OK I want to apologize first off that this chapter is probably going to suck. It's been bad few days and you know those days where everything just goes wrong and you don't do anything but sit and cry…yeah, that was today. So this might be a little more angsty and bitchy than normal but that's the mood I am in LOL I apologize for a crappy chapter up front ;) All mistakes (and there will be LOTS) are all mine. This was edited but I doubt I did a very good job of it and I have no pre-reader or beta so it's all on me! My bad haha! Next chapter will be Edward's POV. See ya at the bottom!
As usual, S. M. owns everything Twilight.
I don't wait on Jasper when I get out of his pickup and walk back into my office building. I make a stop at the restroom on the first floor simply because I need a break from everything right now. Damn these tears! I almost feel like I was too hard on Jasper but I am just so damn confused. I know what I need to do, and that is not give into the things I am feeling for Jasper and being friends with him would just be too damn hard.
Being with Edward isn't the smartest move either but since we agreed to just date and nothing serious maybe things will work out. I don't see myself marrying him or him being my forever. I gave up on that notion years ago. I plan on staying single, dating yes but serious commitment that is a big no! My cell phone pings knocking me out of my musing.
Baby, Jasper just walked into my office looking for you. Where the hell are you? ~E
Sorry, I just made a stop in the restroom. I am on my way up. ~B
OK ~E
I check my face…yikes! I splash some water on my face and see if that helps. Of course not, oh well it's not like walking back up to my office with a blotchy face is any more humiliating than the show everyone got earlier. I take some deep breaths and walk to the elevator and head to my office. When the doors open everyone stops and watches me. Talk about a walk of shame! I remember what Jasper said to me earlier and I lift my head and walk back to my office with a purposeful stride….until I shut my office door and I slide down to the floor and let out the sob I have been holding back.
I don't know how long I have been sitting on the floor crying when I hear Edward's voice walking through our connecting bathrooms.
"She should be back by now I am going to go check on her."
The bathroom door opens and Edward switches the overhead light on and sees me on the floor.
"Fuck, Bella! What the hell?"
I go to stand up but Edward rushes across the room and pulls me into his arms. Jasper apparently heard Edward yelling and he came rushing into my office also.
"I'm fine, Edward, don't worry I'm fine."
"Like hell you are! If you were fine you wouldn't be curled up on the floor crying!"
He turns to Jasper, "What the fuck did you do to her?"
"Bella?" Jasper takes a step towards me
"Stay the fuck back Whitlock!" Edward growls.
"Edward, I promise I am fine. Just…just give me a few minutes and I will meet the both of you and we can get this stuff started."
"Jasper, go wait in my office I need to make sure Bella is ok."
Jasper walks out grumbling and slams the door.
"Edward, baby, I swear I am ok. Just with everything so far today I am just a little overwhelmed. Let me freshen up my makeup and I will meet you."
"But, what happened?"
"We just…can we talk about this later? I want to get his stuff started and out of my office as quickly as possible."
"Sure sweetheart. Just come in my office when you are ready."
Edward hangs he head and walks out. I know he is freaking out about what happened with Jasper this morning but I just don't have the emotional energy to tell him right now. I pull my makeup bag out of my desk drawer and freshen up. Once I am ready I take a deep breath and walk into Edward's office.
"I don't know what the hell you are playing at with those fucking emails Whitlock but if you don't have anything specific to your case then don't email it!" Edward yells.
"Edward, Jasper and I have already discussed the emails. It's been taken care of," I say quietly.
"Don't defend this mother fucker, Bella! He was wrong with that shit!"
"You're right the stuff he said was wrong and he apologized and it won't happen again. Right, Jasper?"
"I don't know what the hell you are talking about Bella. We talked about a lot of stuff but I don't remember apologizing for telling you how I feel?" Jasper smirks.
"Jasper please, we discussed trying to be friends and this is not the way to go about being friends!" I beg.
"Oh Sunshine, don't beg. It's not becoming of a lady."
"Jas…"
"That's it! Jasper you need to find a different attorney. You are fired. You cannot speak to Bella that way and I am tired of whatever games you are playing with her. She has been through enough and you are not going to fuck with either of us," Edward seethes.
"Edward, please. Jasper and I have already talked about all of this. He is just baiting you and he is going to stop. Jasper, please stop."
"Yeah, beautiful. I will stop but first I have one question…Eddie Boy you would be defending her so much if you weren't dipping your dick into that?"
