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Smokey Mirror
James POV
I had been sitting in a cell for the past two months thanks to that little bitch Bella and her piss ant husband Edward. The fucking attorney I had didn't give a damn about me. I hadn't even had my trial yet. No the big deal was the man Benjamin that worked for Edward. That's what everyone was concerned about. It had to be the biggest story to hit Chicago in years and my ass was stuck behind these bars because of her. That bitch ruined my life and she was still doing it.
"Johnson you have a visitor!"
The guard yelled and I stood up from my bed surprised by this news. He came to open up the gate and escorted me to wherever this visitor I had was meeting me. I walk out and I don't see anyone I recognize. Then a woman with dark hair starts to wave at me on the other end of the room. I squint my eyes trying to figure out who the hell she was. Then it hit me, she was the woman I watched leave Bella's house that damn day, the one who had trashed the fucking room. I walked over to the table and slowly took my seat.
"Hello James."
She says with a smile and I simply look at her saying nothing. She smiles at me, "You don't know me but we share a common enemy." She continues and still I say nothing to her.
"What would you say if I told you I could get you out of here?"
She asked and now I am a lot more interested in what she has to say. "I'd call bull shit." I tell her and she smiles sitting back in her seat.
"Hmm you don't know who I am. I can make whatever I want happen. Let's just say I have a few politicians and even this prison's warden in my pocket or should I say between my legs. If I make the call you'll be a free man."
She tells me and I cross my arms over my chest, "What's in it for you?" I ask her and she smiles the most evil fucking smile I've ever seen in my life.
"She's pregnant with his baby."
"Who?"
"You know who, and I need you to get rid of it and her."
She tells me and I look around the room hoping no one heard what the hell she just said to me. "Don't worry about anyone hearing me. I told you I have the warden, now are you in?" She asked and I inhale a deep breath.
"She can't get pregnant so you have your facts fucked up."
"No I don't, she's pregnant and I saw her."
She says more sternly and I was growing angrier at the thought of MY wife being pregnant by another man, especially that fucker Edward.
"What's the plan?"
Bella POV
"So Bella you know everyone wants to know how is the family after the conviction of Benjamin Reynolds?"
Carlos asked and I shifted in my seat a little as I tried to keep the smile on my face when I looked at the camera. I narrowed my eyes in Alistair's direction and he quickly looked away from me. I was already annoyed that Carlos spent the first ten minutes of the show asking me questions about the trial and now he was getting personal asking about 'the family' as he put it.
Benjamin was convicted and sentenced to 20 years in federal prison, yesterday afternoon. Of course this was major news but Alistair knew damn well I didn't want to discuss it on national television. I inhaled and pulled together a political answer.
"The family is just happy justice was served."
He nods his head and then looks to the camera, "We'll be back with Emmanuel Clark after these messages." He says and Rose signals when we are off the air.
"Alistair I should walk the fuck off of this show right now, how dare you have Carlos ambush me like that and on national fucking television!"
I yelled getting up from my seat, "Bella I couldn't keep avoiding the news just because you wanted me to. It seems like being married to Cullen is turning you into a rich brat." He replied and I swore I heard myself growl.
"If I was a rich brat I would call my husband right now and have him buy and sale your shit of a station piece by fucking piece until you had nothing left."
I snapped back and Rose and Alice quickly came over to me. "Bella calm down, if Edward finds out you were stressing at work he would set fire to everyone in here." Rose whispers in my ear and I nod my head as I see Carmen rush out to the set from up the hall.
"Alistair what the hell was that!"
She yelled at him, "What?" He asked her shrugging his shoulders. "You know damn well what! Why the hell did Carlos just attack Bella with all those damn questions on television?" She yelled and I felt a little better knowing they weren't both in on it.
"The viewers want to know."
Was his damn answer and I wanted to slap the son of bitch. "She has every right to walk out of here after that Alistair." Carmen reminds him and he looks at me.
"She can walk, we can replace her…"
"With who, your slut bag Lauren? Over my dead body, Bella is the best in the business right now and you damn well know it. Pull something like that again and I will make you regret it for the rest of your sorry ass life!"
She told him and everyone was left speechless. We all looked at Lauren who looked like she was about to vomit all over the floor.
"We are on in ten people! I'm not paying you all to stand the hell around!"
Carmen yelled heading back to the camera room. I quickly head back to my seat and Alice touches up my blush as they start to countdown. When they signal we are back on the air I put on my best smile.
"We are back and today we have a visit from the actor Emmanuel Clark ladies."
I say and I see Rose and Alice laughing behind the camera. They both knew I only said it that way for Edward's entertainment. I knew he was watching, my loyal supportive husband always made sure to watch my show.
"I just don't see what all the hype is about these movies."
Carlos says and all the women boo him and I laugh. I stand up from my seat and introduce Emmanuel. When he comes out the audience goes a little crazy and I shake my head at them and I give Emmanuel and friendly hug and he places an innocent kiss on my cheek. We all take our seats and I cross my legs since that helps to hide my almost visible baby bump. Alice was doing amazing with my wardrobe so that I could keep the pregnancy headed just a little while longer.
"So Emmanuel, are you excited about this last installment to the series?"
I ask him and he answers but I'm not focused on his answer as I try to fight off this sudden urge to pee. This was always a problem, I had to pee damn near every ten minutes and being on live television didn't give me the chance to just jump up and run to the bathroom.
