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  Chapter Fourteen
  The attention of the entire restaurant is trained on Kate and Elliot, waiting as
  one with bated breath. The anticipation is unbearable. Silence stretches like
  a taut rubber band. The atmosphere is oppressive, apprehensive and yet
  hopeful throughout the room.
  Kate stares blankly at Elliot as he gazes up at her, his eyes wide with longing
  —fear even. Holy crap, Kate! Put him out of his misery. Please. Jeez—he
  could have asked her privately. A single tear trickles down her cheek, though
  she remains expressionless. Shit! Kate crying? Then she smiles, a slow
  disbelieving I-think-I’ve-discovered-the-fabled-lost-city-of-El-Dorado smile.
  “Yes,” she whispers, a breathy, sweet acceptance—not Kate-like at all. For
  one nanosecond there’s a pause as the entire restaurant exhales a collective
  sigh of relief—and then the noise is deafening. Spontaneous applause,
  cheering, catcalls, whooping—and suddenly I have tears rolling down my
  face, smudging my Barbie-meets-Joan-Jett makeup.
  Oblivious to the commotion around them, the two are locked in their own
  bubble. From his pocket Elliot produces a small box, opens it and presents it
  to Kate. A ring . . . and from what I can see, an exquisite ring, but I need a
  closer look. Oh no—Is that what he was doing with Gia? Choosing a ring?
  Shit! Oh, I’m so glad I didn’t tell Kate. Kate looks from the ring to Elliot then
  throws her arms around his neck. They kiss, remarkably chaste for them, and
  the crowd goes wild. Elliot stands and acknowledges the approbation with a
  surprisingly graceful bow then, wearing a huge self-satisfied grin, sits back
  down. I can’t take my eyes off them. Taking the ring out of its box, Elliot gently
  slides it onto Kate’s finger, and they kiss once more. Christian squeezes my
  hand—I didn’t realize I’d been gripping his so tightly. I release him, a little
  embarrassed, and he shakes his hand, mouthing, “Ow. ”
  “Sorry. Did you know about this?” I whisper.
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  Christian smiles, and I know that he did. He summons the waiter.
  “Two bottles of the Cristal please. The 2002 if you have it.”
  I smirk at him.
  “What?” he asks.
  “Because the 2002 is so much better than the 2003,” I tease. He laughs. “To
  the discerning palate, Anastasia.”
  “You have a very discerning palate, Mr. Grey, and singular tastes.” I smile.
  “That I do, Mrs. Grey.” He leans in close. “You taste best,” he whispers, and
  he kisses a certain spot behind my ear, sending little shivers down my spine.
  I blush scarlet and fondly remember his earlier demonstration of the quite
  literal shortcomings of my dress. Mia is the first up to hug Kate and Elliot,
  and we all take turns congratulating the happy couple. I clutch Kate in a fierce
  hug.
  “See? He was just worried about his proposal,” I whisper.
  “Oh, Ana.” She giggle-sobs.
  “Kate, I am so happy for you. Congratulations.”
  Christian is behind me. He shakes Elliot’s hand, then—surprising both Elliot
  and me—pulls him into a hug. I can only just catch what he says.
  “Way to go, Lelliot,” he murmurs. Elliot says nothing—for once stunned into
  silence—then cautiously returns his brother’s hug. Lelliot?
  “Thanks, Christian,” Elliot chokes out.
  Christian gives Kate a brief, if awkward, almost arm’s-length hug. I know that
  Christian’s attitude to Kate is tolerant, at best, and ambivalent most of the
  time, so this is progress. Releasing her, he says so quietly only she and I can
  hear, “I hope you are as happy in your marriage as I am in mine.”
  “Thank you, Christian. I hope so, too,” she says graciously. The waiter has
  returned with the champagne, which he proceeds to open with an
  understated flourish.
  Christian holds his champagne flute aloft.
  “To Kate and my dear brother, Elliot—congratulations.”
  We all sip, well, I glug. Hmmm—Cristal tastes so good, and I’m reminded of
  the first time I drank it at Christian’s club and later, our eventful elevator
  journey to the first floor.
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  Christian frowns at me. “What are you thinking about?” he whispers.
  “The first time I drank this champagne.”
  His frown becomes more quizzical.
  “We were at your club.” I prompt.
  He grins. “Oh yes. I remember.” He winks at me.
  “Elliot, have you set a date?” Mia pipes up.
