Rating: M for MmmMmmmm Good.

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CHAPTER 22

Bella

"Edward? What the hell just happened?" I asked incredulously. "Did I hear Rosalie say that I do not have to go back to work? That I get to go to school? That I can move out of my apartment and into her mansion? And I get to go to the NVV dinner with you?"

Edward turns and walks back toward me, lifting me from the chair to just hold me, and swaying me in his arms.

"And you are staying with me at my place for a few weeks." He says, smiling down at me. "That's my favorite part."

I can't help but allow everything to set in, slowly. I don't have to rush back to the city to go to the office on Monday. I get to spend all this time with Edward and not have to leave him. I like that part the best too.

"What are we doing today then?" I ask him.

"We can do whatever you want, Bella. I thought we could hang out here today and go skiing tomorrow." He suggests sitting us down on the couch.

"That sounds perfect. I need some time to think about what just happened. I need to check out the school and I need to…"

"Bella… Bella… stop. You have plenty of time to do that. Let's use the rest of this week to finish our vacation and you can start planning everything on Monday, alright? I need to be in Napa on Friday so let's ski tomorrow, go home on Friday and spend the rest of the weekend playing at your favorite winery. I'll give you the private tour. Okay?"

"I'd like that, Edward." I say, and then lay my head down on the couch to relax, taking everything in.

~ BD ~

I must have fallen asleep for quite a while because the sun has lowered in the sky and Edward is sitting next to me, waking me with a tray of finger foods.

"Hey you." He says, moving a strand of hair from my eyes.

"Hey. How long have I been asleep?" I ask sleepily, looking for a clock.

"You've been out for about three hours." He says, smiling.

"Holy, shit. I have never napped for that long and I'm starving." I say reaching for a slice of apple and cheese.

"I thought you might be. This is the best house to sleep in because it's so quiet here." He says while he pours us a glass of my favorite Volturi wine.

I sit up and see that I have slept through Edward building a fire and notice he has made a makeshift office in the chair opposite the couch I slept on.

"You've been working. Did you get a lot done?" I ask while looking at the piles of papers he has neatly stacked on the floor and on the table.

"Yeah, I didn't want to use my office upstairs. I needed to be near you." He says blushing at his confession. "I was going over the reports that Jasper emailed me. I had asked that he send me the information pertaining to matters that Tanya was involved in. It seems she has weaseled her way into quite a bit at the winery. It's my goal to get her out completely. She doesn't need to be involved and how we let that happen is a mystery to me."

"Why would she do that I wonder?" I question him.

I think it's odd that she would be involved in a tight family organization and have it go unnoticed. I have a suspicion, however. She literally "slept" her way to the top.

"Edward, do you think she used your relationship as a means to accomplish that? I mean, if she was tight with the CEO by keeping him sexually busy, you might not notice her activities?" I hope I haven't crossed the line bringing this up.

"God I hope I'm not that gullible, Bella, but you could be right. I trusted her and maybe she used that to distract me from what was really happening." He gets quiet and I can tell he is analyzing what I've said.

"Do you know what I would like to do? I would like to go for a walk." I suggest.

"Whatever you want, Bella. The sun is just starting to set and I know a ridge we can walk to that overlooks the lake. You will love it; bring your camera." He says getting up and putting our dishes in the kitchen.

I run upstairs to change into warmer clothes and a pair of boots and meet Edward downstairs.

"I'll be outside, Edward." I yell to an empty room. I don't know where he is, but when I open the front door, I see him at his car with Sue.

"Oh, hey baby, there you are." I say, smiling and walking up to him and Sue. "Hello again, Sue isn't it?" I say to her, taking Edward's hand into mine.

"Yes." She replies angrily, watching our hands. She steps back and looks me up and down.

"I almost didn't recognize you with your clothes on." I chuckle, then turn to Edward. "You ready, babe?"

"I'll follow you anywhere, Bella." He says kissing my cheek.

Edward wraps his arm around my shoulder and we both turn in unison to look over our shoulders at Sue. She watches us walk down the drive and turns toward her house.

