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He wrapped his arms around me, pulling me into his chest.

"You are always safe with me," he said placing kisses along my forehead.

"I know," I sighed sinking into his chest. I never doubted that Edward would keep me safe. Here in his arms I knew no fear.

The next week went by without any word for Riley or James, I was thankful for the latter. But not hearing from Riley was messing with my mind. I spent countless hours wondering if he had talked to him, if everything was okay, if he was okay.

So it's easy to say that by Friday I was an emotional mess. I was always on edge, almost paranoid. Alice didn't help matters any by calling me first thing this morning to demand that I come to her apartment tonight for an emergency wedding meeting.

It seems that with only a few weeks to her nuptials, Alice was in full on bridezilla mode. She spent thirty minutes this morning, when she called me, rattling off every little detail that needed to be completed and a bunch of things that she felt were not up to par. After I mumbled yes for the millionth time, my eyes still firmly closed and my body still draped across Edwards, she finally snapped that I better just pack a frickin' bag because she was going to need me all night.

I really wish that I would have been awake enough to tell her no.

But of course I wasn't I said m'hmm and hung up on her. Yeah, not my brightest moment. By the time I woke up enough to realize what I had done, it was too late.

She refused to answer her phone, choosing to tell me via text messages that I would be at her apartment tonight or else she would drag me there by my hair. Let's just say that I believed her threat and put the phone down, calmly informing Edward that I was going to be at Alice's for the evening, and that it was his job to save me Saturday morning.

He just chuckled and called Jasper to invite him over for a guys' night. I'm sure that they would be playing Xbox 360 and pigging out on pizza and pop (since Edward's apartment is alcohol free)…..I was so jealous.

I felt like I hadn't done much in means of protecting myself from James. I mean I had talked to Jasper Monday afternoon. I took everything that I had from James, the notes and lingerie to his office. It would be safe to say that he was beyond upset. Jasper had been one of my best friends since grade school and was every bit as over protective as Em, Jake, and Edward. It could be annoying, but not so much in this case.

As I drank my coffee I thought back to the conversation I had, had with Jasper.

"Bella, you do realize how dangerous this is?" he asked after I had told him everything and had laid out everything.

"Of course I do, Jasper, that is why I am here," I said "I was hoping that you could help me attain a restraining order."

"Of course I can," he stated as he picked up his phone. After he asked his secretary to bring in the appropriate paperwork, he turned his attention back to me. "So I will file for the motion today, but we also need to file a report with the police. Once both of those things are done, we just have to wait for a judge to approve it. That shouldn't be a problem given the evidence."

"Okay," I said, I really didn't understand all the legal mumbo jumbo, but he sounded like he knew what he was doing, plus I would trust Jasper with my life.

"Also, Jasper, can I write you a check?" I asked pulling my checkbook from my purse.

"For?" he asked in confusion.

"For your services," I said waggling my eyebrows at him suggestively.

"Ha! Like I'm going to charge you."

"Of course you are, Jasper. I am your client and you are my lawyer, that is how this goes," I said in exasperation.

"You put up with my crazy fiancée every day, that my dear is payment enough. Plus she is being extra crazy with all the wedding stuff, so in all reality I should be paying you," he said chuckling.

"Well when you put it that way," I said smiling at him, sliding my checkbook back into my purse.

"Please don't let all of this stress you out, Bella. I am going to put a stop to that sicko contacting you," he said shifting the conversation back to the serious subject at hand.

"Thank you, Jasper. I seriously appreciate everything that you are going to do for me, it means a lot," I was getting emotional again, I tried to keep the thickness out of my voice, but judging by the look on Jasper's face I wasn't.

"Bella you are like a sister to me, I will do whatever it takes to keep you safe."

"Bella?" Edward's voice coming from the living room pulled me from my thoughts.

"Huh?"

"Are you okay?" he asked, concern lacing his tone.

"I'm fine, I was just thinking about Jasper had to say about James."

He came up behind me then and wrapped his arms around my chest. After he placed a soft kiss onto the back of my head he said "You're safe. I promise you that."

