Bella's POV
I let out a breath of relief as I threw myself into the car. Work has been really getting to me lately. Who knew having your own business was this stressful? My business partners weren't making this week's task of planning the fashion show any easier. I shake my head and smile at the thought of them as I pull out of the parking lot. It brings me back to how we first met.
I come from a divorced home. My mother escaped from Forks when I was a baby, leaving my father, Charlie, behind. She found a new home in Phoenix along with a new husband. Phil was... Okay. I was 13 when my mom married him. I wasn't looking for him to play the role of daddy and Phil was just fine with that. We got along, but the honeymoon stage they were going through was sickening. So, I decided it was time to pay Charlie an extended visit.
He was shocked when I told him I wanted to come stay, but he didn't question it. Adjusting to life in Forks was difficult at first. I moved during the summer before 8th grade. So I figured I wouldn't be noticed as much. Boy was I wrong. The stares and whispers followed me constantly throughout the day. And by the next week, it hadn't gotten any better. I was use to eating lunch alone on the steps to the school, but one day this short energetic girl came to sit beside me.
"Hi, I'm Alice. I'm Dr. Cullen's daughter. I'm in the same grade as you. Oh, and I have a brother. You might know him. He's in our grade too. Do you know him? He has green eyes and coppery hair. He's aggravating but I love him. Do you have a brother or sister? Do you like it here? ", she gushed in one long lengthy sentence.
I laughed. I liked her. She seemed weird, but a good weird. From that day on, we were best friends.
We didn't meet Rosalie until we got to high-school. Rosalie was a sophomore that year and she was dating Alice's and Edward's older brother, Emmet. Coincidentally enough, Emmet became close to Rose's twin brother, Jasper. And Jasper had a crush on Alice. It was one bug circle of dating I guess.
I was like the 5th wheel most of the time because of the fact that Edward rarely hung with us. He had his own clique.
Anyway, fast forward some years later and everybody had went their separate ways to college and then on with their lives. I had majored in Business and Marketing. I was confused after I graduated though. I had no idea where to go or what to do. So, I decided to move back close to home. I settled on Port Angeles, not tiny like Forks but not huge like Seattle.
I was in a local bar one night when Alice and Rose walked in. It was an amazing reunion. We gushed on and on for hours as we caught up. Rose and Emmet had married immediately after we graduated high school. Apparently it was very small and low key, which I'm shocked at because I know Rosalie and her taste. Alice and Jasper were engaged.
They questioned me on why I had moved back so close to home. And I did the same to them. We all and something in common:being clueless on what to do with our degrees. They both had majored in Fashion. There's really not much to do with that around here. Finally after multiple drinks. Rose tossed an idea out.
"Hell with Bella's degree in Marketing and our degrees in Fashion, we should just go into business. "
We all laughed it on until it hit us... That's hell of a good idea. Thus, Arobel was born.
I shook my head as I pulled into the driveway of my home. We started off as a clothing store, but now we were a nationally recognized brand. I was so proud of my friends, my sisters. We made our dream come true along with marrying our dream guys.
Oh yes, I had forgotten about that part. During the Grand opening of Arobel, Edward had attended. It had been years since we had layed eyes on each other. It was like electricity was flowing through every inch of the room. That night we had set out plans for dinner the next day, and after that it was history. We were married by the time I was 24, and now I'm 27 and still as in love with him as I was over 5 years ago.
I smiled as I got out of the car. I walked towards the door and paused as I finally notice Edwards's car in the garage. That's strange. I went over his schedule in my head. He was supposed to be at a meeting with Jasper and Emmet at their telecommunications business's headquarters in Seattle today. I shrug it off. Maybe it was cancelled or early.
I turn the knob and realized the door is locked. I dig through my purse for the keys I had just thrown in there. Edward usually doesn't lock the door when it's just him in the house. I unlock the door and step in. I drop my bag on the couch as I head to the kitchen. I honestly don't feel like cooking. Maybe we could just go out tonight. I glance at the kitchen window. It's only 3. I still have time to make reservations. I was about to reach for my phone when I heard a noise from upstairs.
What im the world was Edward doing? I followed the noise to my bedroom door. It was slightly opened. I decided to peek.
What I see makes me want to vomit. It makes me want to run screaming from the room. It kills me on the inside. It makes me regret everything I've worked for in my relationship for the past 5 years.
Edward is in our bed, in our home, fucking another woman.