I heard Carlos ask him another question but I still wasn't listening I felt like my ears were flooding with the urine filling my bladder. Of course I knew this wasn't possible but I had to pee that damn bad. The minute I heard Carlos say we'll be right back, and the bell ringing we were off the air I jumped up and rushed to the bathroom. The moment I was over that toilet and able to pee I moaned. It felt that damn good.
"Bella are you alright?"
Alice asked from the other side of the door, "Yeah just really had to pee!" I yell back. After I'm finished I pull up my underwear and smile seeing the hicky Edward left on my thigh this morning. I pull my slacks up and don't bother trying to button them because I knew it wasn't going to work. The twins were making their selves known more and more and I loved it. It was amazing, a year ago I would have called it impossible, but Edward had the tendency to make the impossible very possible. We hadn't told anyone about the twins just yet we thought it would make for a great Christmas present for everyone.
I teased Edward that he wouldn't be able to keep quiet that long but he swore he could hold out longer than me. I quickly washed my hands and opened the door before Alice tried to break into the bathroom. I head back out to the set and assure everyone that I was alright. The entire staff was aware of my pregnancy, more so thanks to Rose who chewed Mikes head off for bumping into my shoulder one day in the hall. She announced to the world that I was a pregnant woman and that if Mike wanted to keep his balls in tack he better watch where the hell he was walking.
Alice touched up my makeup and we continued with the show. When it was time for ladies corner I tried not to roll my eyes because today it was a cook book and we were cooking a meal with her. Beverly Martin, she was Angela's idol so I knew Angela was watching right now probably drooling in envy.
"So are either of you any good in the kitchen?"
She asked and I smiled, "Thanks to my sister I know a little something, but don't take that as I'm a pro, Angela and her husband Ben is the amazing chef's in our family. My only great meal is Apple pie." I say with a smile and a little blush on my cheeks just hearing Edward disagree with me. The man absolutely loved my cooking; I just always called him delusional.
"I'm not really the domestic type."
Lauren answers and I try not to laugh when I hear Alice say 'don't we know it'. "Alright well I have something simple for us to make today." She says and I follow and listen to her as she describes what we are about to make.
"It's so simple ladies you could teach your husbands."
Beverly says towards the camera and the audience laughs, "Not me. My poor Edward couldn't boil water when we met." I said and slapped my hand over my mouth when I realized what I said. Everyone laughed and I knew I turned a crimson red.
"I'm sorry baby, your good at a lot of other things and I love you."
I said to the camera and everyone laughed again, "Great save Bella." Beverly says to me nudging my shoulder and I laugh. I was always making little slips like that but they didn't bother Edward so they didn't bother me. She continued to show us and when we were finished I tasted and I swore my taste buds did a dance. I tried not to moan as I chewed the food. Once I swallowed it I tried to get my thoughts together.
"That was amazing."
"Yeah I think I may actually cooking when I go home."
Lauren says and I try not to roll my eyes, "Thank you so much Beverly for visiting us today. America, Beverly's book 'Cooking in the Kitchen' hits the shelves tomorrow and our studio audience is taken home a copy today. Thank you again Beverly. We'll be right back America." I say and they signal when we are off.
"Beverly that was really delicious."
I tell her and she smiles at me, "Thank you Bella, tell your sister and brother in law I am a huge fan of their restaurant." She says and I knew they would love to hear that.
"Could you sign this book for them, they would just kill me if I didn't ask."
I say and she laughs taking the book out my hand. She signs it then places her hand on my stomach when she says.
"You won't be able to hide this little one much longer."
I blush and nod my head, "I can try." I reply and she laughs again. Lauren is called on set because she and Mike have to deliver some news while I go back and take my seat. Carlos sits next to me and I can see him staring at me out the corner of my eye.
"What Carlos?"
I ask him and he jumps as if I surprised him. "Are you pissed at me? I mean off the air you haven't said two words to me." He says and I roll my eyes and look at him.
"I considered you like a friend Carlos, so the fact that you went along with ambushing me on national television without any warning pisses me off."
I answer and before he could reply we are back on the air. The rest of the show goes by pretty quickly, well as quickly as could be expected. Once we end the show I am thankful and just really wanted to go home and take a nap. When I walk into my dressing room the first thing I look for is my cell phone knowing Edward texted me like he always did after the show ends.
Do I need to come up there? ~E
Edward texted and I knew he was referring to the beginning of the show and me being questioned. I quickly replied to the text.
No I'm fine, think me and the twins have a new favorite meal though. : ) ~B
: ) I figured as much I could practically hear you moan here, and thanks for letting the world know I can't boil water ; - ) ~E
LOL I'm sorry about that baby it slipped ~B
It's alright you made up for it when you told me you loved me on national television ; - ) ~E
I smiled as I sat down in my chair, god he had me blushing over a text message.
I would do that every day because I mean it. How is everything at the office? ~B
Busy Paul made the final touches to the Tablet and we'll be releasing it the week before Christmas ~E
That's great baby, I'm so happy for you. ~B
I text back, knowing that the tablet was an obstacle. With the arrest of Benjamin and the leaked copy of the tablet Edward had to prove that it was Masen Corp's brain child not Sony's. Luckily Sony admitted to defeat claiming they didn't know it came from Masen when it was brought to them.
I couldn't have kept my cool about it all without you cheri, are you heading home now? ~E
Think I'm going to stop by Eclipse, I'm a little hungry ~B
A little? ~E
Oh shut up, I'm feeding for three over here ~B
I love you Isabella ~E
He texted back and I blushed once again, no not even in text would I ever get tired of him telling me that. Alice came into the room with Rose trailing behind her.
