The next morning Rosalie,freshly showed and dressed made her way to the kitchen. She wanted to make her mate a filling breakfast by herself. This was an easy way to take care of Bella and she was determined to prove her worth as an imprint.
"Good morning dear. What are you up to?" Esme asked as she walked into the kitchen with Alice behind her.
"I'm going to make breakfast for Bella while she's getting ready and making some phone calls." Rosalie told them looking in the cabinet for a waffle iron.
"I hate how cute you are.I literally can't stand it. I just want to pinch your cheeks." Alice told her making pinching motions with her fingers.
"Did the Denalis agree to come here?" Rosalie asked as she began measuring out some flour.
"Yes they will be here in a couple hours. They seemed very excited with the prospect of visiting the Shurlong estate." Esme told her trying hard to keep herself from rushing over to help.
Rosalie began stirring the waffle mixture."What did Carlisle tell them about Bella?"
"Just that she was a friend of the family and had offered to extend the invitation to them as well seeing as how they were family." Esme said.
Alice bounced on her stool." Do you think Bella will let them look around? I've been having fun in the dressmaker's work room but I really want to explore more."
"I do too." Esme agreed. "I have almost finished looking through the small house and would love to explore the White House some."
Rosalie sighed. She was afraid of this." I don't like the idea of you guys snooping around."
"We wouldn't be snooping around. We would be going to areas Bella allowed us to visit."Alice said." Emmett said he got to see her cars. Is it true she has a James Bond car?"
"It's not the exact car from the movie but it's the same model. She actually has an entire collection of Aston Martins dating back to the early 1900's." Rosalie told them as she poured batter into the waffle iron.
"Seriously! What other cars does she have?" Alice asked.
"You name it she probably has it. She told me she hasn't added to the collection since her grandfather died though. The building they are housed in is a huge warehouse. It's like a car museum." Rosalie explained.
"Can we go see that and maybe drive some of the cars? I saw you driving one and Emmett said we could bring some back if you said it was alright."Alice said excitedly.
"Bella would probably take you if you asked. She's the only one who has access to the building and no you won't be driving any." Before Alice could protect Rosalie continued. "And we will definitely not be be bringing any back to Forks with us."
Alice pouted. "Why are you like this.? You have a cool, very wealthy if the house and stuff here is anything to go by mate who is willing to let you play with all her cool toys and you won't even think about it."
"It's not about thinking about it. It's about knowing that if any of you touch things you will break them. My mate may be a billionaire but that doesn't mean you can ruin her things." Rosalie explained.
"Wait back up. Bella is a billionaire?" Rosalie sighed and nodded. Alice huffed."Seriously how did you get so freaking lucky? Carlisle has been alive centuries and isn't a billionaire. He isn't even close. None of us are."
"Carlisle isn't a billionaire because he doesn't care about money and donates a lot of it to causes." Rosalie said pleased that her first two attempts at waffles had turned out as a success.
"It's not polite to talk about money dear." Esme told Alice.
Bella walked in the kitchen and gave Rosalie a kiss on the cheek." Good morning everyone."
"Bella how much are you worth?" Alice asked ignoring Rosalie's growl.
Bella shrugged. "It's not really that much of a secret but a little over 4 billion."
Alice's jaw dropped open. "Are you serious?"
"Yes it's not all cash though I own some properties around the world and some of it is because of the antiques I own." Bella told them.
"You own other properties?" Esme asked.
"Yes, I own a villa in Italy,some parts of the Brazilian rainforest, I think there is something in Iceland. I don't know what else." Bella thought for a second." Oh yeah,a castle and village in England."
Alice looked at her with wide eyes."You own a freakin castle and a village?"
Bella nodded. "Yes it's the original Shurlong estate that the first duke of Shurlong was granted after the war. The castle itself was added onto over the years the last edition in the 1700's."
"Does that make you a duchess?" Alice asked getting excited at the prospect of being friends with a royal.
"No my mother is officially a duchess even though she has no ownership rights to any of the land, when she dies I get the title. We don't broadcast it because as members of my family were founding fathers we try to stay loyal to the country we helped build." Bella told them.
"That makes sense." Esme said." What is the castle itself like?"
"It was modernized to add plumbing, water and heat but other than that it's pretty original.Each new addition they decorated for the time period but now it's kind of like a museum. We get thousand of visitors a year and sometimes do events. The British version of antiques roadshow was filmed there once." Bella told them.
"That sounds amazing. Can we visit it sometime and you could show us your village and then maybe we."
Rosalie cut Alice off mid sentence."Then maybe we can control ourselves and ask Bella what she would be comfortable with before we start planning things without asking her."
"I think it would be alright to visit. We could even spend the night if you wanted. Sometimes they do ghost tours there."
Alice clapped her hands in excitement."I can't wait to tell Emmett. He is going to be so excited. Where is he now?"
Bella checked the security panel on the wall. "Still in the game room."
Esme smiled as they all watched Alice race out of the room."You really don't have to go out of your way to please them dear."
Bella took a seat next to Esme and poured syrup on her waffles." It's no big deal. I like going and I'm sure it would be fun for everyone."
Rosalie sighed yet again as she began working on making some eggs. Her mate was incredible but she encouraged her family a little to much. Bella hadn't seen the extent of how out of control they got when excited. She wished she was human because if they ever went to the castle she would have liked to have some kind of anxiety medication.
Rosalie put the plate of eggs in front of Bella and sat beside her. She took Bella finishing the waffles as a good sign they didn't taste horrible and she had successfully provided for her mate.
"Breakfast was delicious sweetheart." Bella said finishing off the last of the eggs.
Rosalie gave her a shy smile. "I just wanted to take care of my mate."
Bella kissed Rosalie's cheek."And take care of me you did. What time are your cousins coming?"
"We have some time." Rosalie told her." Do you have something you would like to do?"
"I thought I would show you guys around more. Give a better tour of the place. Do you think any of you would like that?" Bella asked.
"I'm sure we all would enjoy that." Esme said.
"Well then call everyone and we'll meet in the sitting room to begin the tour."
"What about Victoria?She's with Emmett right now but I don't want to leave her alone." Rosalie asked.
"She can come with us. I won't be taking you anywhere that could be used against us in any way." Bella grabbed Rosalie's hand intertwining their fingers." I know you would be to nervous if I took them anywhere that something truly valuable was."
Rosalie sighed in relief."You know me to well."