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Chapter 13
Surprise
Some time ago…
"I'm pregnant."
I let out a scream when my beloved husband caught me in his arms and spun me around with him. We were extremely excited, even euphoric by the news.
"I love you Bells," Edward said as he laid me on my feet and cradled my face tenderly. Our eyes held tears of happiness and many promises for the future.
"I love you" I whispered. "We finally will be parents. What we have always wanted."
"I'll do everything in my power to take care of both of you" he promised.
I jumped on top of him, wrapped my legs around his hips and clung to his shoulders. I loved him so much. My chest felt saturated with happiness.
"Bells… wait" he put me back on my feet and one of his hands moved some of my hair back from my shoulder. "We'll stop our games, baby. No more outbursts, no more jumps like these, okay?
I pouted.
"I'm pregnant love. I'm not sick."
"I know. And I must take care of you. I don't want you exerting yourself and no more jumping on me."
"You like me jumping on you…" I quirked an eyebrow as I bit my lower lip between my teeth.
"Bells… You know what I am talking about babe."
I didn't listen to him and jumped on his back while his hands held my ass. I never wanted to stop playing, I loved our relationship and the way we got along with each other.
"Let's celebrate that we will be parents," I said.
"Yes. Let's celebrate big. We will do it with each kid." Edward promised as he left the house with me on his back like a big spider monkey.
"Edward, we agreed we would have one child and wait five years for another," I reminded him."
"No, after this baby I want another."
I laughed heartily, enjoying the sun on our faces. Life was beautiful, there was no doubt about it.
I was paralyzed by the gale of memories.
My tears kept falling one by one as I looked at the pregnancy test. I covered my mouth, silencing my sobs.
I was pregnant.
There was no doubt about it.
The symptoms were there, and the test confirmed all my suspicions.
A bittersweet feeling ran across my body.
I unconsciously touched my flat belly and shuddered from crying.
I clutched the test tightly in my hand and cried bitterly as I remembered everything we had gone through to have chick. It was the most beautiful pregnancy I could have, the most desired and I was the most spoiled pregnant woman.
Today I was alone and recently divorced. I had lost him.
I looked at my reflection in the mirror. I was gaunt, haggard, with mascara running and not a hint of joy in my eyes.
My life was chaos, a crumbling zone in my heart with a demolished soul. There was no vestige of who I was.
And yet, I loved this baby.
I touched my belly, and a faint smile came to my lips.
"Hello," I sobbed. "You have come to brighten my days without sun. You and your brother will now be my great strength."
The only thing I had left of him, of the man who once loved me and whom I managed to get him to walk away from me.
There was so much guilt in me that it didn't fit in my chest.
Slowly, I slid down to sit on the floor and hugged my legs while the pregnancy test was still in my hand.
I wanted to talk to Edward. Tell him. Instead, I knew I couldn't.
Regret burned in my chest.
I had apologized to him countless times. So many times that it had lost meaning. It was no longer worth it to him, and I didn't blame him.
I sat up instantly and vertigo invaded me. I reached for my phone in my purse and looked at Edward's picture and I smiled stupidly when I saw his contact: it said love. I should call him and tell him about our surprise.
But once reality hit, tears kept spilling over.
"Isabella..." Jess' squeaky voice came through. "You've been in the bathroom for a long time, is something wrong?"
I shook my head and wiped my tears quickly, putting the pregnancy test in my purse. She didn't need to know what was wrong. She didn't know about my divorce, let alone tell her about my pregnancy.
I got out of the bathroom. Jess' blue eyes inspected me from head to toe.
"James is asking for you," she explained. "I'm surprised at how interested he is in you."
I rolled my eyes. That jerk had my place in the shipping line. Eleazar had told me that he was the reason I was out of the company.
"You should take advantage," she added in that playful tone. "I swear I won't say anything if you go with James."
"Why don't you get advantage and get lost with him?" I spat, walking back to the area we were occupying in the bar.
Jessica was one of those big bitches disguised as sheep. A woman who could never be trusted.
I didn't feel like being in a place like this. The music made me angry, and the atmosphere made me nauseous.
My thoughts were scrambled, and I needed the quiet of my home to meditate.
I had no idea how I would break the news to Edward. He didn't want to see me, and I...
"A picture for Instagram!" Jess exclaimed snatching my cell phone from my hands. She started taking every picture of us.
I put on my best face.
"Isabella, I'd like to talk to you," James whispered in my ear.
His hot breath and alcoholic breath made me distance myself.
"We have nothing to talk about."
I stood up, determined to get back to the hotel room. I intended to go back to Seattle tonight. I didn't have to do anything with them anymore.
It was then when Jess reached me leaving the phone in my hands. I just furrowed my eyebrows and went on my way without asking her any questions about why her stupid smile.
"Isabella," Eleazar made me stop. "I'm sorry you're no longer part of the company."
I leaned against the wall of the dark bar. I could barely see his face.
"I'd like to help you," he added.
I narrowed my eyes. I could make out his smirk.
"You said yourself that I was out of the company because of so many mistakes."
"I mean..." his hand slid down my neck and up to my jaw. I froze. "You know what I want, you've always known it. Give me one night, Isabella, and your place is still yours."
I blinked.
"Don't touch me!" I removed his hand from my skin with one swipe. His touch repulsed me. "You're crazy! Sick!"
He laughed.
"Don't play dumb," he spat very close to my face, holding my hand while my wedding ring was still resting. I hadn't taken it off my finger and maybe I would never do it. "Your place is there waiting for you, Isabella. You decide how fast you want it back," he said.
"Fuck you, asshole," I gave him the middle finger and walked away.
I was shaking and scared. Very scared.
"I know you'll come looking for me. They all do."
I heard his chuckle behind me, the idiot was still taunting me. He was stupid if he thought I'd look for him.
My life was completely in fishnets.
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