  Elliot gives his sister an exasperated stare. “I’ve only just asked Kate, so
  we’ll get back to you on that, ’kay?”
  “Oh, make it a Christmas wedding. That would be so romantic, and you’d
  have no trouble remembering your anniversary.” Mia claps her hands.
  “I’ll take that under advisement,” Elliot smirks at her.
  “After the champagne, please can we go clubbing?” Mia turns and gives
  Christian her biggest, brown-eyed look.
  “I think we should ask Elliot and Kate what they’d like to do.”
  As one, we turn expectantly to them. Elliot shrugs and Kate turns puce. Her
  carnal intent toward her fiancé is so clear I nearly spit fourhundred-dollar
  champagne all over the table.
  Zax is the most exclusive nightclub in Aspen—or so says Mia. Christian
  strolls, his arm wrapped around my waist, to the front of the short line and is
  immediately granted access. I wonder briefly if he owns the place. I glance at
  my watch—eleven thirty in the evening, and I’m feeling fuzzy. The two glasses
  of champagne and several glasses of Pouilly-Fumé during our meal are
  starting to have an effect, and I’m grateful Christian has his arm around me.
  “Mr. Grey, welcome back,” says a very attractive, leggy blonde in black satin
  hot pants, matching sleeveless shirt, and a little red bowtie. She smiles
  broadly, revealing perfect all-American teeth between scarlet lips that match
  her bowtie. “Max will take your coat.”
  A young man dressed entirely in black, fortunately not satin, smiles as he
  offers to take my coat. His dark eyes are warm and inviting. I am the only one
  wearing a coat—Christian insisted I take Mia’s trench coat to cover my
  behind—so Max only has to deal with me.
  “Nice coat,” he says, gazing at me intently.
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  Beside me Christian bristles and fixes Max with a back-off-now glare. He
  reddens and quickly hands Christian my coat check ticket.
  “Let me show you to your table.” Miss Satin Hot Pants flutters her eyelashes
  at my husband, flicks her long blond hair, and sashays through the entryway. I
  tighten my grip around Christian, and he gazes down at me questioningly for
  a moment, then smirks as we follow Miss Satin Hot Pants into the bar.
  The lighting is muted, the walls are black, I think, and the furnishings deep
  red. There are booths flanking two sides of the walls and a large U-shaped
  bar in the middle. It’s busy, given that we’re here off-season, but not too
  crowded with the well-heeled of Aspen out for a good time on a Saturday
  night. The dress code is relaxed, and for the first time I feel a little over . . .
  um, underdressed. I’m not sure which. The floor and walls vibrate with the

  music pulsing from the dance floor behind the bar and lights are whirling and
  flashing on and off. In my heady state I idly think it’s an epileptic’s nightmare.
  Satin Hot Pants leads us to a corner booth that’s been roped off. It’s near the
  bar with access to the dance floor. Clearly the best seats in the house.
  “There’ll be someone along to take your order shortly.” She gives us her full
  megawatt smile and, with a final flutter of eyelashes at my husband, sashays
  back from where she came. Mia is already jigging from foot to foot, itching to
  get onto the dance floor, and Ethan takes pity on her.
  “Champagne?” Christian asks as they head off hand in hand toward the
  dance floor. Ethan gives him a thumbs-up and Mia nods enthusiastically.
  Kate and Elliot sit back on the soft velvet seating, hand in hand. They look so
  happy, their features soft and radiant in the glow from the tea lights flickering
  in crystal holders on the low table. Christian gestures for me to sit, and I
  scoot in beside Kate. He takes a seat beside me and anxiously scans the
  room.
  “Show me your ring.” I raise my voice over the music. I will be hoarse by the
  time we leave. Kate beams at me and holds up her hand. The ring is
  exquisite—a single solitaire in a fine elaborate claw with tiny diamonds on
  either side. It has a retro Victorian look to it.
  “It’s beautiful.”
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  She nods in delight and, reaching over, squeezes Elliot’s thigh. He leans
  down and kisses her.
  “Get a room,” I call out.
  Elliot grins.
  A young woman with short dark hair and a mischievous smile, wearing
  regulation, black satin, hot pants, comes to take our order.
  “What do you want to drink?” Christian asks.
  “You’re not picking up the tab for this, too,” Elliot grumbles.
  “Don’t start that shit, Elliot,” Christian says mildly. Despite the objections of
  Kate, Elliot and Ethan, Christian has paid for the meal we just consumed. He
  simply waved them aside and would not hear of anyone else paying. I gaze
  at him lovingly. My Fifty Shades . . . always in control.
