"I love you Liam. But I can't watch you have a child with another woman. Please forgive me. Forgive me. Forgive me…"

Liam looked deep into Maggie's eyes through her tears and kissed her lips. "Maggie love, there is nothing to forgive."

Liam stood up from the table with moisture in his eyes and grabbed the rewritten check from his father and helped Maggie out of her chair.

"Come love, I'll take you home."

Chapter 23

The Unexpected II

Maggie POV

I dropped my purse on the table by the door. I looked at my purse with distain, inside my purse housed a check for five million dollars. Liam guided me into the living room and sat me down on the couch before returning with a glass of water.

"Drink this, you will feel better." Liam said handing me the glass and taking a seat beside me on the couch.

I downed the water and placed the empty cup on the coffee table in front of me. I looked over at Liam and I knew what I wanted. I was nervous but I wanted it. If I had to leave him tonight I wouldn't leave empty handed, and I don't mean money… It may ruin my prospects of marriage but as Marcus so carefully pointed out… 5 million was a lot of money and a lot would be overlooked for 5 million dollars.

"Liam?"

"yeah?" Liam answered looking into the depths of my eyes.

"If we only have tonight I want to make it count. I want to know what it feels like to be joined together. I want you to make me yours in every way, even though we have to part. I want you to make love to m…" I didn't even have time to finish before I felt Liam's mouth on mine. Our kisses were intense and needy. His hand cradled the back of my neck and his lips followed planting wet kisses along my neck and jaw. A breathy moan of pure pleasure escaped my lips. Liam stopped to catch his breath and looked into my eyes.

"I love you Maggie."

"I love you too."

Suddenly I felt Liam's strong arms underneath me lifting me off the couch and carrying me bridal style into his bedroom. He placed me gently on the king sized mattress, tucking a stray hair my hair behind my ear.

"Are you positive you want to do this?"

"I am. I want you to be my first."

Liam then proceeded to ravish my body giving me the wedding night we would never have.

14 weeks later….

3RD POV

A blonde female news anchor reads sits behind her desk while reading the nights story off the teleprompter in front of her. A fake smile adorns her face, one she had mastered, making her look kind and friendly.

"What has been labeled as The social event of the decade.…

What an exciting month for the Cullen family. Three of the Cullen men recently took brides this past weekend. Those invited were left in awe at the lavish ceremonies and receptions. A source who attended all three weddings said 'It was magical. Love radiated off of all the couples.' Another source added, 'It was definitely envy worthy. All three weddings were wonderful. I can't even pick a favorite.' No doubt. Here we have a few shots of the brides and grooms. These exclusive photos were released to us by the Cullen's this morning. They all look so beautiful. Three times the Cheers Mr. and Mrs. Cullen from all us here at Chicago 4 Central News. We wish you all a long and happy marriage. Liam Cullen is the last one to tie the knot and is set to say 'I do' next month with his fiancée Tris Prior.

(Yes. Tris from divergent.)

Up next, could your neighborhood be in danger of falling victim to the new crime wave? With a steady increase of drug distribution on the rise we will show cost efficient ways to protect your home…"

A beautiful woman sat watching the female news anchor on the TV with a slight frown on her face. The woman in question was currently sitting in a coffee shop looking through some magazines.

"Can I get you some more coffee miss?" the server at the coffee shop asked.

"Oh, no I wasn't drinking coffee but I would appreciate a cup of the lemon ginger tea to go please."

"Certainly."

Gathering up her magazines the woman stood to stretch. The server came with her tea, which she graciously accepted. The warm cup and spicy aroma felt inviting. Her attention was focused mainly on the cup in hand when a magazine slipped off the top and fell to the ground.

She was about to reach down and pick it up when the server swiped it off the floor.

"Oh, so could I assume that this is the reason you're opting for caffeine free beverages?" He chuckled handing her back the newest edition of fit pregnancy.

"Yeah, I suppose that would be a fair assessment. Thanks." She told him placing the magazine back on top of her stack.

"Well congratulations. Babies are blessings."

"Oh? Do you have experience with babies?"

"No… Not really. But people say they're blessings… so…"

This made her giggle out and the man smiled at having made her laugh.

"Here let me get the door for you. You have your hands full."

"Oh thank you, that's so kind of you. Have a good evening."

"You too." he said, closing the door behind her while watching her through the windows as she walked down the street.

He went back to wipe down her table and saw that she left her wallet. Quickly he snatched the wallet up and ran out the coffee shop to see if he could catch her and return it, but she was gone. It was like she disappeared through thin air.

He walked back into the doors of crème de la crème, the coffee shop. Walking behind the back of the bar he slipped the mysterious woman's wallet in the lost and found box.

3rd POV

Edward was sneaking into his home. The clock he passed on the mantle read 3:04am. The night did not go well. Three men had died and Edward had been stabbed. Blood covered his clothes and he knew if Bella caught him he would be questioned to death.

Quietly Edward headed for the bathroom, his hand was on the door handle when he heard Bella gasp.

'Shit', he thought.

Bella rushed to his side examining every inch of his body with her eyes.

"Oh my gosh. Is this your blood? What happened? Are you okay? Is Emmett okay? Did anything happen to your dad, your uncles? Jasper, James, Liam, Peter, Demetri? Is this a stab wound? Who did this to you?"

