I'm super tired right now but I'm gonna write this chapter no matter what. It's not super important or anything but still, hope you enjoy.

21.

Edward:

"I'm so fat", moans Carmen, leading me to the hotel bar.

She's staying in a hotel while she's here and today she requested to talk to me.

So here I am.

"You're not", I tell her kindly. "You like any other pregnant woman."

She smiles at me and sits down. "Whatever you say Ed", she says.

Suddenly I feel uncomfortable, as if I shouldn't be here and it's not smart of me to meet with her. Only the Lord knows what she's planning.

"What do you want to say?" I ask.

She makes a face. "You're never going to forgive me, are you?"

No way. "How is that relevant to this meeting?"

"We're having a baby together", she says in a sickly sweet tone. "We ought to be friends."

"It might not be mine."

"I can bet my life it is. I'm almost a hundred percent sure. We've never used protection."

"You were on the pill!" My eyes pop out.

"I was", she sighs. "It's not always effective though and besides that, Jacob and I always used condoms."

"Condoms aren't always effective", I say.

She taps her fingers against the table. "Doesn't matter who the daddy is. It doesn't change the fact I'm going to be a mother. But truth is, I want you to be her father."

"Her father?" I choke.

Her face brightens and it looks forced to me. "She's a girl. I found out yesterday." She fishes an envelope out of her clutch-bag and hands it over to me. "Have a look at the sonogram pictures."

The pictures have no affect on me. All I can see is the outline of a baby and it doesn't do anything for me. I've heard that when a man sees his child, something clicks and he knows that this is it, this is a part of him and this is his kid.

For a woman, her life changes the moment she gets to know a whole new person is residing inside of her.

Why don't I feel any emotion?

I wonder how Jacob will feel when he sees these.

I don't want this.

"What did your parents say when they got to know you're..." I point at her belly.

She folds her arms and leans across. "You can imagine. You know them as well as I do."

"I would've heard if they kicked you out", I say. "Or disowned you."

"Surprisingly they were really understanding about it."

"Is that so?" Victoria and Liam Denali aren't the understanding type.

"Yes", she replies. "Their only condition is that I get married before the baby arrives."

What the fuck? There's hardly any time left till the due date and she's telling this now! I'm not marrying her.

I'd rather die than do that.

But if and that's a big if, this is my daughter in Denali's stomach, then I'm going to stick around for her. I'm not going to be a dead-beat dad.

An image of a little girl pops into my head. She has my green eyes and Bella's brown hair with a dimpled grin that's quite like my brother's.

Thinking about a girl with Carmen's red hair instead of Bella's brown makes me cringe.

I eye Carmen and wonder why I was interested in her in the first place. How did I fall for her?

She toyed with my heart, led me to believe that she was my soul mate and my true love. What a joke. I wanted to propose to her.

Propose marriage to her.

"Don't get your panties in a twist Eddie", she says. "I told them I'm not getting married and that they can go fuck themselves if they believe I'll listen to them. Who cares if I get cut off from a money supply?"

It's like she doesn't know a single thing about being a parent.

I'm about to say something when her lips crash on top of mine, kissing me with all the energy that she posses.

Oh damn.

Bella's not going to like this, I think after I remove my face from Carmen's.

Neither is Mom.

And as for me, I need to go sanitize my lips.

She kissed him. How much are you hating Denali right now? Not that much? A lot? Way more than a lot? Lol.