite color is purple, which is not a problem, but now she's buying me purple stuff.

"I love it because you got it for me, but baby, can we cut back on the purple. I have this purple tie and you got me a purple sweater the other day."

"The sweater is not purple, it's maroon, and you'll look so handsome in it," she says, already knowing I'll wear the damn thing if it makes her happy.

A few days after she moved in, I was running late for work because Ana couldn't get enough of me. As I ran into the shower, I asked her to pick out some clothes for me, and she's been picking out my outfits ever since. She does a great job most of the time, but every once in a while, she'll get that look of mischief and will pick out something in a strange color. I think it's her way of getting revenge on me for making her go shopping with Mia. She won't admit it though and when I start to resist, she'll just pout and I'll give in and wear whatever she wants. I guess if she lets me have my way with her sexually, I can let her pick out my clothes.

"Fine, baby, but can you choose more conservative colors on days that I have meetings outside of GEH?"

"I'll think about it, but I make no promises" she says as she takes my hand and we walk to the elevator together, nodding at Andrea along the way.

"Wait until you see what I'm going to pick out for you for Easter," she says, and I groan. I wouldn't have it any other way.

PRESENT DAY

"You know I can't think about that day without getting aroused," Ana says. "I'm hardly in a position to do anything about it," she whines.

"I know, baby. Don't remind me that I can't have you again for six weeks."

"Do you remember how Kate found out about us?" She asks, and I laugh. How could I forget.

"Yeah, I remember. Jose and his big mouth!"

THE DAY AFTER THEIR FIRST CHRISTMAS

Kate was still on vacation with her family when Ana and I got back to Seattle from Montesano. We were in my apartment, and spend the entire day in bed getting reacquainted with each other. Since Gail was still on vacation, and I couldn't let Ana be away from me long enough for her to cook us anything, I ordered some catering from Canlis. I went into the kitchen to plate our food and bring it back to bed when Kate must have called. I walk back into the room, shirtless, carrying a tray full of food, hoping my girl would share with me.

"Yes, Kate. Jose's not lying. I'm surprised he didn't tell you who my new boyfriend is."

I wink at her as I walk in and she blows me a kiss.

"So, you have no idea? Do you want to see him? Hang up and facetime me so I can introduce you."

"I'm going to give Kate the shock of her life when she sees who my new boyfriend is. All Jose said to her is that my new man is someone I met at the GEH Christmas party," Ana says. I remember Kate, and didn't particularly care for her, but if she's my baby's friend, then I will make an effort. I'll have to just keep her away from Elliot because she's his type. Ana would probably kill me if Elliot hurt Kate. Just then, Ana's phone rings again and Kate must have appeared because Ana is waving at her, and smiling.

"Where the hell are you, Steele? That's a fancy looking headboard," she says

"Ok, he's here with me. Are you ready to meet him? Be nice," she warns. I put the tray down and get in the bed next to my girl and lean in so Kate can see me. Her mouth goes wide and she doesn't speak for several seconds, before she lets out a loud scream.

"Is this for real? Is that Christian Grey in that bed next to you and you wait for me to track you down? I had to hear from Jose that you have a new boyfriend and now I find out it's Christian Grey! Are you fucking kidding me, Ana? " Damn, her voice is annoying.

"You tell me, Kate," I say as I lean in and give Ana a deep kiss.

"Oh. My. God. Steele! I'll be home in two days and I want details! Don't forget you agreed to pick me up. Just take my car and meet me at the airport. My plan lands at 1:45. Oh my god! Good for you, Steele!" She screams again.

"We'll both come and pick you up," I tell her. Like I'm going to let Ana go off by herself to some damn airport. Kate screams again before ending the call.

"Well that went about as I expected," Ana says. "Now bring me the food. I'm starving. Do you think it's going to be enough for the both of us?" Maybe I should quadruple the grocery budget.

PRESENT DAY.

"We gave Kate quite the shock that day," she said. I hold her closer and kiss the spot right behind her ear.

