EPOV
I paced at the bottom of the stairs, waiting on Isabella who should be coming down at any moment. I was just about to check on her when I heard the light click of heels landing on the tiled floor. I glanced up and what I saw took my breath away.
She looked beautiful as she stood there nervously, running her hands down her thighs as if to smooth out any invisible wrinkles. She wore moderate makeup, highlighting her eyes and red, lush lips. Her hair was left down and curled, one half pinned back out of her face. Her eyes kept darting, unsure of where to look.
"I have something for you." I spoke softly while walking toward her, hoping to relieve some of her nerves.
Gently grabbing her wrist, I draped over it a sapphire and diamond bracelet that matched the blue of my tie. After doing the clasp I let her fingers slide through mine, unable to ignore the tingles that shot up my arm.
"Edward-"
"Oh!" Rosalie stumbled into the hall, intruding into our space.
"Ten minutes." I told her, trying to keep from barking at her.
She scurried off and I sent the same message to Emmett who would inform Riley. They had all been at the ready, their own clothing prepared to be rushed into. They knew as soon as they saw us or I gave them the word they had very little time to get themselves ready. I wanted things done efficiently and quickly, giving no chance of someone finding out who shouldn't know. I didn't want trouble, not even a scene, with Bella present; not to mention our daughter. I almost didn't risk bringing Annalisa but I knew Bella would be happier with her present. Rosalie promised to be nanny for a few hours so if something did happen she could get out of there unseen. No one would be searching for her; it would be Bella they were after. What I had failed to mention to Bella earlier about our protection was that I had men already on the scene keeping an eye out. I wasn't taking any risks.
"Excuse me." I gave her a small smile, asking for forgiveness and walked into my office. "Today." I simply said and hung up my phone.
Everything was set.
Emmett hovered over Bella as we walked into the restaurant with Riley following behind us. Rosalie was already there smiling with my grumpy looking baby.
"Annalisa Marietta!" I called out in a playful voice.
Her head bounced a bit with widened eyes at the sound of my voice, a grin lighting up her face. I gave Rosalie a nod of thanks and wrapped an arm around Bella, pulling her close to me. Ten more minutes and I would breathe easier.
The back room saved for special events was reserved for us, the priest already at his ready as we all walked in.
"This is it," I whispered into her ear, enjoying the little shudder she gave, "are you going to marry me bellissimo?" (Beautiful)
"Yes." She said quietly, yet with assurance.
We held hands as we walked to the priest, turning to face one another at his direction. Her eyes were focused on mine searchingly, for what I couldn't say, while they glimmered with unshed tears. My chest tightened and I could hear my heart in my ears. I have always prided myself on being in control of my emotions, considering my line of work, it was a good trait to have. Then Isabella Swan entered my life and I haven't been the same since. She did things to me I couldn't explain, acting more rashly than I ever have, losing my train of thought as my mind drifted to her.
"Edward?"
I blinked and realized time had passed by me as I studied my soon to be wife. Rosalie was at her side, Emmett by mine, and Riley in front of the closed doors. I realized while my mind wandered, the vows had already started and I had missed them.
"I'm sorry, what?" I asked after clearing my throat.
"Do you take Isabella Marie Cigno as your bride?"
"Yes!" I blurted out louder than I intended.
This woman was making me a wreck and I needed to get some sort of control back. I slid a ring onto her finger when prompted and was told I could kiss my bride. I cupped her cheeks and slowly lowered my lips to her soft ones, sucking in the small gasp she made as our lips made contact. I didn't deepen the kiss, but waited long enough that I knew she would be left with the feel of mine pressed against hers for quite some time.
Rosalie helped Annalisa clap along with Riley and Emmett slapped me on the back.
"Proud of you."
"Because I married the woman who birthed my child?" I asked with raised brows and an amused smile.
"Shut the fuck up." He grumbled, unable to hold back a smile, and shoved me. "Let's eat!" He exclaimed.
The late lunch was everything I had hoped it would be. The restaurant opened its doors for regular traffic so nothing looked suspicious and our table was filled with nothing by laughter and people trying to over talk one another. Bella yelled at me when I gave Annalisa a taste of alfredo sauce from my finger while I laughed over our daughters excited grunts and smacking lips. Rosalie was playing coy while Emmett gave her all his best lines. Jasper had shown up late, and was now chatting it up with Riley. Jasper had looked in on the girl who was staying at the house for another night. Apparently he has been training with the family doc behind his father's back and learned quite a bit before leaving. The way he talked about her though sounded like it was more than just medical interest. If that were the case they would both leave for the safe house that was almost ready and I would have two less people in my home.
