Freed: Fifty Shades Freed as told by Christian

Chapter 152

Even when I said we didn’t need them.

“I’m glad you did,” I mutter.

“Really?” She doesn’t believe me.

I try to smile at her. “Yes. I don’t want to hurt you. I got carried away.” I kiss her. “Lost in the moment.” I kiss her again. “Happens a lot with you.”

Her face brightens with a grin.

It’s catching. “I don’t know why you’re grinning, Mrs. Grey.”

“Me neither.”

I embrace her, holding her close, and place my head on her chest. She strokes my naked back with one hand and runs her fingers through my hair with the other. And I crave her touch.

“It means I can trust you, to stop me. I never want to hurt you,” I confess. “I need—”

Tell her, Grey.

“You need what?”

“I need control, Ana. Like I need you. It’s the only way I can function. I can’t let go of it. I can’t. I’ve tried. And yet, with you…” I shake my head in exasperation.

“I need you, too,” she says, hugging me tighter. “I’ll try, Christian.

“I want you to need me.”

“I do!” she says emphatically.

“I

“You do. All the time. I missed you so much while you were away.”

“You did?”

“Yes, of course. I hate you going away.”

I smile. “You could have come with me.”

“Christian, please. Let’s not rehash that argument. I want to work.”

through my hair, chasing

“I love you, too, Christian. I will always love you.”

We

What a pair we are…

Her breathing evens out, she’s sleeping. I close my

bitch of a mother. I don’t want to see your fuck-ugly face for the rest of the evening. Understand? When I don’t reply, he slaps my face. Hard. My cheek stings. Or you get the burn, you little prick. No. No. I don’t like that. I don’t like the burn. It hurts. He smokes his cigarette and waves it in front of me. Do you want the burn, you little shit? Do you? He laughs. He has some teeth gone. He laughs. And laughs. I’m going to cook something for that bitch. Gonna need a spoon. Then it’s going into this. He holds an in-jec-shun up for me to see. She loves this. She loves this more than she loves you or me, you little shit. He turns away.

“No!” I bellow to the

“Christian, please. Wake up!”

I open my eyes. She is here. Shaking me. “Christian, you’re having a nightmare. You’re home. You’re safe.” I look around.

“Ana!” She’s here. She’s safe. I grab her face and pull her lips to mine, seeking the comfort and solace of her mouth. She is everything wholesome in my life. My love. My light.

Desire rockets through my body like lightning;

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