Chapter 16:
Bella walked up the stairs to her apartment when she saw something stuck to the front door. Frowning as she drew closer to the door she saw a dark colored napkin stuck with a piece of tape on her door.
You think you know everything. You and your friends will not be safe from me. I will have you Bella. Just wait and see. Jake won't be able to stop me.
Bella nearly dropped the small simple napkin when she let out a soft gasp. Whoever had left this was no doubt the guy who had broken into her apartment. She glanced around nervously. Grabbing her purse she called Jake right away.
"Hey beautiful." His voice was warm and filled with honey. She wished she could enjoy it but right now her heart was pounding so hard with fear. She pushed her back in the corner of the door and apartment as she stared around the semi full parking lot. She wasn't sure why but she suspected he was in one of the park cars watching her reaction to his note.
"Jake where are you?" Bella fought back the sob that was stuck in the back of her throat.
"I'm like five minutes from the house, why?" His voice was filled with alarm.
"He left me a note on the front door." Bella answered as she clung to her purse staring around frantically.
"Who? Oh, shit. Where are you now?" Jake ask with a worried frown on his face.
"I'm outside the apartment." Bella replied swiftly.
"Get in your car and lock all the doors until I get there." Jake ordered.
"Okay." Bella didn't hesitate to do what he ordered. She ran to her car and locked up while slipping down low in her seat. She couldn't believe this was happening to her. She hoped the guy that broke into their apartment had been random and not a stalker after all. It was apparent now that this was the same guy who attacked Alice and was after her now. She rubbed her hands together trying to calm herself down. Covering her face with her hands she tried to relax and take in steady breathes. Her freaking out wouldn't help keep Jake calm about the matter.
When she heard a soft tap on the window she let out a loud scream but stop when she saw it was Jake standing by her door.
Bella open the door and flew into Jake's arms. Releasing her earlier fears she cried hysterically.
"Shhhh…it's okay baby I got you." Jake's voice soothe her fears as she claw into his back not wanting to let go of him.
"Jake I think he is here." Bella whimpered as she held onto him as tight as she could. She didn't care if she was leaving claw marks on his back she just could not let him go.
"Honey, if he is here trust me he isn't stupid to try anything while I'm here." Jake replied as he kissed the top of her head and slowly scanned the parking lot. He didn't see anything that struck him as suspicious.
"Come on let's go inside. We can talk inside." Jake pulled her up against him as they walked to the apartment. Unlocking the door he step inside first. He doubted the attacker would be brave enough to be inside but he wasn't taking any chances with her safety.
"Stay right here baby." Jake push her against the closed door as he scanned around the small apartment for any signs that the jerk was inside. When he came back a few minutes later he wore a relaxed smile on his face. He wanted her to know that they were safe now.
"So what happen exactly?" Jake asked as he pulled her into the living room and sat her on top of his lap.
"I walked up and I noticed something on the door. So I pulled this off of it." Bella pulled out the napkin she had shoved in her purse when she ran to her car.
Jake read the note twice. He could not say that he recognized the handwriting and the napkin was just a plain colored napkin. It could have come from anywhere. He wished the asshole would make a mistake giving them some clue, no matter how small, that would point them in his direction. He was too damn clever. Jake wanted to kill this guy with his bare hands. He hated how the bastard had caused Bella to be so upset and so frighten . There was no way he could let her out his sight for too long. From now on he decided he would take and pick her up from work. It was the only way he could assure her safety now. The guy was making it clear that he was challenging Jake to stop him from hurting Bella.
"He is just trying to scare you that's all. You noticed that he did not get in the apartment this time. So the alarm and the new locks your dad had installed are working. We are safe in here." Jake hoped he sounded as convincing as he was trying to act.
He did not want to mention that once they left the apartment that there was no real safe place. He did not want her to live in fear every time they left their home. It was ridiculous but in away the attacker had won this battle. Even Jake was a bit afraid of what might happen if Bella ever left his sight now.
"Why is he doing this to me? What did I do to deserve this?" Bella sobbed as Jake caressed the small of her back trying to help ease her fears.
"You didn't do anything Bella to deserve this. Nor did Alice. This guy is just sick. We will figure it out I promise. I won't let him hurt you like he hurt Alice." Jake vowed as he covered her mouth with his. The kiss was raw and passionate. He wanted her to feel his touch, to feel his love for her and to assure her that no matter what he would always be there for her. She was his life now. She was his lover, his friend, and someday maybe far down the road the mother of his unborn children.
