Chapter 25
A few minutes later, the waiter returned with a mouthwatering chocolate raspberry melt. As we were finishing, Emmett asked, "Not to jinx myself, but can I ask what made you change your mind?"
"Sure, my dad said something to me that helped me decide to just go for it."
"What did he say?"
"Basically, he said since you've decided to take the chance on Edward, why not take the chance on the music too since that's controlled by a contract whereas your relationship is very emotional and not contract based."
"I may have to give your father a bonus. So how soon are you going to move to LA?"
"My intentions are to be in LA by June 25th."
"So I can put you in the studio on the Monday after the 4th."
"We'll see."
"Do you want anything else to eat or drink?"
"No, I'm stuffed."
Emmett looked at his watch and said, "You have 60 to 90 minutes before you meet Edward; will you humor me for about 45 minutes?"
"Sure." So after the check was paid, we went outside. Emmett stopped and said something to the valet. The next thing I knew, a horse drawn carriage pulled up. The driver helped me in and Emmett sat down next to me.
Once Emmett was sitting next to me, he said, "We are at the beginning of a historical district. The houses are quaint; you'll be able to see the fronts because of street lights and lights on the front of the houses. At the end of all the houses is an old museum that you'll love."
He was right; the ride was gorgeous. The houses were small and quaint. The front entrance of the museum had been redone so it looked like the front of all the other small houses. I thanked the driver as Emmett helped me out of the carriage. Emmett hailed a cab to take us back to the hotel after we explored the museum.
As we got close to the hotel, I said, "Remember, if Edward sees us, how we have to act."
"I know, aloof, like we're annoyed with each other for the next couple days."
"Remember, I let you have it with both barrels; but not until the end of the night."
"I will. Right now you have made me the happiest man alive. I would do anything you ask."
"I'll remember that."
"I know you will. Had I met you and still been single, Edward may have had a run for his money to win your affection?"
I became very quiet. Emmett looked over at me and said, "I'm sorry; I didn't mean to embarrass you."
"That's okay."
When we got back to the hotel, Emmett said, "I'll walk you to your room."
"No. It's alright. I'm meeting Edward in the bar; I was just going to the restroom to freshen up first."
"Okay, I'll see you tomorrow."
So I went to the restroom and had just received my drink while sitting in the bar, when Edward walked in. He came up and dropped a kiss on my neck.
"Hello Beautiful. How was dinner with Emmett?"
"He's sulking right now; but he'll be okay."
Edward sat down and had a drink with me. When we were done, Edward leaned over to my barstool and asked "Are you ready to go for a walk with me?"
"Oh, I suppose even though you left me with your agent all night, I can go for a walk with you."
I slipped off the stool and Edward caught me. Then he asked, "Where are you going?"
"For a walk with a beautiful and sexy man." I turned around and kissed him.
"Much better, let's get out of here." So we did and walked for about 20 minutes and found the canals of Venice. Edward took me up onto one of the bridges and stopped in the middle of the bridge. He turned to me and captured my face and leaned into me and said, "You look even more beautiful under this Venice moon and your reflection on the canals."
"Well, I actually like our reflection on the canals. I like your lips even more." With that we started kissing and as we continued, Edward's hand came up and started exploring my breasts through my dress.
When we came up for air, he looked at me and said, "We need to get back to our hotel and continue this in our room."
"Alright, we'll see; you might have to get me back in the mood."
"Oh, I think, I can do that." When we got back to the hotel and into our suite, he scooped me up and said, "It's more fun to take you to bed awake than asleep."
"Edward, actually, I need you to take me to the bathroom first. I need to let my hair down or my head is going to hurt later because of how I put my hair up."
"Okay." And he dropped me off at the bathroom door; I came out a few minutes later with wild curls all over my head. I met him at the bed. He came up on his knees so we were at eye level and said, "I can't wait to make love to you; but I want to wait. Yet tonight, I'm going to take you to bed and drive your body just a little bit crazy." With that, he wrapped his arms around me and we fell onto the bed together. He started kissing me and as he continued kissing me, he unzipped my dress and started pushing it down. I went to work on his shirt and pushed that away. As I moved down to his chest, I started kissing his chest. Edward laid there, enjoying my explorations. Every once in a while, I would hear Edward moan or whimper. When I had made it to his waistband again, I popped the button and unzipped his pants. I pushed the area open and kissed down to his briefs waistband.
Suddenly, he sat up a little and wrapped his arms around me and pulled me back up to his lips. "I'm going to get even with you for driving me nuts," and he started by removing my dress over my head. He then quickly got us repositioned so this time I was on the bottom and he was kneeling over me. He did the same exploration over my body that I had just done to him. Once my bra was gone, he spent a little more time on my breasts. When he got down to my panties, he shifted them down just enough so he could kiss the top of my well groomed girly parts. He started coming back up and covering my body in kisses until he saw me shivering and whimpering. He came back up and recaptured my lips. He stopped for a moment, nibbled a little on my lips and said, "Trust me and give your body to me." With that, his tongue attacked my lips and pressed into the caverns of my mouth. As he continued that game, his hands went back down to my girly parts. With his hands outside of panties, he slipped them inside of me without much effort from my heat and sucking wet panties. He found my clit and started applying pressure to it in gentle circles. I felt my entire body completely shudder and I felt like I was soaked in a body shimmer. Edward rolled back onto his side next to me and pulled me in close to him. He kissed my forehead as I continued to shudder some. "I'm assuming Beautiful that is the first time you have ever climaxed."