  Elliot opens his mouth to say something but, wisely perhaps, closes it again.
  “I’ll have a beer,” he says.
  “Kate?” Christian asks.
  “More champagne, please. The Cristal is delicious. But I’m sure Ethan would
  prefer a beer.” She smiles sweetly— yes, sweetly—at Christian. She is
  incandescent with happiness. I feel it radiating off her, and it’s a pleasure to
  bask in her joy.
  “Ana?”
  “Champagne, please.”
  “Bottle of Cristal, three Peronis, and a bottle of iced mineral water, six
  glasses,” he says in his usual authoritative, no-nonsense manner. It’s kinda
  hot.
  “Thank you, sir. Coming right up.” Miss Hot Pants Number Two gives him a
  gracious smile, but he’s spared the fluttering of eyelashes though her cheeks
  redden a little.
  I shake my head in resignation. He’s mine, girlfriend.
  “What?” he asks me.
  “She didn’t flutter her eyelashes at you.” I smirk. He blinks at me. “Oh. Was
  she supposed to?” he asks, and I can tell he’s amused.
  “Women usually do.” My tone is ironic.
  He grins. “Mrs. Grey, are you jealous?”
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  “Not in the slightest.” I pout at him. And I realize in that moment that I am
  beginning to tolerate women ogling my husband. Almost. Christian clasps my
  hand and kisses my knuckles.
  “You have nothing to be jealous of, Mrs. Grey,” he murmurs close to my ear,
  his breath tickling me.
  “I know.”
  “Good.”
  The waitress returns, and moments later I’m sipping another glass of
  champagne.
  “Here.” Christian hands me a glass of water. “Drink this.”
  I frown at him and see, rather than hear, his sigh.
  “Three glasses of white wine at dinner and two of champagne, after a
  strawberry daiquiri and two glasses of Frascati at lunchtime. Drink. Now,
  Ana.”
  How does he know about the cocktails this afternoon? I scowl at him. But
  actually he does have a point. Taking the glass of water, I down it in a most
  unladylike manner to register my protest at being told what to do . . . again. I
  wipe my hand across the back of my mouth.
  “Good girl,” he says, smirking. “You’ve vomited on me once already. I don’t
  wish to experience that again in a hurry.”
  “I don’t know what you’re complaining about. You got to sleep with me.”
  He smiles and his eyes soften. “Yeah, I did.”
  Ethan and Mia are back.
  “Ethan’s had enough, for now. Come on, girls—let’s hit the floor. Strike a
  pose, throw some shapes, work off the calories from the chocolate mousse.”
  Kate stands immediately. “Coming?” she asks Elliot.
  “Let me watch you,” he says. And I have to look away quickly, blushing at the
  look he gives her. She grins as I stand.
  “I’m going to burn some calories,” I say, and leaning down I whisper in
  Christian’s ear, “You can watch me.”
  “Don’t bend over,” he growls.
  “Okay.” I stand abruptly. Whoa! Head rush and I clutch Christian’s shoulder
  as the room shifts and tilts a little.
  “Perhaps you should have some more water,” Christian murmurs, a warning
  clear in his voice.
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  “I’m fine. These seats are low and my heels are high.”
  Kate takes my hand, and taking a deep breath I follow her and Mia, perfectly
  poised, onto the dance floor.
  The music is pulsing, a techno beat with a thumping bass line. The dance
  floor isn’t crowded, which means we have some space. The mix is eclectic—
  young and old alike dancing the night away. I have never been a good
  dancer. In fact, it’s only since I’ve been with Christian that I dance at all. Kate
  hugs me.
  “I’m so happy,” she shouts over the music, and she starts to dance. Mia is
  doing what Mia does, grinning at the pair of us, throwing herself around.
  Jeez, she’s taking up a lot of room on the dance floor. I glance back toward
  the table. Our men are watching us. I start to move. It’s a pulsing rhythm. I
  close my eyes and surrender to it. I open my eyes to find the dance floor
  close my eyes and surrender to it. I open my eyes to find the dance floor
  filling up. Kate, Mia and I are forced closer together. And to my surprise I find
  I’m actually enjoying myself. I begin to move a little more . . . a little more
  bravely. Kate gives me two thumbs up, and I beam back at her.