"You are missing the tornado that is Carmen right now."
Rosalie says and I look at her with a brow raised. "What happened?" I asked and then I hear Carmen yelling telling Alistair that she could leave him and take everything.
"She has been digging into him and Lauren since the show ended."
Alice said sitting down in the chair across from me. "Good they both deserve it." I reply and Rose and Alice agree.
"I'm going to Eclipse you guys want to go with me?"
I ask them and Alice tells me yeah while Rose bites on her lip. "Is Emmett going to be there?" She asked me and I looked at Alice who shrugged her shoulders.
"Rose what is going on with you and Emmett?"
I ask her and she runs her fingers through her hair. "Nothing, everything. I don't know." She says and Alice and I look at her like she's crazy.
"Try that again."
Alice says and Rose sits down on the couch that is covered by my clothes. "After the Bahamas'
I guess you could say my biological clock started to tick a little faster. You know I'm not jealous of you Bella, I mean I happy overjoyed for you." Rosalie says and I nodded my head knowing this.
"So I tried to have a talk about you know marriage and where Emmett saw us in five years."
She says and I'm starting to get the idea. Edward once told me that Emmett had a little of a phobia when it came to marriage and him.
"What did he say?"
Alice asked and Rose rolled her eyes, "He asked wasn't it enough that we would be together. Not married or any of that." Rose answered and I bit my lip and asked
"But he sees the two of you together?"
"Yeah he said hopefully we'll be shacked up."
Rose said with a snort and I tried not to laugh. "He didn't really say that." Alice said and I had to believe that he did.
"Of course the big oaf said that, then he couldn't understand why I was so upset. 'You're the first woman I've ever wanted to live with, you should be happy' he said. I swore I could have slapped him right then and there."
Rosalie said and Alice and I laughed at her Emmett impersonation. "I'm surprised you didn't slap him Rose." I tell her and she shrugs her shoulders saying that she loved her 'big monkey man' too much to hit him. "So are the two of you broken up?" Alice asked and I knew that they weren't because Rose would have told me and Emmett would have told Edward.
"No, I don't think so anyway. I mean when he found out Benjamin was behind his father's murder I couldn't stay mad at him then. He needed me."
Rosalie says and I nod my head. "Have the two of you talked about it since the last time?" I asked her and she shook her head no. I decided that the same way Emmett and Rose interfered with Edward and I it was our turn to help them. I picked up my phone and texted Edward.
Can you and Em meet me at Eclipse? ~B
What's wrong? Are you alright? The twins? ~E
I'm fine baby, it's just our best friends are in a need of a little push from us. ~B
"I just don't know what to do. I mean if he is still grieving about his father I don't want to bring this up again."
I hear Rose say and I knew she was worried about seeming like an inconsiderate bitch. It was no secret that to some that was just who she was but over all my best friend was anything but. "The two of you just need to talk." I tell her just as my phone chirps that I have a message from Edward.
Yeah Emmett talked to me. We'll be there, what's the plan? ~E
Just to make sure they talk, Rose looks miserable ~ B
Em too, like a sad teddy bear ~E
LOL aww ~B
That's mean to laugh at a man's pain ~E
"Are you texting Edward?"
Rose asked me and I look up at her, "Yeah you know he always text me after the show." I tell her and she looks at me as if trying to read me.
"Ask him if they are coming to Eclipse."
She tells me and I nod my head and text Edward back. Of course I don't text what she asked me too because I already knew the answer, but I could tell by the nervousness on her face that she would bolt if she knew Emmett would be there.
He did it to his self, I love you Mr. Cullen ~B
I love you more Mrs. Cullen. ~E
He replied and I knew my cheeks were on fire now. "He said that they had a meeting and wouldn't be there." I lie and Alice shakes her head at me.
"So why are you smiling then?"
Rosalie asked me and I bit my lip. "He told me he loves me, it still makes me smile." I tell her and I knew she wouldn't find one lie in that because there wasn't any.
We leave out of my dressing room and leave for the restaurant. As always Seth was outside waiting for me. The press was animals but I was honestly just starting to get a little use to it. I mean honestly if they weren't hounding me I think I would be worried that the world was coming to an end. We climb into the car and Alice asks how long I would have to have a baby sitter. Seth laughed as he closed the door after us.
"I don't know until they find Maria I guess."
I answer. Vincent and Jonathan have been trying to track her down and she always managed to be one or two steps ahead of them. Edward was pissed but we both agreed that Vincent and Jonathan were even more pissed. They were not happy about being out smarted, by a 'low budget schizophrenic maniac.' Vincent's words not mine. Needless to say we had gotten to know them pretty well over the past two months.
When we found out about her being across the street from our house, Edward flipped. He kept saying we could move but I refused, that house was where I wanted to raise our children, so instead, Edward brought a new security system, gate included around the estate. Of course this made me feel more caged in; we already lived in a gated community now we had a gate around our house as well.
"Do you think she'll come after you?"
Rosalie asked and I shrugged my shoulders. "If she does I'll be waiting to put a bullet in her ass." Seth says pulling on his seat belt. I smile at him always grateful for his loyalty to Edward and me.
"The woman is crazy, I mean how many different ways can a man tell you he doesn't want you anymore."
Rosalie says and I laugh, "You're not worried Bella? I mean I'm not trying to scare you but the bitch is faster than a flea." Alice says and Rose and I both look at her for her choice of comparison and Alice shrugs her shoulders.