"JASPER! HOW COULD YOU!" I sob out and run from the office.
"You fucking son of a bitch!" Edward roars and lunges over his desk.
Mike and Laurent come rushing into the office to hold the two men apart when they hear the commotion. Mike escorts Jasper into his office while Laurent gets Edward to calm down. I slam my bathroom door and lock it and then walk over and lock my office door and just scream. I don't care who can hear me I just have to let it out. I take a few deep breaths and sit down at my desk. I plug my ear buds into my computer and pull up Pandora and distract myself with some work.
After about an hour I have gotten several texts from both Jasper and Edward checking on me.
Sunshine, I am so sorry about earlier. I don't know what came over me trying to bait Edward like I did. Please accept my deepest apology. ~J
Baby, please open the door for me! I have to know that you are ok. I am so sorry baby, please let me in ~E
Beautiful, you are worrying me. We heard you screaming earlier and now you aren't even answering your door. Are you ok? ~J
Bella…please answer me! I am going to go get maintenance to open your office door if I don't hear back from you in 5 minutes. Jasper and I are in the conference room fixing to start on his prenup. Please join us ~E
What the fuck? They are working together…NOW?!
I grab my laptop and walk down to the conference room, ignoring all the stares I am getting from everyone and tap lightly on the conference room door and hear Edward's "Come in."
I walk in and both Edward and Jasper stand up.
"Baby, I am so sorry for earlier," Edward says.
"We will talk about it tonight, ok."
Edward just nods his head.
"Sunsh…" Jasper stops after Edward shoots him a dirty look.
"Excuse me, Ms. Swan. I would like to apologize for my earlier behavior and ask that we begin work on my prenup. As was so graciously pointed out my Mr. Masen, the quicker we get this done the quicker I will be married and out of everyone's hair." Jasper smirks as he takes a bow.
I just roll my eyes and Jasper laughs but I don't miss the scowl on Edward's face. I can't do anything about reassuring Edward because that would be highly unprofessional and I think I am at my daily quota of unprofessional behavior.
"Both of you shut up and let's get this over with."
I sit down and pull up Jasper's file on my laptop and print off a copy of the prenup questionnaire for Jasper. Edward and I will just use the form on the computer to fill in Jasper's information. I walk over to the printer and pick up the paperwork when Jasper's phone rings.
"Dr. Whitlock."
"Fuck Alice, I am here at the attorney's office right now."
"I'm sorry you haven't been able to get a hold of me, I have been busy this morning."
"No, I don't feel the need to tell you what I was doing."
"Frankly I don't give a shit. No I am not going to pass Tanya's message along to Edward."
"Because it's none of our business!"
"Mary Alice! I have to go!"
He hangs up the phone and glares at Edward who takes his turn to smirk.
"Let's just get started on this damn paperwork so I can set a date to marry Alice!" Jasper grinds out between his teeth.
PAIN! Fuck, Bella you talked about this. There should be no pain! Suck it up buttercup!
"OK Jasper, first we need to work on getting a list of all your bank accounts, assets and such. We have to disclose your total net worth." I start.
"Um, yeah, Bella about that…there are assets that I have hidden that I don't want her to know about and she sure as hell doesn't need to know my total net worth," Jasper seems a little uncomfortable.
"Jasper, you have to be honest in disclosing this information. I mean you are marrying her for Christ's sake!" Edward says with a shocked look on his face.
"Well, she is a greedy bitch and if she knows exactly how much I am worth then I am screwed."
"Jasper, based on our earlier conversation about trust and now…why the hell are you marrying her?" I ask.
"It's expected of me," he shrugs.
"But Jasper, you can't just hide assets like this. If you can't be honest with her, what makes you think she will be honest with you?" I ask.
"Personally I don't give a shit."
I look to Edward because this is over my head.
"Jasper, we cannot do this prenup for you knowing that you are hiding assets. If you aren't comfortable disclosing all this personal information then maybe you need to either find new attorneys or think whether or not you really want to marry this woman."
"Fine, I will give you my information."
I try to look him in the eye but he refuses. I send a message from my computer to Edward's.
*Baby, he isn't going to tell us everything. He is still going to hide assets.*
Edward nods his head while looking at his screen.
*You're right but so long as he tells us that the information he gives us is complete, there is no way for us to know otherwise.*
*OK*
We spend a few more minutes going over finances and Edward asks, "So Jasper, is there going to be a cheating clause in here?"
