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"There you are," Jake called out in a jovial tone, but I could hear the tension cut through it.
"Hey," I greeted him weakly as I noticed a couple sitting with him at the table.
"You remember Emmett and Rosalie McCarty?" Jake asked me in a prompting tone as I looked from him to this couple who sat there watching me with a curious look on each of their faces.
I had never met these people before in my life.
I never went to work functions with Jake.
He had said it was because he didn't want to mingle home life and work life, not that I had cared since I wasn't interested in his work, but now I was regretting not going.
"Of course," I lied as smoothly as I could as I felt Jakes hand in the small of my back pushing me toward the table.
His rough touch seemed jarring in comparison to the man I had just left.
Edward.
My lips were still swollen from his kisses.
"Where were you?" Jake hissed under his breath as he leaned in for a quick peck on the lips.
"I didn't know about this," I replied softly as I shook my head at him.
It wasn't a lie.
I had no idea about this after work meet up.
"I called you," Jake half growled as I sat down in the booth beside him.
He had, not that I had bothered to pick up.
"He can wait," Edward whispered against my neck as he kissed me. His fingers swiftly unbuttoning my blouse as I straddled him in his car. "You're mine right now."
"Isabella, "the man greeted me with a wide friendly grin as the woman looked at me with a hard look on her face.
"Bella," I corrected quickly only to have Jake interrupt.
"She goes by either," he lied.
"Bella," the man repeated, ignoring Jake as he looked at me with a nod.
"Jake was saying that you work for the hospital," he continued as Jake shifted beside me, ready to answer.
"Yeah, she works in billing," Jake explained as I opened my mouth to speak.
"Actually, I no longer work in billing," I corrected my husband with a scowl that I had not bothered to hide resulting in the couple across from us to exchange a surprised look.
"I manage a team of thirty people who work establishing in home care for patients as they go home," I said as I looked at him, not that Jake seemed to notice my irritation.
"What do you?" I asked the man defiantly who grinned at me while his wife continued to scowl.
I half listened to him explain his role at McCarty Enterprises even though it was clear by his name that his role was being the heir apparent, but outside of that Emmett seemed to be a decent guy with a kind eyes. His wife, on the other hand continued to be cold and silent. Under normal circumstances, I would have been nervous, but I could not find it in myself to be bothered. I could only blame Edward for that.
"Do you have to go?" He whispered to me while attempting to make sad eyes at me as I struggled to get off his lap, but he held me close.
"Jake called…" I trailed off, not wanting to admit I did not want to go, but instead I wanted more of his time and touch instead.
"Who care what Jake wants?" he chucked as his hands slipped under my skirt again to caress the soft skin between my thighs. "What about what I want?"
His touch dipped between my legs to trail over the damp silken cloth at the apex of my thighs. It was an intimate touch that left me panting for more.
"What about what you need?" he questioned as he moved the cloth aside to touch me more boldly as I gasped in surprise.
"You think I need it?" I said in a tone that sounded more desperate than defiant as I had hoped as he shifted beneath me, giving me access to grind against him.
Edward remained silent, but instead pulled me in for a hard kiss with one hand just as his other pushed the fabric of my panties aside.
"Right, Bella?" Jake asked me impatiently, pulling me back to the present.
"Yes, of course." I agreed simply, having no idea what I was agreeing to as I looked at him and smiled through my red cheeks. Jake met my grin with one of his own, but he did not seem to notice my red face or the heat that came with it.
"Another beer, babe?" Jake asked while flagging down the waiter who had just walked past. I murmured a soft yes just as my phone vibrated an alert hard on the table. I picked it up to find a message from Edward. Carefully, I opened the message to find a picture of what had been the panties I had been wearing hanging off his rear-view mirror in his car like some sort of obnoxious trophy. Followed by the teasing message;
You forgot these.
AN:
Thanks everyone for being patient with me. Back in August my area was one that was hit by the derecho in the Midwest. We lost 3 tree and was without power for 2 weeks and then internet for another 3. I am back and my house is put together sooo no it's back to writing.
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