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CHAPTER 26
Edward
I have her in my house now and with any luck, she will never leave. I watch her as we pull onto my property and see the awe on her face as we drive through the oak trees and then through the grapevines. It's an impressive entrance and I love it each time I come home from a trip. I don't have to drive down my lane very often so when I do, it's a real treat for me as much as it is for her.
Once we make it into the house, I make the introductions to Billy and Rebecca. I want her to feel at home here so I take her to the back terrace and have a glass of chilled reserve and I watch her look out at the rolling hills covered in vines. It really is a spectacular site but we don't have much time before my mother will start calling so we leave to have lunch at the main house.
I had a custom cart made to look like an H2 Hummer and the look on her face is priceless when she sees it. I have to admit it really is fun and it gets the job done of hauling me around the property. Of course when I see the look on her face and she says she wants to drive it, I know that I will have a pink one made for her once she moves onto the property with me.
When we drive up to the main house, my mother is eagerly waiting for us. I knew she would be. She wants to see Bella, the woman that has captured my heart.
"Edward! Welcome home, son. I have missed you." Mom says, capturing me in a suffocating hug.
"Mother." I say, kissing her cheek.
I have greeted her this way since I can remember. She has come to expect it and if she doesn't get it, she calls me on it. But it is Bella that has captured her attention today and I can see that she can't keep her eyes off of her. Well, join the club.
"Mom, I would like you to meet Bella. Bella, this is my mother, Esme."
Once the introductions are made and my mother expresses her happiness at meeting Bella, I think Bella calms down a little bit. At least she seems to. I notice that my dad is missing from the group. I was hoping that we could get this over with in one shot, but my mother says he can't make it because of a meeting.
During lunch and after we spend the better part of an hour with Bella getting grilled by my mother, I knew it was time to leave and meet Jasper.
"I have a meeting with Jasper, mother. Bella and I thank you for lunch. You ready to go, babe?" I get up to help her from her seat when my mother stops me in my tracks.
"Oh, no you don't Edward. She stays with me. I want to show her the house and the grounds and your father will be here shortly." She says "You go to your meeting then you can come back here and pick her up, alright?"
I don't want to leave her here but when Bella looks at me and nods her head that it is okay for me to go on without her, that she will be fine here, I go ahead and give her a kiss goodbye.
"I love you, Bella." I say soft enough for only her to hear.
"I love you back, Edward." And again, my heart aches for her. I hate leaving.
I look over and see my mother watching us. "I will be back as soon as I can. Call me if you need me, Bella."
I jump in my mini Hummer and look at her over my shoulder as I drive away and she has already turned back to talk to my mother. I pull up to the office and run into Angie on the stairs leading to the upper floors above the barrel room.
"Hey Edward. Welcome back. Did you have a good trip?" She asks, smiling like the cat and I'm the canary.
"Yes, Angie, I had a wonderful trip and yes, I have her here with me. She's at mother's right now getting grilled. I will make sure you meet her as soon as I can, alright?" I say to her. I put my arm over her shoulder because Angie is more than just an employee. She is a valued friend and a part of my extended family.
"Jasper is in his office already, waiting for you. What's going on, Edward?" She asks curiously.
"Get your pad and meet me in my office, I'm going to go get Jasper." I say to her as I walk down the hallway to Jazz's office.
"Hey brother. How's it going?" I ask him. He has his face turned toward his computer and I can tell he is looking at the 1908 report.
"Hey Edward. Okay, let's go to your office and I will tell you what I've found." He says as he gathers his binders that he keeps his reports in.
"I've gone over the reports you sent me earlier this week, Jazz. Is there a reason why she would have access to this much information?" I ask him.
When I look at him I see his brow is strained but he's not talking. This makes me nervous. When we turn into my office, Angie is already there and has cold bottled water waiting for each of us and I open one and chug it down.
"Edward, she is all over the place inside our system. I have no idea how it happened." He responds.
"Angie, do you have any idea how Tanya would have this much access to our reports and how she would have gotten in?" I ask her.
She frowns and thinks about it and says "I recall walking in on several occasions finding her at your desk and when I questioned her she said she was waiting for you but that she had waited long enough and was leaving you a message." "I can't tell you how long she was sitting there or what she was doing but she left almost directly after I showed up." She adds. "I am going to change the locks on the doors today. Which ones other than the offices do you want changed?" She asks.
"My house. I gave her a key a long time ago when she needed to get something out of it a while back. Although I got my key back, I can't guarantee that it wasn't duplicated." I say, thinking what other locks need to be changed. "What the hell, Angie, get them all changed." And when I say that, she gets up to go call our local locksmith.