"Yeah, too bad my plan to keep Elliot away from her didn't work," I say.

"She was the woman he needed to tame him," she says.

"Just like you're the woman I needed to complete me."

"God, you're corny."

Just then the baby starts to fuss and the nurse comes in and helps Ana up so she can nurse him. Once their situated and my son is suckling, I watch the two most important people in my life. How can one man be so damn lucky?

"Marrying you and making him were the two best things I ever did. The day you told me about him, I thought things couldn't get any better, but they did. You became even more insatiable and today you gave me the best Christmas present."

5 MONTHS AFTER THEY MET – MONTH OF MAY

"When are you going to ask that pretty girl to marry you, Christian? I'm surprised you haven't already," grandpa says to me when he just showed to my office unannounced. Grandmother had a meeting nearby and he decided to come chat with me.

"I'm going to ask her on the one year anniversary of the day we met. I want to wait for Christmas since that's our holiday," I tell him. I just started planning it and ordered the perfect ring.

"Besides, the ring won't be ready for another 3 weeks."

"Then you propose when you get that damn ring in 3 weeks. Decorate that humungous penthouse like Santa's village in June, for god's sake. I see the way you two look at each other. You can hardly keep your hands to yourselves when you're around company. I'm getting old and I want to dance at your wedding. I still have a few good years left and want to babysit great grandkids before I go."

He laid it on thick that day, but he got me thinking about it. Why the hell should I wait another seven months? I can propose now and we can be married way before Christmas. We can spend the holidays as husband and wife.

I took grandad's advice. As soon as the ring was ready, I whisked Ana off to Aspen for the weekend so the apartment could be turned into the North Pole, just like the GEH Christmas party. When we stepped into the apartment, I forgot the big long speech I was going to have. My mouth went dry and I just started rambling. Thankfully, before I could finish asking, she yelled yes!

Two months later, I saw the most beautiful bride walking towards me. She was decked out in a form fitting lace, off the shoulder dress, with a long train. Her hair was curled and flowing down her back. She didn't wear a veil, and our eyes were locked as Ray walked her down the aisle.

Right there on my parent's estate, before friends and family, we made our pledged to love, honor and cherish each other.

PRESENT DAY

"The day we said I do, was the best day of my life," I say to her.

"Mine too," she says. I take a sleeping Teddy from her and put him back in the bassinette. I help Ana out of the chair and guide her back into the bed, before I climb in behind her and grab my iPad.

My mind wanders back to that day back in May when Ana came strolling into my office. SIP is now located on the 12th floor of GEH. About a year and a half ago, the company was in danger of going under and they needed a huge influx of cash in order to stay afloat. Ana was beside herself at the prospect of losing her job. I will never admit this to her, but a part of me wanted SIP to go under. I thought that would be my chance to convince her to stay home and run some charities along with Grace, but when I saw how sad she was at the prospect of losing her job, I talked to her about buying SIP and enrolling it under the GEH umbrella. I was expecting a fight, but she threw her arms around me and said that I was her hero and would be saving the jobs of thousands of people. My wife calling me her hero was such a rush, that I got Jerry Roach on the phone right away with my offer. I had my attorneys put together a deal and we had a meeting a week later. GEH is the new owner, but I let Roach run the company with some guidance from Ros.

That afternoon in May, she marched into my office while I was going over some contracts with Ros and our legal team. I wasn't expecting her, but it's not uncommon for her to just show up to my office. Andrea knows to let her in, no matter who I'm with. It's one of the perks of being the boss. No one dares to question me.

"I'm so sorry. Andrea's not at her desk and I didn't realize you were in a meeting. I'll come back later," she says as she starts walking towards the door. I run after her, not caring that these people who work for me are witnessing me running after my little itty bitty wife.

"You don't have to leave, baby. We're almost done. Come sit down," I say as I guide her towards the couch. I look at her face and I sense that she's a bit nervous, but I just assumed she was embarrassed at walking in on my meeting.