"No, I don't think she will cheat on me. I know how to keep my woman satisfied." Jasper smirks with an obvious dig at Edward.
"So do I, right Baby?" Edward winks at me.
"Don't even fucking start Edward. That is so unprofessional it is not even funny." I say but can't help turning red.
*Stop fucking embarrassing me, Edward*
*Well, he asked for it!*
*Edward, stop! I am not even an attorney and I know that is completely uncalled for!*
*Fine, I will be good.*
I glare at him and he gives me a crazy adorable pout and can't help but laugh.
"If you two are done having your personal conversations on my time, I would like to get this shit done," Jasper spits.
"Sorry Jasper. OK, kids, what are your plans on children."
"Well, I can't have any but she doesn't know that," he shrugs again.
"Do you two EVER talk?" I ask.
"Of course, you know when we aren't fucking," he smirks.
"So when are you going to disclose the face that you can't have kids?" I ask.
"Well, I just figured I would keep using condoms with her our entire marriage. But do add that we will not be adopting either. I don't want kids with this woman."
My head shoots up at this, he always told me that we would fuck without condoms. STOP THINKING ABOUT THAT!
Jasper notices my reaction and winks at me.
Edward takes a deep breath, "Why are we doing this shit? You are hiding your assets, you are not disclosing important information about children. Does Alice want kids?"
"Sure, she was talking kids and marriage by our second date."
"And all these discussions, the fact you are sterile never came up?" I ask.
"Nope, I just keep using condoms and letting her believe what she wants to."
"Are you even in love with Alice?" Edward asks.
"I am marrying her aren't I?"
"OK, listen. I think we have enough information to get started and I will call or email you in a day or two to fill in any blanks in your information and to get your fiancée's information to plug in and we should have this done by the end of the week," I say. I am so ready to get this meeting over with.
"Sounds good, Mary Alice will be very excited to find this out. She has been hounding me for months to set a date, I think we may do that tonight."
Jasper looks at me and I know he is looking for a reaction and he apparently likes what he sees because he winks at me again and then shakes Edward's hand and walks out.
*DING* I look at my phone.
~Hey how is my favorite secretary? I hear you have been showing off that pretty poon to my nephew! Why the hell would you fuck him and not me, I have been trying to get up your skirt for years…I am so jealous and just for that check your email for my vacay pics. NUDE BEACH BITCH! *wink, wink* ~Dirty Uncle Aro
"Oh dear God, I am so over this! Bossman, I am taking the rest of the fucking day off!"
I shut my laptop and Jasper's paperwork and walk out the conference room.
Thank you for all the favorites & followers the last few days! I love everyone of you! Please keep the reviews & PM's coming, I get so excited hearing your thoughts. I hope I don't lose anyone over this not so great chapter, just an off few days.
– Here you go! I hope it was ok.
Ericzmic – Thank you! The next chapter I am posting on Wednesday will be in Edward's POV on the confrontations with Elezar, Jessica, Jasper and then Bella. Alice will find out soon.
Chanur – Thank you! It will be a little while before they break up but I don't want to drag it out too long.
Ellaryne – It will and I get to be the karma train! HAHA!
The-Majors-Keeper – YAY! I am so glad it is becoming one of your favorite stories! I would love Jasper to say these things to me too! Talk about major tingling lady bits! HAHA I love the name Band of Hags and it will be showing up in the story! LOVE IT! We will get a little bit more Aro soon.
lmb1 – Exactly! He is trying to get Bella to give him an excuse but he needs to do it for his own reasons not because Bella wants him to.
Kymmie – Yeah, she just can't seem to keep out of trouble LOL
VioletDream13 – Glad you enjoy your VP position LOL There was a little bit of pissing going on in this chapter, there will be more in the next chapter in Edward's POV. I won't have Bella cheat on Edward. Jasper will keep fighting for Bella and the breaks will be coming. Jasper will break down those walls a little at a time.
Kathymoonstone- Yeah, the begging won't work with Bella and he won't beg, he will start being sneaky and slowly working his way into her heart again.
Wastedpain – He will figure out the way to get back into Bella's good graces. He just needs to go back to being the man she fell in love with. And Aro will be coming in more the next couple of chapters.
Hdurgan07 – Thank you! Yes, finally some communication and it won't be the last. Jasper is going to start sneaking in questions and comments that will open Bella up, just like he did before. I am still trying to come up with some really nasty things to happen to Alice and her Band of Hags.
See ya'll on Wednesday!
~Shasta