Disclaimers: All characters belong to the wonderful Stephenie Meyer. Praise her.
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One Night in Vegas.
Chapter three.
"So, you slept with him again." Alice said, a smug smile on her face as she threw her eye shadow and blush into her cosmetics bag. I leaned against the bathroom door frame and sighed. I don't even know why I went back over to his hotel room. I blamed Alice though. If she had been where she was suppose to be...
"I didn't mean to." I pouted. "My head gets all fuzzy when he touches me." And we weren't even going to get into what his lips did to me. I shivered at the thought, biting my lip. Alice must have noticed because she was now laughing.
"Are you sure you don't want to just try this whole marriage thing with him out? The sex seems good enough." I narrowed my eyes at her, frowning. Was she really suggesting that I try to stay married to a complete stranger because the sex was good?"
"Good sex doesn't make a good marriage." I spat. "Plus. I really don't know anything about him... outside of bed... or the fact he thinks he is in love with me." I was frowning now. I didn't like the fact that this man seemed to know just about everything about me. From where I grew up as a kid down to the details of my divorce. And of course I knew nothing about him. Nothing at all, and it was starting to annoy me.
Alice tucked her cosmetics back under her arm and turned to face me, rolling her eyes. "Ever think about asking him?" She prompted. "I mean I actually think this can work. Love can grow in the strangest situations and the whole point of relationships is to learn about one another."
I snorted. "I think you have completely lost your mind." I sighed, pushing myself off the door frame. I left Alice and went to the room I only seen once since being here and went to go grab my bag. Considering I never stayed here all my belongings were still neatly backed. "What time did you reschedule our flight for?" I asked, knowing Alice had followed me.
"We have to be at the airport at three." She said walking passed me to finish her packing. "Where is your hubby anyway?" I groaned loudly. I hated that word. I hated the word husband all together.
"I left him at a restaurant a little ways down the street." I literally left him. I cringed at the thought of him still sitting there waiting for me to return from the bathroom, but I highly doubted that he was still sitting there. He was looking for me. I sighed.
"Well, that was lovely of you." Alice said, her lips curling into a frown. "You know you are going to have to talk to him again before we leave, right?" I frowned at the thought, but I knew she was right. I needed to get his address to send him the papers so that we could get our marriage annulled. I could just imagine the fight we would encounter just to get to him to let me go., especially after I ditched him earlier. I was starting to think that wasn't a very good idea.
"You'll come with me right?" I asked, giving Alice my best attempt at the puppy dog pout. She laughed, rolling her eyes.
"I guess so." She said zipping up her bag and lifting her wrist to look at her watch. "It's twelve fifteen." She said glancing at me. "We should go now because I have a feeling that this is going to take awhile." she said with a giggle. It was really starting to annoy me that my dilemma was amusing to her.
With out a word I grabbed my bag and headed towards the front door. I walked out into the hallway and waited for Alice so that we could check out together. I sighed, pacing the the floor as I thought about how I should tell Edward I was leaving. He wouldn't take it well. For what ever reason he was determined to keep this marriage and I couldn't understand why. He was godly. I had no doubt that he could have who ever he wanted... Why me? There was nothing special about me. I was your ordinary plain Jane.
I looked up as I heard Alice slam the hotel door shut. "Thanks for helping me." She huffed, dragging her rolling suit case towards the elevator. I bit my lip, leaning down to grab my suit case, feeling guilty. Not only for leaving Alice alone to tackle her suit case, but for what I was about to tell Edward also. That I couldn't really comprehend. I didn't want or need a marriage to a complete stranger.
"Do you know where to find him?" Alice asked once we were in the elevator. I took a deep breath watching the doors close before reaching forward to press the button for the ground floor.
"We could try the restaurant where I left him..." I suggested, feeling guilty again. Stupid emotions.
Alice nodded. "Good idea."
The door opened and we both stepped out dragging our bags. Which of course went easier for Alice because of the whole having wheels thing. I stared at the floor as we walked, trying not to think too much about what was to come. I heard Alice giggle softly and looked up at her, eyebrow raised.
"Your hubby is here." She said gleefully, pointing at the front desk where he stood, leaning over the counter. He was evidently pretty upset with the man behind the counter because he appeared to be yelling. My heart pounding in my ears kept me from actually hearing it.
I sighed loudly, dropping my strap to my suit case and walked quickly towards them. That poor man was an innocent by stander. I'm the one who upset him so he should take it out on me. I placed my hand on Edward's shoulder and he quickly turned causing me to jump back. "Oh, thank God!" He said.
Edward quickly scooped me into his arms, squeezing me to the point that I couldn't breath, and it felt like my eyes were going to pop out of my skull. "Why the hell did you leave me?" He asked, releasing me.
I slumped down to my feet taking big gulps of air. "I'm sorry, but I needed to come back to Alice so that we could pack." I was looking at the ground now. I couldn't bare to look him in the face. Damn unexplainable guilt. "We missed our flight back yesterday but she managed to get one for today... I'm going home."
It was silent for a good moment and I had to look up. His expression was pained. He looked as if I betrayed him some how. I sucked in a good amount of air and bit my lip. It felt as if I was about to fall apart. "I'm going to need your address so that I can-"
"No! We aren't annulling our marriage Bella." He yelled cutting me off. People were staring at us now. I could feel their eyes on us and I began to fidget. Edward grabbed my hands gently and pulled me off to the side, out of the view of most of the hotel guests and employees. "Bella, please." He said softly, his hold on my hands tightening as he tried to plead with me.
I shook my head, yanking my hands from his hold. "I am not staying married to you Edward Cullen! I know nothing about, nor do I want to. I want to go home single and unattached so that I can start building my life back together." I took two successful steps back away from him before he firmly grabbed my wrist and pulled me back towards him. His mouth crashed to mine roughly as his arms wrapped around my back.
The kiss was quick, wet, and sloppy, and god was it fucking amazing. He released his hold on me and I staggered backward breathlessly. "I'll let you go now, but I'll be on a plane to Forks next week after my business meeting. I'll meet you at your father's when I get there. Then we can start looking for a house of our own and start talking about the child we could possibly have on the way." His hand brushed gently across my flat stomach and I was sure I missed heard him Not that anything he said made any kind of sense to me, but child?
I snorted, trying to hold back my laughter. "Right..." I said turning from him He said I could leave. That's all I cared about right now. I didn't need his address I could simply look him up online or something when I got home, or hire someone to find him. It really couldn't be that hard. I was grabbed again and yanked back and I felt like I was going to cry. He changed his mind. I should have known it wouldn't be that simple.
"What?" I whined.
He leaned down and pressed his lips to mine once again, silencing me. Damn him and his perfect lips and wonderful kisses. "A good bye kiss." He said, sounding almost breathless. "I'm going to miss you Bella."
I stared up into his wonderful green eyes feeling dazed. "O-okay." I finally managed to say, fearing that maybe that's not what I should be saying. Shouldn't I be angry. Then he smiled and my thought process was gone completely. "I'll see you soon, love."