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[A/N] Welcome back to another episode of your favorite Twilight-fanfic-soap. Thanks for taking the time to read and review my little story.
This chapter here is dedicated to secrets87 for telling me I'm awesome and making my crappy day so much better & to aquarius127 for inspiring the little scene at the beginning. Hope you'll like it ;-)
*Lemon Alert in this one. As usual – don't like – don't read.*
**Chapter 71**
I dipped one of the strawberries into the melted chocolate before I feed it to my gorgeous wife next to me.
"Hmm, that's delicious." she mumbled with a full mouth, licking away the last drop of dark chocolate from her full bottom lip.
"But why are we having dessert in out bedroom?"
I cupped her face between my hands and planted a kiss on her warm mouth. The tip of my tongue nudged against hers when she parted her lips to gasp for air. She still tasted of strawberries and chocolate, but most of all she tasted like her and nothing else.
Finally I pulled back, letting my fingertips stroke up her back to search for the zipper of her dress.
"The strawberries aren't the only thing that I plan on dipping into chocolate tonight." I whispered into her ear, while my teeth grazed the shell of her ear.
She giggled and guided us over to the bed that squeaked slightly underneath us.
Then she dipped her forefinger into the tiny bowl with the creamy brown liquid and let me lick it off again.
"How do I taste covered in dark chocolate? Am I sweet enough for you?"
I nodded my head and leaned forward to pull down her dress, knowing that she wouldn't like it when I let one of her beloved clothes get ruined.
A smile flashed over my face when I took another of the strawberries between my fingers and nibbled on it before I moved it over the pearly skin on her cleavage where it left a reddish trail that I licked off, enjoying the slightly salty taste her skin added to the fruity sweetness of the strawberry.
My other hand found the clasp of her bra that fell down a heartbeat later, exposing her perky breasts to my eyes. I dipped my thumb and my forefinger into the chocolate again and drew a circle over her already pebbled nipples.
She whimpered slightly and twisted her hands into my hair to pull me closer. I planted a soft kiss on her trembling lips before I kissed down my way all over her collarbone, until I tasted the sweetness of the chocolate on the tip of my tongue and closed my lips around the hardened nub to lick and suckle it greedily. My hand moved down between her thighs and I stroked their insides up and down in a slow rhythm.
She dipped her dainty fingers into the bowl with the chocolate and painted a little arrow underneath her belly button.
I smirked and licked the chocolate off her fingers while my eyes never left hers. Hers were a few shades darker now. Maybe it was the candle light that reflected the tiny brown dots in the light caramel color. God, how much I loved her eyes.
Then I parted her legs and kneeled down between them. My tongue swirled over the little arrow, making me stop right above the thin fabric of her panties. I pulled them down and blew a feather light kiss over her bare outer lips that were already covered in the slick moisture of her arousal before I let my tongue dart out to lick her from her throbbing pearl down to her entrance and up again.
Her legs started quivering while I circled her overheated flesh with the tip of my tongue and gently pushed two fingers in and out her slick warmth. A low moan escaped her throat and I pressed my thighs together to reduce a little bit of the tension that was pulsating between my own legs.
I curled my fingers upwards, rubbing them against the sensitive spot deep inside of her. More of her sweet wetness poured over my tongue before her inner walls clenched and unclenched around my fingers.
"Delicious," I mumbled when I kissed my way up her stomach again, swirling my tongue over the silky skin on her stomach.
"Better than chocolate,"
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"Again!" she growled while I stood up from the ground again, wiping some grass and dirt from my jeans. By now I was convinced that Kate was the most merciless person on earth. My arms were hurting so much that I could hardly lift them anymore. Damn it. Who could know that self-defense would be so exhausting.
"Can we make a little break?" I asked her, leaning back against the wall behind me.
"Oh sure, we can. I bet your creepy ex will let you have a break too, when he shows up again."
Ali wrapped her arms around me and handed me a bottle of water that I emptied in one big gulp.
"Kate, you need to calm down a little. We're not preparing for combat here."