"Jasper, I'm getting more and more concerned the more we talk about this." I say looking at his equally concerned face.
"There's more." He says. "Someone accessed the 1908 file." Only five people have access to that file; me, my brothers, my father and my grandfather.
"When?" I ask.
"Two weeks ago." He answers.
"My gut is telling me who it is, Jazz. I just hate to start accusing people when I have no proof."
"ANGIE!" I yell out my door and she comes in running.
"The locksmith will be here in an hour. I told him to bring two of every lock they had." She says.
"Angie, can Ben check out our computers to see if there's any way he can trace who might have accessed them recently?" I ask her.
"He can try but I doubt it Edward. He has the system set up now so that the security codes change intermittently and randomly. When they change, I get a text to my cell and I write down the new codes then destroy the previous codes." She explains. "He then backs up your server offsite every night. What's going on you guys? Is Ben in trouble?" She asks nervously.
"Oh, God no, Angie." I say immediately. "We've had a security breach to the 1908 files." Her eyes get huge.
"Oh my god, Edward. When?" She says.
"It was within the last two weeks. Did you see anyone here during that time?"
"Yes. Tanya and her interior decorator were in here to measure your floor for a new area rug she said she was buying for you." She says in near tears. "Edward, she was here again before I got here. She has a key doesn't she?" Angie asks looking at both of us.
"I think so. We can't have the room dusted for fingerprints because I gave her access over time." I say. "Okay, enough of this. We have had our files accessed and we think we may know by whom, but we need to move forward. Where is Emmett? He should be here for this discussion." I ask.
"He's in the city but is driving in and should be here around 5:00." Angie says.
"Okay, that's all for now, Angie. Let me know if you hear from Bella and would you close the door for me on your way out." I ask watching her until the door is closed.
"We will have to fill Em in later." I say to Jasper as I walk to the safe that's hidden behind the picture and pull out the file, sitting down at the small conference table.
"Okay, we've never had this happen before, but how does this work? The codes for the recipe are located in the 1908 file but they are binary codes. I want to compare the legit codes to the 1908 file to see if they have been altered." I say in a rush to Jasper.
"Okay, I will start working on that on Monday morning. Alice is driving in with Bella's clothes and we are having dinner tonight. Looks like the girls meet the family today, eh?" He says, gathering his papers while I put my folder back in the safe.
"Yeah, Bella is with mom as we speak." I say when my phone rings with Bella's ringtone. I smile at Jasper. "Speak of the little She Devil." I wait until Jasper leaves the room before I answer.
"Hey baby. Do you know what you have in store for you when we get home? I'm going to fuck you so….."
"Edward, I am sure Bella would love to hear all those wonderful things you want to do to her, but this is your father and it is a physical impossibility."
"Shit, Dad, what are you doing on Bella's phone?" I ask, slapping my hand over my eyes, totally humiliated.
"I want to make plans for us to go to dinner tonight and will not take no for an answer." He says.
"I want to take her out tonight dad. It's our first night home." I say to him. I know he will not take no for an answer, I might as well give up now.
I knew since Jasper and Alice were going to be here for dinner tonight as well, that my father wants us all together so I agree. When I hear Bella in the back ground protesting, saying she hasn't packed for anything social, I ask my dad to put me on speaker so I can talk to her.
"Bella, you have plenty in your wardrobe that is appropriate for dinner in Napa, but that dress you wore for me is for my eyes only, do you understand?" I say to her. I don't want anyone's eyes on her while she's in that dress ever again. I remember how it fit every single beautiful curve on her body and those curves are mine.
"I understand, Edward." She says and I can almost see that beautiful smile on her face. "Do I have time to drive into town to do a little shopping before you are done with Jasper?" She asks, making me smile.
"Yes, I can always find something to do here. But hurry home to me, Bella." I earnestly say to her. I miss her already and more hours away from her will be torture.
"Edward, do I need to remind you that you are on speaker?"
"Nope. I know. I just don't want to be away from you for long. Mom, will you take Bella shopping and make sure it's on my account?"
My mother agrees to take her out and I find myself envious of her that she will be with Bella when I want to spend the rest of the day with her.
"Bella, will you take me off speaker please?" I can tell when she has pressed the phone to her ear.
I about cum in my jeans when Bella tells me she needs me and asks me to come home before she goes out with my mother. This is every man's dream girl right here. I tell Jazz and Angie that I will be right back and I run down the stairs toward home.
I spy her walking up the road to the house and vow she will never have to walk anywhere on this property again and will be getting her a cart for own use while she is here.
