Well this was going to be 23 chapters long, but since today is my (Kasi's) birthday, I decided to give you all a gift! This is the last chapter before the epilogue, which will post tomorrow. YAY, Happy Birthday to me! :-)

Chapter 19

Bella and I spend the night going around the tables. We lost three hundred dollars, but had a great time. We fall into bed hugging. We order breakfast in bed, and then I take her out for sightseeing before hitting the tables.

"Hit me," I say getting an eight. Damn, I busted, I needed a seven or less.

"Hit me," Bella says and I look at her hand seeing she needs a two.

"You should've stayed, love," I say as the dealer puts down a two.

"Shit, baby, that was awesome." Bella claps her hands in excitement.

I sit next to her watching her play. It's clear that it's just a fluke and coincidence. My enjoyment is seeing the smile on her face. I look at Bella's hand seeing she has four cards but at fifteen she needs six or less to win with a five card spread.

"Bet it all, love," I say and Bella looks at me.

"Are you sure?" I know she's asking because she currently has around two grand in chips.

"I am, and if you win, we get married tonight."

It wasn't until the words were out of my mouth that I knew how much I really wanted to marry her. I should've just asked her and not put it on a freaking bet.

Bella swallows, lets out a breath and pushes all her chips in. "Hit me," she says and I close my eyes not wanting to see the card.

"So, you'd only marry me if I win?"

My eyes spring open and I look at her.

"Fuck no, baby, I want to marry you no matter what."

"Tonight?"

"I will marry you anytime, anywhere, you just need to tell me when and where."

Bella swallows and points to her five cards. I look at them then look at her. "You won?" I yell and Bella nods. "We're getting fucking married!" I pull her to me. I grab Bella's winnings and pull her out of the casino.

"So we're really doing this?" I ask and Bella bites her lip but nods at me.

"Well, we need a ring, dress clothes, and a license, so come on," I say pulling her.

Thankfully, we found a dress shop that also did suits. I left her to get her hair done and dressed, and went to a jewelry store. It took me the best part of an hour to get her the perfect ring. When I was done, I hurry back to the room. After a shower and shave I get my suit on. I'm only ready a mere five minutes before Bella is ready.

"Hi," she says from behind me.

I turn to face Bella and my heart stops; she looks fucking beautiful.

"You look amazing, love," I say. I look Bella up and down. She's wearing an ivory dress with lace straps, it rests at her knees. She is holding a single white lily.

"You sure about this, you don't want Charlie to give you away?"

"He can."

I frown and tilt my head a little.

"What I mean is this wedding can just be for us, we can give him and your family a do over—if you will—later."

I smile pulling her to me. "I really fucking like that idea, but let's be sure to do it soon, because I want you to have my name, now."

Bella and I find a small chapel and get married in front of the king of rock-n-roll. Afterward, we go have a nice dinner and then we dance in the moonlight. We walk back to our room kissing the whole way. I pick her up and carry her over the threshold. Kicking the door shut, I take her directly to our bed.

I place her on the bed and follow her down. I hold her close kissing her like our lives depend on the touching of our lips. We both move around and soon we are on our knees facing each other in the center of the huge bed. Her fingers are pulling at my shirt, and my fingers are working the zipper down her back.

Once we move around enough to remove the other's clothing, we are left in only our underwear.

"I've never loved anyone the way I love you, my sweet wife," I say huskily.

"And I will always love you, my sexy husband."

I lay her back and kiss and nibble her skin from her head to her feet. I move back up and pull her little lacy panties from her body. I can't help the moan that falls from my lips seeing my beautiful wife laid out before me.

I move back up the bed worshiping her body the whole way. As I kiss her lips, her legs spread to let me fit between them. The heat from her is intense and within no time, we are sharing the same breath as our bodies move together in an age-old intimate dance.

After several times of finding pleasure in each other, we fall into a peaceful and sensually fulfilled rest.

I wake up with Bella wrapped around me. "Hey, wife," I say softy.

"Hi, husband," Bella says as she kisses her way up to my mouth. I flip us so she's under me, and we make sweet love for the rest of the day. We never really leave the room again, until it's time to head for home.

"You ready for this?" I ask kissing her. I'm not sure if it's because we made love or got married that's making me want and need to touch her all the fucking time. In the last three days I've had more sex than I did in the sixteen years since I lost my virginity.

We walk hand in hand to my aunt and uncle's home.

"Merry Christmas," Esme says walking up to me.

"Daddy," Bella yells walking into her dad's open arms.

"Hey, baby girl, come on, I've got someone I'd like you to meet."

I walk behind Bella and Charlie into the living room.

"Bella, this is Sue, my girlfriend," Charlie says rubbing at the back of his neck. "Sue, this is my beautiful daughter, Bella."

Bella and Sue shake hands. "It's nice to meet you, Sue." She turns to Esme and smiles. "Is Bree around?" she asks.

"She's up in her room, second floor, and third door on the left."

Bella nods and walks away. It's more than an hour later before Bella comes back down with Bree at her side. We all handout gifts, sadly because of the case, Bella and I couldn't get Bree anything. If we did, it could be construed as us attempting to bribe her.

Even with the fact that I have not seen my aunt and uncle in over a week and Bella had not seen her dad in five days, we were both eager to leave and get home to just be with each other.

