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Inferno ~ Chapter 26

"Isabella," Jasper's gravelly voice sent shockwaves through her body.

"Let me come inside," he whispered against her hair.

"I can't… we need to wait?" It came out as a question and Jasper smirked, knowing that she was questioning it herself.

"We won't have sex. I won't penetrate you anyway. Just let me please you."

"Shit," Bella whispered, her resolve further wavering.

"Let me in." This time his lips were against the skin below her ear. His hot breath fanning across it, causing her flesh to erupt in goose bumps.

"Okay," she squeaked.

Jasper took her keys, deciding that she was taking too long and he dragged them both into the apartment. His lips moved against hers at an almost frantic pace. He was desperate to taste every inch of her. To lick the apex between her thighs until she begged him for more. Until she cried out his name.

"Bella!" The shrill cry forced the couple apart.

Bella blushed to her toes and attempted to right her askew clothing, refusing to look her sister and mother in the eye. Jasper simply glared at the intruding women. They had interrupted his time with Bella, and that was unacceptable to him.

No matter who they were.

"Mom. Alice." Bella still refused to meet they eyes of the giggling women in her apartment.

"Well, hey there, Bells," Alice chirped, still giggling at her sister's unbuttoned blouse.

"Alice, don't tease," Esme warned, but you could hear the smile in her voice.

"You must be Jasper," Esme said, holding out her hand for him to shake.

They'd seen one another before. They both knew Esme was just being polite, but Jasper nodded his head anyway.

"Ma'am," he said, causing Esme to smile sweetly at him.

Neither of the women stared at his scars. They both appraised him, yes, but he knew it was more that they were trying to see his intent through his eyes. Their sole purpose was to try and see if he was worthy of their Bella. He knew that he wasn't and would have gladly told them so, but he was determined that he would have had her regardless. Alice appraised him the hardest with an almost knowing look in her blue eyes. It was as if she could see his every desire and from the way her mouth curved downwards in a frown, he knew that she wasn't far off in her appraisal.

"Well, it looks like we've interrupted something, dear," Esme spoke first, sensing the tension in the room.

"Oh, um, Jasper was just… um, walking me to my door," Bella blurted causing both women to giggle.

"Oh, is that what you're calling it now?" Alice teased causing Bella's skin to turn an unnatural shade of pink.

"Bella, could I see you for a moment outside?" Jasper asked coolly.

"Um, sure." She shot both of the giggling women a glare and followed Jasper to the hallway outside her apartment.

"I really want to finish what we started in there, but I suppose it will have to wait."

"It's probably for the best," Bella said with a small smile.

"Oh, this isn't over, sweet Isabella. I will pick you up tomorrow evening from the bookstore."

"But I have plans tomorrow," she interjected.

"Cancel them," he demanded and Bella's face heated.

In annoyance that time.

"No. My world doesn't revolve around you, Jasper." She tried to sound sure and strong, but the way his eyes bored into hers made her weak in the knees and she was sure that she sounded all breathy and weak.

"What are your plans?" He asked through clenched teeth.

"Um, I'm having drinks with some friends and Alice. It's a weekly thing that we do," she explained.

"Then I'll pick you up after. You can stay the night with me."

Bella desperately wanted to give in. To experience the way he felt inside of her. The way his lips felt on her skin. The way his hands…

"I will only have sex with you when you beg me to," He told her, seeing just what she was thinking written plainly across her face.

She had made it clear that she wanted to wait, so he was going to give her the option. But the look in her eyes told him that her resolve would falter the second he put his mouth on her.

Yes, he needed to get her in his home.

"Okay," she answered in a breathy tone that told him just what was going to happen the next evening.