"Let's hope the military never gets in such manpower shortage that they have to take such clumsy people like Bella."
I sat down on the ground and pulled Ali on my lap. She rested her head against my shoulder and sighed deeply.
"If the two of you want to have some alone-time, I can leave now. Do you think that you can remember some of the moves, I've showed you so far?"
"Yes…no, I don't really know. I wished we wouldn't have to learn stuff like that." I mumbled nervously.
Kate nodded her head and sat down next to us on the grass.
"There are other things that you could use to defend yourselves…pepper spray for example."
I remembered how I had managed to spray some of that stuff into my own eyes when Charlie had packed me a can in my handbag. It had burned like fire and I had refused to give it another try, no matter how much Charlie tried to talk me into it. Oh, dad, how much I miss our endless tight-lipped discussions.
"And apart from that?" Ali asked her, twisting a wisp of my hair around her fingers.
"Tasers. They're my favorite actually. I like everything that has to do with electricity."
"How about getting a weapon?"
"I think that's a stupid idea. It's more likely that you shoot yourself in the leg when you're in an escalating situation."
A shiver of fear went down my spine and I instantly pulled Ali closer to me. God, I wished that we didn't need to be so damn afraid of Edward anymore.
"Don't be afraid of him." Kate told us, wiping away a few pearls of sweat from her forehead.
"If you fear him, you give him more power and that's not what you want him to have."
"Hmm,"
"I'm serious, you know. Why do you think the security company is making so much money?"
"Because people are scared of the things they see on TV?"
"No, because we make them feel safer with what we do."
"The alarm system made me feel pretty safe until Edward showed up in our house in the middle of the night."
"That wasn't the fault of the alarm system but of your child, who managed to change the security code."
"Yeah, I know. We told Lilly not to touch it again, but still…,"
"But you're still afraid, aren't you?"
I nodded my head and sighed deeply.
"You think, we're weak, don't you?"
"No, I don't. Everyone is afraid from time to time, even the strongest ones. Look at Emmett. He turned into the most fearful father on earth and he used to be such an easy going guy."
"Fearful? Emmett?"
"Oh, come on. He let us put on child-proof-locks on each window and the twins can't even walk. And then there's the thing with the nanny-camera."
"Nanny? I didn't know they planned on hiring one. I think Rosalie told me that she didn't want to have one, but who knows? Two babies are a lot of work."
"I don't know if they're going to hire one, but they already have one of those cameras. People shouldn't leave their kids alone if they don't trust…,"
"Camera? Maybe they just want to film the twins?"
"You don't have a clue what a nanny-camera is, do you?"
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"The kid is going to have a nervous breakdown when she's going to see this." Jasmine stated while she took a little bit of the Styrofoam filling that was spread all over the bed between her hands.
"That's why I asked Angela to go to the zoo with her and Jane. When she comes back, I'm going to tell her that I had to wash all her stuffed animals, because the dog made it dirty with his slobber or something like that."
"Let that better do Ali. She's a better liar than you are."
"You do know how to compliment a girl, Jazz."
"Just saying it like it is. I'm just glad that we didn't find any more hidden camera's here. God, your brother truly is a freak, a big one."
Someone honked in front of the house, followed by the sound of squeaking wheels on dry asphalt.
"Arg, what is that woman doing to my poor bike?" Jasmine mumbled, sticking her head out of the window, probably to call out a stupid comment to Zafrina.
To my surprise she didn't say anything seeming almost frozen. I walked over to her and got a last glimpse of a tall guy who planted a kiss on Zafrina's cheek, before he drove off with the bike, leaving a little black cloud of smoke behind him.
Ali chuckled when she recognized the pissed-off expression on Jasmine's face.
"Why the hell are you laughing now?"
"Oh, it's nothing."
The doorbell rang and I went downstairs to open it for Zafrina.
"Hello Bella. Is the police here already?"
"Should we have called them?"
"No, I did that. Lilly is not here, is she? Because I think that they want to talk to her too. She's the one Edward gave the toy with the camera."
