AN: sorry for the long wait again guys!

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Chapter 41

EPOV

The sun streaming through the window woke me and I groaned. The light was way too bright after last night. I rolled over and burrowed myself back into the warm body laying next to me.

My eyes opened slowly as I fully registered what, or rather who, I was burrowing against.

Bella.

I grinned and wrapped my arms around her naked form.

It was real. It had all happened. She was really here.

She moaned softly and I froze. Then she pressed herself back against me, my morning erection pressing firmly against her back. I groaned softly in her ear.

'Bella.' I breathed, pressing a soft kiss behind her ear.

She sighed and moved against me again. 'Edward.' She moaned. 'please don't stop.'

I smiled against her skin. Was she dreaming of me? She moaned again and I knew for sure she was. God, this woman was perfect. She moved against me again, and I quickly wrapped my arm tightly around her waist pinning her against me.

'Bella.' I whispered in her ear, hoping to wake her up slowly. I kissed her neck again, sucking on the skin softly, not enough to mark her, I didn't want to do that in case some reporter might see it.

I trailed my other hand down her side, tracing patterns as I went, caressing her soft skin and relearning those curves I had acquainted myself with yesterday.

she stirred against me. 'Bella?' I asked, slightly louder.

'Edward?' she asked sleepily, sounding slightly confused.

I chuckled. 'Are you awake then?' I checked, just to be sure.

'yes.' She muttered, turning around slightly so she could look at me. I smiled at her. she smiled back.

'What were you dreaming of?' I asked her, curious if she would remember.

Her cheeks flushed instantly and I grinned. She definitely remembered.

'Oh uh… nothing.' She muttered, avoiding my eyes.

'Really?' I asked, unable to resist teasing her a bit. I let my hand resume it's path again, my hand trailing over her hip and slowly heading down to her inner tigh. She sucked in a breath. 'Do you know you talk in your sleep?' I whispered, as I leant in and kissed her neck again.

'oh god.' she groaned, a hand pressing against her face. 'what did I say?'

I grinned at her. 'nothing much… just my name with a few moans.'

She sucked in a gasp and I let my hand dip between her legs quickly, finding her core already drenched.

'tell me Bella.' I whispered. 'what did you dream about?'

'Oh god. Edward' she muttered, her eyes closing and her head falling to the pillow. 'You. I dreamt of you.'

'doing what?' I asked, teasing her a bit more as my fingers slid along her wet flesh, circling her clit.

'that.' She muttered breathlessly.

'Do you like it when I do this?' I asked slipping one finger inside her.

'fuck.' She muttered. I took that as a good sign. Suddenly her hand reached back and wrapped around my cock. I groaned.

'You feel so good, Bella.' I muttered.

'So do you.' she whispered back, slightly breathless as I sped up my movements. She did the same.

When she started guiding me down to her entrance, I slipped my hand from her folds and grabbed her leg, lifting it slightly, giving me more room.
I slid inside her and we both let out a sigh as we were once again connected.

I grabbed hold of her hip tightly and started moving against her as she move dback into me. I set a rhythm that suited us both. Her moans quickly filled the air and I couldn't stop my own grunts of pleasure. Her walls quivered and shook around me and it felt like heaven. She was close. I brought my hand down to her clit and started rubbing it again.

She started writhing against me. 'Fuck, Edward!' she called out. 'harder!'

She didn't have to tell me twice. I rolled her underneath me, grabbing hold of her hips to yank her up on her hands and knees and slammed into her. She keened and moaned as I thrust into her from behind, slipping my hand down again to play with her at the same time. She ground herself against me as she moaned loudly.

'Fuck, Bella.' I groaned. 'you feel so good.'

She cried out and finally her walls constricted around me as she yelled out my name. I continued to rub her slowly, helping her come down as I trust into her a few more times before exploding inside of her.

We both collapsed on the bed, me slightly on top of her, though I was careful not to crush her with my weight, panting heavily.

'God, that was amazing.' Bella muttered, turning her face slightly to kiss me. I kissed her back, pulling her tightly against me.

'you can say that again.' I muttered, pressing a kiss to her forehead. 'you are amazing.'

she smiled at me, then her smile fell slightly and she looked a bit more anxious. 'so…' she started. 'do you still feel the same as last night?'

I gazed down at her. It was clear she definitely had some trouble believing I really wanted to be with her. 'yes, Bella.' I assured her. 'yes, I'm all in, baby.'

'even though it will probably mean a lot of press and articles insinuating stupid things?'

I sat up. 'Bella.' I pulled her up to face me and took her face in my hands. 'I know this is new to you. I know you're scared. But there's one thing you will never have to doubt.' I told her, looking deep in her eyes. 'and that is that nothing you can ever do will make me leave you. I'm here to stay.'

Her answering smile was blinding as she crushed her lips to mine. We kissed for a moment before I pulled back.

'Let's go get cleaned up.' I suggested.

We headed into the shower and spent a good amount of time doing everything except getting clean. Eventually we did end up washing each other and getting out of the shower again. I left her to dry her hair and headed into the kitchen after donning a pair of boxers to start breakfast. I was busy scrambling the eggs and finishing up the bacon when I felt her small hands encircle my waist and her small form press against my back.

'That smells good.' She muttered pressing a kiss against my back.