"Excuse me, Edward?" I glanced up in astonishment from the sound of James voice and being called by my first name. "I wanted to apologize."
"For what?" I sneered, extremely unamused.
"I disrespected you and your place of business, that shouldn't have happened."
"You came to me about this shit while I'm with my family, trying to enjoy a meal together? Get the fuck out of here!"
"Hey James, next time you call him anything other than Boss, I'll be paying you a special visit." Riley smiled widely, Emmett looking at him in pure shock.
"Good job kid." He nodded, impressed.
"The thing with the girl, I was doing a lot of coke and-"
Emmett got to his feet so fast his chair fell backward and I held up my index finger at Jasper so he would stay seated once he connected the dots and realized James was speaking of Alice.
"You stupid prick." I snarled. "Disrespecting me and bringing that shit up in front of my wife?"
"Boss, I apologize, I should have done this in the office."
"Anything else?" I asked, my voice making it clear there better not be.
"No Boss, enjoy your meal."
Emmett waited till he left the restaurant before he returned to his seat a waiter had already lifted upright.
"Take care of it." I said under my breath, Riley and Emmett nodding in unison.
"He was the man who hurt Alice?" Bella asked, sympathetic pain showing clearly on her face
"Don't worry your pretty little head about him, I'll handle it." I rubbed her thigh under the table and kissed her lips lightly, tasting the cream sauce from the pasta she had been eating.
"Edward, if he was the one who hurt Alice-"
"I'll kill him." Jasper growled, a light I hadn't seen in his eyes for so long.
"I told you I will take care of it," I reassured Bella, "and no one will do anything unless I say otherwise." Addressing Jasper.
"That was the first time you called me your wife." Bella said, trying and failing to hide her smile.
"So it was." Giving her a smile of my own.
It was impossible to not notice the sharp looks Rosalie was sending Jasper's way, I had a strong suspicion feelings were being replaced by many people. Romantic relationships along with our allies and enemy relationships. Things were changing.
"Where are we going?" She asked for the tenth time, a wide smile on her face.
"I already told you, you will see when we get there." Her eagerness brought out a side of me usually reserved for Annalisa, unable to keep my own smile at bay.
Emmett and Rosalie were on Annalisa detail, along with adding a couple additional men from my street crew to watch the house while I was away. Riley was already in place, unbeknownst to Bella. My family hadn't worried about having so much security detail until the hit on my father happened. Since then there were men from all different uses being switched over to watch over the family, keeping shifts on house watching.
We drove for three hours before I finally I turned onto a stoned road that separated the car tires from sand and stopped before a beach house.
"We can't go on a real honeymoon yet, so I thought a day or two here might be nice till I can take you somewhere as beautiful as you."
She rolled her eyes at my corniness, getting out of the car before I could open the door for her. I noticed the flicker of light in the house next door, Riley's signal to let me know he saw us, before hurrying over and lifting her in my arms.
"What are you doing?" She laughed.
"It's tradition isn't it? The husband carrying his wife over the threshold?"
"This isn't our home though."
"It will be for a short while."
I unlocked the door with the hand that was under Isabella's behind and walked in, flipping a light switch with my elbow. Walking to the bed I laid her down, sprawling myself over her.
"Mrs. Masini." I grinned, rubbing the tip of my nose against hers.
I hadn't even shut the door when our lips connected. The soft moan she gave every time we kissed never grew old, I savored every one. Her hands scraped against my scalp, down my neck as I gave her's light kisses down to her collar bone. Just as I reached the start of her cleavage she nudged me.
"Edward, wait."
"It's okay, I asked my Carlisle before we left." I murmured, still focused on my selected path.
"I thought this would give us time to get to know one another better."
I rolled my eyes so hard they hurt and flopped over to my back, knowing that my dick was rudely making its desire known by pitching a tent.
"I'll get the bags." I grumbled.
The cool ocean air calmed me some as I retrieved our luggage from the trunk.
Get to know one another better.
My body silently complained with me.
We just got married, what happened to the honeymoon?
"Here's your bag, Rosalie packed it." I told her, sitting the bags beside the bed.