"Mmmm…Jake…." Bella moaned into his mouth as her hands slid into his hair. Jake felt himself hardening from the sounds of her moans and the way she was pressing her chest up against his. She was intoxicating. She was sweet and yet held a hint of seductiveness that drove his senses crazy.
"My Bells. My sweet Bells." Jake whispered in between kisses. His hands roamed up and down her backside until they found their way around the front where he unbutton her top and slid his warm strong hands underneath the material to stroke her. He enjoyed feeling her bare skin. She was soft and silky and smelled like heaven. There was not one thing about her that he did not find enjoyable to his senses.
"Yes, yours….just yours….." Bella moaned in agreement as she reached down and pulled his shirt over his head. Running her fingers up and down his muscular chest while her lips tasted his mouth. She found it ironic that when they made love she forgot all about her fears. She forgot all about the attacker and could only think about Jake. Jake made her body tingle, her heart race, her skin burn and her mind lost all the worries. All she could see, feel, and think about was Jake. Her Jake.
The sound of Bella's phone ringing however interrupted their pleasurable moment. Bella struggled to forget the fact that it was ringing but she could not stop herself from fearing that it might be a friend who was in distress. She wondered if she would always feel like this. Guilty. What if Alice had tried to call her the night she was attacked would she have been able to stop it? Of course Alice had not called her but Bella still could not resist knowing who was calling her in case they needed her. Pulling away from Jake's arms she leaned down and search her purse to locate the phone. When she found it she quickly open it up.
"Hello." She whispered. She was still a bit short of breathe from the wild kissing session with Jake.
"Bella?" Angela asked softly.
"Yeah, it's me. What's up?" Bella could feel Jake's body tensing up.
She gave him a look of apology before she return her attention to her friend on the phone.
"Hey, is this a bad time?" Angela asked nervously.
"No, not at all. Is everything okay?" Bella felt Jake picking her up and sitting her on the couch as he strolled into the kitchen. She hoped he was not disappointed in her for taking the call while they were in the middle of a make out session. She recalled a few times in the past when Edward would give her annoying looks when she would stop whatever they were doing to take calls.
"Sorta. I broke up with Ben this morning. He was pretty furious with me. I tried to explain to him that I just felt like we wanted two different things but he kept saying how you no doubt were the one who talked me into breaking up with him. Why would he think that?" Angela asked with a hint of fear in her voice.
"I don't know. I saw him today. He was at a diner where I picked up our lunch." Bella answered.
"He was in Port Angeles?"
"Yeah." Bella replied casually as she look toward the kitchen where Jake was making noise.
"Oh. He did not tell me he was there." Angela replied sadly.
"What happen exactly?" Bella ran her hand through her hair nervously. She was now starting to think that Ben had intentionally hit her in the side today at the diner. Maybe he saw her and for whatever reason assume she had convinced Angela to dump him earlier in the day.
"I called him and he was on his way to work or at least that is what he told me. I told him that I thought we should break things off. That he was right that I was not ready for a commitment like marriage and that I wanted to try and do something with my life before I settled down." Angela paused as she let out a long breathe.
"He then began to demand to know who had put these thoughts in my head. I told him no one. That I was always alone and had perhaps had too much time on my hands to think about stuff. He then said that he knew I was not talking to Alice because she was locked up but you were not. That he was sure you were the one who put these thoughts in my head about wanting to explore the world. He said it sounded just like you." Angela finished with another long breath of air.
"That is weird. He shoved me today at the diner and although I thought it might have been accidental at first he made no move ot apologize to me. He looked horrible Angela. I mean like he had not been sleeping for days." Bella stated with a sad frown on her face.
Was it possible that she was to blame for putting these thoughts unintentionally in Angela's head? She had slipped up and mentioned how she believed that Ben might be cheating on Angela. She also had no regrets about moving from Forks and was constantly telling Angela all the neat things she had done and seen since moving into town. Was it possible that Angela had grown envious of her life?
"He shoved you? Damn, I'm sorry Bella. Ben can have a temper when he is seriously upset but he rarely shows it. I mean well…once…no I shouldn't say anything about him. I mean he has been good to me. He has always been there for me." Angela sighed sadly.
"What is it your not telling me Angela?" Bella demanded.
"It's nothing." Angela cried out defensively.
"Look, some sicko is stalking me. Jake believes the guy who broke into my apartment and today left me a threatening note on my apartment door is the same guy who attacked Alice. We also believed it is someone we all know. Alice kept warning me we knew him but she was too afraid of his threats to tell me who it was. I think he has threaten to hurt me if she tells me who he is. She isn't thinking clearly or she would realize that by not telling me I am in great danger." Bella explained with fear in her voice.