Once we are in the house we can feel the sexual tension between us and my need for her increases with each article of clothing that is quickly discarded onto the floor. As soon as humanly possible I have her lifted into my arms and I feel her long, sexy legs wrap around my waist and I enter her in a single thrust. I nearly cum the minute her pussy wraps around my dick while her legs are squeezing my waist.
I place one hand under her bottom and the other around her back to hold her tight to me and take us to the sitting area where there is a chair perfect for her to feel comfortable. Once I sit, still planted inside her, I need to feel her move on me so I instinctively grab her hips and she rides me hard while giving me that tasty tongue of hers. I love the way her hips feel when she fucks me; the way she is up and down then back and forth randomly. My favorite is when she circles her hips, that nearly makes me cum on the spot. She is literally fucking me every which way and I love every minute of it.
"Edward… I'm ready… please…I need to cum… Now." She says in my ear and when my baby talks like that to me, it sends me over edge.
"Okay, baby… c... cum for me… I can't hold ba… back" I know this is going to be good because I can feel her rub her clit down the length of me and she's rocking back and forth with fierce passion.
"Fuck, Edward… I'm cumming." She says, breathlessly and to hear her cum that close to my ear is as fucking hot as watching her.
"Oh, god… I love you so much, Bella…" I hold her close to me while she moves on me and I explode inside of her.
We both start to laugh when she tells me that it only took us 3 minutes.
I love the feeling of her straddling me, laying against me while holding me to her. I can feel myself shrink inside her while we relax, getting our breathing back to normal.
But when she starts nibbling on my ear, I can feel my cock spring to life and I lift her off the chair and with her still wrapped around me I carry her to the bed, laying her down gently and make slow love to her. I love this woman and when I feel us building to another climax together I know in that moment that my life is completely hers.
~BD~
After working all afternoon, I come home and find Bella lying in my bed in her white robe with her hair wrapped in white towel and she looks like an angel. I know I need to wake her but I can't bring myself to do it. If she laid down to take a nap, she must be exhausted and I don't want to deprive her of that so I quietly climb in next to her and she immediately snuggles against me. My heart leaps at that moment. Even in her sleep, she knows it's me and moves to be near me. I know I need to wake her so I run my finger across her soft porcelain skin.
"Hello beautiful." I say to her when she opens her eyes.
"Hey you. What time is it? I can't believe I fell asleep."
"It's 5:30 baby, you need to get dressed okay? I wanted you to sleep as long as you could so now you have to hurry. So get that beautiful ass out of bed and get at it." I say to her as I smack that beautiful ass of hers.
In a rush, she jumps out of the bed looking for her bags.
"Where are my bags?"
"You are unpacked, Bella. You can find all your stuff in the ladies suite, which is now Bella's suite."
I watch her as she moves in near slow motion looking for the ladies' suite. I chuckle inwardly when she goes into my bathroom looking for it. When she turns around I point toward a door on the other side of the room and she heads in that direction. I wish I had a camera to capture the look on her face.
I wait patiently for her and take the opportunity to review the mail that came in while I was away. I hear her door open and I about have a coronary looking at what stands before me. I literally start choking on air at the mere sight of her. Words can't describe how beautiful she is in that sexy dress with those fucking shoes on, God those shoes do it for me. Her hair is up off that long neck and all I want to do is put a necklace of kisses around it.
"Holy shit, Bella." I manage to say. I can feel myself getting hard just looking at her."I am so getting laid tonight." I say to her knowing I have just given her the grin the ladies say drop them to their knees.
"What a coincidence, so am I!" She says. "Let's go before we are late."
"You can leave those shoes on while I do naughty things to you, Bella." I say to her while I think of the position she will be wearing them in.
Once we arrive at the house I can hear that everyone is downstairs waiting for us. I didn't tell her that her friends would be here because I wanted to surprise her and to see the look on her face. She doesn't disappoint me when she hears the familiar voices and takes off running in those fucking shoes. They are going to be the death of me.
She runs right into their arms and they are in a screaming girl-fest, hugging and kissing each other like they haven't seen each other for years instead of a week.
"Oh my god I missed you two so much." I hear her say to them. I know she's on the brink of happy tears.
I am almost envious of the affection she shows my brothers, greeting them with a kiss on the cheek. And when she gets a confession out of Jasper about the love he has for Alice there is no one in the room that isn't happy for the two of them. I look at Alice and she has tears in her eyes and is looking at my brother full of love. There's no other way to describe it. I am so happy for him because I know how he feels about her and it makes me feel better knowing she feels the same for him.
