Chapter 9: Betrayal

Betrayal

When Bella got to her house she immediately shut the door and began to get comfortable by changing her clothes into her pink Victorian lace low rise boy shorts with the matching pink lace halter bra with also the silk pink robe she bought at Victoria's secret. She walks over toward her bedroom mirror and began to rub her flat stomach.

"Hang in there kid, soon daddy will know you exist" she said as she continued massaging her flat nonexistent baby bulge remembering the story Edward told her earlier..."...last year he got a girl pregnant and completely walked away from her and the kid...She was so much in love with him from what I can tell…he ignored her every chance he got…she was so hurt and depressed….She…She put her car in her garage…left her car running…she locked all the doors with the baby in her arms…Carbon monoxide poisoning…When we found her she was stiff as a rock the baby was in her arms…She was 18 bells…." She could tell Edward was really affected by the child's death but was thrown for a loop when she asked him why he didn't have any children. He acted as if he didn't really was not interested by changing the conversation. "I hope you want this baby Edward…God I pray you do…" She already loved her unborn child but she knew her child needed its father and Edward would make a wonderful one at that.

"Oh No I forgot to call Rose" She picks up the phone and dialed Rosalie's number.

"Where the hell have you been" she answered on the first ring

"Hello to you too Rose"

"Don't hello me…I have been worried sick about you" she yelled

"There is no reason to worry about me Rose…Edward would never hurt me" she said with a smile on her face.

"Yeah well…"

"Rose…I told him"

"Oh my god you told him you're…"

"No…"she said interrupting

"Oh no Bella…what…how…why…why would you put yourself through that"

"I don't know… we were talking and the next thing I knew I was confessing…I just felt like it was right to tell him.

"Really"

"Yes, he was so attentive and sweet…he listened and didn't judge me"

"Oh wow girl sounds to me like you go got bit by the bug"

"Did I mention we kissed twice?"

"No way…twice…how was it" Rosalie said clearly shocked

"FAN… FREAKING… TASTIC"

"I want details" she shouted happily

"Come on Rose...You already know we did more than that over four weeks ago"

"While not being intoxicated?"

"Good point"

"Well dish"

"Well the first kiss was just a distraction from when I told him my story but the second my gosh my hormones were on fire, he took me by my waist wrapping his strong muscular arms around and he said "I promise I would never ever hurt you…I promise to protect you from the bad and rejoice for the good"

"No way"

"I swear Rose…I lost all control and kissed him"

"Wait you initiated it?"

"My hormones were on fire it was so romantic…trust me you would do the same thing if you were me"

"I know Bells trust me I know….So um did he tell you he loved you yet?"

"No he said he cared for me"

"Well that's close"

"No its not"

"Bella why does it have to be love"

"Because I don't think he wants a kid"

'What why would you say that…did you ask him"

"Well….no I didn't"

"Then why would you say that"

"I asked him why he didn't have children"

"You asked him what…have you lost your mind"

"I was curious"

"Well, have you ever thought or consider maybe he changed the subject because he was uncomfortable"

"Yes, I have but it was the way he talked about his ex-wife that got me worried"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean he told me that he and his wife were married for seven years and waited until their fourth year of marriage to try for children"

"Point being"

"She was infertile and he really seemed like there was still something he was keeping from me about her"

"Ahh…you're worried he still loves her"

"Yes"

"What do you know about her?"

"Now that you mention it I don't know anything about her just that she hurt Edward…he never really explained what happened"

"Wow that sucks what else"

"Um they were high school sweethearts; they have been divorced two years now"

"Two years…Bells are you sure?"

"Yes, that is what he said"

"Bella, he just got divorced"

"Two years ago Rose" she did not like where the conversation was going but she knew no matter what Rosalie would be honest with her and for this situation her straight forward honest words is what scares her.

"Wow!"

"What" she asked now completely confused

"Have you ever thought that maybe he's on the rebound?"

