Chapter 4
James POV
I watch as Bella and Masen dance to their wedding song, and the jealousy that is coursing through me is so strong, I have to calm myself, repeatedly.
They finally finish and walk over to their table. The food gets passed out, and I do my best to ignore this annoying bitch that is talking my damn ear off at my table...
"That was beautiful… didn't you love that song for them… Oh, what is this? Chicken?" I look up at the dark haired woman, and point down at my food, trying to let her know that I'm trying to fucking eat and not chit chat with her ass.
"It's delicious isn't it?…. You can tell they have money….. Such delightful food…." I zone out on the bitch and turn my head when I see movement on the dance floor. The blond haired guy who walked Bella down the aisle is dancing with her now, and not too long after, Masen joins that older lady out on the floor.
After what seems like forever, the song ends, and I stand, making my way to the dance floor, and leaving damn chatty Cathy at the table. Bella's dance partner walks over to the older woman and kisses her. I guess that his wife. Masen looks like he wants to walk over to Bella, but the little pixie runs in front of him and starts to dance with him.
I see my chance and I take it, walking up to Bella and grabbing her hand, bringing it up to my lips. She looks up at me with a surprised look on her face, but then blushes.
"Can I have the next dance?" I ask her and she nods. I pull her close to me, and together we start moving.
"I'm sorry, but I can't seem to remember your name" she says, after a while of staring at me.
"James. James Wilson" I say
"That last name is familiar. Do you work with my husband?" she asks, and I have to fight back the urge to scowl at the mention of Masan.
"No. My father was friends with your dad. Steve Wilson. We actually saw the announcement for your wedding in the paper, and dad sent me over here to congratulate you."
Her beaming smile is contagious, and I find myself wearing an identical smile on my face.
"Thank you so much for coming. It's nice to know there are people that knew my father here sharing this day with me"
"You're welcome."
The song ends, and instead of letting go of me, and walking off, Bella grabs my hand in hers and drags me over to meet everyone.
"Edward. This is James Wilson, his father was a friend of my father's" Masen looks at me, and I can't describe the look he's giving me right now. Hate? Jealousy?
"Pleased to meet you Mr. Wilson" he says, and holds his hand out to me
"James. It's a pleasure to meet you, Edward" he shakes my hand roughly, but I squeeze his hand and give it to him right back.
"Ok, come on James. Let me introduce you to everyone else" I smirk up at Edward, and let Bella pull me along to the table at the front of the room.
"Everyone, this is James. His father and mine were friends. James, this is Rosalie, her husband Emmett, my sister in law, Alice, her husband Jasper, and this is Carlisle and Esme, Emmett's parents" I hold my hand out and greet them all. Bella leaves me there and I talk with them for a while, while she goes and dances with Masen and her daughter.
"Isn't she beautiful?" Alice says and I agree with her without even knowing if she's talking about Bella or her daughter. "I can't get over how much she looks like my brother, don't you think?" I look over at Masen and compare him to the little girl, and she's right, the only thing different is the hair color. She obviously has her mother's beautiful hair color.
The song finishes and Bella and Masen make their way over to the table, had in hand with the little girl.
"Lila, this is a friend of Mommy and Daddy's. This is James" Bella says. I crouch down to her eye level and bring my hand out, grabbing hers.
"Pleasure to meet you, Lila" I say, kissing the back of her hand. She giggles and I smile wide at her. She is a beautiful little girl, I wonder if she'll be Ok with me being her new father.
I get back up and see that Masen is still looking at me like I kicked his damn dog or something.
"Guys! We need to get to the cake cutting, and the bouquet tossing. Edward and Bella need to leave soon" The blonde girl yells, getting everyone's attention in the room. Everyone makes their way to the table where the cake is, and we all watch as Masen and Bella hold on to the cake cutter together and cut a piece out of the cake. They put it on a plate, and each get a piece on their forks, and feed each other.
Fucking makes me sick.
After the cake, Bella stands by the exit, and all of the single girls crowd behind her, and as she tosses the bouquet in the air, all of them jump up and try and catch it. The flowers disappear for a while, before finally reappearing in the hands of the annoying bitch from my table. I feel bad for whoever marries her ass.