"Yes," I whimpered out.
"It's okay." He scooped me up and carried me to the bathroom. He started the tub running then he removed my panties and put me into the water. He looked over at me and said, "Adjust the temperature and I'll be right back." He left and came back in his bathing suit. As he climbed in, he scooted me forward and sat behind me. Edward pressed a button and jets started running in the tub. The jets shut off after five minutes and he then took out a sponge and started lathering my entire body. His touches were driving me crazy and as he grazed my pussy again, I could feel myself wanting him again.
"Alright, Edward, that's enough, now get lost and I'll join you back in bed in a few minutes."
"Only if I can have a kiss first," so I obliged him and then he left. I finished cleaning up and put on the light purple negligee and went out and received a dazzling smile from Edward. He pulled me into bed and hugged me tight against him. "Now go to sleep Beautiful. Tomorrow, we're leaving the city and going to explore the countryside."
"Good, now pull up the covers, I'm finally cooling off."
"Well, I've a secret for you."
"What's that?"
"What I did to you tonight and you almost did to me; it's going to happen a lot more often."
"We'll see."
"No, I know it will. That's a guarantee."
With that we snuggled up and fell off to sleep. I awoke first the next morning and this time, I ordered room service and wheeled the cart into my sleepyhead. Edward didn't awaken until I opened a can of soda. "Hey sleepyhead, wake up. I have breakfast for us here." He sat up and smiled. I handed him his drink. I put the two trays on the bed and then climbed back into bed. We ate sweet rolls and fresh fruit plus some scrambled eggs. When I was finished, I leaned over and said, "I'm going to take a shower do you want to join me?" He just looked at me sadly and I asked, "What's wrong?"
"I don't feel well. My head hurts and I'm a little bit cold and stuffed up."
"I know just what you need. I'll be right back." When I returned, I was carrying Tylenol, vitamins C, B12 and Sudafed. "I hope you can swallow pills."
"Yes."
"Good. Let's get started." I had him take 2 Tylenol
and 2 sudafed and one of each of the vitamins. Next I brought in 16 ounces of water and told him to drink it. "Now slip down under the covers and go back to sleep."
"I will only if you tuck me in and promise me you'll go see more of Venice."
I went over and pulled the covers up and left and returned with a cool wash cloth. I climbed back into bed, pulled him into my lap and put the cool cloth on his head. A few minutes later, he was back to sleep. I stayed like that for another 30 minutes. When he had been asleep for a while, I gently put his head on the pillow and slipped into the living room. I called Emmett's room and told him what was going on with Edward. Emmett came right over and I quickly showered while he stayed with Edward. I walked down to a bakery and got some fresh bread and turkey for sandwiches. When I returned, Edward was waking up again, so I dumped some vitamin C into him and ordered up some room service with chicken soup and ordered him to drink more water. After he had some of that, I said, "You have about six hours until your concert. What do you think?"
"I'm going back to sleep. Wake me in three more hours with more drugs and then again in three more with dinner and drugs. I think I'll be able to make it through the show. Then I'll sleep all through the night and hope we find out that this is only a 24 to 36 hour thing and you won't get it."
"Don't worry about me."
Three hours later, I woke him up and gave him more medicine. After that I went out and went for another walk. As I came back from the walk, I went in and took a shower and came out and woke up Edward. "Are you up to this?"
"Let me go take a shower and see how I feel then."
"Okay." I went and put my dress on and did my makeup. When I heard the shower shut off, I waited a few minutes and then went and asked him, "How are you feeling now?"
"100% better than I felt this morning."
"Are you going to do the concert? How's your throat?"
"Yes I am and amazingly enough my throat feels pretty good."
With that there was a knock on the door and I let Emmett in and he asked Edward the same questions I already asked him.
Edward replied again, "Yes, I'm okay to do the concert. Have someone else do the sound check and let the band know we are going with the fifteen minute shorter concert. Cancel my appearances before and after the concert due to illness. Finally, I'm staying here until 30 minutes before I am needed and then call me. Can the two of you put aside your differences tonight because I want Bella to go with you to the dinner, first. Stop, Bella, don't argue I'll be fine. They have three of the best chefs in Venice preparing dinner tonight I want you to get to enjoy it. Now go do your hair and I'll talk to Emmett and make sure he won't give you a hard time tonight."
I went and finished my hair and came out to see both guys talking on the couches. I went and sat down. "You look a lot better; next time, you wake up feeling terrible tell me."
"I didn't want to ruin your breakfast in bed. Now you guys go to dinner and remember play nice like good kids. Once you leave, I'm going to order some vegetable soup and toast."
"When you are done, take two more Tylenol and vitamin C."
He walked over and kissed my forehead and said, "Yes doctor, now get going. I'll see you later tonight."
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"Now you two kids play nice or I'll put you each in a corner."