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Chapter 3 the plan

"Bella love are you okay?" Edward pressed a damp towel to my forehead. Slowly I opened my eyes steadying myself. The prince and princess of Cordova stood in front of me. I married a prince I remembered again feeling weak.

"I'm assuming you didn't tell her who you are?" Alice rolled her eyes. "Where was Jake last night? You know you're not allowed to be alone Edward! We have bodyguards for this very reason!"

"Alice I wanted one night of freedom you surely understand" he sighed staring again at me intently.

"We can get an annulment" I bit my lip finally speaking up. People must have done this all the time. Edward's eyes looked a bit sad and confused he suddenly glanced at Alice waiting for her opinion of our ridiculous situation.

"The royal family has never had one. We have two options we could do the annulment and take the bad press. Though at this point I'm not sure you really could afford much more Edward. Or you two stay married for one year and break up due to Bella missing a normal life. We can play it that you two were pen pals and dating from afar. The Vegas wedding was a plan. This could be good for us all. An American girl could change things up at home." Alice grinned staring at me.

Something told me she had given this a ton of thought. Stay married to a stranger? My life was already such a mess I couldn't live a lie for a whole year! I glanced at Edward his face was stoic, I could not read how he felt. Frustration built up in me, I could not be a princess. The idea of the public eye on me made me sick. I was always terrible at public speeches. I always lived my life in the background.

"I can't be a princess" I finally spat out. "This is the craziest thing I've heard we made a mistake surely there's a way to correct this" Edward's face is still unmoving. Alice rubbed my arm understanding how frustrating this all must have been for me. I smiled slightly at the kindness.

"She's right Bella, I see no other option. I need your help. I know this seems preposterous to you but we have had some very bad press this year. I've had a few too many scandals, I don't think I could afford another. Please stay married to me for just a year. Atleast consider it." He begged, grabbing my hand twirling his finger around the engagement ring. Fires burned every place he touched. How could I handle this for a whole year? It wasn't real! Connection or not, I was not an actress.

"I looked you up Bella, you have some major debt and you just lost your job. We can repay your debt. You will go home debt-free ready to start a new life" Alice sang. Embarrassment washed over me. Not even my closest friends were aware of my current situation. She had thought this all through. How did she know about my debt and my job?

"You can even finish the rest of school online, between princess duties of course" princess duties? I swallowed the air that had settled in my throat. I shivered thinking what exactly princess duties could involve. I was the least graceful person around.

Edward rubbed my hand again, a burning desire behind his eyes. He was begging silently for me to help. We both had gotten ourselves into this situation, I owed it to him to at least try. "Okay, I can try. I know nothing about being a princess." shocked at my own words.

"I can teach you everything! I always wanted a sister!" Alice chirped. Grinning widely. She discussed more details with Edward before leaving the room to set our plan in motion. What happened in Vegas wasn't staying in Vegas that was for sure. Next, we were to stage a real wedding so photos could be shared to legitimize our union. She also was going to find the tape of our wedding so there was no other proof of our wedding being a sham. I breathed out a breath of air I wasn't realizing I was holding on to once she left the room. My head was spinning, what did I agree to?

"Thank you, Bella, I owe you a great bit of debt. You're saving me from an arranged marriage and giving me more time to find a legitimate bride" it was silly but his words stung, he was right I was not a legitimate bride. I was a nobody.

"Was this ring meant for someone else?" I questioned swirling it again around my finger uncomfortable by its origin. It was meant for another and somehow I received it last night.

"Yes, I was to be engaged by the end of the week, against my will. I do not love her Bella"

I sighed staring at him, pitying him. I'm sure he had not chosen this life for himself. Born into royalty. Unable to choose a bride felt very set back in time. Silence overtook us again our eyes unwilling to move from each other. We were husband and wife and barely knew a thing about one another.

"Why were you not marrying for love?" I finally asked. Biting my lip, I knew I shouldn't be asking such personal questions but the curiosity was getting to me.

"Cordova has had some bad deals and bad press as of late, my parents required I married by this next month. We need a union to unite my people."

"Tanya is a friend I've known for some time. She agreed to help, but she is in love with another. A female... It really would have been a union of friendship we would have split further down the line as well" he grinned.

