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The next morning, I opened my eyes and stared at the ceiling. Every memory from last night came flooding back to me and I smiled. And then I wanted to cry again.

Edward was still asleep next to me, and apparently we had switched positions during the night. I was lying on my back, and he had his arms wrapped around my shoulders and my waist, pulling me to him, almost clinging to me. He had his face buried in my neck and was breathing evenly, still fast asleep. I didn't want to move, but I was really stiff and nature called. I squirmed around a bit to see if he would wake up.

He drew in a sharp breath, and I could feel his eyelashes flutter on my skin. I tried to pull free, so I could run into the bathroom and run right back into the bed.

"Don't leave," he whispered and held me tightly. He sounded a bit desperate and I felt like I had to reassure him.

I turned on my side and stroked his hair. His eyes were closed. "I'm not leaving, Edward," I whispered and stroked the stubble on his chin," I just have to run to the bathroom. I'll be right back, ok?"

He nodded and let me free. I almost sprinted into the bathroom. I brushed my teeth while I peed, just to make sure to save time. When I came out, his eyes were open and he had his hands behind his head, staring at the ceiling. He looked over at me and smiled and pulled the cover back.

"Hey," I said as I climbed in next to him. I turned on my side and he pulled me to him and cradled me in his arms. Shit, I never wanted to leave. We lay there just relishing in one another when he spoke.

"How are you feeling?" he asked while he stroked my hair.

"I have a bit of a headache but other than that, I feel fantastic," I said and rolled over so I could see his face.

He chuckled, "Me too. I'll be right back beautiful." He said and got up and went into the bathroom. I stretched and looked out the window. It was sunny out and I could still hear the waves crashing right outside of my door. This is day two for me. I was leaving in two night's time. The phone rang, snapping me out of my blissful sadness.

I picked up the receiver," Hello?"

"Hey Bella, its Angela."

"Oh, hey Ange."

I was glad I had turned my Blackberry off earlier. I had only told Angela and my father and mother where I was going to be. I had emailed them all my info before I shut the stupid thing off. Yet she still calls at the worst possible time.

Edward emerged from the hall and jumped back into the bed with me. He laid his head on my chest and looked up at me.

"So, how is everything going? Have you been relaxing?"

"Yeah, you could say that," I said. Edward began to kiss me between my breasts and tickled my side. It made me giggle.

"Who is that?" he asked and tickled me again. Wow, Edward, you're kind of an attention whore.

"Who the hell is that, Bella? Oh my god is that a guy?!?"

"Ange, we'll talk about it later. I'll call you back ok?"

"Whoa wait! What his name? What does he look like? Wow he sounds sexy...Are you being safe?" She asked all these things as I hung up the phone.

I laughed, "That was my friend Angela. You know, the friend that convinced me to come here?" I said as he began kissing my collar bone.

"Oh, yeah. Remind me to thank her profusely," he said and licked and kissed behind my ear. Uh-oh. That spot was my kryptonite. I moaned, "Edward."

The phone rang again. I was about to unplug the damned thing.

"Hello?" I answered again, while Edward continued his ministrations.

"Hey, Bella, it's Alice! Want to meet up for breakfast?" I swatted his hand off my breast and mouthed, "It's your sister" to him. He just smiled up at me and put his hand back on my breast.

"Uh, hold on one sec, Alice."

I put my hand over the receiver.

"Edward, do you want to meet your sister for breakfast?"

He glanced at the clock," Tell her we'll be there in half an hour," he said and took my nipple into his mouth. I held back a moan.

"Alice, we'll be down in half an hour, ok?" I said without thinking.

"Oh...we? Yay! I knew it. Tell Edward Dad's looking for him. See you two in thirty."

I put the phone back on the cradle," Your dad's looking for you, Edward."

"And I care not," he said and let his hand travel down to stroke my sex.

Twenty minutes, one shower, and two orgasms later, we were on the way to Edward's room so he could change. I threw on my bikini and a sundress, as we had plans to go to the beach after we ate. Edward confessed he wanted nothing more than to spend the day with me, which made me happy and sad at the same time. It was becoming a familiar feeling.

I was in the elevator headed up to the presidential suite floor when I noticed Edward and I had a hard time of keeping ourselves from touching one another. He held my hand or I held his arm, and neither one of us wiped the grin from our faces. Until we opened the door to Edward's suite, that is.

His father was perched on the edge of the couch waiting for him as we stumbled into the room gigging like a couple of teenagers. He stopped dead in his tracks.

"Edward. Son, I need to have a word with you," he said as he looked back and forth between us.

"Fine. Bella, go on ahead and meet Alice, I'll be down shortly," he said and kissed me on the cheek. I reluctantly let go of his hand and walked out the door. His father looked really pissed when we walked in. He didn't seem like the kind of man you kept waiting.