"I'll wait outside," and before I can stop her, she was out the door. Fifteen minutes later, the meeting ends and she walks back into my office. I take her in my arms.

"You didn't have to leave, Ana. Are you hungry? Do you want to go to lunch?" I ask as I go to get my suit jacket.

"No, I'm not hungry," and that stops me in my tracks. That's unheard of, especially around meal times. I turn back to look at her and she's wringing her hands and looking everywhere but at me. I become nervous and my mind flashes back to that afternoon over two years ago when she came in here to break up with me.

I go to her, take her hand and walk to the couch where I place her on my lap.

"What's wrong, baby? You didn't come up here to break up with me again, did you?" I joke.

"I swear you use every opportunity to bring that up," she says with a smile, but the smile doesn't quite reach her eyes. "I have something to tell you, but I'm so nervous. I want you to know that I didn't plan this, and I know we had agreed that we would wait one more year. I'm still happy about it though," she says as tears pool in her eyes.

"Ana, what is it? Just tell me, baby." The only reason why I'm not freaking out is because she said that she's happy about whatever she's going to tell me, so I know she's not sick or hurt.

"If you're happy about it, I'm sure I will be too," I say trying to reassure her. She looks at me and takes a deep breath before speaking.

"I'm pregnant," she blurts out. She says it so fast that I had to ask her to repeat herself.

"I'm pregnant."

"You're pregnant?"

"Yes."

"With a baby?"

"That's usually how it works, Christian," she says as she gets off my lap. "Are you mad?"

I run my fingers through my hair.

"Ana, baby, why would I be mad? You're my wife whom I love more than anything in this world, and you walk into my office to tell me you are going to have our baby, and you ask me if I'm mad about it? Come on, Ana!" I say as I stand up. This woman can be so infuriating sometimes. I'd say more, but I don't want to upset her.

"Well, I am mad but not for the reason you think. I'm mad and disappointed that you would think I'd be anything but thrilled about our baby that we created in love. I'm ecstatic that you're pregnant," I say to her. We talked about it and agreed to wait another year, but that's because she wanted to concentrate on her career and I was being the supportive husband. I was ready to have a child at any time.

"Well it's just that we agreed to wait another year, and we have this amazing life together. I'm selfish because I don't want to share you with a baby," she says to me and my eyes soften.

"Come here baby," I say as I sit back down on the couch. She comes back and sits on my lap and I grab both of her hands. "Look at me."

"I love you so much and I love our life. You were such a pleasant surprise to me that December night. It's only fitting that this baby be another surprise," I say as I put my hand on her flat stomach. "This is the best news that you could have given me." She throws her arms around my neck and we hold each other for several minutes.

"You're the best husband in the world, do you know that?" She asks with tears streaming down her face. I reach in and kiss the tears away. "I love you so much and I love this baby, too."

"How long have you known?" I ask her.

"Well, I just took a pregnancy test right before I came up here. I swore Gail to secrecy and she bought for me yesterday. I've suspected it for the past week. We've been so busy with the SIP transition and the Coping Together gala that it totally slipped my mind that my period hasn't happened in 2 months. I think it happened when I had to go on antibiotic two months ago for that sinus infection. Are you sure you're happy?" she asks with a sniffle.

"I'll show you how happy I am, Mrs. Grey," I say as I stand up with her in my arms and spin her around the room before I set her down and kiss her passionately. "Let's go to lunch and I'll have Andrea get us an appointment with Dr. Greene this afternoon. None of this nonsense about you not being hungry. And from now on, baby, no more junk food. You'll need green leafy vegetables with lots of vitamins. No more pizza! I'll be guiding your nutrition from now on." I say to her and catch her rolling her eyes at me. I spank her ass.

"And I can still spank you if I need to," I say, and she laughs. I breath a sigh of relief because I know I have my girl back.

