Christian's Yearning

CH24

~ heart to heart ~

Christian has been on-board for four hours, en-route to New York, his visit to Taiwan was a success and now all he can think about is to be able to hold Ana. He has been reading all the reports circulating about her; he thinks it is amazing the amount of buzz surrounding his Ana.

His favorites are the pictures of Anna at a mall; she is wearing tight jeans and a black sweater. She is going up an electrical escalator. There is a little girl nearby looking up to Ana, she cannot be more than five years old and is eating an ice cream. Ana looks relax and content; happily looking into the girl's eyes. Ana will be a wonderful mother someday. He makes a mental note to ask her if the little girl is just a passerby or if they know each other. The article says it is David's and Ana's daughter – that really upsets him.

Christian has received a few emails from Elena. He only read the first one - she says she'll stay way. That is all he wants, maybe she really got the message. After a few hours of unsettled sleep he goes back to his laptop.

There is yet another email from Elena saying that she wants to meet. He expected that; it was too much to hope that she will be out of his life easily. He arranges for her to go to Escala over the weekend, might as well deal with her head on He expects Elena to come after him with fury which is fine, he can deal with his ex-Dome. He knows all her tricks. She'll act all affronted; she'll say she is his friend and confidant. She'll try to make him feel guilty round and around a few times. She will try to exert some physical control over him like kiss him or slap him, or probably both.

~0~

When Christian finally arrives in New York, it is two in the morning on Thursday. However, instead of going to his apartment, he goes directly Ana's.

"Hi."

"Christian!"

"Sorry to wake you, I just couldn't wait until morning."

"Nonsense! Come in, come in." She is sleepy and has bed hair – she looks amazing.

Christian waves his security men and goes in. He pushes her against the wall as soon as the door is closed. "I missed you!" She unbuttons the first two buttons and runs her hands on his chest. He cannot wait and rips his shirt right off making some buttons flying every which way. Even his sleeves get caught in his cufflinks and he pulls them off him in a hurry.

"You have no idea how much I missed you." He says pulling her hair. Her face is flushed, her cheeks red. She runs her tongue on his lower lip and he responds by pushing her against the wall once more.

That night, Christian takes her, all of her, on the sofa, on the floor, by the window, on the coffee table, and upside down by the fire place. They are rough and hungry for each other.

~0~

Finally, once all their sexual urgency is sated; they drink cold water while resting in bedand go over all that has happened with the paparazzi in the last few days. Eventually, she addresses the topic that both have been skirting around.

"You said that you will take care of your Mrs. Robinson; yet she text-ed me."

"She is not mine… there is a restraining order. She should stay away."

"Somehow I do not think she got the message."

"I also removed myself as a silent partner in her businesses."

"You bankrupted her?"

"No, I just removed my backing, sending her a very strong message that I am not joking. She still has all the buildings. If she is smart, she can sell them and end up with right around six million or so."