"Seriously, Edward, between Jacob and Sue we have some serious stalkers. Maybe we should introduce them." We both laugh and head down the road.

"Shit, if that happens, I'm selling this place." He says laughing.

Edward guides me into a wooded area following a footpath until we reach a clearing. Once we get beyond the enormous pine trees, it's like nothing I've ever seen. There is a flat meadow circled by tall pines and then just to the right of it is the most beautiful view of Lake Tahoe.

"Edward, this is one of the most beautiful sights I have ever seen." I say as my eyes roam the entire landscape.

"I thought you might like it. In the summer, this meadow is filled with indigenous wild flowers. It's really spectacular and something I hope to show you." He says, taking my hand and leaning his shoulder into mine.

Just as I was about to kiss him, movement caught the corner of my eye and we both look to see a six point buck and five doe following him into the meadow. I could do nothing but stare at how peaceful they look while they eat the wild grass in the meadow. We continue to watch their movement when a bald eagle flies low across the sky and into the treetops on the other side of the meadow.

"Wow, deer, eagle and Sue. Three species of wildlife all in one day. Amazing." I say quietly and we both chuckle low so as not to scare off the deer.

Edward and I look at each other simultaneously and he leans in to kiss me. I tilt my head and when I feel his tongue touch my lips, I open my mouth to him and enjoy just being kissed by this wonderful and sexy man. When he pulls away to give me a series of small light kisses on my face, I lay my head on his shoulder and breathe in some of the freshest and most pristine air you can find. I am clearly the luckiest woman alive, to have him in my life. I hold his hand and arm closer and tighter at that thought.

"I love you, Edward."

"I love you back, Bella."

We sit for another fifteen minutes or so before heading back, before it gets too dark. When we hit his driveway, he puts his arm around my shoulder and walks me to the front door and I can't resist, I look up at Sue's picture window and there she stands, watching us, so I wave at her. She didn't wave back though.

"I don't think she likes you, Bella. This is unnatural considering I am rarely here and this thing, this attachment, she has for me is a little weird if you know what I mean." He says, smiling down at me.

"Yeah, it is kind of creepy isn't it? But we will be skiing tomorrow and then we're leaving on Friday so we won't be around long." I say all this more for my benefit than his and walk into the house going straight to the kitchen.

"I'm going to rummage through your refrigerator to see what I can make us for dinner, alright?" I ask.

"Sounds good. You should find everything you might need. I had Angie stock it for us for a couple days stay. Let me know if you need anything and I'll run to the store." He says from his make-shift desk.

"Lasagna it is. We can have leftovers tomorrow since we will be too tired to cook and I want to get a good rest since we need to leave early on Friday, okay?"

"Whatever you want, Bella." He says as he walks toward me, wrapping his arms around me, holding my head to his chest. I feel so safe with him.

I busy myself in the kitchen putting the lasagna together and into the oven.

"Edward, I'm going to run up and take a relaxing bath. I'll be back in time to take dinner out of the oven, okay?" I say, bending down to place a kiss on his warm lips.

"Do you want company?" He asks, looking hopeful.

"Mmmm, not this time, baby. I just want to relax and think about what Rose had to say today. I have a lot to think about. I won't be long." I say and head upstairs.

I pull out the bath salts I brought with me and pour them into the huge tub Edward has in his en suite and while I soak, I do think about what Rose said today. I can't believe her father would give out someone's personal information like that. Although I would never think of suing the firm for it, I am excited about his proposal. The thought of going back to school and finishing my degree and practicing law has been a longtime dream of mine.

Thinking about driving to Napa gives me butterflies knowing I will meet Edward's family this weekend rather than the next as we had planned. A girl can't help but wonder if the mother will like her and I am no different. I'm also excited that I will be going to the dinner with Edward as well and hope that Alice selects something wonderful for me to wear. I know she will, but I make a mental note to call her tomorrow to see what her plans are. This is what she does and she's in her element when she does it.

I begin mapping out the tasks I have given myself starting on Monday and I sit up in a panic. "Charlie!" I gasp out loud. I grab my phone and dial.