"I know," I said in an offhand kind of way. But I knew that I was lying to him, I wouldn't be safe until James stopped targeting me for his mistakes. I knew that Edward and Jasper would do everything it took to keep me safe, but this bubble they had me in was nothing but that; a bubble.

A thin flimsy layer that unsteadily encased the world that I was living in and all it would take is one sharp object to come along and POP!

I shook my head slightly trying to shake away the feelings of unease that I taken hold of my mind.

"Please stop worrying," he said turning me in my chair so that I was facing him.

"I'll try," I joked dryly.

He stared at me for a minute, I think taking in the dark circles under my eyes and how tired I looked. He had to notice; I did. Every morning in the mirror, I watched as my face became more sullen and tired looking. He ran a finger delicately under one of my eyes. The touch was full of love and concern.

"I think that a night with the girls will be good for you. It'll help take your mind off of things," he said after minute.

"Alice does have a way of making you focus on what she wants you too."

"That she does. And I think a little wedding planning will help," he said with a slightly sad look to his eyes. I scrunched my brow at him, silently questioning what that look was about. But before I could ask him, his phone rang. He picked it and sighed angrily.

"Tanya."

There was another thing making me stress out. Even though she and Edward were in the process of dissolving everything, she was hanging on as hard as she could. They had two clubs to finish before they could go their separate ways and she was milking it for what it's worth. Calling non-stop, send messengers to the apartment on the weekend and evenings with contracts and letters. Some business related, but most of the time they were pathetic attempts at begging for his forgiveness.

None of it worked though, Edward saw through her shallow attempts and told her on more than one occasion that she was being desperate and pathetic and neither of those things suited her. I couldn't wait for the next three months to be over, because once they were that crazy witch would be out of our lives for good.

"Tanya, we can discuss this when I get into the office," Edward bellowed into his phone causing me to jolt a little. He gave me an apologetic look before he turned his attention back to his call. Whatever she was saying must not be good, because that one vein that ran across his forehead was starting to pulse a little.

"Are you fucking kidding me?" he exploded; I didn't flinch this time because I was expecting it. "Tanya, what part of "we are dissolving our partnership" do you not get? Seriously?"

I watched as he started to pace and pull at his hair with such force that I thought he would soon end up with a handful of hair and a bald spot.

"This discussion is over! I will not be quilted into another deal!" That part caught my attention. I wonder what the she-bitch was trying now.

"No, no, no. If you don't stop this bullshit, I will have my lawyer contact yours," he sneered the last part, not wanting anything to do with James. It was actually a pretty good thing that Tanya had James for her lawyer; it kept Edward from finding him and kicking his ass. Which I was grateful for. Not that I didn't think that Edward could win, it just was one less thing that I had to worry about.

"Goodbye, Tanya," he snapped and then disconnected the call. He flopped angrily into the chair across from mine; I knew that he was frustrated because he was alternating between pinching the bridge of his nose and roughly pulling at his hair.

When the pulling and pinching finally slowed down I made my way from my chair and into his lap. After I settled myself, I gently pulled his hand from his hair and caressed his cheek.

"Do I want to ask what that was about?" I asked gently.

"Probably not," he sighed heavily.

"Okay," If he didn't want to talk about it, I wasn't going to pry.

"She tried to talk me into taking on another client with her," he said after a minute.

"Okay, she is officially stupid. Does she not pay attention to what has been going on the last week?" I asked in annoyance. I was starting to think that Rose's suggestion of cutting a bitch was looking better and better.

"She's getting desperate. Tanya is not use to things not going her way. I think she thought that if she gave me time to cool off and apologize excessively that I would reconsider. Plus this client is a big deal, huge even. So she tried to use that to her advantage," he explained. "Then when that didn't work she tried to use the guilt card."

"What does she have to guilt you with?" I asked curiously. I need that it couldn't have been anything to serious or she would have tried to use it earlier.

"You know the usual. All the times she had to pick me up drunk and all the time she sat in the hospital after my accident," he said, the vein in his forehead was starting to twitch again.

