Hi, here we go with chapter 68, I hope you will like it... I will be going for holidays in Spain so there will be no updates from me for the next three weeks...
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Carlisle opened the door and let his ex wife enter the room first. He was pretty angry at her for intruding into his life. He gave her the freedom, the chance to follow her dreams. Why did she have to come back here? She could go wherever she wanted. He felt as if he had another obstacle in his life. He had no idea what her plans were but he decided to tell her everything. He closed the door when she entered and offered for her to sit down. He sat in the nearest armchair and watched her, " Why did you return? I thought you were happy?". He watched Esme, his ex wife, she was still so beautiful, but Ellen was the one who owned his heart. She looked at him saying sadly, " He wasn´t the right….. and I thought…..that….."
He wondered, "How come? I thought you were saying that you found your soulmate.". She sobbed dry tears, " I thought so….he seemed to be…he treated me so…" She stopped when she realised that it was her ex-husband she was talking to. He was always nice and gentle with her. She was the one who decided to leave. She just remained silent and then whispered, " I hoped that…I could… return back…..that you….might have forgiven me in time.". He stopped her by raising his arm, " Don´t even think about that, Esme, I am engaged with Ellen, I love her and she is my soul mate, she truly is. She and Patty live here with us and we are a family". She said softly, " We once used to be a family too.".
He nodded, "True, right before you decided to leave.". She weeped again, " I know, it´s my mistake, but I was so charmed…..", then she looked up again, " Carlisle, I don´t have a place to go." He shrugged, "I believe you could stay here for some time, the house is big enough, but everything is over between us. I am in love with Ellen and I don´t want to go back to the past.". She agreed, " Okay, I understand…..thank you.".
She hugged him lightly and left the room. Alice showed her her new room. Ellen was occupying her former bedroom together with Carlisle.
Ellen watched Carlisle and Esme leaving and frowned. She knew that this is another complication. But she didn´t say anything aloud. This woman, his ex-wife, was a completely beautiful, adorable and tender woman. She could never compare to her. And yet she was definitely a vampire. Ellen shrugged and went to unpack to her room. Edward watched her and threw a look at Alice. No matter how much they loved their adoptive mother, they felt kind of sorry for Ellen. Edward could hear about Esme´s intentions and didn´t like them at all. Alice saw a vision in her head which she didn´t like at all. She sent the look back to Edward and he understood immediately. The vision wasn´t too supportive. He was certain he would stand on Ellen´s side no matter what. She was the best woman that could happen for his father. Ellen was the right one for Carlisle and he treasured her a lot. He didn´t want anything to happen to her.
Ellen left in her room and began unpacking her and Patty´s clothes. She felt awkward. Suddenly she had the feeling as if she didn't belong here. She regarded herself as the last one. Esme returned and reached her place in the family. Ellen was always just some form of replacement. She couldn´t bear it. She had no idea how this would turn out but she was certain that Esme would always get what she wanted.