"You don't think it is Ben do you? Come on Bella! Ben might be a cheater and a disappointment in the boyfriend category but he has never done anything to ever physically threaten either of you in fact he once had a big crush on the both of you. Don't you remember he wanted you guys before he settled for me." Angela was steaming hot by the time she finished. She couldn't believe that Bella would ever consider Ben capable of beating and raping Alice like that. It was absurd. It was just insulting to not only Ben but to her as well. She would know if Ben was even remotely capable of such a horrid thing.
"Angela he did not settle for you. We were not his type. Once he realized that you were the girl for him he worshipped the ground you walked on as I recall it and at this point Angela I am not overlooking anyone as a potential suspect. Jake is even having my dad check out Mike too." Bella hated letting that last bit of information slip out. She knew that neither of them wanted her to reveal to anyone who they suspected in case one of them turn out to be the attacker and fled before they could get a chance to catch him.
"Oh my God! Mike couldn't even kill a fly much less rape someone." Angela rolled her eyes in disgust. She was starting to wonder if Bella had suddenly began to suspect every guy that had ever had a crush on her or Alice as a suspect. It was stupid to her. It had to be a stranger as far as Angela was concerned. None of the friends they shared was capable of hurting the girls like that. She had faith in her friends and could not plausibly understand why Bella no longer had the same faith in them.
"Angela I love you. I truly do. Once upon a time I would have agreed with you but you haven't gone to see Alice. You have not watched her slowly deteriorate before your eyes out of fear. She knew him. She knew our attacker. The only people we both knew were from Forks. WE did not share any other mutual friends here." Bella hoped that Angela could see where she was coming from. She loved all of her friends but she could no longer be as naïve as Angela was being. People all over the world were known to suddenly turn on those they loved the most. So why was it so hard for her consider the possibility that someone they knew might suddenly carry hatred for her and Alice?
"I don't know Bella. It just seems weird that one of our friends would suddenly change in character and have this urgency to harm you and Alice. What about me? Should I be worried next?" Angela snorted slightly out of fear.
"I didn't consider that."
Was it possible that Angela was also in danger? Was this some guy who was out to beat and rape girls he knew from Forks?
"Bella, do you want tuna or ham sandwiches?" Jake whispered as he stuck his head around the edge of the kitchen.
"Tuna." Bella mouthed the word as she sat there contemplating Angela's theory.
"So anyways, I just thought I would let you know about Ben and I breaking up." Angela sighed sadly.
"Oh. I'm sorry Angela. I really had hopes you guys would work it out and get married soon." Bella was being truthful. She did have hopes that Angela would get her dream come true wedding with Ben the only guy that Bella had ever seen her so madly in love with.
"Other than someone stalking you how have you been?" Bella felt her stomach do flip flops as she began to discuss with Angela how she had fallen in love with Jake and they were now at last a couple. Angela was of course thrilled beyond reasoning about them hooking up. Bella knew she would be.
"So when will I hear church bells ringing for you two guys?" Angela exclaimed happily.
"Marriage. No. Not yet. We are just now a couple. We need time to get to know each other as a couple." Bella chuckled but in her heart she had to admit the thought of marriage to Jake did sound exciting.
"Whatever! You guys have known each other for sometime now. It's not like you don't know everything about one another by now." Angela laughed.
"That's not true. Jake and I have done lots of things apart. In fact we never truly discussed our relationships with one another. So I have no clue what to expect from him." Bella replied with a smirk.
"Uh, I think you guys will discover you are pretty much the same in a intimate relationship as you have been in a friendship." Angela replied.
"I hope so. Everything just seems so natural with us." I sighed happily.
"Well, it should be like that. It just feel natural and as easy as breathing. I am so excited for you guys." Angela replied.
"Me too. But I have to end on this note Jake just finished making us something to eat." Bella felt her stomach heating up as she watched Jake placed their plates and glasses on the table. He was still shirtless. She felt her heart skipping erratically at the sight he made. She chewed on the corner of her lip wondering if sex on a table would worth trying?
"He cooks too! Damn you!" Angela giggled.
"Bye hon." Bella hung up. Putting the phone back into her purse she bounced off of the couch making her way to the kitchen.
"Okay I hope you like my recipe for tuna fish." Jake gave her a warning look followed by a kiss on the lips.
"I would like it more on you." Bella dip her finger into the bowl where he had mixed the tuna with a few items and slid it over each of his nipples.