"Vincent and Jonathan have the security to the community tapped so she won't get even ten feet to our house without them knowing, and everywhere else Seth is with me and I trust him with my life."
I answer and Seth smiles at me through the rearview mirror. "So I'm not worried, I just wish she would be caught already so that we can stop walking on egg shells." I finish and Alice nods her head. When we arrive to the restaurant we quickly head over to the Cullen table. That felt weird to even think since I was a Cullen now. We take our seats and the waitress quickly comes over and takes our drink orders. I ask her to tell Angela and Ben that I was here. Seth was always reluctant about sitting down and eating said it took him off of his job. I always remind him that he was never off his job even when he was technically off the clock.
"So Seth what do you do in your free time?"
Alice asked and he looked a little nervous as he confessed his love for old comic books. We all talked as I watched the door waiting for Edward and Emmett to come in. The moment I caught sight of Edward and all his glory and I creamed myself. My goodness this man was going to be the death of me. I felt the smile spread across my face when he gave me my favorite crooked grin. I could hear Rose and Alice talking but my attention was focused on Edward. It looked like he was gliding across this floor. The moment he was close enough that I could smell him I was out of my seat and in his arms. It was like we just naturally gravitated to each other. I looked up at him and he looked down into my eyes. We stared at each other for a few seconds then he grinned and brought his lips to mine kissing me softly.
"These two make me sick sometimes."
I hear Seth say and I laugh, "I think it's cute. They remind me of Jazz and I when we first got married." I hear Alice say and I kiss Edward one more time just because I can and finally acknowledge Emmett who is standing behind Edward.
"Ali you and Jazz are still like that, why do you think I never stay overnight?"
Rose says and we all laugh. I see the exact moment Emmett and Rose make eye contact. Rosalie looks over at me and I shrug my shoulders.
"You'll thank me later, use Ang's office."
I tell her and she slowly gets up from the table and nods her head for Emmett to flow her. Edward pulls my chair out and I sit down. He takes the seat next to me placing his arm behind my chair.
"Did you guys order lunch already?"
Edward asked and I shook my head no just as Angela walked up to our table. "Why did I just see Emmett and Rose go into the office?" she asked and I smiled at her.
"Because they need to kiss and make up, you know like Edward and I did in your office that night."
"Oh god I hope they don't christen it."
Angela says and we all laugh while Edward just takes my glass of water and drinks from it. I remember the signed book I have for her in my purse and quickly pull it out handing it to her. She squealed like a teenager and ran to the kitchen calling Ben. Then she stopped and ran back over to me kissing my cheek and hugging me so tight I chocked. Then she was off calling Ben again about the book.
"Damn you should have saved that as her Christmas present."
Edward said and I laughed, "No remember we have everyone's present already." I tell him and he smiles nodding his head.
"Oh what is it?"
Alice asked and I shook my head refusing to tell. "Oh come on please!" Alice said and I shook my head no again.
"Edward, make her tell me."
Alice says and Edward laughs, "Ali you know that I won't. But we agreed that you'll love it." Edward tells her and she pouts sitting back in her chair. I wanted to tell her that we were going to ask her to decorate the nursery but we were saving that for Christmas. We were hoping to know the sex of the twins by then. The waitress came back over and we ordered our food. Emmett and Rose still weren't back by the time our food arrived and we decided that they either killed each other or Edward and I would be buying Angela and Ben new office furniture.
Edward placed his hand on my belly and pressed gently. I looked up at him and he kissed my lips softly stilling rubbing my stomach.
"What the fuck!"
I heard Seth say in a tone I've never heard him use before. Edward and I quickly pulled apart and we both looked in the direction Seth was looking. He was already up on his feet and I couldn't make out who caught his eye until I saw a woman with dark hair heading in are direction. There was an officer and another gentleman following her. Everything felt wrong, like my entire universe was just turned upside down and then gutted.
"Give me one reason why I shouldn't shoot you Maria?"
Seth asked and I inhaled a deep breath as I sat back against my chair with a hard thud. I looked her and no matter how many times I envisioned what she might look like my imagination did not do her justice. I saw pictures but they were always blurs of her as if she was moving too fast for them to catch her. She was finally here standing in front of me. She looked past Seth directly at me and our gazes held for what felt like forever. I gripped the sides of my chair fighting the desire to get up and chin check her.
Edward POV
It took everything in me not to wrap my hands around her fucking throat and squeeze until there was nothing left in her. I wanted to watch her breath her last breathe and know that I was finally free of the bitch. I cleared my throat noticing how long she was looking at Isabella. She looked at me and she gave me a small smile.
"Long time Edward."
She says and I narrow my eyes feeling like my ears were going to bleed just from the sound of her voice. "What the hell are you doing here Maria?" I ask her not in the mood to catch up.
"I can answer that, I've been treating Maria and …"
"Treating her how?"
I asked cutting him off and he looked a little uncomfortable. "I'm her psychologist." He answers and Isabella snorts.
"Haven't you been doing a bang up job?"
She says sarcastically and I smirk, my hell cat was awake. "After Maria told me about her stalking you, I was able to talk her into turning herself in and entering a mental hospital." He continues and I look over at Maria and then the cop.
"What about you?"
I ask him and he shifts hooking his thumbs into his belt loops. "I'm here to escort her and to make sure nothing goes wrong here." He says and I feel Isabella shift in her seat.