"Congratulations rose you have just announced my worst fears"

"I see your point…Bella maybe you need to talk to Edward about the situation between him and his ex-wife…you know see if there is any love there just so you don't get your heart broken"

"I agree with you and I will give it thought but what happens if he says yes Rose what do I do then"

"You cut your losses and raise that baby yourself…you are strong enough and you certainly are well off…"she said sadly" but I know you Bells you are in love and you won't want to let him go" Bella knew she was telling the truth.

"I am completely and utterly in love with him Rosalie, he's perfect for me…we are perfect together"

"Why don't you tell him your feelings and go from there"

"Gee Rose never gave that a thought…oh wait a minute how about the fact that I'm pregnant with his child…what if he doesn't want me…or the baby ever thought about that"

"Why so negative"

"This is not a fairy tale this is my life"

"I know that sweetie relax..."

"I'm sorry it's these damn hormones"

"It's okay sweetie just talk to Edward and see where you guys stand"

"That's the plan …he is supposed to call me"

"Good…then let him know where you stand and at least try to tell him…I have at least a little faith that he won't abandon you but if he does…I WILL CUT OFF HIS BALLS OFF AND SHOVE THEM DOWN HIS THROAT"

"Gosh Rose, are you sure you're not pregnant" she giggled "that will not be necessary"

"No, Bells just protective…I got your back girl" she laughed

"Good to know but I would like the father of my child to keep his family jewels thank you"

"Whatever girl" she laughed

"Listen Rose…I'm going to have to call you back tomorrow…I'm going to call him"

"Bella…wait...What are you going to tell him exactly?"

"I'm going to take your advice and see where he and I stand"

"That's my girl…call me when you find out"

"I will"

"Later girl"

"Later Rosalie"

When the women finished their conversation, Bella decided she needed to tell Edward how she feels about him and also about the baby. She wanted to hear his sweet soft voice but she also wanted to at least ask him the same questions Rosalie asked her about his marriage and whether or not he is on the rebound. She then picked up the phone to call Edward. The phone rang twice before he answered.

"Just the beautiful girl I been thinking about" he said with a smile on his face. Just hearing his voice and knowing that he was thinking about her as well made her feel extremely happy.

"Hey Edward…"she smiled shyly

"What's wrong are you okay?"

"Yeah I'm fine" she said nervously

"Are you sure…You don't sound to good…got something on your mind"

"Uh…Yes…I was wondering if we could finish our conversation"

"Sure…what's on your mind?"

"Well...I really don't know how to ask" this made Edward's heart skip a beat the only thing came to mind was Rebecca and that was not a good thing.

"Okay…Bella you know you can ask me anything you want…"

"I was wondering about your marriage…"

"Okay…" This got Edward's complete attention. He never really liked to talk about his horrible marriage and the divorce that followed.

"Could you tell me about it…I mean why did you get divorced…I mean… I don't mean to make you uncomfortable" she asked nervously

"No…Its okay…I'll talk about it..." he wasn't really uncomfortable because he knew it was going to come up sooner or later. "It doesn't exactly boost my credentials as a man to find my wife in bed with my supposed best friend."

"What…oh…my…gosh…how...when..." Bella was absolutely speechless. She could not believe any woman would cheat on the amazing Adonis known as Edward. Not only is he breathtakingly handsome but he is smart, funny, and is a true gentleman. Not once since they had the one night stand has he mention anything about sex or even try to make a move on her. It was as if the one night stand did not happen but Bella knew, in fact had proof that it did.

"Slow down beautiful…and I will tell you what happened"

"Sorry…"

"It's okay...Here it goes" he says taking a breath…

Flashback Two years ago

Edward decided to go home early to surprise his wife. As he walks into his house, Edward suddenly heard sounds of moans and ecstasy from a man and a woman who sounded a lot like his wife.

"What the hell?" he says to himself. He runs as fast as he could to his room.

He opens the door and what he sees makes him see fire. His wife and his best friend Jake was in bed together.

"Edward, I can explain!" Rebecca said getting up as she can.

"Explain what explain why my wife is banging my best friend!" as he said that he looked directly at Jake and watched as he was putting his clothes on also.