  I close my eyes. Why did I spend the first twenty years of my life not doing
  this? I chose reading over dancing. Jane Austen didn’t have great music to
  move to and Thomas Hardy . . . jeez, he’d have felt guilty as sin that he
  wasn’t dancing with his first wife. I giggle at the thought.
  It’s Christian. Christian has given me this confidence in my body and how I
  can move it.
  Suddenly, there are two hands on my hips. I grin. Christian has joined me. I

  wiggle, and his hands move to my behind and squeeze, then back to my
  hips.
  I open my eyes. And Mia is gaping at me in horror. Shit . . . Am I that bad? I
  reach down to hold Christian’s hands. They’re hairy. Fuck!
  They’re not his. I whirl around, and towering over me is a blond giant with
  more teeth than is natural and a leering smile to showcase them.
  “Get your hands off me!” I scream over the pounding music, apoplectic with
  rage.
  “Come on, sugar, it’s just some fun.” He smiles, holding his apelike hands
  up, his blue eyes gleaming under the pulsing ultraviolet lights. Before I know
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  Ow! Shit . . . my hand. It stings. “Get away from me!” I shout. He gazes down
  at me, cupping his red cheek. I thrust my uninjured hand in front of his face,
  spreading my fingers to show him my rings.
  “I’m married, you asshole!”
  “I’m married, you asshole!”
  He shrugs rather arrogantly and gives me a halfhearted, apologetic smile.
  I glance around frantically. Mia is at my right, glaring at Blond Giant. Kate is
  lost in the moment doing her thing. Christian is not at the table. Oh, I hope
  he’s gone to the restroom. I step back— oh shit—into a front I know well.
  Christian puts his arm around my waist and moves me to his side.
  “Keep your fucking hands off my wife,” he says. He’s not shouting, but
  somehow he can be heard over the music.
  Holy shit!
  “She can take care of herself,” Blond Giant shouts. His hand moves from his
  cheek where I’ve slapped him, and Christian hits him. It’s like I’m watching it
  in slow motion. A perfectly timed punch to the chin that moves at such speed,
  but with so little wasted energy, Blond Giant doesn’t see it coming. He
  crumples to the floor like the scumbag he is. Fuck.
  “Christian, no!” I gasp in panic, standing in front of him to hold him back. Shit,
  he’ll kill him. “I already hit him,” I shout over the music. Christian doesn’t look
  at me. He’s glaring at my assailant with a malevolence I’ve not seen before
  flaring in his eyes. Well, maybe once before—outside SIP after Jack Hyde’s
  pass at me.
  The other dancers move outward like a ripple in a pond, clearing space
  around us, keeping a safe distance. Blond Giant scrambles to his feet as
  Elliot joins us.
  Oh no! Kate is with me, gaping at all of us. Elliot grasps Christian’s arm as
  Ethan appears, too.
  “Take it easy, okay? Didn’t mean any harm.” Blond Giant holds his hands up
  in defeat, beating a hasty retreat. Christian’s eyes follow him off the dance
  floor. He does not look at me.
  The song changes from the explicit lyrics of “Sexy Bitch” to a pulsing techno
  dance number where a woman sings with an impassioned voice. Elliot looks
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  Christian’s neck until he finally makes eye contact, his eyes still blazing—
  primal and feral, a glimpse of a brawling adolescent. Holy shit. He
  scrutinizes my face. What is he thinking?
  “Are you okay?” he asks finally.
  “Yes.” I rub my palm, trying to dispel the sting, and bring my hands down to
  his chest. My hand is throbbing. I have never slapped anyone before. What
  possessed me? Touching me wasn’t the worst crime against humanity. Was
  it?
  Yet deep down I know why I hit him. It’s because I instinctively knew how
  Christian would react seeing some stranger pawing me. I knew he’d lose his
  precious self-control. And the thought that some stupid nobody could derail
  my husband, my love, well, it makes me mad. Really mad.
  “Do you want to sit down?” Christian asks over the pulsing beat. Oh, come
  back to me, please.
  “No. Dance with me.”
  He gazes down at me impassively, saying nothing.
  Touch me . . . the woman sings.
  “Dance with me.” He’s still mad. “Dance. Christian, please.” I take his hands.
  Christian glares after the guy, but I start to move against him, weaving myself
  around him.
  The throng of dancers has circled us once more, although there’s now a twofoot
  exclusion zone around us.
  “You hit him?” Christian asks, standing stock-still. I take his fisted hands.
  “Of course I did. I thought it was you, but his hands were hairier. Please
  dance with me.”
