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Chapter 9
Bella's POV
"You are back already?" Edward asked getting up and becoming the stiff prince that I couldn't stand.
"Yes, this is the maid you fired?" Esme asked motioning to Tanya. I couldn't understand this, why wasn't she blowing my cover?
"Yes, did you talk her into coming back?" Edward asked pullling me up and next to him.
"Yes," Esme smiled a cruel smile as she stared at me, "Princess, please come with me."
"Yes ma'am!" I said letting go of Edward's hand and following her out.
"Welcome home father!" I heard Edward say then there was laughter, something told me if I ever got to be alone with just Edward and his father, then we
would get a long great.
"Shut the door," Esme commanded, "Maid."
"Yes ma'am!" I said shutting it and turning to stare at her.
"What do you want? Money? Are you trying to scam my son?"
"No! It was a mistake, I didn't plan this!" I said hoping she would get this. I had feeings for her son, this wasn't a scam that I had planned.
"Well, I will give you 100 thousand to get out of here and go back to the states."
"No."
"200?"
"No, I love your son, why is it so bad if he marries a commoner?" I asked then thought about the story he had told me, "You did."
"Yes, I did, and I love Carlisle but I should have been smarter! A king runs the country and Carlisle had no idea what to do," Esme said with a smug look on her
face, "I should have married in my class, I'm not going to let Edward make the same mistake I did."
"Mistake? You regret marrying your own husband?" I shook my head at what I was hearing, "I can't believe this! I love Edward, he is so kind and caring to
everyone, he's not at all like you!"
"You are very perceptive Miss. Swan," I turned to leave but she coughed, making me turn around, "Princess Tanya is perfect for him, she knows what she's
doing, unlike you."
"I could do it, if you would just teach me!" I pleaded with her. I knew this day would come, but I was hoping that I could convince her to let me marry her son
because I wasn't ready to let him go.
"Sorry, no can do, I want someone who knows what she's doing, like the Princess."
"So what now? You going to reveal my secret to Edward? Ruin my life forever?"
"You are over exaggerting my dear, I'm not going to tell my son, I want him to find out on his own time and learn from the mistake he made."
"So, the Princess is just going to go along with it?"
"Yes, I'll explain everything to her and she'll be fine," Esme said then motioned for me to leave.
"Is everything alright?" Edward asked as I joined him once again.
"Yeah!" I said with as much happiness in my voice as I could get up. Inside, I was crying my eyes out that everything was coming to an end and it wasn't until
that moment that I realied how much I had come to love Edward.
"Well, it is nice to meet you Princess," the King said and I smiled, he wasn't at all like his wife, "Edward, you weren't kidding when you said she was beautiful!"
"She's not all that pretty!" Tanya made a point to make a snide comment, "For a princess that is, I'm more of a princess then she'll ever be!"
"Excuse me? You are just a maid," Edward said putting an arm around my waist and pulling me closer to him.
"It's nice to meet you, you're highness," I said curtseying to him.
"Please, call me Carlisle, it is nice to meet you Princess."
"Bella," I said just as I saw Rose at the corner out of my eye.
"The wedding planner is here," Rose said, I turned and saw Maggie standing behind Rose.
"Ah! You must be Margaret Seas!" Carlisle said walking over to Maggie and shaking her hand.
"Call me Maggie, it's nice to meet you King Carlisle," Maggie said curtseying to him.
"I get tired of this," Carlisle groaned then smiled at Edward, "Come on son, we have a meeting in a little less than an hour. Nice to meet you Maggie, goodbye
Bella."
"Be right there," Edward walked over to me and gave me a quick kiss on the forehead, "I'll be back before ya know it."
"Okay," I said feeling an ache in my stomach the minute he walked out the door. Then it hit me, this was the first royal thing I had to do without him.
"So, Princess, given any thought to bridesmaids dresses?" Maggie asked as we sat down on the couch.
"Yes, I picked some out actually. They are really cute and I love them," I said trying to find the page that the dresses were on at the same time Tanya came
and sat down.
"Can I see the dress?"
"Sure!" Might as well show her the dress she'll be wearing when she marries him, "Isn't it gorgeous? Edward is so excited!"
"He's in the dark about somethings I'm sure," Tanya said her sentance was laced with secrets, "Maybe he needs to find out."
"He'll find out soon enough," I said then smiled a wicked smile, "You should get back to work." Tanya glared at me before leaving the room no doubt to go talk
to the king and queen.
"Here are the bridesmaids dresses," I said showing her the pink dresses that I had picked out.
"Oh lovely," she wrote the page number down and the number that was above the dress, "How many bridesmaids will you have?"
"How many?" I hadn't gotten a chance to talk with Edward about bridesmaids and I had no idea how many a princess should have, "Um... 4 or 5?"
"Good number!" Maggie said, I sighed with relief because that had been a guess, "You aren't a princess are you?"
"What?"
"You have no idea what you're doing, I saw the look on your face when Edward left the room. You were terrified."
"It was just a misunderstanding! I didn't mean for it to go this far!" I cried expecting her to be beyond mad, but, she wasn't. If anything, she was the most
sympathetic with me.
"Now, you've fallen in love with him?" I nodded, "But what's worse, he fell in love with you as well, it's obvious with every glance he casts at you."
"I know," I said wiping a tear away before going back to the plans.
Tanya's POV
"This is unacceptable! I can't handle this! He is mine, not hers!" I yelled at Queen Esme. She was the one that set this wedding up, now she was just letting
the maid take my place, "You want her as queen? She'll ruin this country!"
"Don't worry, all good things come to those who wait." Esme said getting up, "For right now, just pretend to be the maid and soon, very soon, Edward will find
everything out."
"Better be soon, I don't want to be a maid forever," I said walking out just in time to see Edward and Bella playfully messing with each other.
"Shut up!" Bella said slapping him, how dare she slap him?
"Make me." Edward said leaning over her, his face was inches above hers.
"Someone-" Bella began to protest but was cut off when Edward smashed his lips to her. This was unbelievable, what was she doing to him? He shouldn't be
kissing like that where anyone could walk in.
"Bella, let's..." he leaned closer and whispered something in her ear.
"You think so? Why?"
Bella's POV
"Let's get married, today or tomorrow, but I'm saying let's elope." Edward whispered in my ear excited.
"You think so? Why?" I asked staring at his perfect face leaning over mine.
"I can tell it makes you nervous, and I don't want any of this, I saw my father today in council and I don't want to be head of the council," he ran a finger along
my cheek, "Please?"
"I would love to, but... I can't," I said as a tear escaped, was I really going to end everything with this man that I loved so much?
"You can't?" He got off of me and sat up. The expression on his face just broke my heart, "You don't want to get married?"
"Of course I do, I love you so much Edward," a tear escaped and ran down my cheek, Edward leaned foward and wiped it away, "I love you so much, that's the
only reason I'm doing this now. Please, remember how much I love you! I didn't mean for it to go this far."
"What are you talking about love?"
"I'm not who you think I am," he narrowed his eyes at me and waited for me to continue.
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