"Hey, Charlie. Remember me?" I say laughing.

"Hey, Bells. I was starting to worry about you. You having fun? You getting in a lot of skiing? Is the Lake as beautiful as I remember it?" He throws out a stream of questions at me and I answer every one.

"Charlie, there's a lot to talk about that I don't want to get into it right now, but I will call on Monday okay? I am in Stateline right now staying with a friend then heading to Napa on Friday for the weekend. I will call on Monday when things settle down a bit, okay?"

"Okay, Bells, you just be safe. Things are good around here. Sue says hi and to enjoy yourself and I'll talk to you Monday, okay? I love you, kid." Charlie says.

"Okay, Charlie. I love you too. I miss you. I will talk to you Monday." I say and hang up, laying my head back and smiling.

"The last time you smiled like that in the tub you were thinking about loving me." Edward says leaning against the door with his arms folded.

"And I do love you, very much. That was my dad. I remembered I hadn't called him since I left home and thought I'd better check in with him before he comes looking for me." I explain, smiling at how sexy he looks standing in the doorway with his arms folded and legs crossed at the ankles.

"Now go away and let me soak, and Edward? Will you put on some music for me? I don't have my iPod." I ask him and he smiles and goes downstairs.

I continue to soak in the lavender salts and hear music coming up the stairs. I open my eyes as if that will help me hear more clearly. First my head comes up from resting on the tub, then then my body sits up as if it's being lured by the sound of the music.

"He's playing!" I smile and get out of the tub, quickly drying and putting on a long satin robe. I slowly walk toward the top of stairs peeking over the railing to see him but he is out of view. It's like the music is a siren, calling to me and I have no choice but to follow it.

I walk quietly in my bare feet and see Edward bent over the keys in nothing but his jeans. I have never seen anything as beautiful and sexy as seeing him like this. No shirt, no shoes and this moving music coming from his fingertips.

I continue to walk toward him as if I'm in a trance. His head is bent over the black and white keys and when he sees me he turns his head to the side and looks at me, not missing a note. The combination of the music and the sheer beauty of him sitting there half naked like that, I feel the sensations begin in my body.

We stare into each other's eyes while he plays and I drop my robe, walking toward the piano. His slowly raises his head, watching me while he continues to play. I walk toward the piano and hop on top of it. Edward's fingers soften on the keys as he watches me with renewed interest.

I position myself directly in front of him sitting with my knees bent resting my arms on my knees and my chin in my hands. We are looking directly into each other's eyes while his fingers continue to move magically over the keys.

He hits a sour note when I spread my legs wide open for him and lean back resting on my elbows. I am totally turned on as his eyes focus on my hand as I start touching and petting the soft, smooth skin of my little girl. We never say a word, he just plays his music and I play mine.

I ease my fingers between my lips, stroking my clit and inserting one finger inside of me, then slowly withdrawing it to circle my clit with renewed energy. His music becomes more intense and so do my movements. I run my fingers inside of me again, lifting them to my mouth and that's when the look in Edward's eyes change. His music changes as well and when I begin stroking my pussy again I can feel that I am ready to cum as my breathing intensifies. Edward senses this because he stops playing and forcefully grabs my hips pulling me to the edge of the piano, burying his face into me and sucking my clit like it will be the last time he will ever taste it.

"Damn, Edward your tongue is… mmmm… oh, I love that right there." Fuck this man knows how to use that tongue.

When he calms himself down, I feel his mouth on me but his tongue is working its way into my entrance, and then he strokes it back up and flicks my clit, running the full length of it up and down over my already sensitive spot. When he moves the tip of his tongue everywhere except where I want him most, I know Edward is in tease mode. Fuck I love that. When I start moving my hips to follow his tongue for him to touch my clit, he senses what I want and returns his mouth to me running the length of his tongue against me and I can feel the sensation begin right where his mouth is.

"Fuck, Edward… right there baby." I say, barely audible and barely able to breathe.

He circles my clit with his tongue again, lightly stroking over the most sensitive part of me and then inserts his long piano playing fingers inside me and it's over.