"Let me see your badge."
Isabella tells him and he shows it to her. I know that she is memorizing his badge number more than likely to call her father later and ask for a favor.
"Now answer my question why is she here?"
I ask again, "To apologize. I was off my medication and I lost my grip on reality." Maria answers and I say nothing as Isabella looks at her. Maria looks back at her and the two of them stare as if studying and sizing up the other.
"I know that you have a girlfriend now and that's not me."
"I'm his wife, not his girlfriend, big difference."
Isabella says and I grab her hand interlacing our fingers trying to relax her. Maria gives a forced smile, "My apologies, like I said I just wanted to let you know how sorry I am for everything. I've turned myself in with the police as you can see." Maria continues but I'm not fooled. I don't trust her; I never did when I really think about it.
"So all you got was a slap on the wrist?"
Isabella asked, "With my testimony of how unstable Maria is the judge agreed a mental institution would be better suited. I said that I thought it would help her recovery if she could face you Edward and your wife and apologize directly." The doctor said and I looked him up and down.
"What's your name?"
I asked him and he told me his names was Lawrence Miller. I made a note to remember that and give Vincent and Jonathan a call. Maria was looking at Isabella again and Isabella was looking right back and it was like a silent war. Seth still stood and I saw his hand still resting on his gun. I knew he was ready to shoot if I gave the signal and by the look on Maria's face when she noticed she knew it too.
"I don't expect you to accept my apology…"
"…good because I don't. Now if you're done I would like to see you gone."
I say cutting her off. She looked like she wanted to say something but she doesn't. She goes to walk away and stops when I hear Emmett ask from behind my seat.
"Tell me that Seth is about to take her out back and shot her like the rabid dog she is?"
"I wish."
Seth growls and I see his hand tighten on his gun. "Officer Karl McQueen excuse my body guards but they know what a threat and nuisance Maria has been to my wife and I. So I would really like that you make certain that she never steps a foot near myself or my wife again or I will be holding you personally responsible, same goes for you Dr. Lawrence Miller." I say wanting them to know I remembered their names. They looked a little nervous and it made me smile inside knowing they understood the threat.
"I'll be sure to call my friend the police commissioner to check up on this story."
I continue and I see the officer's eyes go a little wide. He clears his throat now and pulls his handcuff's from his hip.
"Turn around Ms. Rodriguez."
He says and she looks surprised and looks at the doctor. "I thought you said he wouldn't put me in handcuffs if I did this?" She says and Lawrence looks at Karl.
"Is this necessary?"
"Yes, until she's in the confinements of the hospital."
Karl says and he places the cuffs on her wrist. There was plenty of joy in me watching her be arrested. "Which hospital will she been in?" Isabella asked and the doctor looked at her as if surprised by her question.
"St. Thomas Psychiatric Hospital."
"I'll be sure to call them, as her victims I feel we should be notified if she was to escape…or be released."
Isabella says and Maria glares at her. We watched them walk out and Emmett and Seth followed them both wanting to watch the cop put her in the car. Once they were out the door I turned to Isabella.
"Are you alright?"
"I'm fine, call Vincent and Jonathan."
She says and I can't help but smirk from her being so put together. I call Vincent and he connects Jonathan into the call and I let them know what just happened. I had to admit they worked quick since they were already sitting in front of their computers. They pulled up all of Officer Karl McQueen and Dr. Lawrence Miller credentials and for the most part they checked out. Vincent said that they appeared to be clean.
Karl had some strikes on his file but he appeared to be a good cop. Dr. Lawrence was married with three children of his own. Isabella reminded me to have them look into this judge who agreed to the institution instead of jail as well as looking into the hospital. I was starting to regret telling the D.A to just be rid of her if they caught her. I knew that was the only reason they hadn't called us and now it felt all wrong. Vincent said they would give us a call back and we all sat there quietly. Seth and Emmett came back in and they both took their seats. Seth sat down then said,
"He put her in the car and took off, but I don't trust her."
"Me either, since when did the bitch ever give up so easily?"
Emmett asked and he looked absolutely livid. Rose stood behind him rubbing his shoulders then she placed a kiss on his lips. It was good to see they made up.
"Edward called Vincent and Jonathan and they said the doctor and the cop checked out. They're looking into the hospital and the judge now."
Isabella said and Emmett and Seth nodded their heads. We all sat there not saying much as we waited for them to call me back. When Angela came out we told her what happened and she quickly checked on Isabella probably surprised by how calm she seemed to be.
My cell phone rung and I quickly answered it. "The judge is real and he did clear the hospital which is also real. She was just checked in actually and from what we have she can't check herself out. Everything appears legit but will keep our eyes on it." Vincent ran off and I thanked him then hung up. I let everyone know what they said and I noticed Isabella relaxed a little. I took her hand into mine and kissed her knuckles.
"Talk to me chéri."
"I want ice cream."
She says and everyone at the table laughs as she blushes that beautiful shade of pink. Leave it to my Isabella to break the damn tension. Angela went to get Isabella's ice cream and I asked her one more time if she was sure she was alright.
"Are you alright? I mean you just looked the woman that has been causing you grief for years in the face Edward. I should be checking on you."
"I'm worried about you…"
"…Well don't be. She was obviously trying to intimidate me and the shit didn't work. I swear I'm fine, I mean if the officer wasn't present I probably would have bashed this nice wine glass into her face but I'm fine I promise baby."