"Look Edward, man… I'm sorry this was a mistake. I promise you it will never happen again…she came onto me"

"Bet your ass it will never happen again" he was getting angrier by the minute. Edward was usually a guy who could keep his cool under stressful situations but this was an exception. He had just caught his wife of 7yrs having sex with his best friend, whom he known all his life. He went over to face his former friend.

PUNCH

"Get the hell out of my house!" he yelled with nothing but pure rage.

Rebecca just looked at him completely stunned. She had never heard Edward yell like that. As Jake picked himself up off the floor and ran out the bedroom door, Rebecca looked at her now furious husband.

"I'm so sorry, Edward!"

"Save it and get your shit and go, you will be hearing from my lawyer" he said looking at her in a dead stare.

"No, Edward we can make this work…baby please!"

"I will not tell you again, GET YOUR SHIT AND GET THE HELL OUT REBECCA…ITS OVER…WE ARE DONE! He says as his voice gets louder and louder.

"Where am I supposed to go Edward?"

"I do not give two shits just get the hell out of my life! WE ARE FINISHED!

Rebecca cries silently "I'm sorry Edward!"

He turns his head not wanting to hear anymore.

She begins packing a bag and takes one more look at Edward then walks out the bedroom that they once shared; walking out of Edward's life.

As she left Edward begin to lose it. He throws the banquets and quilts off the bed and begins breaking pictures, and anything he could get his hands on. He finally stopped and broke down crying. He couldn't believe what he had walked in on. His wife, the woman he wanted to bare his children and be with for the rest of his life cheated on him with his best friend.

He wanted to forget that it happened he wanted to wish it away but he knew he couldn't.

End flashback

After he was done Bella was speechless. "Oh…wow…I'm sorry Edward"

"She betrayed me in the worst possible way…it was unforgivable" Bella had noticed the bitterness in his voice but Edward had tried to cover it up the best he could.

"What happened to Jake?"

"He left for Miami before I could get to him"

"Oh…what about your wife…" she said in an uneven tone

"Ex-wife…she's well… she left town and hasn't been back" he lied. There was a soft silence before Bella asked Edward point blink.

"Edward…"

"Yeah…"

"Do you want kids…you know maybe in the future"

"Well, I haven't thought about it much since my ex-wife was told she was infertile…I gave up that dream for her"

"But would you?"

"Yes…I would want children…If I was given the chance"

"Good…Edward I'm…." she said suddenly she heard a familiar woman's voice on the background.

"What the hell are you doing here" he said furious then he remembered Bella was on the phone "Give me a second Bella" he said as he put the phone down. Bella listened to the whole conversation. What they didn't know is Rebecca planned the whole thing.

"I'm not going to ask you again Rebecca" Rebecca knew that Edward was talking to Bella because she had been watching him all night. So as she talked to him she wondered over to the phone and put it on speaker phone.

"Oh I didn't know a wife couldn't check up on her husband…it was only a fight Edward" she said sounding like a lovesick puppy dog.

"One fight…" he said confused not knowing what was going on but Rebecca was definitely up to something. He just didn't know what.

"After everything we have been through" she said in a seductive voice trying to get closer to him but Edward was having none of that he push her away forcefully as she touched his chest.

"You need to leave" he said furious that she was standing right there once again. He just wanted her out of his life he was through with all of her games.

"I live here Edward…This is my house too"

"That was not in the divorce agreement…or have you forgotten…you got nothing the prenup saw to that" he said viciously but Rebecca just smiled she knew that she hurt his ego when she slept with Jacob. The truth was she just wanted to see if Jake was as good as he claimed to be. He wasn't Edward was better always better. She blamed him for losing Edward. She just wanted her husband back and her plan was turning out better then she expected when she found out about Bella's pregnancy.

"You know you still love me Eddie…" she says rubbing his muscular chest. Bella was in shock listening to all of this she was mostly confused since Edward had told her his ex-wife was gone and she could figure out why did that voice sound so familiar.

"Stop it Rebecca" he said in a faint voice clearly exhausted from yelling at her. He wanted her to just understand he did not want her and what she did to him was unforgiveable. All the lies, cheating and scheming was over.