Ali and Jasmine walked down the stairs, carrying a huge plastic bag with all of my daughter's ruined stuffed animals with them. Jeez, how should I replace all of that stuff without her noticing it?
"Hello Ali. Geez, this looks like a funeral for toys."
I nodded my head and swallowed hard to keep the tears from falling. Ali wrapped her arms around my middle and planted a kiss on my cheek.
"Jazz, can you put that stuff in the garage?"
"I'm not your freaking house-keeper, Ali." she snarled at her.
"Seems like someone is in an excellent mood today," Zafrina stated cheerfully, which earned her a dirty look from Jasmine.
"My mood is none of your concern, Miss Penthes. How about you start doing your job properly and make sure that Ass-ward ends in jail where he belongs."
"Oh I'm working on that part, don't worry."
"Do we have to tell Lilly about the camera? She's already scared enough." Ali asked Zafrina as we sat down on the couch.
"No, that's not necessary. We just need to know what exactly Edward told her when he gave the teddy bear to her."
"She's not too keen on talking about her father." Jasmine told her, playing thoughtlessly with the rubber bands around her wrist.
"How about you start doing your job properly and try to get her to talk, Miss Whitlock?"
"I don't need you to tell me how to do my job. But maybe you should tell your boyfriend that it's not good for the engine of the bike when you torture it like that."
"Boyfriend? I don't have one and I don't want one right now. My interest lays elsewhere." Her lips twitched for a moment, before she pulled out a tablet and made some notes on it.
"And the guy who drove off with your bike? Was that one of your clients that lost his car due to your juristic support?"
"My brother doesn't need my juristic support, Miss Whitlock."
I heard the key turning in the lock and quickly shoved the bag with the ruined toys into the closet.
"Hi, Lilly," I greeted her, kneeling down to wrap my arms around her neck.
Angela waved her hand at us and forced her lips into the weak attempt of a smile.
"I'll be upstairs if you need me. My head is hurting and think I should lay down a bit."
"Kay, of course, thanks for taking care of Lilly."
Jasmine cleared her throat before she spoke up, trying to keep her voice cheerful and light.
"Hello Lilly, how are you feeling today?"
"Fine, Jane and I went to the zoo. She's my best friend and I'm going to marry her when I'm big."
"That's nice. It's good that you have a friend apart from your dog."
"Fido is going to live with us when we get married."
"Hmm, I see. And to whom are you going to tell your secrets then, Jane or Fido?"
"Jane says secrets are stupid."
"Maybe she's just jealous that you have secrets and she doesn't?"
She shook her head and put her fingers into her mouth to start biting her fingernails again.
"My daddy is angry at me. Jane's daddy is never angry at her and calls her principessa all the time."
I pulled her on my lap and planted a kiss on her copper curls.
"I'm sorry about that, Lilly."
She sniffed and rested her tiny head against my shoulder.
"Mommy, I don't want to live with daddy in Alaska when you die."
"When I die? Oh Lilly, I'm not dying. Why do you think that?"
A dry sob left her throat, followed by a shrill scream before she burst out into tears.
"Lilly, why do you think that your mother is dying?" Jasmine asked her, sitting down in front of us with her legs crossed.
"I can't tell you. It's a secret."
"Doesn't Jane think that secrets are stupid?"
She raised her head from my shoulder and wiped her running nose on the sleeve of her shirt.
"My daddy is going to hurt my mommy when he comes back. He…he said that he's going to…he…he said that he's going…slice her…throat…he…he...he." her voice cracked at the end and I pulled her closer. Letting her sob against my shirt until she finally stopped. Not because she was done crying, but just because she seemed to be completely exhausted.
"She's not stable enough to let he talk to the police." Jasmine stated, standing up from the ground again.
"Poor little girl. I can't believe that this man dared to tell a little child such horrible things."
"I don't think he intended to do it. He doesn't really know what he's doing anymore. Jeez, that man needs professional help. And I'm talking about that kind of help that takes place inside paddled cells."