Isabella says cupping my face and I place a soft kiss on her lips. We sit there and try to not let the presence that was Maria ruin the rest of our day. Isabella's cell phone rings and she quickly answers.
"Yes this is she."
Isabella says and I mouth asking her who was on the phone and she told me the District attorney's office. Isabella put her phone on speaker then placed it on the table.
"Mrs. Cullen, I called to make you aware of the deal we've just made with Maria Rodriguez concerning the break in to your home. Since your ex-husband was found there we couldn't blame much on her but she confessed along with giving us more information on Benjamin Reynolds in return for a lighter punishment."
The D.A goes on to explain what we already knew about Maria and the hospital. Then she explains that thanks to the new evidence she gave them Benjamin's sentenced was pushed to 25 to life. Apparently my grandfather and I were not the only people Benjamin tried to get rid of. When we told her about Maria meeting us at the restaurant she quickly apologized saying that she had no idea the judge agreed to that. After we got off the phone with her we all admitted that it appeared to be more legit though none of us were fully convinced.
Emmett and I still had to return to work so Seth seen the girls home. I kissed Isabella senseless until she moaned into my mouth.
"Call me if…"
"Edward stop being a worried ward, I'm fine. I have two of your children growing inside of me, and believe me there is nothing that can take away that joy alright?"
She whispers, her lips brushing across mine as she spoke. I place a kiss on her lips again. "Yes ma'am." I answer and she giggles and I tell her to behave.
I watch Seth pull off with her and Emmett walks up next to me. "You're going to have Seth stay with Bella right? I don't care how legit it all appears, I don't trust Maria as far as I could throw her." He says and I agree with him.
"Yeah I am, but I'll tell Isabella it's just because I'm worried about the press and that she'll be showing soon."
I tell him and he nods his head as we get the car and head back to the office. When I arrive back my assistant Kayla is waiting for him. She lets me know that everyone is in conference room B and Emmett and I head right to the room. I can hear the voices of people talking. It all stops when I enter the room and I nod my head to all of them. This would be the first department head meeting with Emmett as head of security, Jessica as the V.P and Mac and the companies executive. I took my seat at the head of the table and made the unnecessary introductions. I tried not to smirk at the pissed looked on Laurent's face when he found out the woman who use to be my secretary was now above him in ranking.
I didn't feel the need to explain my choice to anyone. Surprisingly enough my family actually agreed with that decision saying at times she probably knew the job better them me and I honestly wouldn't put it past Jessica. With Mac that was a stretch since most of the family still didn't trust him but I honestly didn't give a damn what they thought when it came to my final decision. My uncle Edwin surprised me though we he said he didn't know what took me so long to give Emmett the head of security position. Somehow Emmett planned on being both my body guard and head of security.
I left hiring a new body guard to him and Isabella and they were not comfortable with anyone. Isabella said she didn't want to let a stranger into our circle and Emmett said every guy was shifty eyed. Then Jasper teased us saying we had a Bromance and we told him so did he and Ben. I didn't know how Emmett planned to do both but like always I trusted him with my life. I opened the table for everyone to tell me what they needed to tell me. Victoria reminded me of the Tablet release party and the Christmas party at the Masen Hotel. When we read off the finances for the month I was happy to hear it was up from last month. The shooting caused a drop the month before but things were starting to look up again. Everyone seemed to be falling into a comfortable rhythm the rest of the meeting and I was grateful because it felt like everyone was actually doing what I was paying them to do.
"I was able to fix many relationships that the company lost previously; of course many asked if I was related."
Mac said and I smiled, "Can't really hide that you look like a Masen." I tell him and he laughs agreeing. I looked over at Jessica and tried not to laugh at how nervous she looked. She has spoken in front of me many times and she took now to be nervous.
"I uh, I was able to renew contracts with our investors, also Benjamin was making some deal with Dell computers. Since we already have a written contract with HP I declined and put a stop to it."
She says and I now understand that she was worried that she had done the wrong thing. "Good job, Jessica thank you." I tell her and she smiles looking pleased with herself. We continue the meeting and I was pleased with what I was hearing. Laurent assured me that the Hotels had reached their highest profit in years.
"Mr. Cullen the media wants to know about the spa day Bell—er I mean Mrs. Cullen is having for the company."
"Tell them they will have all their answers on Sunday."
I reply since that was the day Isabella was doing the spa day for the company. She said she wanted to make it an annual thing so that the employees knew that they were appreciated. It wasn't my way of doing things but I could never deny her anything. After the meeting everyone left but Mac, Emmett and Jessica since they were usually the three I would be around the most we still had more to discuss.
Kayla sat next to me still taking notes as we discussed what steps we had to take to turn the company around. Thankfully it seemed Mac and Jessica already handled pretty much everything and only needed my signature and approval. Emmett assured me that he promoted Brandon Howard in security to be his undertaker for when he was out of the office with me. I didn't ask if he was sure about his decision because I trusted him.
After the meeting I was more than happy to finally go home. When I arrived home I could smell something delicious coming from the kitchen so I headed there. I knew Isabella knew I was home because the monitor in the kitchen would have shown me pulling into the gate. I stood there watching her as she rocked her hips to some song she hand playing on her IPOD. She wore a camisole that showed the protruding bump that was our children and little shorts that fit to her perfect ass and showed off her gorgeous legs. It didn't surprise me she dressed in a just a camisole and shorts in the middle of November since it felt like hell in the kitchen. When she bent over into the oven and shook her ass again I knew she was aware I was watching her.
"How was the rest of your day?"
