Authors Note: *peeks around corner* Hey peeps, how's it going? I've been struggling but managing to keep my head above water.
Today I'm a little emotional, my baby boy just started his first day of 3rd grade! No one ever told me that it's still hard sending your baby off to school even though he's older now. *sniffles* I miss him... anywho, he's chapter 10, RxR, enjoy!
The Wrong Cullen
Chapter 10
Unknown POV
Hearing her cries makes me smile. They all wanted to take from me, so now, I take from them. And I'm not finished yet. She s only the beginning. I will cause hell for the Cullen and Swan family, even if it kills me...
*TWC*
Edward's POV
I toss the yellow envelope on the desk in front of Carlisle and Marcus.
"What is this?" Marcus asks, reaching for it first.
"Aro came and visited Jasper at the hospital, and before he left, he gave this to Esme to give to me," I inform them.
The whole thing is still confusing to me.
Marcus and Carlisle look at each other, "He did," Marcus asks, "I wasn't aware he was going to make a visit."
"He normally tells you everything, Marcus," Carlisle says, looking concerned.
Marcus continues pulling out the pictures and sets them down in front of us. "Huh, Charlie looks like he was making a deal with James Hunter," Marcus says.
"What deal?" Carlisle asks.
"It doesn't say, but I guess we should ask him since Aro personally got these to you, Edward."
I nod, "I'd like to know, but I just worry that he's in a fragile state at the moment."
"Maybe this could help?" Marcus asks.
"I'm going to call a meeting, give me a few," Carlisle says, pulling out his cell.
"Tell me when he's here," I tell them, stepping out of the room.
I head outside. My head has been killing me lately with all this stress. Bella's mom just disappearing is constantly hanging in the air around everyone, and yet no one has any answers.
I pull out a cigarette. I don't normally like smoking, but as I said, I'm stressed.
Just as I light up, a familiar black Cadillac SUV pulls in. This doesn't surprise me that Charlie is already here, Forks is a small town. What does slightly surprise me is Isabella getting out of the vehicle as well.
I take one last drag and put out my cig, before heading over.
"Bella," I say, happy to see her.
Even with everything she is going through, she always manages to give me the most beautiful smiles.
"I didn't know you were coming too," I tell her as I take her in my arms.
She nods, "Yeah, I don't like staying home alone anymore, and when Dad lets me, I go with him."
"Are you home alone a lot?" I ask, giving Charlie a side eye.
She shrugs, "Yeah, kind of. I mean I have security there and all but..." She does it again.
"Well, why don't you come stay with me for a while? You'll never be alone at the Cullen residence," I tell her.
Honestly, I just fucking miss sleeping with her. That first night with her, I'd never slept so good, or so long. It was well after nine in the morning when we awoke. Since then, I haven't slept more than a couple of hours each night.
She nods her head, "Okay, yeah, I'd like that." She says, tippy-toeing up to kiss my jaw. "I didn't know you smoked." She says, scrunching her nose.
I cringe a little, "I don't, normally, it's just all this stress."
She nods, "Just as long as it's not a bad habit."
"And if it were, would you call off the wedding?" I ask, teasingly of course.
She rolls her eyes, "Like I could walk away from you, Edward Cullen."
"Isabella, Edward," Charlie says as he's passing by, "I'll see you two inside." He gives a sad smile.
I feel bad for the man. He hasn't been the same since his wife went missing and I hope this meeting doesn't push him off the edge.
"What's going on, Edward?" Bella asks, "I know, I shouldn't ask questions, but I can't seem to help myself lately."
I pull her to me and kiss her forehead, "Don't worry about it baby, as soon as I find out what is going on, I'll fill you in. I promise,"
She nods, "I'm going to find Esme. We still have a lot of details to complete for the wedding.
Fuck, the wedding...Bella is going to be my wife. I'll get to be with her every day for the rest of my life. I take Bella by the hand and lead her through the front door. I start up the steps to head to my room.
She laughs softly, "Edward, I thought you had a meeting, where are we going?" she asks.
I don't answer her, not yet, as I lead her into my room and close the door, "You're going to be my wife," I say, as I stalk around her, leading her to be trapped against the door.
