Betrayal Inevitable *Complete*

Part 17

DISCLAIMER: Fifty shades of Grey or its' characters do NOT belong to me. I own the plot and more than a few characters though. I would like to remind you that this is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to real people or places is accidental.

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Chapter - 17:

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Ana awoke sometime later to see Christian kneeling beside her, fully dressed. "Hey." he said greeting her softly.

"Hey, what time is it?" She mumbled, reaching over to gaze blearily at her phone.

"Not quite 4:00 am," he said quietly, "I didn't want to leave without talking to you first." he added.

"Oh. Okay?" She blinked her eyes, confused as she turned on the lamp and the whole room became visible. She pulled the blankets towards her chest for warmth and ran hand over her hair, "You are heading out? Why so early though?" she asked.

"Um..." he muttered, straightening up so he could sit on the edge of the bed. Ana scooted up to lean against the headboard to give him room. He reached out to tuck a curl behind her ear gently. He then placed her leg that was outside the tangle of covers on his lap and ran his palm over her calf before settling his hand on her knee and squeezing it in an intimate gesture.

She reached out, placing her hand over his with a contented, if bleary, smile, "I can't believe you chose me. I'm sorry for Stephen, but I'm really happy that I still have you. You're going for jogging, right? Are you coming later? You know, I would love it if you bring a change of clothes with you," she suggested quietly. "Not that I'm pressuring you or anything. I mean, I know we just got serious and I don't want to seem pushy, but..." she rumbled on nervously.

"Ana," Christian interrupted, running his thumb across the back of her hand. He looked at her, his expression grim, "I won't be coming back,"

Ana froze instantly. For a second Ana thought she couldn't have heard right. She even had to blink her eyes a couple of times just to make sure she wasn't still asleep, but then she looked at his expression and knew that this was not going to be a good. She removed her hand from his light grasp. "What?! But you said..." and that's when she finally understood why he looked so guilty, "You don't mean just tonight, do you?" she asked softly with a sinking feeling in her chest.

"No," he confirmed tearing their hearts apart.

"You said I come first. You said you chose me," she said, her voice trembling, "I repeatedly asked you last night and you told me you would choose me... every time."

"I did choose you," he told her, shutting his eyes as if it pained him to admit it. "I wanted to be selfish, but I can't hurt my family and Stephen is also my family. On top of that... I don't want to put my family in risk. I can't trust their safety with your uncle around,"

"You're breaking up with me, aren't you?" Ana sniffed once tilting her head slightly to the side. She felt numb but not surprised. Hadn't she expected this all along?! "It's too dangerous for your family, huh?" she mumbled despondently.

Christian nodded and they sat in silence for a long moment. While Christian was affixing his best 'let her down easy' face all Ana could think was 'Why is this happening to me?' as she tried to get her emotions under control.

"Ana, I didn't want this for us. If I could... if it was possible for both families to be okay with each other then I would've tried, but... I'm sorry. I can't do this. We can't do this. We can't be THAT selfish,"