~*CD*~

The last three months have been real busy. Bella is now back downstairs, and I miss her so fucking much. However, her new partner is none other than Emmett. Having Emmett beside her when she's out makes me feel better. I know he looks after her and he has the utmost amount of respect for her.

Bella and I have booked our do over wedding and it's in a month from now. I'm glad we have everything organized, because the next two weeks are busy. We have Jacob's court case, and the week after that will be filled with Randall Parker's case; he was the guy in charge for the bank robbery attempt.

Bella and I still seem to be in the honeymoon stage, we're all over each other all the time. We seem to be able to only control it when we're at work.

BPOV

I sit in the waiting room with Bella and I watch her leg bounce.

"Love, you'll be fine," I say knowing this is her first time to go to court for work.

I get called first, and then I sit in the gallery, watching Bella as she gives her testimony to the court. She did a great job and I've never been more proud of her. In all it only takes seven days in court for the case to be heard and the jury to return with a verdict of guilty on all charges.

Jacob and his dad both got life in prison, most of the crew got around twenty-five years. Mike and Eric both got fifty years. With one case down we only have one left.

"You okay, love?" Edward asks softy in my ear.

"Yeah, I am, I just can't believe it has almost been a year since I came out of the academy." It's strange, but it doesn't seem possible that in a week it will be my one year of service anniversary.

"You've done really great over your first year."

I turn and look at him. "Yeah?" I say a little unsure of his statement.

"Bella, you took down a bank robbery attempt, almost single handed and helped in taking down one of the largest drug heists in the state of Washington."

"You did the drug heist and helped with the bank robbery, too. Especially the drug take down, that was all your hard work."

I shake my head at her. "Bella, love, I can't tell you how much you helped. Even with the fact that I wanted to keep you safe and was pissed because Jasper had made it hard for me to ask you out, you helped a lot. Your undercover work is the reason the Blacks and their men got sent down. As for the bank, honey, they had ten men, and by the time I was able to help there were only three." He kisses me softly and I smile at him but I guess it doesn't reach my eyes. "What else is bothering you, love?" he asks, being the tender and sweet, loving husband he is.

"I'm worried about Monday. I'm worried about facing them again."

I feel him wrap his arms around me holding my back close to his chest. "You did what you had to, never forget that."

I nod leaning my head against him. It's hard to remember that I was doing a job, especially when you see their faces flash in your mind. Even when it's in the line of duty, you never forget having to take someone's life.

I feel him kiss me on my scars I got that day. "I still can't believe you helped him stab yourself."

I chuckle a little. "That was not the brightest thing I've ever done, I will admit."

"No, it wasn't, but thankfully it worked out the way it did."

I let out a breath. "Do you want kids?" I ask.

After the words leave my mouth, I feel him stiffen and I turn my head looking over my shoulder.

"Are you—" he starts to ask, but stops before finishing.

I shake my head and bite my lip a little over the fact he looks like he's about to freak out.

"Do you want kids?" he asks

"I asked first," I say as I move to the bed and lie down.

"Yes, I do," he says following me. "I want more than one child, with you. I do know if you get pregnant, it will cause issues for you at work, with what you can and can't do. I'm more than willing to take time off to be with the babies when they're born—"

I feel my mouth drop open.

"I mean, I've already established my career, but you still have to carry the babies first, and I know how hard you've worked to be accepted. I will not push you into anything you're not ready for, no matter how much I want it."

"I want to have your babies," I say and I glance back and see his bright smile.

"Really?" I bob my head and he rolls me quickly and moves on top of me. "When, how soon can we start?"

I chuckle as he looks ready to impregnate me right now. "Whenever you are ready," I say.

Within seconds my husband has pulled my leg over his hip and pushed his large cock inside of me.

"So fucking wet," he grunts out, "and I am ready now," he says as he begins thrusting hard.

I want to chuckle at his behavior, but it comes out in a moan as he literally makes my body shake with pleasure right away.

~*CD*~

It's Monday morning and Edward and I are back in the courtroom. The morning after we decided for a baby, Edward had thrown away the pill I normally take. He then came with me to speak to Aro about the fact we were trying for a baby. He seemed to be a little pleased over the fact we were telling him first. He seemed less pleased when Edward told him that where I would come back to work after two months off, he would be taking leave for eight months.

As Aro looked shocked, my husband carried on talking. He told Aro how he was going to brush up on some skills and do course work from home that would help him in his career. Edward went onto inform Aro it was this or retirement, because he wants to spend this time with his baby when it comes. In the end Aro agreed to it and asked me to inform him right away, so that he can make sure my health and safety are taken care of.

"Everything's going to be all right, love," Edward says in my ear before I walk into the courtroom. The questions seem to last for hours. The whole time the members that were knocked out and the ones that were waiting at the other bank just glare at me. I'm glad when I am let down off the stand.

Next up was Edward – he seems so calm and collected up there. Nothing that was thrown at him seemed to faze him. Edward and I stayed for a bit and listened to Frank—the one I put in the safe—tells a sob story about how I did not identify myself and hurt him in a unprovoked manner. Chucky, otherwise known as Randall, said something similar. The District Attorney pretty much ripped them to shreds on his cross examination.

The jury took twelve hours to come back with the guilty verdict on all six charges.

A/N: So only one more chapter to go, and it's short but super sweet. We hope that you are ALL loving Concealed Defense. See you tomorrow with the epilogue to this tale. Nikky & Kasi~