"So she was using the fact that she was a friend to you as guilt?" I asked angrily. Just when I didn't think that woman could sink any lower; she did.

"Basically. It doesn't matter though, it didn't work and she can take her new client and shove it," he was obviously done talking about this.

We sat in silence for a few minutes; I laid my head on his chest and listened to the sound of his strong heartbeat. Mine.

"You better go get dressed," he said after minute. "I don't want to make you late for work."

I was about protest that I wasn't ready to move but then I looked at the clock. Crap I only had forty five minutes until I had to be at the office. I jumped up off his lap with a start and sprinted to his bedroom.

Thankfully I packed half of my closet and brought it here. I slipped on my standard black pencil skirt and a white flowing top. I quickly grabbed a bag and threw in a pair of pajamas and an outfit for tomorrow. I knew that there was no way that Alice was going to let me come back here before I went to her place.

I rolled my eyes at that thought as I slipped on a pair of black pumps and dashed into the bathroom. I spent the next twenty minutes pulling my hair into a sleek high ponytail and dabbled on some light makeup on.

I rushed back into the kitchen; Edward was still seated at the table reading the news paper. Of course he looked impeccable, and it had only taken him ten minutes to do so. Ugh!

"You look amazing, love," he complimented me as I dashed around the kitchen throwing a lunch together and pouring coffee into my to-go mug.

"Sure, sure."

"You do," he said from directly behind me. He was too stealthy sometimes. He slid his arms around my waist and pulled me into his chest. "You look good enough to eat."

He then nibbled lightly on the side of my neck. "I love your hair like this; your neck is all exposed for me."

I think I moaned something intelligible then, but I can't be sure.

"If it were up to me, I would keep you locked up in my apartment and not share you with anyone," he said in between his assaulted on my neck.

I felt my legs starting to quiver and I knew that he had about a minute before I flipped around and attacked him. He must have sensed my thoughts because he placed one more kiss to my neck and pulled away.

"I honestly am going to miss you tonight," he said cheekily as he stepped away from my on fire body.

Of course he would work me up knowing that I had to go to Alice's tonight. Well two can play at the game.

I turned on my heel and gave him a toothy smile. I took a step towards him, but made sure not to come in contact with his body.

"I'll miss you too," I said seductively and then I ran the tip of my finger up the straining front of his pants before quickly turning on my heel and walking out of the room.

A low groan followed me out of the kitchen.

Chuckling, I slipped on my coat and gathered up my bags. Edward joined me then, slipping on his own overcoat and gathering up his briefcase.

We rode the elevator down in silence. Just enjoying the comfort of snuggling up to one another while the cheesy music floated around us. It was in these moments where everything felt normal and there wasn't a thing in the world that I feared. Nothing could touch us in moments like this.

But all too soon it was over and we before I knew it we were sharing a heated kiss against the side of his car.

"Call me once you get to Alice's," he said after he pulled away.

"Okay," I breathed out. I was going to miss him tonight. I had gotten use to sleeping next to him again.

"See you later, love," he said after he helped me into my car and then he shut my door soundly and waited until I was reversing before he got into his car.

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Work passed faster than normal. I spent the day either in meetings with the big wigs or on the phone with my authors. Emily had been exceptional since the week I got those flowers delivered to me, it was almost like she was finally becoming comfortable and had really stepped up to being the kind of assistant that I needed. I was relieved to say the least, I really didn't want to have to fire her.

Emily popped her head into my office at a quarter to six.

"Miss Swan?" she asked quietly.

"Yes, Emily?"

"Do you mind if I take off? I know that it is fifteen minutes early but tonight is my husband and my four year wedding anniversary," she rushed out nervously. God, have I been so awful that she was worried that I would be angry at her for asking to leave early.

"No, go ahead. I am almost done here myself," I said with a wave of my hand.

A genuine smile lit up her face. "Thank you so much! I really appreciate it," she gushed. She turned to leave and then stopped, "Oh before I forget, Miss Brandon called. She didn't want me to bother you, so she just left a message. She wanted you to remember to go to her apartment tonight and to also pick up a couple of bottles of red wine."