She nods, "I'm going to be your wife." She says as her eyes darken with lust.
I step closer to her, pinning her against the wall, "Say it again," I tell her, finding it harder to breathe.
"I'm yours; I'll be your wife." She says before I attack her lips.
I groan against her mouth, "Mine," I say, and she nods, as her fingers tug at my hair.
I lift her and use the door and my own body to pin her there. I feel her hand trail down the side of my face, down my chest and continue lower, I growl and feel her grin against my lips. When her hand slides between us, she cups me, growling in response, "Mine."
"Fuck," I say as I buck into her grasp.
Before I can even take things further, there's a knock on my door. I stop my attack as Bella and I both try to catch our breath, "Edward," There's another knock, "We have a meeting, need I remind you?"
It's Marcus, I'm about to tell him to fuck the meeting when Bella giggles.
"You have business to attend to, come find me afterward." She says, kissing my chin and sliding down my body.
"I'm not done with you yet," I say as I help her straighten herself out and then me.
"I'm going to hold you to that." She says, stepping back and opening the door.
Marcus is there, across the hall, leaning against the closed door to the guest room.
He smirks and rolls his eyes, "I swear."
"We weren't doing anything," I tell him, which gets Bella to laugh and shake her head as she goes back down the stairs to find Esme. I can't help the smile on my face, as I turn to face Marcus who is still looking amused, "She's going to be my wife." I tell him, like an idiot.
He nods, "I'm aware. I'm also aware just how pussy-whipped you are over her. I just hope you've kept your vow, unlike your brother."
"I have, she's just so damn..." I trail off as I see her getting comfortable on the couch with my mother. Her hair is slightly messy from where I'd grabbed ahold of her, I sigh...damn, I feel lucky she's going to be wife.
Marcus laughs out loud, claps me on the back and leads me back to Carlisle's office.
We head inside the office when I stop short. Jasper is here. "Hey brother, I wasn't expecting you here."
He nods, "Well, with Renee missing I've been called back."
That makes sense. A family should stick together through hard times, no matter what.
"Let's get down to business." Carlisle says, tossing down the pictures of Charlie.
He sighs, "I was wondering when this would come back around to bite me in the ass." Charlie says.
"What's going on here?" Marcus asks.
"Before Marcus got in touch with me about Jasper and Bella being arranged, I'd been in contact with James Hunter." This really gets my attention, and I lean forward on the couch.
"I wasn't sure if any of you took my offer seriously, so I'd gotten hold of James, and we talked about an arranged marriage between him and Isabella."
My nostrils flare, my Bella, my wife, had been offered to someone else before Jasper?
"And why would Aro himself, deliver these to Edward?" Carlisle asks.
Charlie looks over, confusion in his eyes, "I wasn't aware of this, I'm not sure." He says and then sighs again, "Please, Edward, forgive me. I know now that you belong with my daughter and that I've made so many mistakes." He says.
Jasper grunts and refuses to look at either of us. "I apologize to you as well, Jasper. You didn't deserve to be led on."
"Charles, how did James take the news when you told him Isabella was arranged to be married to a Cullen and not him?" Marcus asks.
"I-I...I'm not sure, I called him and told him that the arrangement was off, I didn't stay on the phone long enough to hear his response since that was the night your family came to dinner at my house," Charlie says.
Marcus sighs and Carlisle pinches the bridge of his nose, "I think we need to look into James Hunter, he may be another threat."
"Or the threat," Jasper says. We all turn to look at him, "He has a pretty good reason to be pissed at Charles and the rest of us."
"Would James go this far?" I ask, knowing I should never doubt anyone and what they might do.
"I guess we're going to find out," Carlisle says.
*TWC*
Bella's POV
I sit with Esme, and we go through flower arrangements, color schemes and things I do and don't like. When the doorbell rings, Esme excuses herself to go and answer it, along with a bodyguard. When she comes back, I am surprised to find Alice and Adrian with her. I haven't seen them in a while, "Oh my God, Bella you're making decisions without me!" Adrian pouts as I pull her into a hug.
"Sorry," I say as I lean over to hug Alice, "I've just needed the distraction."
"Well, come on, let's see what we've got going." Alice says, and the two of them join us in the living room.