"Ok. Just for today, you can have your way pick where we eat lunch. And don't think for a second you can prevent me from eating pizza, but today you have my permission to take me to whatever five star restaurant of your choosing" she teases.

"I have your permission, huh? You'll be singing a different tune tonight once I get you in our bedroom. I'll teach you a thing or two about who's in charge."

"And don't think I didn't notice that you're not wearing the shirt I picked out for you today," she says. Oh, fuck. I admit I dressed quickly and snuck out of the apartment before she woke up this morning.

"It was pink, Ana. I draw that line at wearing a damn pink shirt to the office. You can donate it to charity or wear it while you cook us breakfast in the morning, but I'm not wearing it," I say firmly.

"But you looked so handsome when you wore the lavender shirt at Easter. I thought you'd look good in this one too," she pouts.

"Elliot still makes fun of me over that shirt. As adorable as you look when you pout, it's not going to work this time." She continues to pout, and I sigh.

"Fine, but I'll only wear it at the house when we're alone." She claps her little hands and hugs me. I hug her back, admitting defeat. At least I get to control lunch today.

PRESENT DAY

"I can't wait to go home," Ana says. "I miss our bed."

"I know. I can't wait to get you guys home, but it will only be a few more days. I can't wait for you to open your presents," I say to her.

"You mean that giant mansion on the sound that you bought for me this year isn't my present?"

"Nope. That was for carrying my child, not Christmas," I say to her.

"Remember that first year, you paid off my student loans? And I know you got me a new car, like you do every year even though I hardly ever drive anymore. You're so over the top."

"Maybe I am but it's my prerogative to get my wife whatever the hell I want," I retort.

"I just want you."

"And you have me. Remember those words I uttered to you before God, our friends and family? For as long as we both shall live. That's how long you'll have me," I say.

"I can't wait for you to open your presents either," she says.

"More shirts?" I snort, and she playfully bites my hand. "What are those colors again? Light corral? Lilac? Tangerine? I thought that was a fruit," I say and we both laugh.

"Stop it. Laughing makes my incision hurt."

"Sorry, baby. Don't forget your mom will be staying with us for a few days while you recover. She'll be here later, but she said she'll be at the house the day you get discharged. I'm so proud of you and how hard you've worked on your relationship with Carla," I say to my wife. It didn't happen over night, but with therapy and an open heart, Ana was able to form a relationship with her mother. The relationship is still a work in progress, but Ana has allowed Carla to be a part of our lives, and true to Carla's word, she's never once disappointed Ana in these three years. She's present at every event, she reaches out to Ana almost daily, she's apologized over and over again.

"You were right. I forgave her more for myself than for her, but I'm happy she's in my life again. I missed my mom, and she's the one who has to live with herself for abandoning me. But you're such a sucker for my mom," she says. "Why is that?"

"Because she looks just like you and I'm a sucker for you. Don't get me wrong, I hate that she hurt you, and I thought for a moment she wasn't sincere in her regret and in her desire to make amends, she'd never be able to get within a hundred miles of you. I don't know what I'm going to do when we have a daughter who looks just like you," I say as I kiss her shoulder.

"You want a daughter?" she asks in surprise.

"Oh, yes, but I want another son first. I want Teddy to have an idiot brother just like I do. We can have a daughter the third time, and the fourth time too," I say.

"Four kids? You're crazy, Mr. Grey. Who do you think I am? Mother Goose?"

"Keep being a smart ass and I'll knock you up 5 more times," I warn, and she chuckles. Truth is, I do want more kids. I wouldn't mind having 5 more. I'll just have to talk her into it.

I grab my iPad and position her so that her head is on my chest.

"I love you Mrs. Grey. I know you can't dance with me right now, but I want to hold you while we listen to our song," I say before Santa, Baby starts to play.

The end! Thank you so much for reading and reviewing. The response to this story has been amazing! You readers are the best.

Maybe now I can rewrite the entire thing from Grandpa Trevelyan's POV! Just kidding! This one is officially complete.

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