Beautiful Tyrant

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A/N:

In this story the character names belong to Stephenie Meyer but the inspiration and chapter titles come from William Shakespeare's epic tale, Romeo & Juliet.

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Chapter 172. Nurse, commend me to thy lady and mistress.

Mrs. Cope wasn't completely convinced of the soundness of his plan. "Edward, the wedding can be annulled by Bella's parents as soon as they find out. How is this really going to help in the end?"

Edward nodded. "I realise that, Mrs. Cope, but marriages can't be unravelled all that quickly. I'm hoping that by the time it is, Bella will be of age anyway and we can just get married legally then. No matter what, this will buy Bella some time."

Mrs. Cope conceded that this just might work. "Edward, I don't think Bella should stay with her family."

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