'Good. Go ahead and sit down, it's nearly done.' I told her. she nodded and headed to the table that I'd already set up. 'Do you want anything to drink?'

'Coffee please, and some OJ?'

I nodded, plating the food and heading to the fridge to grab the carton of OJ I balanced it all together and placed it on the table before hurrying to get the coffee and filling both our mugs.

Bella smiled at me when I sat down. 'Thank you for making breakfast, I've never had anyone do that for me.'

I gaped at her. surely she was joking? 'No one ever made you breakfast?'

she shook her head. 'Not that I remember.'

'Not even previous boyfriends?' I pressed.

Bella shook her head. 'There aren't really that many to speak of…'

I frowned. 'what do you mean?'

Bella groaned, looking away from me. 'you really want to have this conversation now?'

'well, no, not really. But I'm curious now.' honestly, I didn't really want to know about her romantic past, but I knew we needed to know about it from each other. Plus I knew I was her future, so I didn't really care that much about what was in her past.

she sighed. 'fine. I had one boyfriend in high school. Never lived with him, so not really an opportunity for breakfast in bed. Then I had two one night stands in college. One of them was gone when I woke up, the other I was gone before he woke up. That's it.'

my mouth dropped open. 'that's it?'

she nodded, looking anywhere but at me.

'Wow.' I was slightly incredulous that that was the extend of her love life. she was amazing, guys had to have been lining up to date her. 'was there never anyone else you were interested in?'

Bella shighed. 'most guys were only interested in me because of who my father was. I got quite good in knowing who was a fan boy and who wasn't. those who weren't would go running whenever they realized exactly how much more money I had than them. Most of them couldn't handle it.'

I chewed my eggs thoughtfully for a moment. 'they're all idiots then.' I finally concluded.

Bella chocked on her drink and let out a surprised laugh.

'I'm serious. Who cares about how much money you have or who your father was? You're an amazing person Bella. Anyone would be lucky to call you their girlfriend.'

she smiled at me. 'Thanks, Edward. That means a lot.' She took another bite then looked at me expectantly. 'well, go on. now tell me yours.'

Fuck. I should have expected that. 'ah well… I … I had a few serious relationships. Two to be exact. One in high school and one a few years back. In between… I guess I dated around?'

'dated around?' she asked.

'I haven't dated for a while. It got tiring to only have these wannabe trophy wives hanging around. but before that… I wasn't exactly a saint in my early twenties. I was kind of a douche.'

she quirked a brow at me. 'So you were a player?'

'I wouldn't say that exactly… more like a serial dater?' compared to her I really did not have a great romantic past. But I also wouldn't call myself a player. 'it wasn't a new girl every night, or even every week. Usually just a girl every few months.'

Her mouth dropped open. I winced. This was bad. Why did I want to have this conversation again?

It was quiet for a moment as Bella digested everything I had told her. Finally she cleared her throat. 'okay. When exactly did you stop that?' she asked.

I peek up at her, but her face gave nothing away as she scooped a forkful of eggs into her mouth.

'After Tanya I stopped dating at all.'

'and when did you date Tanya?'

'Last year. I broke up with her in September last year.' I told her honestly. 'I haven't dated since.'

Bella was quiet again. 'why did you brake up with her?'

'she was your typical athletes wife, or rather she wanted to be.' I explained. Tanya had been fun at first, but then she'd become more and more pushy and clingy, wanting to go to all the events we could to be seen together, dropping hints for rings, wanting to move in together. It had been a bit much for me. 'she wanted to be with me for my status, not for me. I finally broke up with her when she got upset that I had to take Mike into account, so I couldn't stay overnight at some event she wanted to go to. It just proved she didn't even really know me at all. She just wanted a pro athlete to give her fame.'

Bella frowned at that. 'that sounds horrible.'

I nodded in agreement.

'How long did you date her?'

'about a year.' I admitted, I was not proud of that. I'd known how Tanya was earlier, but she'd had her good moments. We'd had our good mometns and it had been easy. I wasn't proud of staying with her for those reasons for as long as I did. But I had accepted that a long time ago.

'that's quite long.' Bella surmised.

I shrugged. 'I guess.'

Bella blew out a breath. 'Alright. Now we've got that awkward talk out of the way. Let's get dressed and then call Leah to put out the statement as soon as possible.'

I blinked, surprised by the sudden change. Was she really okay with everything? I couldn't quite believe it was that easy.

'are you sure?' I asked, slightly dumbfounded.

She smiled at me and stood up, climbing into my lap. She gazed at me and I couldn't help but wrap my arms around her and hold her tightly against me.

'I wasn't expecting to have this talk today, but it feels good to have it out of the way. We know about each other's pasts now. No more surprises that someone can dig up and use against us. I feel good about my choice.' She said, placing a small kiss at the corner of my mouth. 'Do you still want to do this?'

My answer was to growl and cursh my lips to hers. I couldn't believe that she was real. She was amazing. So understanding, powerful and sure of herself. It was a little daunting to be honest. But I couldn't help but feel pride swirl in my chest as I realized that she really was mine.

She kissed me beack, rolling her hips against me sinfully and I quickly grabbed hold of her hips.

'If you want to call Leah, you can't do that.' I growled at her.

She pulled back and smiled at me mischievously, but there was something else there, a vulnerability. 'so you're in?'

'baby, I'm all in.' I assured her, kissing her softly, gently, lovingly.