  As Christian gazes at me the fire in his eyes slowly changes, evolves into
  something else, something darker, something hotter. Suddenly, he grabs my
  wrists and pulls me flush against him, pinning my hands behind my back.
  “You wanna dance? Let’s dance,” he growls close to my ear, and as he rolls
  his hips around into me, I can do nothing but follow, his hands holding mine
  against my backside.
  Oh . . . Christian can move, really move. He keeps me close, not letting me
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  his jacket, up to his shoulders. He presses me against him, and I follow his
  moves as he slowly, sensually dances with me in time to the pulsing beat of
  the club music.
  The moment he grabs my hand and spins me first one way, then the other, I
  know he’s back with me. I grin. He grins.
  We dance together and it’s liberating—fun. His anger forgotten, or
  suppressed, he whirls me around with consummate skill in our small space
  on the dance floor, never letting go. He makes me graceful, that’s his skill. He
  makes me sexy, because that’s what he is. He makes me feel loved,
  because in spite of his fifty shades, he has a wealth of love to give. Watching
  him now, enjoying himself . . . one could be forgiven for thinking he doesn’t
  have a care in the world. But I know his love is clouded with issues of
  have a care in the world. But I know his love is clouded with issues of
  overprotectiveness and control, but it doesn’t make me love him any less.
  I am breathless when the song morphs to another.
  “Can we sit?” I gasp.
  “Sure.” He leads me off the dance floor.
  “You’ve made me rather hot and sweaty,” I whisper as we return to the table.
  He pulls me into his arms. “I like you hot and sweaty. Though I prefer to make
  you hot and sweaty in private,” he purrs, and a lascivious smile tugs at his
  lips.
  As I sit, it’s as if the incident on the dance floor never happened. I’m vaguely
  surprised we haven’t been thrown out. I glance around the bar. No one is
  looking at us, and I can’t see Blond Giant. Maybe he left, or maybe he’s been
  thrown out. Kate and Elliot are being indecent on the dance floor, Ethan and
  Mia less so. I take another sip of champagne.
  “Here.” Christian puts another glass of water before me and regards me
  intently. His expression is expectant— drink it. Drink it now. I do as I’m told.
  Besides, I’m thirsty.
  Reaching over, he lifts a bottle of Peroni from the ice bucket on the table and
  takes a long drink.
  “What if there had been press here?” I ask.

  Christian knows immediately that I’m referring to him knocking Blonde Giant
  on his ass.
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  “I have expensive lawyers,” he says coolly, all at once arrogance personified.
  I frown at him. “But you’re not above the law, Christian. I did have the situation
  under control.”
  His eyes frost. “No one touches what’s mine,” he says with chilling finality, as
  if I’m missing the obvious. Oh . . . I take another sip of my champagne. All of
  a sudden I feel overwhelmed. The music is loud, pounding, my head and feet
  are aching, and I feel woozy. He grasps my hand. “Come, let’s go. I want to
  get you home,” he says. Kate and Elliot join us.
  “You going?” Kate asks and her voice is hopeful.
  “Yes,” Christian says.
  “Good, we’ll come with you.”
  As we wait at the coat check for Christian to retrieve my trench coat, Kate
  quizzes me.
  “What happened with that guy on the dance floor?”
  “He was feeling me up.”
  “I opened my eyes and you’d hit him.”
  I shrug. “Well, I knew Christian would go thermonuclear, and that could
  potentially ruin your evening.” I haven’t really processed how I feel about
  Christian’s behavior. I was worried that it would be worse.
  “Our evening,” she clarifies. “He is rather hot-headed, isn’t he?”
  Kate adds dryly, staring at Christian as he collects my coat. I snort and smile.
  “You could say that.”
  “I think you handle him well.”
  “Handle?” I frown. Do I handle Christian?
  “Here.” Christian holds my coat open for me so that I can put it on.
  “Wake up, Ana.” Christian is shaking me gently. We’ve arrived back at the
  house. Reluctantly I open my eyes and stagger from the minivan. Kate and
  Elliot have disappeared, and Taylor is standing patiently beside the vehicle.
  “Do I need to carry you?” Christian asks.
  I shake my head.
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  “I’ll fetch Miss Grey and Mr. Kavanagh,” Taylor says. Christian nods then
  leads me to the front door. My feet are throbbing, and I stumble after him. At
  the front door he bends down, grasps my ankle, and gently pries off first one
  shoe, then the other. Oh, the relief. He straightens and gazes down at me,
  holding my Manolos.