The house had a loft feel too it, the bed the focal point with a couch and corner television tucked by bay windows, a kitchen across the way in the other corner and a closed off bathroom.
I had someone stock the fridge for me, opening it, I started making a little platter of cold cuts, cheeses, and strawberries and opened a bottle of champagne. Isabella had been watching me with a hint of amusement in her eyes.
"What?" I asked, sitting beside her on the bed and handing her a glass, placing the food between us.
"I figured you would be ordering me about, telling me to fix the food."
"Don't get used to it." I winked, lifting a strawberry for her to bite into, the juices seeping from the corner of her mouth making my dick twitch. "I've been single for a while Bella, I'm used to caring for myself. It's not like my mother was going to do it." I grinned, biting into a thick slice of aged cheddar and roast beef.
"So you didn't have a steady girlfriend when I came along, either time?" She grinned, blushing slightly.
"No, I never did the dating scene."
"What about the girl that was at your house when I showed up heaving and panting while your daughter tried to escape my body?"
"Our mothers always talked about what a great match we would make, which only formed the idea into Irinia's head. She's been after me for years, but I've never wanted anything to do with her."
Those few times I was high and weak didn't count.
"So you're a player." She stated with a lift of an eyebrow.
"What I am is a married man." I stated while filling her glass back up and setting the bottle aside.
I didn't want her drunk tonight. We would do as she requested and talk but we would have a wedding night.
"You have damned yourself and you don't even know if we are well matched."
"I think we will get on just fine."
"What do you do at the club every night?"
"Business." I shrugged. "Meetings with my guys, inventory, bookings."
"Are you still going to do that now that we are married? Be gone every night, I mean."
I blinked, hard. I hadn't even thought of that. Did I want to be in my office, dealing with nonsense or at home in bed with Isabella beside me? There was no hesitation there.
"I could move some things around, do most of my meetings during the day and allow Emmett to take over some of the night time dealings. I can't promise I will be home every night, there will still be a few here and there that I'm gone, but I'll try my hardest."
"That means you have to actually wake up before noon."
"Who says?" I growled playfully, creating a burst of giggles from her, a sound I was beginning to love.
"That would be really nice, spending more time with you, thank you."
"Your welcome."
This wasn't so bad. I was actually enjoying myself, sitting with her and hearing what she had to say.
"Edward?"
"Hmm?" my eye lids feeling lazy as I looked at her.
"Will you kiss me again?"
Yup. Not so bad at all.
I moved the platter and our glasses to the floor, leaning in to brush my lips against hers. "You only need to ask; I'll give you anything you desire." I spoke lowly, feeling her arms tremble as she put her weight on them to lean closer to me.
I was shocked when she was the one to deepen the kiss, pressing harder and darting out her tongue to lick my bottom lip. I nipped hers while grabbing her waist and swinging her around to straddle me, her dress was too tight and constrictive to allow such a position and ended up ripping on one side and sliding up to her waist. Instead of complaining she only moaned into my mouth, pressing her chest against me, half her cleavage visible as it lowered each time she rubbed against me. My hands grabbed onto her ass, grinding her against my erection as she moaned wantonly, her dress lowering just a touch more. I was able to see just the beginning of a rose colored nipple, brushing my fingers over it, keeping my touch light. She ground against me on her own this time and I gave the dress an extra tug. Her breasts were bigger, heavier, than the last time I got to touch them. Immediately I attached my mouth to one, circling it and slowly sliding my lips up and off, blowing cool air on it before beginning again. She yelped between the hot and cold sensation, the gentle teasing of my mouth never giving her any suction. Her hands tugged on my hair, trying to push me down as I raised but I wouldn't allow it. Our first time had been rushed, not this time.
I twisted, laying her onto her back, watching her chest rise and lower rapidly as she breathed hard.
"I want you so badly." She half moaned, rubbing her thighs together.
I slipped the dress the rest of the way off, along with her underwear, leaving her naked and withering.
"Open your legs." I demanded as I took off my tie and dress shirt.
"What?" She stuttered slightly.
"Open them." I ordered again, stripping off my undershirt.
She hesitated, looking up at me with big round brown eyes, but she obeyed. She stopped sliding her thighs together and placed her feet flat on the bed, her knees only inches apart. I grabbed her feet and spread them wider apart. Placing my hands on her knees, I kept eye contact, making sure she was alright with what I was doing to her. Her eyes bore into mine and she let out a little whimper, just what I needed to keep going. Still keeping eye contact I spread her knees apart, making it impossible for her to relieve some of the pressure she was feeling. My dick was throbbing just as badly and I would make her suffer just a little longer for my own pleasure. I looked down at her pink folds, swollen and wet already.