I walked into the open air restaurant that Alice told us to meet her in and spotted her and Rosalie sitting at a small table near the back. I smiled as I walked toward them.

"Hey," I said as I approached the table and sat down.

"Well hello there," Alice said as she passed me a mimosa.

"Morning," Rosalie said as she pulled her shades down," you look...rested."

"I am. I feel great," I said and smiled," Where are the boys?"

"They had to have some sort of business meeting with my father so they just left," Alice said. The waitress came over and took our orders.

"Oh, your dad was in Edward's room when we got there. He looked kind of mad."

Alice rolled her eyes," He's always mad. And he always does this crap when we're vacationing. He can never just relax."

"What do they all do that's so demanding that they have to have meetings on vacation?" I asked.

"Oh, you know. Just businessy things," Rosalie replied.

"So how was last night, Bella?" Alice asked and wagged her eyebrows.

"That's your brother you're talking about, you know," I said. "But it was amazing." I blushed when I thought back to the evening previous. Rosalie laughed.

"You know, I was mad at him at first," she said and peeked over her dark glasses.

"Why?"

"Because I found you first and sometimes he's an ass."

"Oh Alice don't be so possessive," I joked, "but um...is he an ass with girls often?"

She laughed, "No. He just got out of a relationship and I didn't know if he was stable enough to talk to a girl is all.

"Stable enough?"

"Yeah his old girlfriend was such a bitch. She broke his heart."

Her hand flew over her mouth," I should not be telling you this, he'll kill me," she said and ordered another mimosa.

"Thank god she's not around anymore," Rosalie said and sipped her coffee.

"What did she do to him?" I asked out of curiosity. Edward was seriously so wonderful thus far and I wanted to know what kind of crazy person would break his heart. And I wanted to know why he could possibly be 'unstable.'

"Just don't tell him I told you. You have to promise." I could tell that in all actuality she was dying to tell me.

"I won't, I promise."

"Well, he and Tanya, curse her name, they were together for like three years or something...A long time... they were engaged." Shit, Edward was engaged to be married?

"Everything was set up and ready to go, but on the day of the wedding...she just didn't show She pretty much left him at the altar." I gasped and put my hand over my mouth as she continued," She just disappeared. The last thing I heard, she ran off to Fiji with some guy she had been seeing behind Edward's back. Apparently she cheated on him for a year without him knowing. It was kind of awful. He went into this like downward spiral for a couple of months. You know, boozing and staying out late, not showing up for work..."

"And women?" I asked. I was still apprehensive about what we did; I just needed to hear this.

"Yes, there were a couple of women. It was never serious, though. He didn't date them for long."

Alice looked at me with wide eyes, "That's…well…it was like six months ago, I didn't mean the two of you or anything…"she said quickly.

"No, no. I knew what I was doing last night, Alice. It was my choice. Thanks for telling me, though. And it's good to know we have something in common," I said.

"What do you have in common?"

"Having our hearts broken by cheating bastards."

"Shit, what happened?" Rosalie asked.

"I knew it," Alice replied, "Spill."

I told them the whole sordid story while I picked at my fruit. I even told them about living in Seattle by myself and about how sometimes I felt lonely.

"Wow. I would have murdered him. And her. You are holding up spectacularly," Alice said and patted my arm.

"Yeah, I can't believe that was a month ago, Bella. You're stronger than most," Rosalie said. She had moved onto mimosas, and we started talking about past their past heartbreak and how they were both so happy now. Our huge pile of Belgian waffles arrived and we all dug in like we'd never eaten before.

"So when are you and Jasper going to get married? I asked Alice.

" I guess when he asks!" she said.

"Do you hope it's soon?"

"Of course she does. She already has the dress picked out," Rosalie replied.

I laughed.

"You have to promise to come to the wedding, Bella," she said.

"Of course I will."

Jasper called Alice and informed her that they would be another hour or so, so we headed to the spa for mani/pedis. Now that we had gotten onto the subject of weddings, Rose was recalling her wedding to Emmett a year earlier.

"We got married at my parent's home in Nantucket. It was my dream wedding. Except for the fact Emmett was halfway drunk when we were reciting our vows," she laughed.

I admitted to them I was looking at wedding magazines before the big fail of the century, and that when I did get married that I wanted it to be simple, with just family and a few close friends.

Alice wanted a huge production in New York, with fancy food and drink. She informed us she had the place and the color palette picked as well.

We laughed and talked of our future weddings, when we were interrupted with cat-calls. I looked up to see Edward and the boys smiling and waving at us from the lobby of the spa. Good god, I hope they didn't hear all of that. When we were finished up, we went our separate ways and vowed to meet up later in the day.