When Jasper asks me for the contractor I used to build my home, I knew it wouldn't be long before Alice was a resident here on the property and if I know Jasper, a wedding will soon follow.
"In one single weekend my three bachelor sons come home in love." I hear my father say while he looks around the room at his three sons. I also look around the room and realize that this is our new family, all eight of us.
~BD~
Once we arrive at the restaurant and are seated, we order about every wine on the menu to taste what our competition is putting out. It doesn't compare to ours, especially the Denali wines. Frankly, I am surprised they are still in the business. When that thought enters my mind I realize who it was that accessed the 1908 files. Tanya's father wants our recipe.
We discuss Bella's knowledge of wine and the industry and a thought comes to my mind that she would be an excellent member of our team. I will have to speak to father about that.
I look at Bella and feel the happiness she has brought to me, that is until I hear an all too familiar voice behind me and as soon as I hear it my entire body turns to stone.
"Edward?" Leah says in that voice I know all too well.
"I told you I would call you on Monday and that you were never to contact Edward. What are you doing here?" I hear Jasper say in a voice I very rarely hear come out of him.
"I need to talk to Edward." She says and my body shakes because she's standing too close to me. I am repulsed by her and I don't want Bella near her at all. I glance at Bella and she is eyeing me curiously.
"Bella, this is Leah."
When I see Bella look at her, I can't tell what she is thinking but she takes the girls to the ladies room so my family and I can deal with this bitch. I don't want Bella to go. I want her to stay with me, but this needs to be done.
"What are you doing here, Leah?" I hear my mother demand.
"I am here to talk to Edward about the sale of the club. He won't return my calls and when I saw him come in I thought I would see if I could get him to talk to me." She replies.
"I told you that you were to discuss any transaction with me, Leah. This is between you and the corporation, not between you and Edward. Now, do you want to buy it or not?" Jasper asks firmly but I can tell he is on the verge of anger for her defiance in his request not to contact me.
"I want to talk to you Eddie. Please talk to me. Please look at me." She pleads with me.
I sit there looking straight at my father. I need his support so that I don't lose my temper. He holds my eyes, giving that to me.
"Leah, not here. Not right now. We are having a family dinner with my son's and their women and I will not have you ruin that as well. Now leave before I call Tony to have you removed from my sight." My mother says to her, standing now.
"Alright. Jasper I will call you tomorrow with my decision but I would rather talk to you Eddie." She says bending over to whisper in my ear.
I flinch at her nearness and move away from her but still say nothing to her. I take a deep breath when she walks away, ready to puke over the perfumed odor she leaves behind. Just as she walks away my father orders three shots of Chivas for me. I maintained my cool and kept my anger under control and that is something I never thought I would be able to do if I ever saw her again. I can breathe again when I hear my mother say that the girls are coming back.
"Edward, Bella left her bag in the ladies room and went back to get it, she'll be right out." Rosalie says with her hand on my shoulder.
I become worried though when Bella doesn't return right away. She should be back by now so I go to look for her and find her coming out of the ladies room.
"You didn't come back so I thought I would see if there was anything wrong." And once the words escape my mouth the door opens and Leah walks out, smiling at me.
"Edward, we really need to talk about this. We can't do this without talking first. I will call Angie for an appointment." Damn this bitch is relentless.
"And I said for you to talk to Jasper. You don't need to talk to me about anything, Leah." I say to her putting my arm around Bella to guide her back to the table.
Bella can see the anger on my face and starts to ask questions that I don't want to answer right now so I promise I would tell her just not at that moment. I need a drink. When we arrive back at the table, Tony has brought my three shots and I drink them down and sit back.
"She means to get you back, Edward." Bella whispers in my ear.
I look at her and see her beauty staring back at me. Seeing Leah again only solidifies my love for Bella.
"It ain't happening." I say to her through a smile that takes everything in me to muster. When I see her understanding grin, I know it is going to be alright.
"Let's order, I'm starving. What are you having Edward?" I hear my love say.
~BD~
"Come on Bellllaaaaaaa." I coo in her ear. "Time to waaaaake uuuup." I chuckle at her when she starts to come around.
"I thought we'd take Lil' Hummer out around the property and give you a proper tour of the winery. We are meeting up with the others at 12:30 for lunch at Aro's." I tell her. I want to go out and play with her.
When she tells me she loves Aro's, I immediately call and tell them we are coming and ask them to prepare something special for my girl. The sun is shining; it's not too cold and not too warm. It's perfect and so is she. I tell her to hurry because I've invited the others for breakfast and to be downstairs in 30 minutes. When I kiss her cheek she looks up at me and I need to tell her about the club, how Leah has first right of refusal and that I want no ties to her even if it is in name only.