She asked not turning to look at me. I loosened my tie and began walking over to her. She stood up from the oven holding a tray of what appeared to be brownies. She smiled seeing me. I closed the oven as she placed the tray on the counter. I pulled her into my arms and placed a kiss on her lips.
"It was filled with boring business talk."
I finally answer her question and she smiles at me. "Were you nice?" she asked with a teasing look in her eyes and I laugh.
"You seem to have that affect on me."
"Is that right? What other affects do I have on you?"
She asked and I grinned. My Isabella wanted to play tonight and I was more than willing to play also. I took her hand and placed it on my already growing erection. She smiled and began to grope me slowly. I leaned into her and placed a kiss on her neck.
"I made dinner and dessert."
She breathed out and I shook my head as I stuck my tongue out to slide over her collar bone. "I'm not hungry." I tell her and she inhales a deep breath.
"Not even a little?"
"Not for food."
I tell her cupping her face and taking her mouth. I pick her up and place her on the kitchen island and she groans from the cold marble touching her skin.
"We haven't christened the kitchen yet chéri."
I tell her as I place both my hands on her thighs massaging gently. "Turn that pot off." She tells me pointing to the stove behind us. I quickly turn around and did as she asked. I walk back over to her standing between her legs and she smiles at me.
"Let's get the elephant out of the room first?"
She says and I laugh at her choice of words but I knew she was talking about the Maria situation from earlier today.
"Alright go ahead."
I tell her wanting to know what she was about to say, "I called the hospital again and surprisingly she's still there." Isabella says and I'm not surprised she called. I didn't bother though because I knew that Vincent and Jonathan were watching her.
"I don't know her as well as you do but I don't trust her."
Isabella continues and I cup her face, "I don't trust her either, which is why I still have Vincent and Jonathan watching her. I won't let anything happen to you or our children Isabella." I inform her and she nods her head.
"I know Edward."
She says pushing her fingers into my hair. I place my hand on her stomach and still feel in aww over the entire situation. I was a happily married man with twins on the way. A year ago if you would have told me this was going to be me I would have more than likely flipped and said my company was all that would ever be important to me. Now the only thing—person that mattered the most to me, sat in front of my face smiling back at me.
"As much as I would love to christen the kitchen, we are really hungry."
Isabella said with one of her hands on her stomach and I laughed picking her up from the Island. I instruct her to sit down and I make our plates. I enjoyed the small moments like this with Isabella it made me appreciate life.
"I talked to Jacob today."
Isabella said and I smiled at her, "Really? How is he?" I ask her knowing that Jacob was away on a six month deployment. I did the math in my head and realized he should be coming home soon.
"He's alright, he'll be home soon."
"You miss him."
I say instead of ask and she smiles at me, "It felt weird going through all of those life changes and not having him there. I mean he's my brother and I got married without him. He was always the firm believer I could have children and when I find out I'm pregnant he's the last to find out." She says and I take her hand into mine. I realized another change Isabella has made in me. The old me would have been sheathing with jealousy right now, but I wasn't. I knew that Isabella's and Jacob's relationship was a platonic one. In their eyes they were brother and sister and nothing more.
"I always hate when he's deployed but it just seems like this time while he was gone he missed more then he has ever missed."
"If I could make it so that he could never be deployed again I would."
I tell her hating the sad look on her face. She laughed shaking her head. "I believe you too. God ignore me these damn hormones just have me a little more emotional than normal especially since this was the first time I've talked to him since he's been away." She tells me and I pull her from her seat and bring her to my lap.
"I get it Isabella. Don't tell anyone I said this but you know Emmett is the brother I never had. Well we've never spent more than a week away from each other."
Isabella giggled shaking her head, "Oh god really?" she asked and I laughed nodding my head and she placed her head on my shoulder.
"Now you don't laugh but Rose and I have never spent more than 72 hours away from each other."
I couldn't help laughing and she pinched my side. "I'm not making you uncomfortable talking about how I miss Jacob am I?" She asked and I shook my head.
"Of course not, but don't get jealous when I start talking about how much I'll miss my Aston."
I tell her and she sits up and looks at me, "What?" she asked and I shrugged my shoulders. "It's more of a bachelor car and I'm not a bachelor anymore, plus I have to get a car with back seats." I tell her placing my hand on her stomach. She smiled placing her hand over mine.
"So you're going to sale your Aston?"
"Auction it off for charity, figure if I'm going to let go what use to be my most precious procession I should make it count."
I answer and she turns in my lap straddling me now and her lips come crashing down on mine. "Do you have any idea how much I love you?" She asked with her lips ghosting across my own.
"Not nearly as much as, I love you chéri."
I respond and she giggles, "Always a competition with you, one day you will see no one has ever loved anyone else more then I love you." She tells me and I place a soft kiss on her lips when I say
"You're almost right, I know of just one exception"
She smiles knowing I was referring to me loving her, "Liar." She says and I grip her hair and kiss her soundly. I slowly got up from the chair and she wrapped her legs around my waist.
"Upstairs will christen the kitchen tomorrow."
She whispered against my lips and I laughed. "What about the food?" I asked her and she bit my lip with a little growl I found really hot.
"Would you rather do the dishes or fuck your wife Cullen?"