I undid my belt and took off my pants, leaving myself in my underwear and fell to my knees. Her heady scent filled my nostrils. I wet my lips and gave her clit a light kiss, just enough pressure so she knew I was there, and breathed out slowly. I grabbed her hips and held her down as she almost flew off the bed. I did it again before darting my tongue out and dragging it slowly between her folds. I slid my hands up over her smooth stomach till I could reach her breasts. I darted the tip of my tongue in and out of her, just barely, while my thumbs lightly brushed against her hard nipples. It only happened a few times before she gripped the blanket and pushed herself against my face, her scream of pleasure making me forget what I had wanted to do to her. I pinched and rolled her nipples, moving up to suck and nibble on her clit while she moaned so loudly I was sure Riley would hear her.
"Edward, please!" She cried out.
I kissed up her body, sucking on each nipple, before reaching her mouth. I pressed my lips against hers roughly, making her taste herself on my tongue. Her feet rubbed against my legs, up to my waist, and began pulling down my underwear. I gave her some help, kicking them off my feet. Wrapping my arms around her I flipped us, now I was on my back and she was straddling me.
"Edward…"
"Do what feels good, Baby." Licking my lips as she rubbed against me a bit.
I knew she was nervous, I had been her first so this was only her second time being intimate, which was why I wanted her to go at her own speed. She rubbed against me some more, her wetness making it easy.
"Put your hands on my chest." I suggested quietly. She leaned forward and did as I asked, gasping when I brushed her entrance. "Slid down, nice and slow." I purred into her ear.
She did as I requested and my eyes rolled back into my head from her snugness and warmth.
I lifted my hips each time she lowered, watching as her blush darkened all over her body. I could feel her tightening around me, telling me she was close. I grabbed her ass and thrusted hard and deep and fast, sending us both over the edge that we had been walking on all night.
She was still laying on me, both of us breath heavily. I tugged at the comforter on the other side of the bed and pulled it over us, wrapping my arms around her tightly; I wasn't ready to let her go.
My eyes opened. The room was still dimly light from the table lap and Isabella was sound asleep on my chest. I glanced at the clock and saw that it was two thirty-five in the morning.
There it was.
What woke me up- the sound of someone brushing up against the house, of sand being disturbed. I Gently moved Bella off of me and tucked the blanket around her more, smiling at how she snuggled deeper into it. I slipped on my pants and grabbed my phone, dialing Riley.
"Boss."
"Is that you?" I whispered
"Is what me?"
"I hear something outside."
"I haven't seen anything but I'll walk around the house."
"I'll meet you outside."
I turned off the lamp, leaving the room in darkness. I was blinded for a few seconds till the light from the moon reflecting off the water helped bring light to the night. That's when I saw the shadow. Someone was outside our window and the only people who knew we were here was Emmett and Riley. My phone vibrated.
"Boss, I'm outside, there's someone lurking around the back of the cabin."
"Do you have your silencer on?"
"Just like you taught me." I could hear the smirk in his voice. He was ready to try out his training on his own for the first time.
"Don't hesitate, I have my wife in here, don't forget."
"I won't let anything happen to her or you, Boss."
"It's all yours."
I hung up and quickly ran to my suit jacket, grabbing my gun from the inside pocket. I wasn't about to put all my trust into Riley's hands, but I would give him his chance. I stood at the bed, blocking Isabella from view, my finger on the trigger, and waited. I didn't have to wait long till I heard the hit and the thud of a heavy body hitting the ground. I put my gun in the waist of my pants and ran outside.
"Holy shit, kid!" I grinned widely as Riley came running forward and I slapped him on the back. He was grinning from ear to ear.
We sobered up and turned the guy over.
"You've gotta be fucking me." I muttered, recognizing who he was and who he worked for.
"Shit boss, He ain't joking around." Riley held out a piece of paper he had rifled from the guy's pocket.
Just the girl.
"Edward?" I turned to find a sleepy eyed Bella, wearing my boxers and undershirt from earlier, peering over at us.
How was I going to tell my brand new wife that her father sent someone to kill her on her wedding night?
