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Chapter 8

JPOV

My heart is still unsettled with what happened earlier. I was in a meeting when Peter (again!) barged in and told me Bella fainted while shopping. I went home to find Carlisle already looking after Bella. I paced the room while he finished and when he announced that she's okay, I told him to check again since she is still unconscious. Who faints but is okay? I'm now convinced that she's sick and paced some more.

When Bella came to and started crying, my heart sank and I took it as confirmation that she's sick. Is it terminal? I have a lot of money, I can take her to the best doctors anywhere in the world.

She was inconsolable and Carlisle ended up sedating her. I asked Carlisle to test her for everything, make sure that she's healthy. And to begin compiling the world's best in the medical field.

The next time she came to, she was a lot calmer and proceeded to tell me everything.

Bella is Cosmic Dust.

My girlfriend is Cosmic Dust. She meant to steal from me. I can't deal with this right now.

I purposely went to my office and shut the door to think things through. I needed space and be rational right now. I don't want to say anything or do anything that I might regret later. In spite of what I learned tonight, I still love that woman.

And damn it I think she's pretty cool.

I have heard of Cosmic Dust. She is pretty well known in our circle. I contemplated on using her services a few times before but my men pulled through and I just didn't have the opportunity. I didn't know Cosmic Dust is a woman. Nobody knows. Nobody has any idea about her gender, age, everything.

Of course there are a lot of speculation. And the general consensus is that Cosmic Dust must be male, because his combat skills are excellent (yeah, I know) and that he must be around 30s not too young to have had the time to acquire his skills and knowledge and not too old to upgrade his skills constantly.

Woah, my girlfriend is Cosmic Dust.

I can't really fault her for being her. I'm in the mafia and I have done far worse. A job is a job, I know. She didn't even finish the job.

Now I have to think about what it all means.

Now I know I really can't hide anything from her. But she definitely can hide a lot of things from me.

Being with me alone is dangerous enough for her. Add her job and the risks multiply. Can I handle it?

I won't stop being me and I cant stop her being her. Can I take it?

Yes. I can't loose her. Not now, I'm in too deep.

What should I do?

What can I do?

I'm gonna marry that woman. This will give her more protection carrying my name and give her a more solid background to steer clear of any suspicion with her identity. And I just love her and I need to spend the rest of my life with her. I was already thinking of proposing, this just pushed it way earlier than I planned. I then opened my vault and got the ring my grandmother gave me long ago to give to my future wife. God only knows how long I have to beg Bella before she agrees, judging by her hesitation regarding our living arrangement.

The sudden banging of my office door alerted me of someone else's presence. I abandoned my google search for proposal ideas and took out my gun to aim at the door when I spotted a haggard looking Peter almost tripping on his feet in an effort to reach me faster. This cannot be good.

"Bella's missing."

"What do you mean missing? She's at home."

I got up and already making my way to our bedroom to prove Peter wrong.

"She's not. She left more than an hour ago. She has her bags and got in a cab."

No. I went to the closet to find half of it empty.

"Demetri called me and told me the situation. He followed the cab to her old apartment and got out. Demetri saw her get in. I called Emmett and asked him to check on her since I figured if you fought, the only person she's willing to talk to is Emmett. When he got there, her door's unlocked and she's already gone."

Son of a bitch. I completely lost my cool.

"She's been missing for an hour and you only tell me now?" I took a deep breath to calm down. I need to find her first. I'll deal with these idiots later. Finding Bella and ensuring her safety will always be my priority. "Have Seth trace Bella's tracker. Arrange Team Alpha. As soon as we know where she is we plan the extraction."

I just hope Bella is still wearing the necklace I gave her when we got pass our third month. I have suspicion I know who took her. I just need the specific location.

Seth confirmed that she's at a Volturi warehouse.

I know its not about her job. Cosmic Dust never meets anybody. Everything is done online. I know this is all about me.

I gathered my best team and planned our extraction. I made sure to cover everything and that everyone knows getting her safely is the priority. We launch to war afterwards.

We got in position as fast as possible and I gave the signal. We covered all exits and attacked.

We're too late.

What we found were 5 dead men and no Bella.

A/N: This might be a little late but at least it is still 2018 in some parts of the world. I will upload the rest within a couple of hours. Happy New Year everyone!