Everyone watches as Bella and Edward make their way outside and to a limo. Everyone is blowing bubbles, and yelling good things to the couple as they drive off.
The tight feeling in my chest, brought on by her departure, has me leaning against the wall of the hotel. I watch as everyone files back into the ballroom, while I stay out here and try to regain my breathing.
"Oh, there you are James." says the pixie woman, Alice I believe her name is. "Bella wanted to make sure I got your number and you got hers so you could stay in touch. It really means a lot for her to have a relationship with people that were friends with her father." I smile at her, and grab the phone from her hands, putting my number in. she calls my number from Bella's phone and I save it once it pops up on the screen.
"How long will they be gone?" I ask
"Just a couple of days. They'll be back on Friday. Maybe we all could have dinner next Sunday or something" she says and I tell her that would be fine. I tell her I have to get going and she reaches up and hugs me, telling me she'll see me soon.
I walk out, towards Kate's car, and slip in grabbing the keys from my pocket and putting them in the ignition. I'm halfway home, when my phone starts to ring.
Unavailable
It's Jacob. I take a deep breath, and answer it.
"Hey man" I say after accepting the call.
"What happened? Did it work?"
"Yea, nice to talk to you too…" I say
"C'mon James. Quit fucking around. Did you go?"
"Yea. I'm actually on my way home right now"
"Well. Did they believe it?"
I roll my eyes.
"Yea man. I'm invited to dinner with them once they get back from their honeymoon" he growls and starts to curse
"Fucking honeymoon? That bitch got a courtroom wedding and her honeymoon was in our house in the damn bed, with me"
"Wow. I wonder why that shit didn't last Jake" I say out loud, when I really mean to say it in my head.
"What the fuck are you trying to say, James?"
"Nothing. Um did you see the lawyer today?" I ask quickly, changing the subject
"Yea. He's going to try and get me out of this fucker soon."
"Good, man. Oh hey, I just got home, I'll talk to you later ok?" I say, and hang up quickly.
After seeing Bella today, I don't fucking want to be a spy for Jacob. I don't want him to get out and take her, or whatever the fuck he's planning on doing.
I want her for myself.
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BPOV
"Bye baby. I love you so much. Be good for Aunt Alice, ok?" I say as I kneel in front of my daughter.
"Ok Mommy" she says. Tears rolling down her face. Edward and I have never been away from Lila for more than a couple of hours, and now we're going to be away from her for 6 days.
Edward reaches down, and picks her up, holding her to his chest.
"I love you, big girl. We'll be home soon"
"Love you, daddy"
He puts her down, and he grabs my hand, starting to drag me away, but I turn back and hug her one more time. Alice chooses then to walk out of the hotel, and intervene.
"You guys are going to be late! She'll be fine, Ok? I'll take good care of her" I nod my head and let Edward drag me to the car.
We get in, and before we know it, we're on our way to the airport.
We check in for our flight and grab some snacks for while we wait.
"I love you" Edward says. I lift my head and look up at him.
"I love you too"
"Lila will be fine, Bells."
"What makes you think I'm still thinking about that?" he starts to chuckle and then he kisses the top of my head.
"Baby, this crease hasn't left your face since we left her" he says, bringing his finger up and in-betweens my eye brows.
I laugh and scoot closer to him.
"I know she'll be fine. I'm just going to miss her"
"Me too baby"
Our flight gets announced over the intercom, and we're told they are starting to seat first class passengers. Edward and I grab our carry-on bags, and make our way to the gate. We show them our tickets and they let us through.
Once we're on the plane, we make ourselves comfortable since we have a long flight ahead of us.
*****
After a stop in Los Angeles, and a stop on the main island, we take a Pacific wings flight straight to our hotel, Hana-Maui
"This is beautiful" I say as I walk around, looking at everything in the room. We are staying in what is called as "Sea Ranch Cottage". The view of the ocean from the lanai is spectacular. The floors are a light colored wood, and the rooms are huge. I walk into the bedroom and see that there's a hot tub.
Good Job, Alice
Edward walks in and places our bags on floor, and I turn to see the expression on his face.