  “Better?” he asks, amused.
  I nod.
  “I had delightful visions of these around my ears,” he murmurs, staring down
  wistfully at my shoes. He shakes his head and, taking my hand once more,
  leads me through the darkened house, and up the stairs to our bedroom.
  “You’re wrecked, aren’t you?” he says softly, staring down at me. I nod. He
  starts to unbuckle the belt on my trench coat.
  “I’ll do it,” I mutter, making a halfhearted attempt to brush him off.
  “Let me.”
  I sigh. I had no idea I was this tired.
  “It’s the altitude. You’re not used to it. And the drinking, of course.” He smirks
  and pests me of my coat and throws it on one of the bedroom chairs.
  Taking my hand, he leads me into the bathroom. What? Why are we going in
  here?
  “Sit,” he says.
  I sit on the chair and close my eyes. I hear him messing around with bottles
  on the vanity unit. I am too tired to open my eyes to find out what he’s doing.
  A moment later he tips my head back. Now I open my eyes, in surprise.
  “Eyes closed,” Christian says . Holy crap, he’s holding a cotton ball!
  Gently, he wipes it over my right eye. I sit stunned as he methodically
  removes my makeup.
  “Ah. There’s the woman I married,” he says after a few wipes.
  “You don’t like makeup?”
  “I like it well enough, but I prefer what’s beneath it.” He kisses my forehead.
  “Here. Take these.” He puts some Advil into my palm and hands me a glass
  of water.
  I look up at him, pouting.
  “Take them,” he orders.
  I roll my eyes, but do as I’m told.
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  I snort. “So coy, Mr. Grey. Yes, I need to pee.”
  He laughs. “You expect me to leave?”
  I giggle. “You want to stay?”
  He cocks his head to one side, his expression amused.
  “You are one kinky son of a bitch. Out. I don’t want you to watch me pee.
  That’s a step too far.” I stand and wave him out of the bathroom.
  When I emerge from the bathroom, he’s changed into his pajama bottoms.
  Hmm . . . Christian in PJs. I gaze mesmerized at his abdomen, his muscles,
  his happy trail. It’s distracting. He strides over to me.
  “Enjoying the view?” he asks wryly.
  “Always.”
  “I think you’re slightly drunk, Mrs. Grey.”
  “I think, for once, I have to agree with you, Mr. Grey.”
  “Let me help you out of what little there is of this dress. It really should come
  with a health warning.” He turns me around and undoes the single button at
  the neck.
  “You were so mad,” I murmur.
  “Yes. I was.”
  “At me?”
  “No. Not at you.” He kisses my shoulder. “For once.”
  I smile. Not mad at me. This is progress. “Makes a nice change.”
  “Yes. It does.” He kisses my other shoulder then tugs my dress down over my
  backside and onto the floor. He removes my panties at the same time,
  leaving me naked. Reaching up, he takes my hand.
  “Step,” he commands, and I step out of the dress, holding his hand for
  balance.
  He stands, and my dress and panties join Mia’s trench coat on the chair.
  “Arms up,” he says softly. He slips his T-shirt over me and pulls it down,
  covering me up. I am ready for bed.
  He pulls me into his arms and kisses me, my minty breath mingling with his.
  “As much as I’d love to bury myself in you, Mrs. Grey—you’ve had too much
  to drink, you’re at nearly eight thousand feet, and you didn’t 287 | P a g e
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  sleep well yesterday. Come. Get into bed.” He pulls back the duvet and I
  climb in. He covers me up and kisses my forehead once more.
  “Close your eyes. When I come back to bed, I’ll expect you to be asleep.” It’s
  a threat, a command . . . it’s Christian.
  “Don’t go,” I plead.
  “I have some calls to make, Ana.”
  “It’s Saturday. It’s late. Please.”
  He runs his hands through his hair. “Ana, if I come to bed with you now, you
  won’t get any rest. Sleep.” He’s adamant. I close my eyes and his lips brush
  my forehead once more.
  “Goodnight, baby,” he breathes.
  Images of the day flash through my mind . . . Christian hauling me over his
  shoulder in the plane. His anxiety as to whether or not I’d like the house.
  Making love this afternoon. The bath. His reaction to my dress. Decking
  Blond Giant—my palm tingles at the memory. And then Christian putting me
  to bed.
  Who would have thought? I grin widely, the word progress running around my
  brain as I drift.
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