"We had fun didn't we…you remember our honeymoon for two weeks we were together and made love continuously we didn't leave the room until it was check out time" she said unbuttoning his shirt as Edward pushed her hands away.

"Becca…I mean it" he said almost as if he was giving up but truthfully he was just tired of having the same argument with her over and over again…Rebecca on the other hand thought she knew how to play him to get him bothered and she thought she was winning. Then it happened she pulled him close to her and kissed him… Edward just stood there not returning the kiss but not stopping it either. Realization that Rebecca was kissing him finally dawned on him and he pushed Rebecca away but she kept her arm locked around his neck but her legs were now on the floor.

"Mmm…I missed your lips all over my body and I know you missed me" this was enough to make Bella sick. She couldn't take it anymore and hung up the phone before she could hear anything else. She sat down on her floor crying. Edward on the other hand had forgotten Rebecca had kissed him until he heard the dial tone on the phone it was loud, he then knew the speakerphone was on. He took Rebecca arms from around his neck and pushed her away from him forcefully. He had forgotten Bella was on the phone. He was furious.

" No…Bella.." He said as he rubs his hand through his wildly untamed hair…"Why the fuck was the speakerphone on Rebecca!" he was now beyond furious he was downright murderous.

"Well she now knows she can't have my husband" she said with a smirk. He wanted to strangle her.

"You…you did this on purpose…you put her on speakerphone…" he said suddenly full of rage...he knew he had just lost Bella…He needed to fix this as soon as possible but before that he needed to get rid of the she-devil that has possibly destroyed his life.

"Get the Hell out now before I throw you out"

"Now you know that whore can never do you better than I can" he was ready to strangle her. He was raised never to put his hands on a woman but this was not a woman this was a she demon. He could not believe he spent so many years blind to that fact alone.

"You don't know a damn thing about her…I mean it stay the fuck away from her and stay the hell away from me" he says pushing her out of the door and walking to his car. He needed to explain to Bella what had happen and tell her the truth…even beg for her forgiveness.

"No…you love me Edward…I know you do" He had had enough, he ran to her as fast as a blink of an eye. He pushed her against the tree she was standing next to. Rebecca was now frightened she had never seen Edward this angry before it actually turned her on.

"Can't you see you manipulative bitch…I feel nothing for you…I am in love with Bella…I love her not you…never you" All she could do was shake her head back and forth not believing him. She knew he loved her he just needed proof of their love and in her sick mind Bella's unborn child was the answer to her prayers. "Now get the hell out of here and never come back" he said as he got in his car and drove to Bella's house.

"We will see…I just have to move on to plan B…eliminate the threat…it may take the next eight months but I will have my baby and that whore will be dead…you and I will finally be happy Edward you will see" she said with a wicked smile…"Just as long as Bella keeps her mouth shut about my husband's baby…my plan will go perfectly…" she said as she got in her car and drove away.

Bella's House

"I can't believe It Rose" she sobbed

"I know it's okay…you are going to be okay" Rosalie rubbed her back softly silently cursing Edward

After the call Bella called her best friend Rosalie to come over her house. Rose sped over to her best friend's house. There she listened to her best friend in distress.

"How... I was about to tell him…I thought he at least care after what he told me" Then there was a hard knock at the door that cause both girls to jump.

"Who the hell is it?" Rosalie yelled before she opened the door

"Rose… I need to see Bella" He said rushed clearly in agony. He needed to see Bella no matter what she needed to know the truth. He couldn't bare it if she hated him.

"Hell no go away…haven't you hurt her enough" she yelled about to shut the door before Edward put his foot in the way.

"Rose…Please" he begged

"It's okay RoRo..." she says with her cotton robe tied around her waist… "Let's take this in the living room" she said softly

"Are you going to be okay…Bella?"

"Yes, Rose I'll be fine…Edward won't hurt me"

"I heard that before…"

"Rosalie!"

"Okay…sorry I'll be outside"

"Okay…Edward…what do you want?" she said softly not making eye contact. For some reason she didn't want him to see her tears.

End Part 1