We go through so much stuff, much more than I ever thought a wedding would be and before I knew it, Esme had invited us all to stay for dinner and then excused herself to go to the kitchen. That's one thing I do like about Esme, she cooks for her family. Renee and Charlie, they hired a chef, but I can cook. I love cooking or more so, baking.
The girls and I curl up on the couch and start flipping through channels. We land on a chick flick when I can't take it any longer.
"So, Alice, tell me about Jasper," I ask.
I watch her turn beet red, "I didn't know you knew about that, but I guess I should have figured Edward would tell you."
I nod, "He did, and don't worry, I'm not mad or anything."
"Good, I was a tad worried."
"A tad, B, Ali was freaking the fuck out," Adrian says and laughs when Alice smacks the shit out of her arm.
"I just didn't want you to hate me, I knew it was all fucked up, but I was like ninety-nine percent sure you were going to choose Edward," Alice explains.
I wave her off, "So, now tell me about Jasper."
She smiles, "I really like him, Bells. Our fathers are talking about an arranged marriage in order to cover up the vow breaking on both our parts."
"Well, that's good, I guess."
"Dude, that's not fair, you and Bella will be sister-in-laws," Adrian says, pouting.
"Sorry, Emmett isn't your type."
"I'm everyone's type," Emmett says, making us jump, since we hadn't heard him come in.
I laugh, "No, no you're not." I tell him making him pout.
He comes over and squishes himself between Adrian and me. He puts an arm around us both, "Aw come on, you guys are telling me you wouldn't want a piece of Emmy-bear if you had a chance?"
I elbow him in the gut as I stand, "Definitely not, Emmett." I laugh as he doubles over.
"You're so mean, why do you abuse me so?" He says, dramatically, "Edward, control your woman."
I turn to see him leaning against the entryway, and he raises an eyebrow, "You're lucky I don't come over there and cut your fucking hands off for touching my girl."
Emmett's eyes widen, "I was just joking with her, she's like a little sister to me."
"And keep reminding yourself that," Edward says as he pulls me against him.
"Alice," I hear behind Edward. I peek around him to find Jasper there, staring like a deer caught in headlights.
"Hey, Jasper," Alice says, standing.
"I'm gonna go see if Mom needs any help in the kitchen," Emmett says.
"I think I'll do the same," Adrian says as the two rush out of the living room.
"We'll leave you two to talk," Edward says leading me past Jasper.
"Wait," Jasper says, touching my arm. "Are we...?"
I nod, "We're good, Jasper, so long as you don't hate me."
He shakes his head, "I could never hate you, Bells."
"Thanks, Jazz," I tell him and continue out with Edward.
"So, what's going on?" I ask Edward.
He sighs, "We have a lead," Edward says as we walk towards the kitchen.
"On my mother?" I ask.
He nods, "It's not a sure thing, but it's a start."
"Who is it?"
Edward doesn't continue until we're out the back door, Esme, Emmett, and Adrian watching us as we go. Once we're outside, he says, "James Hunter is his name,"
James Hunter, that's not a name that sounds familiar to me. I shake my head, "I don't know him, do I?"
Edward shakes his head, "No, I don't think so."
"Then why would he take my mother?"
I watch as he yanks at his hair, clearly frustrated and angry. "James Hunter had come into contact with your father about an arranged marriage with you. Your father hadn't thought that Carlisle took his proposal with you and Jasper seriously, so he began making arrangements with James."
I feel anger and shock rip through me, I had been arranged to marry someone other than a Cullen?
"Once things were set in motion with you and Jasper, your father canceled everything with James including the arrangement. He never stayed on the phone long enough to hear a response and has not been in contact with the man since. We think he's out for revenge."
I shake my head; the thought of never marrying Edward Cullen makes me sick.
"Don't worry, love, we'll figure this out," Edward says, wrapping his arms around me, making me feel safe.
"Edward," I say, as he pulls back a little. "Promise me, no matter what, we'll get married?"
I don't know why, but this feeling in my gut is seriously making me feel sick, I belong with Edward Cullen, it says.
I know it's right, and now that I've got a hold of him, I won't let him go.
"I promise,"