I nodded my head. That sounds like Alice.

"I took the liberty of calling in the wine order to Mercello's and they delivered three bottles of your favorite red wine, they are sitting in the cooler in the break room," she said. "I hope that was okay."

I was shocked! I didn't know where this new Emily had come from, but I never wanted her to leave.

"That is more than okay. As a matter of fact, why don't you go ahead and take a bottle home with you, consider it an anniversary gift," I offered.

"No, I couldn't," she stuttered out embarrassed.

"Yes you could and you will. Emily you have been doing an amazing job around here and this is something that I want to do for you. Also you saved me from having to go out of my way tonight to buy the wine, so please I insist."

"Well then, thank you," she said. "Well I will see you Monday."

"Bright and early. Happy Anniversary!"

"Thanks," she smiled at me one last time and then slipped out of my office.

I quickly finished up the last few things that I needed to do and shut down my own office. I was never gladder for a work week to be done, between the stress of the James situation and Tanya, I was ready for some down time. Maybe Edward was right, a night with the girls was something I needed. Even if it meant dealing with Bridezilla Alice. I loved her anyways.

I swept out of the office, making sure to grab my bags and the wine and headed to Alice's apartment.

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"It's about time," Alice said as she opened the door to me.

"I had to get the wine, remember?" I lied sarcastically. She didn't need to know that I only had to get it from the cooler at work.

"Yean right, your assistant called it in for you," she said narrowing her eyes at me and placing her tiny hands on to her hips.

"Yeah.. Well.. How did you know?" I finally sputtered out.

She just tapped her temple twice and ushered me into the house.

"Rose is already here and I ordered pizza. And don't worry I ordered disgusting pepperoni and pineapple just for you. But why anyone would put fruit on pizza is beyond me," she rambled as she drug me into the living room. I didn't even try to get a word in, it would have been pointless.

"Hi Rose," I called out louder then I meant to when we walked into the room.

"Alice let the poor girl walk herself, geez. Hello Bella. How have you been?" she asked nicely, almost too nicely.

I narrowed my eyes at her. I loved Rose, don't get me wrong, but I was always suspicious when she acted too nice. She just gave me an innocent look before starting to file her nails again.

I didn't notice until now that they had a whole manicure set laid out on the table. Groaning I flopped down on the couch next to Rose.

"I thought we were here to work on wedding stuff, not to get all polished up," I said in a dejected voice.

"Now Bella, there is no reason we can't do both," Alice said with a stamp of her foot. "Now where is the wine?"

I pointed to the bag by my feet. She picked up both, the wine bag and my duffel.

"I go put this in your room and pour us each a glass of wine," she said as she danced out of the room.

I turned my suspicious eyes onto Rose then. She was being awfully quiet for someone who is normally awfully loud.

"What's up Rose?" I asked causally.

"Same old, same old," she said not looking up from her nails.

"Hmm."

"You would know that if you bothered to pick up the phone and call your friends," she said in her sugary sweet voice.

And there it was people, the reason for the niceness.

"Things have been hectic," I offered lamely. I knew that I had been avoiding everyone the last week, but I wasn't ready to tell them about James until I had some answers.

She grunted in reply to that. So I tried again. "Edward had to dissolve things with Tanya this week, so that was just crazy and I've been staying with him since then."

"All I heard in the statement was why Edward's life has been hectic this last week," she said coldly, finally looking up from her nails.

I gulped loudly then, the nice voice was easier to take then the cold one.

"I'm sorry," I squeaked out.

"You should be! I haven't even talked to you since the club incident last Friday!" she said with a flair of her hands.

"I know, things have just been.."

"Hectic," she said sarcastically cutting me off mid sentence.

"Well they have been!" I said defensively. I hated being treated like a child and Rose was good at doing that. When she married Emmett she had taken the role as my new big sister seriously. Almost too seriously.

"Whatever," she sighed.

"I don't want to fight with you, Rose. I'm sorry that I haven't called, things are starting to become less hectic so I will make more of an effort," I promised.

"I just don't want to lose you, Bella. I know things are good between you and Edward, but you need to make sure you keep a balance in your life, just in case…" she trailed off there.