She was thinking about Carlisle, when she felt two cold hands hugging her around the waist and the soft lips kissing her ears. She breathed out and whispered, " Carlisle…". He continued kissing her neck and she asked, " How did you resolve it?". He took her hand and lead her to sit down on the bed. He watched her eyes and asked, " Would you mind if she stayed here for a little time?". She shrugged, "I am the last one to say my opinion, this is your house, it used to be hers as well….she just returned to her mother role. I can´t say anything against that, she has more rights than I do." she whispered. He raised his jaw and looked her deep in the eyes, " Elly, that´s not true. This house is as yours as it is mine. You are my fiancee and I am definitely wishing to marry you and I would do it even now if you wished to. I want to raise Patty and the unborn bundle with you. My life without you would make no more sense.". He kissed her and wiped the tears slowly falling down her eyes. He tried to understand her. He wouldn´t like if he had to live with her ex-husband wanting her back no matter what. Ellen felt so unsure in her present situation and he decided to reassure her the best way he was able to. Nothing can divide them, they belong together. He loves Ellen and she loves him back. He began passionately exploring the neck and his mouth was gently following his hands which were already moving in the way underneath her T-shirt towards her bra. He hoped that the mutual touches will bring her some relief and he was right. Ellen was stuck when he began kissing her softly and as tenderly he could. He could feel her tension and tried to do everything possible to help her. He understood it wasn´t easy. He whispered as he began tenderly opening her bra, " Relax, honey…..enjoy it…". She listened to his advice and managed to forget about everything that was going in her mind. Suddenly, everything she could concentrate on was her love for Carlisle. She began moaning as he entered her and began moving her hips together with his. He tried to make their intimate moment better than ever. While softly massaging her soft spot, he could feel her eyes open and kiss him with the same kind of passion. She looked truly as if she was enjoying everything and he felt much closer to her again. They hadn't been together for few weeks and he wanted to compensate. Ellen could feel the passion out of him and tried to concentrate on his devotion. They reached the climax at the same point again and he gently moved to the side moving her to his chest. He whispered, " I love you so much, Ellie, I hope you know that.". She smiled and kissed his cheek," I love you too, Carlisle. You make me so happy.". He tapped her nose, " Please do not ever forget that.". She nodded sadly, " I will try.". She suddenly realised all the situation and thought about that again. His ex was definitely somewhere in the house and could hear everything they were just doing. She realised that with the vampire super hearing she could hear everything they were just doing, she felt pretty embarassed. But she didn´t say anything aloud. She didn´t want to make Carlisle worry. The situation itself must have been pretty hard for him too. She could understand that.
In the morning she was woken up by Carlisle, " Sweetie, wake up, you have work to go to.". She whispered, " Is it already morning?". He nodded, " I am afraid it is. Patty is already downstairs eating breakfast.". She smiled, " You helped her? You are so wonderful.". He shrugged, " Well, when I am her father,then it'll be my duty, won't it?" She grinned, " I believe so.". He touched gently her shoulder and kissed it, " I believe you should get up if you want to arrive on time.". She smiled and headed to the shower. When she got dressed, she went downstairs where Patty was eating her meal, debating with Esme. Ellen greeted them both, kissed Patty and drank her coffee. Esme said, " I believe you should eat more, you eat for two.". Ellen nodded, " I will eat later at school.". Carlisle came to kiss his girls and he hugged Patty. When he returned to Ellen, he looked at her with concern in his look, " Esme is right, sweetie, you should eat better in the morning. It´s important.". She kissed his cheek and pointed at the garage door for Patty to go. Then she turned to Esme, " Thanks for your concern, Esme, I will try to work on it. Bye, Carlisle, take care.". She closed the door behind her and drove to the school.
In the afternoon Ellen wanted to go to pick Patty from her class when she saw familiar figure walking towards her. She smiled, "Alice….. what are you doing here?" Alice replied, " I was thinking we could spend some time outside, we could buy some clothes for Patty." Ellen smiled, " We need to take Patty with us…" "Sure,great, let´s go!" Patricia was delighted to go shopping with Alice. She was walking through the shelves with girls clothes and Patty was willingly modelling for Alice. Ellen was sure that the chosen clothes will be worth it. They finished the shopping trip with an ice cream for Patty and hot chocolate for Ellen. Alice became serious again, " Ellen, how are you?" Ellen shrugged, " Fine, I think." Alice continued in a nervous way," you know what I mean, the sudden return of Esme, her presence in the house…" "Alice, what can I do?" she watched her but didn´t look straight in her eyes, " I just want to ask you to be strong, no matter what will happen." Ellen watched her with curiosity in her voice, " Can you tell me more?". She disagreed, " No, I don´t think I can, the decisions have not been made yet but I would just like to ask you to keep things calm.". Ellen replied, " Well, I don´t know , I will try to be patient, but you know that sometimes…" Alice nodded, " Sure, I understand, anything can happen, I just see various outcomes and none of them are good enough, therefore I am asking you to be strong."