EPOV
It had been two weeks since my 'deadline' related call with Marcus. I was getting frustrated because I wasn't seeing any progress, but he asked me to keep calm.
One positive thing happened during this period was, Bella said I could spend a little more time with Carlie. She allowed me to go to their house for thirty minutes this evening. I wanted to negotiate for more time, but I was afraid I might end up losing whatever the extra fucking time she had agreed to give me!
"If you don't mind, can you please help with this box? It's really heavy." She said once I reached her home.
"See, I can be useful at times!" I winked as I grabbed the box and she rolled her eyes.
Carlie gasped as she saw me entering the house with the box in my hands.
"Mama! Daddy picked up the whole box in his hands. He is so strong!"
"Daddy, you're so strong!" she said with awe as she saw me putting it down.
This was hilarious. I was pretty sure nobody in my whole life had been so impressed with me!
"What did you do today?" I smiled as I ruffled her hair.
"I made so many drawings today." She started and then she told me every single thing she did today.
She was just... so cute!
In the last few days, I thought a lot about how Bella did everything on her own. She must be shocked at first on hearing the pregnancy news. But she did it! She did everything on her own. And I had no idea how! Carlie was lucky to have her as her mother!
And she was right about me! I didn't know anything about parenting. And whatever the hell I tried to learn through googling, well, it just scared me!
"Do you have some time tonight?" she asked me when I was about to leave.
"Yeah, why?" I asked.
"I need your help with a few things regarding ummm... James' business. I'm really lost." she said.
Alright!
So I guess she was ready to trust me a bit now?
Finally a progress!
Great!
"Yeah, you can call me whenever you're free." I said.
"Can you get that smirk off your face now?" she said, "Or I am not going to ask anything."
What?
"I'm not smirking for God's sake!" I said with disbelief.
"Yes, you were." she shook her head.
"God! I think you see only what you want to see!" I said.
No, maybe I shouldn't have said that? But she was really seeing what she wanted to!
"No... Just let it go. I'll figure it out." she said.
Shit! She had fucking serious trusting issues!
"Bella... I swear I was not smirking!" I said, "And I'm sorry if you felt like that."
She looked into my eyes as if to figure out whether I was lying or not.
"I was not." I said.
"I'm... I'm sorry..." she looked embarrassed.
God!
"Bella! Please believe me! I was not smirking." I said.
"Yeah... I... I know..." she said, "I'm sorry. It's just..."
"You can talk to me about whatever you feel. I promise I'll try my best to understand you..."
"Ummm... I will call you later." she said.