When she asks me not to sell it because she loves it there and has fond memories I didn't know what to think. I never thought about keeping it after I met her. After Bella told me that Leah wants me back and after Jasper told me that she was still in love with me, I thought the sale would be the best option to have complete closure on my relationship with Leah. I guess I need to think about this some more. Bella then jumps up and kisses my cheek before she gets into the shower, reappearing a few minutes later, ready for a ride around the winery. This is going to be fun. Bella meets us downstairs for breakfast and asks everyone what their plans are for the day.
My heart soars when I hear Jasper talking about how he wants Alice to live with him but I get immediately frustrated with Emmett. He is not being honest about his concerns and making Rosalie believe he has issues with her money when in reality he is dedicated to the winery. But leave it to my Bella to take care of things. She is like a soothing balm that makes everything seem okay and better. When we hear Rosalie tell Emmett to make sure to build an office for her in his new house, Bella and I look at each other and smile, knowing my brothers and her friends are in love and that we are family. I love the sound of that.
Bella and I decide that after the tour we will stay in tonight. I would like nothing else than to cuddle with my girl when Emmett pipes in and decides that we need a night of pool. I was able to hold him off until Alice starts pleading with us to go. I feel sorry for Jasper. He will never be able to say no to that little thing. Ah hell, who am I to talk, I can't say no to Bella either.
We decide to meet for lunch at Aro's then on to Froggy's at 5:00. As we walk outside we see all the customized carts and the girls go crazy over them. I can see my brothers getting one for their girls just like I have ordered for Bella. I can't wait for her to get it. I smile at myself for thinking of the ultimate move in gift for her.
After we drive past the house, it's a mess with people mulling about getting ready for the dinner this weekend. Ugh, I would love to pass on it but I need to be there and it will be more pleasant with Bella on my arm.
I take her straight to the barrel room so I can show her around there and then to the offices upstairs. I can see her read nearly every label on the barrels but when she comes to a wall of special barrels she reads the label aloud.
"Edward's." She reads. "Is this all your private reserve we've been drinking?" She asks as she runs her hand over the course barrel.
I tell her the story behind the wine and that some of it is a new recipe I experimented with but some is the variety she likes.
I take her down a dark aisle between the barrels which leads us to a dark corner of the building where I turn her toward me and kiss her. I can't wait to be alone with her and I need to be inside of her. When I start kissing her and paying special attention to her ear. I know she's mine when I kiss her ear and let her hear the sound of my breathing. She is just as lost in the passion as I am. I run my hands up under her shirt, feeling her warm breasts and then push her shirt up, needing to taste them. I roll my tongue over the hardness of her nipple and nurse it like a baby.
I take a quick look around to make sure we are alone and drop down to my knee to take off her boots then her pants next, pulling her panties down with them. I can't help but slide my tongue between her thighs. There's no way my face can be this close to her and not taste her. Unfortunately, I don't have the time to spend pleasuring her like I want so I lift her up and pull her onto my cock. I press her up against the wall, thrusting in and out of her while she holds me with her arms and legs, moving her hips against me.
"My God Edward." She whispers and it sounds like she is speaking into a microphone. I can't hold back and I hear myself respond to the building sensations deep inside of me.
"Fuck, Bella. I'm cumming baby." I say into her neck.
She covers my groans with her mouth when I can't stop the inevitable.
"I'm cumming now, baby, cum with me." She says so sexily and that's all it takes for me. When Bella wants me to cum, I give her what she wants.
"Oh, Edward, oh, fuck."
Talk to me baby.
And I fuck her as hard as I can and when I feel her pussy clamp around me, I am in sheer heaven. Nothing feels better than my baby cumming on my cock. After I drain the last bit of energy I have holding both of us up, I drop to my knees taking Bella with me and we are laughing, trying not to draw anyone over to our little dark corner.
"Shit, Edward, this cement is freezing my ass." She says trying to jump off my lap, clumsily getting off the cold cement floor. We are both laughing at the sight of us, trying to put our clothes back on before someone comes around to find us.
"Fuck, those quickies are intense." I say as I hurry to get dressed.
"Thank you, baby. I needed that." She says to me while she zips up her hoodie.
I look at her and kiss her hard, then take her hand as we continue the tour of her favorite winery. I give her hand a tight squeeze and think about how much I love this woman.
A/N: Hello everyone. So now we get a taste of what Tanya has been up to and Leah makes her appearance. Naughty, naughty girls. Now where in the world is Jacob? Hmmmm? I like the new review feature here on FF, it's easy so no excuses lovlies. I wanna hear from you.