She didn't need to finish her sentence though. I knew what she was going to say. "Just in case Edward left again."

"I know," I offered, looking anywhere else besides her.

"Hey," she said grabbing my hand. "I didn't mean to bring up a bad subject, I just want you to make sure you put yourself first this time."

I looked at her for a minute then. There was nothing but genuine concern in her eyes.

"I'm trying to do that," I finally said.

"Okay then. Just make sure you call me," she said flashing me a cheeky smile and then started filing again.

I rolled my eyes playfully at her. Rose was quick to temper but usually easy to placate. Unlike Alice, once she loses her temper you are looking a week long argument and usually a lot of groveling.

"Okay girls," Alice gushed as she stepped back into the room, balancing three very full wine glasses. "I've got the wine, now I want to hear some gossip."

I really didn't have any "gossip" I wanted to share. Everything that was going on with James was to raw and I really didn't want it to intrude on my girls night.

"Well, Mike and Jess might be expecting," Rose said casually.

"A baby?" I asked stupidly.

"Of course a baby, Bella. What else would I be talking about?" she asked, rolling her cornflower blue eyes at me.

"Well that's great!" Alice exclaimed bouncing in her seat. "I'm going to call Jess first thing on Monday and offer to decorate the babies room!"

"Alice, don't you think that you should wait until they announce that they are pregnant?" I asked trying to calm her down a smidge. I knew better then most about how exuberant Alice can be once she sets her mind to something.

"I have to agree with Bella, Angela accidentally mentioned it to me at lunch the other day and even she wasn't one hundred percent sure," Rose explained.

"Fine, I'll wait," Alice pouted. "But once they announce it I'm all over that like white on rice."

We all busted out laughing there, Alice was too funny sometimes.

"So speaking about Sex, Bella," Rose started.

"We weren't speaking about sex," I said trying to steer the conversation away from where I thought it was going.

"Yes we were. Babies come from sex, so we were speaking about sex," she said matter of fact like. All the while giving me the bitch brow. I knew what that looked said, it said shut the f up and let me dig this information out of you with my finger nails.

"She has a point," Alice offered, I narrowed my gaze onto her. She just shrugged innocently and turned back to polishing her nails.

"Fine, what is it?" I asked in annoyance.

"So you and Edward are sleeping together?" she asked bluntly.

Thankfully I wasn't taking a drink of wine, because I probably would have spat it across the room.

I thought about how I wanted to answer that. Of course they knew we were sleeping together, I had already confessed to staying at him apartment all week.

"Yes?" It came out more like a question then an answer.

"And?" Alice piped in there.

"And what?" I shot back. Seriously what are we sixteen.

"How is it?" she asked in exasperation.

"Seriously?"

"Bella, you have been a born again virgin for the last four and a half years, of course we are curious about this," Rose said, she grabbed my hand and started to roughly file my nails.

"I could see that if I wasn't sleeping with the same guy that I was four and a half years ago. It's not like it's new!" I said wincing when she caught the side of my nail, pulling at the skin a little.

"So, what, it's like totally the same as it was then? It isn't better?" Alice asked in disbelief.

"It was never bad!" I about shouted. I knew that they were not going to drop this until I gave them something to go on.

"Fine," I said throwing my hands up in the air, forcefully yanking my hand from Roses. "It's amazing. His body is like nothing I have ever seen. He was always in shape, but now there are lines and muscles that weren't there before. He makes me weak in my knees and leaves me completely satisfied."

Rose and Alice were both smirking at me when I finished.

"You know, Bella, would have been okay with "It's great"," Rose said pulling my hand back over to her.

Yeah right. I thought, I knew those two better then that.

We spent the rest of the night making sure Alice's wedding was going to be perfect and once both the bottles of wine were drank and Alice felt better about her wedding plans, we all climbed into Alice's massive bed together and fell asleep.

Snuggled between the two of them, I found a certain sense of peace that had alluded me all week. Isn't it funny how your best friends can always make you feel better and help chase away all the fears in your mind?

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