"This is amazing" he says, and I walk over, wrapping my arms around his waist.
"What do you want to do first?" I ask. He raises one eyebrow and pulls me up against him and leans down, capturing my lips in his.
His kisses are passion on fire. I feel heat flow through my body, and he brings his hand up and buries it in my hair.
"Edward! We're only here for a couple of days!" I say, once we separate for air.
"I'm not going to waste one minute on anything that doesn't involve making love to you" he looks into my eyes, his green eyes smoldering. I feel my knees begin to grow weak, but before they give out, he grabs me behind my knees, and lifts me up, carrying me to the bed. He lays me down, moving with me and bringing his knees up and in between my legs.
"I love you, Mrs. Masen" he says, and leans down to me, kissing up and down my neck and shoulders.
"I love you too, Mr. Masen" I whisper.
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Edward and I make our way down the jet way, and into the Sea-Tac Airport. After 6 days of bliss, we're finally home, and while I loved our honeymoon, I'm excited to get back to Lila, as is Edward.
We see our family waiting for us at the gate, and we quicken our pace.
"Mommy! Daddy!" Lila yells, and then takes off running towards us. Edward drops the bags and scoops her up in his arms once she reaches him.
"I missed you so much, princess" he says, tucking his face into the crook of her neck. I smile and wrap my arms around both of them, placing a kiss on Lila's cheek once she brings her face up. Edward is an amazing father to Lila. It makes me anxious to give him more beautiful children, and I silently hope it's already in the works.
Edward and I barely left our room. We went to the spa, and to the hotel restaurant, but other than that, we spent most of our time in bed. Or the hot tub. Or the lanai. Or the beach…
After we tell each other how much we missed one another, we make our way over to everyone else.
"Bella!!" Alice screeches out, and walks over, squeezing the air out of me.
"Hi Alice. How was everything?" I ask her. I pull Jasper into a hug, and place a kiss on Blake's sleeping head.
"Everything was good. Lila was perfect; I told you that there was nothing to worry about. Did you have a good time" I look at Edward as his eyes meet mine and we smile at each other.
"'Good' doesn't even describe it" I say, and I can feel the heat rise in my cheeks.
Alice laughs and I look over as Rosalie and Emmett reach us. Emmett has a large milkshake in one hand and a double cheeseburger in the other.
"Eddie! Bella!" Emmett screams, cheeseburger bits flying out of his mouth. I pull him into in awkward hug, since his hands are full and then walk to Rose.
"We missed you guys" she says and we all start off to the parking garage, and then finally we're on our way home.
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The guys are in the living room, relaxing and talking, while us girls are in my bedroom, doing the same.
"….On the beach, Bella??? How was that??" Alice asks, practically jumping out of her skin for all of the juicy details.
"AMAZING!!!" I say, and we all laugh.
We continue talking and then Alice tells me about Sunday.
"I invited that guy James from the wedding, to dinner at my house on Sunday. I figured we should all get to know him, since his family was so close to your dad" she says.
"Thank you. I don't remember him, but I remember his dad, and it was great to know he thought of me enough to send his son to the wedding…."
When the time comes for everyone to leave, Lila is already up in her room, sleeping. Edward and I go to our room, and get ready for bed, since we're exhausted.
"Did Alice tell you? She invited James over to her house for dinner on Sunday. It'll be nice for us all to get to know each other." I say as I'm slipping my nightgown over my head.
When a couple of seconds go by, and I don't hear Edward say anything, I walk into the bathroom and he is clenching his fists.
"What's wrong"
"I don't like this James character. At All"
"Why? You don't even know him."
He walks over to me, wrapping his arms around me and looks at me in the eyes.
"There's just something about him…"
I shake my head and place a kiss on his cheek.
"Edward. You're jealous?" I ask, rubbing my hands up and down his arms. "His father was important to my dad. I just want to know him. That's it. You have nothing to worry about"
"I know," he says and then places a kiss on my lips. I grab the back of his head and deepen the kiss, pulling my whole body up against him.
"Let's go to bed" I say, grabbing him by the waist of his boxers and dragging him to bed.
Next chapter up later this week maybe. Thank you for reading, and don't forget to review :) -Pardonthepun