"Divorces are allowed in royalty?" I questioned, I knew nothing! Nothing at all of the royal families their duties. Nothing of what was to come.

"We aren't savages at the end of the day happiness is important. Sometimes these unions help the people grow faith in their monarch. My parents will be pleased I took a bride but you are a complete unknown. Alice will have to train you on the ins and outs. Just a warning she can be a bit intense." I laughed internally, I barely knew her and I could see what he was talking about.

I bit my lip hard again, this seemed like the hardest job I would tackle in a while. It was already was being in any proximity with Edward let alone acting like a princess. I barely could walk in a straight line. My mom and I always joked I had two left feet. I was the opposite of graceful. His eyes moved to mine and he traced his finger along my lip.

"You'll make your lip bleed Bella, we need to get some photos soon" his fingers lingered on my lips a little too long. A blush swept across my face. It's not real, I reminded myself.

"How will this work Edward? We can barely keep our hands off each other" surely mixing business and pleasure wasn't a good idea. The idea of the pleasure for a year sounded too good to be true. I left my mind drift to last night again.

"Who says it's a bad thing? It will sell our union, Bella. The people will notice the chemistry we have together" his eyes roamed over my body again.

"Surely we shouldn't mix business and pleasure Edward? It could get complicated." I breathed out a sigh. The logic was taking over. This could end up disastrous. We could develop feelings, at least I could on my end quickly. There was something about his presence that was calm and safe. I could see myself believing the sham.

He chuckled "Bella I would rather we both benefit from this ridiculous situation. I don't know about you but I don't think I could stay away from you even if I tried." He lightly traced circles on my arm. Heating my body with every touch.

"So you're my prince with benefits?" I laughed. He started chuckling back at the preposterous situation. We both continued to laugh letting out the rest of our nervous energy. We were doing this. Staying married, there was no harm in enjoying each other's company for a year. The chemistry we had was off the charts. I knew I couldn't stay away from him even if I tried.

"I won't force you to do anything you don't like Bella. I want you to feel comfortable in an already uncomfortable situation we've found ourselves in. If you'd like to be platonic I can respect your boundaries." he smiled genuinely. Slowly he gazed at me again, unable to tear his eyes from my body.

He was right we might as well enjoy one another for the time we had. It was a lost cause attempting to stay away from him. I slipped off my robe unable to hold back.

"Beautiful" he mumbled as he scooted his body to mine and latched onto my lips lightly sucking and kissing. I let out a soft moan. This was much better sober. He stood up untying his pants to release himself. He looked even larger in daylight. I grabbed hold of his member and let my hand run up and down his shaft. I wanted to taste him just like he had tasted me last night. I put my mouth around him, unable to take him in full due to his size.

"Oh fuck Bella you don't have to" he grunted out. I continued sucking and bobbing my head up and down his shaft. Enjoying the grunts and moans coming from his lips. He gripped my hair tighter as he reached his climax. "I'm going to cum" he warned as I pushed my mouth all the way down on him. He came down the back of my throat and I greedily sucked up the rest of him. I smiled at him. Happy to return the favor from last night.

"That was amazing, wow" he felt back onto the bed. I giggled feeling my nerves calm. Normally I didn't love blow jobs but I wanted to please him. He quickly started circling my clit helping me find my release.

"I want you to cum around my cock" he finally breathed out.

He entered me quickly, I hesitated. We needed to be safer. I should have told him to grab a condom.

"I'm not on birth control Edward so you need to pull out at the end" I knew it was risky but I didn't care I just wanted him so badly at that moment He nodded his head and continued enjoying the feeling of me fully. Pounding into me in and out at a fast pace. He brought his fingers back to my clit and circled again. I came hard against him chanting his name. He quickly pulled out and came against my stomach. He lazily kissed my lips before collapsing on the bed.

"That was incredible" I sighed.

"Yes it was, wife" Nerves built back up again.

I quickly headed to the bathroom to clean the mess off of my body. What would I tell Jess and Ang? Charlie? How would I explain I was married? I splashed cold water against my face looking at the engagement ring again. I would deal with this all tomorrow. I was still hungover and deserved a day to relax. Shaking off the immediate worries and fears. I jumped back and bed and cuddled up to his frame and drifted back to sleep. Letting the madness and our hangovers pass us for just a moment.

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