She asked and I slammed my mouth down on her hoping that answered her question. I take us up stairs and slowly lower her to our bed when we reach our room. Biting her lower lip she looks up at me from under her lashes and I place a kiss on her neck then stand up from the bed. I slowly start to undress knowing she would appreciate the strip tease. Once I am in nothing but my gray boxer briefs I grin at the way Isabella was licking her lips as she sized me up. I lean over her and hook my fingers into the waist band over her shorts and tug on them pulling then over her hips.
"Are you ready Mrs. Cullen?"
I ask her as I pull the shorts down her legs and growl seeing she didn't have on any underwear. "For you Mr. Cullen I am always ready." Came her response in a lust filled voice. I ran my hands up under her shirt slowly pulling it up to pull over her head. I place two kisses on her small baby bump then take the shirt of her head. Hovering over her I spread her legs with my knee and she whimpers when I make my hard cock press against her heat.
"Please…"
She moans and I place a kiss on her shoulder. I line myself up and will I feel the head of my swollen cock at her entrance I swallow hard to pull my thoughts together. Isabella rocked her hips up causing me to slide into her and we both moaned. I pushed the rest of me inside of her and her walls sucked me in a like a Hoover.
"Fuck Isabella…"
I growl into her neck and she rocked her hips again. I held her hips and began my painfully slow strokes into her. She felt fucking amazing around me. No matter how many times I made love to her it would always feel this good. Her silk walls so moist and hot as she skillfully massaged my cock.
In
Out
In
Out
I buried myself deep inside of her wanting nothing more but to fall into the abyss that was Isabella. She was my salvation, my everything; as long as I had her I could survive anything. I looked at her beautiful face as she whimpered under me not to stop. Her eyes were glossed over and her lips a hot pink from her biting them. I knew that soon because of the pregnancy I wouldn't be able to look down into her face as I made love to her so I wanted to savor this. Watching her face as I pounded into her this way, I needed to feel her come around me.
Thrust Deep.
Thrust Hard.
Thrust Slow.
She was withering under me begging me to go faster and as much as I would have loved to I didn't. I wanted to drag out her orgasm because I knew it would be that much stronger for her. I took one of her legs and hitched it up over my hip and I slipped deeper. I kissed her hard to keep from moaning out loud. Her mouth was delicious as I sucked on her tongue. With one of her legs wrapped around my waist I brought my hand between us and started to rub her clit as slow as I was stroking her.
"Edward please…"
She moaned as her nails dug into my arms. I just continued the torture rocking inside of her fast for a few seconds then slowing down when I knew we were both close.
"Edward you're killing me."
She moans and I grin placing a kiss on her lips, "Mmm quite the contrary Isabella, I'm brining your senses alive. Do you feel what you do to me?" I ask her and slam into her quickly earning me an arch of her back and a gasp from her lips. I swivel and rocked my hips making sure she could feel every inch of me as I felt every part of her.
"Can you smell our sex Isabella, how intoxicating it is when we come together?"
I continue knowing that the room smelled of us. She moaned her response licking her lips. I still had three more senses to wake up. I started to rock into her a little faster now as I brought my lips to hers. I flicked my tongue out against her lips.
"When I kiss you do you taste how good we are together Isabella?"
I ask her as I dip my tongue into her mouth, "Yess." She hisses just before latching onto my tongue. We kiss each other passionately moaning into the other as my strokes come faster and more desperate I needed to feel her come on my cock to scream my name. I slide in and out of her over and over again changing my strokes from slow to fast and then slow again. I was torturing us both but I wanted to savor being inside of her, I didn't want to rush it. I pinched and pulled at her clit and her breathing was growing erratic.
"Do you want to come Isabella?"
I ask her and she moans her response and I slam into her, "I can't hear you cheri. I said do you want me to make you come?" I ask with another deep stroke into her had I knew I hit her spot hard that time because her walls clenched around me.
"..Oh god…I-I…."
She moaned incoherently and I swiveled my hips then slammed into her again. This time her back arched and I knew she was closer.
"Open your eyes Isabella."
I tell her moving on to the fourth of her senses. She opened her eyes and looked at me. "Do you see how much I love you Isabella?" I ask her slowing down my strokes again and she whimpers with a pout. I quickly pick up my pace slamming into her over and over again.
"Answer me Isabella, do you see how much I love you?"
I asked her again and she nods her head but I order her to speak wanting to hear her voice as I filled her repeatedly with my hard cock.
"Yesssss."
She moaned breathlessly and I began to make love to her faster now. I knew this would make her more vocal waking that last sense and I wanted to hear her moan my name.
"Oh shit baby just like that…"
She moaned her arms wrapping around me. I lifted her from the bed and drove into her faster telling her to keep her leg wrapped around me. She nodded her head as she tried to remember to breath.
Harder
Faster
Swivel
Pump
Fuck I was close my balls were tightening and my cock was painfully solid. She was so wet, slippery as I continued to make love to the woman who owned me. I was hers today, tomorrow and forever and I wanted her to know that. To know that she truly did own me. I took her hands and laced our fingers as I instructed her to look at me and to not close her eyes because I wanted to see her.
Harder
Faster
Swivel
Pump
"Oh god Edward I'm coming baby."
She moaned and I could feel her leg that was still wrapped around me start to shake. I picked up my pace and pressed me pelvis against her clit.
"AWWWWWWWWWW Edward…"
She moaned and I growled her name as I felt her hot release engulf me like a dark fog. I was completely and utterly consumed by her. My release came hard as I shot hot spurts of my release into her moaning her name as we continued to come together. Feeling deflated I roll off of her and pull her in against me. She kissed my chest then said.
"I love how we sound together too…"
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