"Bella babe chill. Some of its my blood most of it is other people's. Tonight didn't go as planned. I'm fine and so is everyone else. Well, immediate family. We lost three men tonight. Yes I was stabbed. Fuck. Look, there will be nights I come home like this. I know you need time to adjust to this life and I'm trying to be patient but my job is fucking stressful enough as it is and the last thing I want to come home to is a nagging wife asking a million questions as soon as I get through the fucking front door. Just go back to bed."

Bella turned around and walked away. She tried her hardest to keep from crying at the way Edward had just treated her. Dismissed her. He had been harsh with her when all she had done was be concerned for him.

And this pissed her off majorly.

She walked into the bedroom grabbed a piece of paper and a pen. She wrote out her note taped it to the outside of the bedroom door, locked the door and went to bed.

Edward came out of the communal downstairs bathroom wearing nothing but a towel he walked upstairs to their bedroom, reached to open the door only to be stopped. The door was locked. Taped to the door was a note.

'Your nagging wife is sleeping. Enjoy the couch jerkward.'

Huffing out Edward went into the guest bedroom, pulled down the covers, cut the lights out, and crawled in the cold empty bed. He felt bad about how he had snapped at Bella but making him take the guest room or couch is just childish. He paid the bills why doesn't she take the guest room if she doesn't want to sleep with him? He punched his soft lumpy pillow wanting it to be like the firm one from his bedroom. His king sized therapeutic bed with his firm pillow and his soft, warm, beautiful wife. Nothing felt right and sleep eluded him.

The next morning the pair woke up, both looking exhausted from poor sleep. It was Sunday which meant church and lunch at Carlisle Cullen's house. Everyone attended. Every Sunday. It was mandatory.

After church the drive to Edwards parents house was quiet until surprisingly Edward caved and broke the silence.

"You look very pretty today."

"Thank you. The dress is new."

"Well its um… very nice."

A head nod was all he received and the silence was back... awkward and painful.

Emmett was outside on the porch smoking a cigar with Peter when Bella and Edward pulled into his parents driveway.

Walking around to the passenger side of Edward's car Emmett opened the car door for Bella and helped her out.

"Hey little sis. How's it going?" Emmett smiled cheerfully pulling her into a side hug careful not to get any cigar smoke on her.

"I've been better… I'm so ready for your mother's cherry pie. I've been craving it lately."

"Cravings? Ut-oh… Someone got a bun in the oven?" Emmett laughed out.

Bella purposefully chose not to comment and rolled her eyes at her oaf of a brother-in-law.

"See you boys later. I'm off to find Rosalie." Bella said excusing herself.

Edward watched Bella walk into his parents house and sighed. This marriage business was harder than he had anticipated.

Inside Bella saw the girls sitting together including Liam's new fiancé Tris.

"Hey Tris." Bella said leaning in down to give her a hug.

"Hey Bella. Did you see Liam outside when you came in?"

"No, I only saw Emmett and Peter."

"Figures… He's probably off finding himself at the bottom of a bottle." Tris said sighing out in frustration. "He acts like he's the only one that is having to sacrifice being with someone they love. Ugh… I better go find him before he drinks to the point of needing his stomach pumped."

Ah… Liam and Tris, what a pair they are! Tris was all set to marry her long time boyfriend, a senators son, named Tobias Eaton. That was, until Marcus came to collect money on a loan her father had borrowed from the Cullen's. Tris's father couldn't pay the loan and he offered Marcus his only daughter to pay off his debt and keep his life. Marcus accepted Tris as payment and gifted Tris to Liam as a replacement fiancée. Both of them were in love with other people and angry with each other.

Bella looked at Tris's retreating form with pity. She had missed Maggie greatly. Nothing was the same. Maggie hadn't attended any of their weddings but Bella wasn't angry, she knew it would have been too hard for her to go. Victoria had chosen Kate, her sister-in-law, to be her matron of honor in Maggie's place. Liam hadn't been sober in weeks. All the girls liked Tris but at the same time they felt guilty like they were cheating on Maggie for wanting to befriend Tris. It was a mess. Bella hung out with Hermione more and more to get away from the sadness.

Bella was brought out of her thoughts by Rosalie asking her a question.

"I'm sorry what did you say?"

"I asked if you wanted to come with me… tomorrow… to pick up our dresses for Liam's wedding?" Rosalie repeated slowly.

"Oh… yeah. They have this really trendy coffee shop around the block from the dress shop called crème de la crème. We could stop there for lunch." Bella added with a smile.

"Sounds like a plan to me." Rosalie smiled and looked over at Bella again studying her face.

"Bella are you feeling well?"

"Yeah, no I'm fine."

Rosalie accepted Bella's answer and let the subject drop for the time being.

The rest of the afternoon was uneventful just talking and eating. Seems like the young couples were just trying to make it through another day.

Here's chapter 23. Hope you enjoyed it. I may do some outtakes as bonus chapters for the weddings that I decided to skip later on. I just felt the need to move on with the story. Honestly the wedding scene wouldn't have been anything you haven't read before. He was smitten, she was beautiful, the dress looked like it had made for her, everything was extravagant and ridiculous... the wedding night was full of unrealistic life altering orgasms... lol.

Is Bella preggers? Let me know what you think... by the way I'm dealing with hurricane Irma and I'm on vacation all next week. So I'm going to try to upload a mini chapter before I leave to give you something atleast.

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