Jake's eyes widen with surprise. He had ate plenty of things off of a girl and had even had a few sucked off of him.
"Mmmm…yummy…yep definitely the right ingredients." Bella murmured as she began to feast on his other nipple.
"Jesus Bella." Jake groaned as he sat the bowl down on the table.
"You want me to stop?" She ask with a fake pout.
His eyes showed her that he was far from ready for her to stop.
"Oh honey don't stop now." Jake growled as he ripped her blouse further open. The buttons flew around the room. Bella almost protested because the shirt was one of her favorites but when she felt him taking her bra off and throwing it up on the cheap light fixture she didn't dare speak a word.
His mouth suck hungrily on her nipple. Wrapping her hands around his neck she pull him closer to her. Her body was on an uber tingle session and she was enjoying every spark he created in her.
His hands gripped around her waist as he pulled her up onto his lap, pulling her legs around him. For a second she was sitting on him before he pushed the plates aside and sat her bottom on the table in its place.
"Uh…move food." Bella warned him not wanting to clean up tuna from the kitchen floor later.
Jake rolled his eyes as he grabbed the bowl and nearly slung it on the kitchen counter behind him.
Bella began to laugh as he raced back to her and spread her legs apart while rubbing his pelvis against her. His lips ravished her. She felt incredibly hot. Her body was filled with a lava like heat.
"God, I want you now." Jake growled into her neck as he suck hard. Bella prayed there was no enormous hickey from it but on the other hand she hoped there was. She wanted to show the world she was marked by him but she also knew that professionally it would be frown on.
"Take me Jake. Take me right here." Bella pleaded as her hands reach down and unbutton his pants. She shoved hard against the material trying to frantically get them off of his body. Her body was aching for release.
"I will take you wherever you are willing to go." Jake hissed as her hands wrapped around him, slowly stroking it.
"Anywhere you go I go." Bella promised him as she slipped off the table and shoved him on it. Bending down she placed her soft lips around the wide shaft. She could hear him panting and moaning as she suck playfully on just the tip before she felt ready to take more of him in her mouth. She knew that this bad boy was far too big for her to deepthroat. So using her hands and her mouth she began to make love to his cock. She hoped he could feel her desire for him thru her technique. She wanted him to know how wonderful he made her feel. She wanted to share with him just how incredibly sexy he made her feel.
Sucking, licking, and moaning as she stroked him with her mouth up and down. Up and down. She felt his body starting to shake and his hardness twitch in her mouth. He was close to cumming and she was excited as hell to know she had created this outcome with her mouth and hands but before she could be rewarded with his sweet seed in her mouth he pulled her away from him.
With lightning speed he had her pants and panties down to her knees and had her bent over the table. She felt him pushing himself into her dripping wet opening. With one fast hard thrust he was buried in her. She let out a loud gasp as the sensation of being full with him wash over her like a tidal wave. It was incredible how he made her feel. The feel of him pushing and stretching her inner walls created a massive orgasm.
"Yessss…ohhhh…..yesss….." Bella cried out.
Jake wrapped her hair around his hand as he began to thrust back and forth in her. He was so swept up in the pleasure she had created in him that he had completely lost all control of his body. He needed to find release. He knew he was not hurting her. Although he was slamming it in her hard and fast. He could not stop himself.
With each thrust he felt his cock twitching and the tingling was growing unbearable. Slapping her hard on the ass he let out a loud moan as he reached his much needed climax.
"Yesss…..shit…..Bellllla…..yessss…" Jake shouted at the top of his lungs as he jerked around inside of her.
Bella laid her head against the cool wood of the tabletop feeling as if she had just been rode hard and left wet. She was shocked. He had been rougher than before but she enjoyed every second of it. The last minute slap to the ass had sent her over the top as she climaxed all over his thick cock. She could literally feel her inner walls clasping around him. It had been amazing and once again unexpected.
Jake panted for air while Bella fought to control her breathing.
"So would you like your tuna on white or wheat?" Jake asked sheepishly as he pulled her hair away from the back of her neck and placed tender kisses on it.
"Ummm….I will take whatever you choose." Bella whispered with a low giggle.
Jake hated to pull out of her. He felt at home buried in her tight walls but he knew that they couldn't exactly eat dinner like this. So with gentle ease he pulled out of her when he saw the red hand imprint left on her bare white ass. He felt a moment of guilt. Until he saw her expression on her face when she turn toward him.
"Remind me to ask you to spank me more often." Bella's eyes glowed with contentment that made Jake's head grow big and his heart to burst with love.
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