"Edward…ohmygod…Oh shit…" I have no coherent thoughts.

He finds my sweet spot and then he won't release my clit and I feel it build and build some more.

"Oh…Fuck…Edward, I'm cumming baby." I cry out.

When I cum in his mouth he slowly and gently rubs his soft lips over me, toying with me and playing with me, letting me ride it out. I lay naked on his piano feeling totally loved by him and totally in love with him. Then he blows on me and I feel cool, soothing air against the hottest part of me.

When I hear him begin to play again, my head pops up to look at him and I smile.

"If my playing makes your body do things like that, I will never stop, baby." He says grinning at me.

"Mmmm, well keep playing half naked like that and you will always get that kind of response." I say, grinning.

While I am plotting to take him upstairs, the buzzer to the oven goes off letting us know dinner is ready. I slip off the piano onto Edwards lap and kiss him, tasting myself on his lips.

"I love you, Edward." I say climbing off him.

"I love you back, Bella." He says in return and I bend to pick up my robe and run to the kitchen to finish dinner.

I make a salad and garlic bread and then run upstairs, putting on a tank and yoga pants and nothing else. When I run downstairs he can clearly see I have no bra or panties on and I giggle when I hear him moan and growl at the same time. He lays his head against the back of the chair.

Never fear, the night isn't over for you baby!

I set the dining room table and call Edward to dinner but he is standing right behind me and I get all tingly when he slips his hands under the front of my tank and cups my breasts, gently loving them. I moan and lay my head against his chest, pulling his head down to mine for a searing tongue-filled kiss.

He blows my mind when he puts his hands down the back of my pants, curling his hand in between my legs and he wastes no time slipping his finger inside of me.

"Bella, I can't believe how fucking wet you get for me. You are ready to be fucked aren't you?" And like lightening, he has my pants down around my ankles, lifting me and laying my torso over the island counter.

"You better hold on baby." He tells me, taking my hands and locking them to the edge on the other side of the countertop. I am basically stretched out across the island.

He comes up behind me and spreads my legs, opening my lips with his thumbs and thrusting his hard cock into me in one smooth motion.

"Uh…" I grunt at the forcefulness of that one thrust.

"Oh fuck, Bella. You… fucking… tease." He continues to thrust, ramming into me hard.

"You liked… that didn't you?" I tease him some more as he fucks me harder.

"The next time you fucking tease me, you better be prepared to be fucked, baby." He says between breaths as he thrusts into me.

I can feel my chest inch across the counter as he holds my thighs open, thrusting harder into me and I know I'm going to lose it soon. When he reaches down and circles my clit, I am sent over the edge and I'm done yet again.

"Edward. Here it comes baby. Can you feel it? Can you feel me cum around your cock?" When I feel my insides clamp around him, I scream.

"Bella… FUCK… I'm cuming baby…hold on tight" And with that he gives me three hard thrusts as he cums so hard I can feel him shoot inside of me.

I lay there thinking 'what the hell was that?' when he lifts me up, turning me into his arms and holds me tight.

"You are mine, Bella. Do you hear me?" He says holding my head to his chest and I wrap my arms around his waist.

"Only yours, Edward. And you are mine. I will never leave you." I promise him.

~ BD ~

After dinner and the dishes are done, I look at Edward, plotting. "Your turn baby."

"What do you mean?" He asks with his brows raised.

"I want you to go upstairs and take a shower." I say to him.

"What's…" He starts but I stand there and my jaw juts forward and I shut my eyes.

"Edward. Go. Take. A. Fucking. Shower." I say again.

He looks at me and gets this saucy half grin that I have never seen before and does what he's told. I grin at him when he turns to run up the stairs, looking at me all sexy like. When he finally comes out of the bathroom I have his chair positioned in front of the fire I built.

"Drop the towel and sit here." I say pointing at the chair.

Again, he does as he is told and I hand him a double Chivas and he drinks it in one shot.

"Good boy." I say, taking the glass.

I can see his cock is already reacting to me and I stand in front of him and stare at it. That's all it takes and he is fully erect and ready to play.