"I hope my sisters weren't being too pushy," Edward spoke as we settled into our beach chairs. He saddled up right beside me and took his shirt off, revealing his hard torso muscles. He had on low slung board shorts that hung off of his hips just right, and he still hadn't shaved. I couldn't believe he was even sitting next to me.

"No. Alice and Rosalie are great. I really like them a lot."

"What about me?" he asked and grabbed my hand.

"What about you, Edward?"

"Don't you like me?"

"Isn't it obvious?" I asked and kissed his hand.

"No. I think you may need to cite examples of what you like about me," he said and chuckled. Geez, he really liked hearing me say things aloud.

"Well, you're very smart, charming, considerate and both sarcastic and serious. You like the same sushi as I do, you don't drink girly drinks, and you bite your lip when you want something..."

"So do you," he interjected.

"I like when you furrow your brow when you think, and um, you're pretty good in the sack..."

"Oh am I?"

"Yeah, but I don't have much to go on so I guess you're pretty good by my standards." His mouth fell open at my sarcasm.

"Miss Swan, did I not please you at least four times since we've been together?"

"Yes. And I don't think I don't think I ever told you my surname, Mr. Cullen."

"I have my sources, Miss Swan. But I don't like the fact that you think I'm just 'pretty good.'"

I laughed.

"I can be great, you know."

"Well I'm going to have to ask you to prove it."

"Oh, Bella, you don't know what you're asking."

"I think I'm pretty well aware."

"Fine. You can't say I didn't warn you."

"I'm not scared, Edward."

"Later. I'll prove myself to you. For hours." He said and looked at me with that smoldering gaze. Hours? I'd never done hours before. I think the longest Jake ever lasted was twenty minutes. And orgasms were few and far between.

"Great. It's a date then."

"Indeed. But you have to do something for me," he said and licked his lips.

"Anything," I said absentmindedly while I stared at his mouth.

"No drinking too much today, I want you fully alert for later." I nodded my head and bit my lip. He leaned in and kissed me chastely.

I didn't want to ruin this moment with questioning, like 'What will happen when we leave?' or 'Will I ever see you again?' I just gripped Edward's hand and looked out to the ocean. My mind wandered back to Alice's story. Who in their right mind would ever leave this man? You don't even know him, Bella. Shut it, conscience. He's amazing.

"What are you thinking about?" I heard him say next to me.

"I'm thinking about how I think Hawaii is really beautiful but really hot." I said and fanned myself.

"Kind of like you," he replied," let's go for a swim."

I rolled my eyes," Oh, is that the best you've got?"

"Definitely not," he said and pulled me up from my chair. We walked into the ocean and 'flirted shamelessly' as Rosalie would have put it. He splashed me and I him, he chased me and flung over his shoulder.

I laughed and put my hands around his neck, and hoisted myself up, wrapping my legs around his waist.

He looked me in the eye, and the playful mood became serious. I kissed him softly, eventually pushing my tongue into his mouth.

"Bella, baby. Don't do this to me right now," he said and pecked me on the shoulder and pulled me closer to him.

"Is it later yet?"

"Not yet."

"Why?" I wanted to have him right here, in the ocean.

"Well first of all, there is a beach full of families with children just a few feet away, and secondly, hasn't anyone ever told you anticipation makes everything better?"

He dropped me to my feet and ran his hand down my arm.

"No. I want it to be later, now." Brazen Bella was coming out to play.

"Well good things come to those who wait," he said and turned me so that his back was to the beach, so he was shielding me. He ran his thumb over the thin material covering my nipple. I moaned at the contact. Damnit why does he have such an effect on me?

I could tease too. All my previous shyness with Edward was pretty much gone, so I did something very daring and out of character for me.

We were far enough in the water that I was sure no one could see, so I groped his erection a bit. He drew in a breath," You are a very dangerous girl, Bella. But you still have to wait."

I caressed it again using more pressure this time.

He moaned. I smiled at his reaction and quickly moved my hand away, " I'll wait for you," I said and pushed away from him. "I'm going to go get lunch, so come and join me?" I said and skipped up to my beach chair. I left him there standing in the ocean knowing there was no way he could get out without everyone seeing that huge thing he housed in his pants. He did not look amused as I winked at him and placed my towel around me.

I lay back in my chair, closed my eyes and let the sun burn me for a little while until I felt a tap on my shoulder.

I looked into the face of the bronzed haired god who was glaring down at me. He was still wet from the ocean and the droplets of water made his face almost sparkle in the sun.

"I think someone is getting a spanking later for that little stunt," he said and pulled me up out of the chair," now what do you want to eat beautiful?"

"You," I said feeling bold again as I pulled on my dress and slipped my shoes on.

He leaned down so he was whispering in my ear," You better stop it, or I'll make sure you can't walk tomorrow. Are we clear?"

I could feel the wetness pooling as my memory flashed back to how our hips moved in unison the night previous. "Do you promise, Edward?"