I turn on his Bose sound system and stand in front of him, slowly removing my tank, and running my hands across my stomach. I stop to fondle my breasts, pulling at my nipples and pinching them the way he does it. I can see his breathing increase.

"Fuck, Bella." He whispers.

I turn around with my back toward him and slowly shimmy my hips out of my yoga pants, peaking at him over my shoulder and he's about ready to cum just from watching me. I finish removing my pants, bending over putting my pussy in full view of his face and he reaches for me. I stand up and smack his hands away. He pulls back and puts his hands on his thighs, watching me bend over again to remove my pants from my feet.

When I turn around, I stand with my legs spread slightly and stick my fingers in my mouth, wetting them and then insert them between my lower lips and that just about does it for him.

"Fuck Bella, you better let me touch you goddammit." He says very seriously.

"No, Edward. I want you to touch yourself." I say to him.

"Wh...what?" He stutters.

"I want to enjoy watching you touch yourself like you enjoy watching me touch myself." I say as I run my fingers in and out of my lips, over my clit.

As I stand in front of him with both my hands between my legs fondling myself, I watch Edward take his cock in his hand slowly toying with the head and then running his hand down the entire shaft all the while focusing on what is happening between my legs.

"Mmmm, yes Edward. I like that." I say watching his motions.

I dip my fingers inside of myself and withdraw them quickly. They are covered with my juices and stick them in Edward's mouth where he sucks on them hard, softly moaning at the taste.

"Fuck, Bella. You keep this shit up I will cum before….." He says before I take the fingers of my other hand, running my wetness across his lips and he licks it up before he can finish his sentence.

I continue to stand in front of him slowly stroking my clit down the length of my fingers. I throw my head back because I am so fucking turned on right now and I'm afraid that I am going to cum too quick as well.

I look down and Edward is stroking the length of his cock while he watches me play with my pussy. He is stroking his shaft but not touching the head and I can see it swell and get darker. I can tell he's going to cum soon and I know he is getting off on watching me.

"That's it baby. Can you feel me touch you? Can you feel my mouth on you? Can you feel that cock down the back of my throat?" I tease him.

"Oh, fuck, Bella." He says, panting. "I want to fuck you so bad right now."

I watch his hand stroke the length of his dick, stopping briefly at the head and then moving back down again as he picks up speed and intensity. I can hear his breathing change and I know he's close so I gently cup his balls, lightly tugging them and he nearly cums at my touch. While he fucks his hand, I take my other hand and touch his sweet spot under his balls and that's his undoing.

"Bella…fuckbaby. Where in the fuck did you learn this shit?" He says with his head thrown back and I know he's close to cumming. His hand picks up speed and I think about putting his dick down my throat but I want to watch him cum for me.

"Shit, Edward this is the hottest thing I've ever seen." I say, not sure if I like watching his face or his hands more.

"Fuck…here it comes, baby." He says stroking faster and looking into my eyes.

"Oh fuck, Bella"

I look down at his cock and I run my hands along the inside of his thighs and push his legs apart.

"That's right baby, cum for me…I want to see you cum." I say watching him, knowing he's doing this for me.

He aims his cock at me and shoots streams of cum all over my breasts. He has a growl that he makes when he cums and it sounds so fucking sexy. I jump onto his lap and straddle him, burying my tongue in his mouth.

"Fuck this shit." He says and he lifts my hips and rams his cock inside me. He controls my movements and we fuck each other hard. Our kiss never stops and I slide myself up and down on him while he thrusts inside me. We cum so hard and fast and with fierce intensity out of pure passion and need for one another. It's over almost as quickly as it started, but it was one of the most intense orgasms I have ever had.

"Oh my fucking god, Bella." He says, squeezing me to him. "That was the most erotic thing I've ever experienced."

"I never want to leave these arms, Edward." I say, holding him to me tighter if that is even possible.

"I love you so much." I say to him in tears.

"There are no words to describe what I am feeling for you right now, Bella, but my heart is certainly full of love for you." He says into my neck, gripping my ass as he begins to move inside me once more.

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