"That's it, Isabella Swan. Up to your room now. Your punishment can't wait any longer." He smacked me on the ass and pushed me forward.

"But, what about later?" I asked as he pushed me along.

"We're still on for later, but you always have to ruin my plans. So go," he said and draped the towel over himself while he walked behind me.

"What do you mean ruin your plans?" I asked as we walked quickly down the path to OT#1. Two very pretty girls stopped on the path and watched us intently as we passed by. That's right, he's with me.

"Bella, every intention I had last night was good. I was going to be a gentleman," he said as we stepped into the elevator, "but then you had to go and be all irresistible and invite me to your room."

"Just so you know," I said and grabbed his hand, "That was the first time I'd ever done that. I'm not…that way."

"What way?" he chuckled.

"You know, a sex propositioner to strange men."

"Is that what I am?" he asked as I swiped the key card.

"Yes. A strange, beautiful smart man."

I squealed as he tickled my waist. When I flung the door open, that god forsaken phone was ringing. There was only one person who could be calling right now, and she knew I would call her back. Edward pulled me to him and kissed me hard, and we fell on the bed together. He reached behind me and pulled the string on my bikini top, when the phone rang again. I was getting tired of this.

I sat up and answered it, "Angela, seriously? I promise I'll call you back, psycho."

"Bells."

I sat straight up when I heard his voice.

"How did you get this number?"

Edward stopped trying to take my dress off and looked up at me expectantly.

"Does it matter? Look. I really need to talk to you."

"You need to talk to me now? N- no!" I raised my voice and stood up. I absentmindedly started pacing.

"Bells, please. I wanted to apologize for everything that has happened between us. I want to see you when you get back."

"Are you fucking out of your mind, Jake?!"

Edward sat up on the bed and was watching me with a questioning face.

"Yes. I am out of my mind. I'm crazy for ever hurting you the way I did. I just want to see how you are. I mean, how are you?"

"You don't get to ask me! You aren't a part of my life any longer!"

"Fuck, Bells! Can't you tell I'm sorry? What am I going to have to do to make it up to you? I'll do anything!"

"How's Leah?!"

He was quiet on the other side of the line.

"I wouldn't know. I haven't seen her since..."

"And I'm supposed to believe you?! God, Jake you really think I'm a fool."

"I'm telling you the truth. I miss you. You're the one I want."

"Well, you can't have me. Now can you please just...fuck off? And don't call me. Ever." I said and looked down at the floor.

"But I love you, Bella!" he yelled into the phone before I slammed it down.

I felt tears roll down my face, as I took the connection from the wall. I plopped down on the bed and started full on sobbing. I couldn't help it.

Edward pulled me into his arms,"Shhh. Don't cry. It's ok," he said and rocked me.

"God, I just...thought it was over. I thought I would never have to hear his voice again." I lay down and Edward laid behind me and pulled me to his chest and wrapped his arms around me.

"That was an ex-boyfriend? Like a recent ex?"

"Yeah."

"What happened between you two?"

I thought I'd better go ahead and fess up now while we were on the subject. I was only going to tell him because I knew the awful story Alice had told me about what happened to him, and I knew he more than likely could hear some of the conversation on Jacob's end. I knew people generally cared for me and felt sorry for my situation, but most of them had never had anything like this happen to them before. I knew Edward would understand.

"We were together two years, I thought we were going to get married, buy a house, maybe start a family within a few years. I had no idea he had been cheating on me. I still don't know exactly how long it was going on for. From what I know, it was at least three months. It was just text-book betrayal. I mean, I should have seen the signs. They were all there in front of my face. When he started his new job, he had to travel a lot. And now that I think about it, he was kind of blowing me off when he came home and I can pretty much guarantee not all the traveling was for business purposes. Then my best friend caught him and had to tell me."

" I don't get it. How could anyone ever do that to you?" He asked and kissed my hair. I want to ask you the same thing.

"I guess I just wasn't enough," I sniffled, starting to sound morose.

"Bella, don't ever say that. You're more than enough. It's his loss." He began to rub my arm, and I closed my eyes.

" It was with his ex-girlfriend. He was spending the money I was scraping together every month for a house on hotel rooms and dinners and trips. So I took the rest of it and never looked back. I got a loft in Seattle with it, and I'm buying myself this vacation with it. And you know what? I don't feel bad at all."

"You shouldn't feel bad. You deserve it. And you didn't tell me you lived in Seattle."

"Yeah, I've only been there a week and a half. But I love it."

"Yes, Seattle's great. I'm just glad you got away from that dickhead."

Edward continued to lay with me and sooth me, and I was fighting sleep.

"What about my punishment?" I whispered.

"Later, baby," he whispered and pulled me closer.

"Promise?" I asked.

He nodded behind me.

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