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Double Deceit

Chapter 10

California Pt. 3

"Excuse me, what do you mean by that?" I asked her.

"I can't understand how you're pregnant, it just doesn't make sense."

"I changed doctors, and was put on a different treatment." The expression on her face turned to understanding, but then she looked perplexed.

"Right, I'd forgotten about that, but I still don't fully understand."

Trying to rein in my frustration, I replied. "It's my understanding my new doctor contacted you about my test results and you weren't too happy about that. You insisted he was wrong."

"The treatment you were in was not working, you're risking your life!" She told me.

"Not according to Dr. Cullen." I didn't want to keep talking to her, not with her attitude.

"He's not being a good physician letting you get pregnant, he can be so naive sometimes," she replied.

"That's not true!" I said trying to remain composed, not wanting to cause a scene.

"The way you acted after I told you I was changing doctors, you were strongly against it, why?"

"It was against my will, trust me."

"Then why did you let me?"

"Because," she sighed, "it was your right as a patient to get a second opinion."

"You thought I wouldn't go through with it, didn't you?" I pointed out, she nodded. "Or that when the new doctor saw my history they would get discouraged or give me the same diagnosis,'' I added and again she nodded.

"It never occurred to you that whichever doctor I went to would want to run their own tests?"

"It slipped my mind," she replied nonchalantly.

I scoffed… and she said Edward was naive? Talk about the pot calling the kettle black! For her to think I wouldn't get new tests performed was just plain stupid. I needed to talk to Edward about this.

"I am curious about one thing," she said.

"What?"

"How did your husband react?"

"You mean because of how he reacted to my first pregnancy?" I paused, not really expecting an answer. My personal life wasn't really her business so I decided to lie to her, although I didn't know if it was truly a lie. Jacob and I havent talked about his feelings on this pregnancy. He seemed happy at first, but after what he did to me, I don't know if he was lying or not. His actions as of late have made me question everything.

"He's very happy about it," I said, smiling at her. "Have a goodnight," I said dismissing her. She just looked appalled.

Edward's POV

I met with Tanya at a table near the bar, ordered her a mojito, and I ordered my favorite beer. It was funny how both my best friend and lover liked to drink mojitos, although Bella couldn't have any at the moment.

"Hello," Tanya greeted.

"Where's your husband?"

"I left him with his buddies," she told me. Even though he wasn't an OBGYN, Tanya's husband Alistair always came with us to the convention. We close the practice for the week and come here to refresh our knowledge and have some fun. Although this year I'm spending all of my available time with Bella and I didnt know what I was going to tell Tanya if she asked to hang out. I was planning on taking Bella out tomorrow for our official first date.

"I ordered your favorite," I said, sliding the glass towards her.

"A toast to you my friend, you finally divorced the witch," she said raising her glass. We clinked our drinks and each took a sip.

"Thanks," I replied.

My friend was silent for a few seconds, "Tanya, I want to apologize for everything," I started, Tanya placed her hand on my shoulder and shook her head.

"It's not you who has to apologize to me Edward. It's Leah who has to do that. She had no right to say the things she did, to treat you the way she does," Tanya said.

"You and I have been friends for years, I consider you a brother and it hurts me to see the man she turned you into, Edward. You were always so happy, carefree, outgoing, and responsible, but you knew when to have fun. Seeing the spark in your eyes die with each passing day was a nightmare for me. I'm very happy that she finally made the decision to leave," she said relieved.

"I know Tanya, you weren't the only one who said it. I was just blind I guess I only wanted to get married once and when I married Leah, I wasn't planning on divorcing her."

"I know that, but you were not going to keep being her doormat Edward," she rebutted.

"Tanya, I am truly sorry for everything, the things she said about you, all of the times she implied you wanted to be more than my friend.''

"Edward, you know those were all lies. I don't know what she was thinking, but you know I would never jeopardize our friendship, or my marriage. Alistair and I have been together for many years, before you even met Leah," she defended.

I had no doubts that she was telling the truth, she and Alistair have been together since middle school. They didn't have any children as Tanya was sexually abused by her uncle when she was a teen. Just before she met her husband she had to get her uterus removed. Thankfully she has her ovaries and a few years ago she froze her eggs, and they are in search of a surrogate.

The only thing Leah let Tanya be involved in was to be Hayden's godmother, a task she takes to heart. She's the only person besides my parents and Mrs. Biers that I would trust my kids with. Thinking of Hayden made me think about when they dropped me off at the airport again. I needed to know what happened.

Tanya and I talked animatedly for a few more minutes until I saw her come into the room. Bella was wearing a red dress that hugged her body like a glove. The dress accentuated her bust perfectly, and then it flared out, but you could still see she was pregnant.

"Hey, Isn't that your new patient Mrs.…?"

"Swan," I finished for her.

"Yes, that's her," Bella then saw me and was coming my way, but she stopped when she saw Tanya beside me. Her smile faltered and she lowered her gaze and went to sit at one of the side chairs she had near her.

"Your treatment worked I see," Tanya commented while taking another sip of her drink.

"Yes, you know I'm thorough," I replied, also taking a swig from my beer, my eyes in Bella's general direction.

"She's very beautiful," she mentioned.

"You should go out with someone like her," Tanya added.

I rolled my eyes, "she's married," I said, hiding my smile by taking another swig of beer.

"I didn't mean her dumbass!" she said playfully.

If you only knew…

A few minutes after that Alistair found us and whisked Tanya away. I went to the bar and asked if they had any non-alcoholic cocktails. They gave me a list of what they had, luckily they had virgin mojitos, so I ordered one with another beer. After getting the drinks I headed to where Bella was sitting, she was absentmindedly caressing her belly.

"Fancy meeting you here tonight," I smiled at her. "I got you this," I told her, handing her the cocktail. She took it, as I sat on the chair beside hers.

"Who were you with? She's very beautiful," Bella said, her tone flat.

"That's Dr. Denali," I stated, noticing her tone and attitude, was she jealous?

"Your friend Dr. Denali?" I nodded.

"I thought she was a man," she said blushing.

"Are you jealous?" she nodded.

"You have no reason to be darling, I only have eyes for you,"

"I'm sorry," she apologized. I wanted nothing more than to take her hand and comfort her but I couldn't.

Bella still looked uncomfortable, "is something else wrong?" I asked her.

"I saw Dr. Lee,"

"And?" I urged.

"She was surprised to see me pregnant. She said that you were a bad doctor letting me get pregnant, she also said I could die," What the fuck?

"I don't know why she said those things, Edward." Tears began gathering in her eyes.

"Hey, please don't cry love. That's not true, Bella, you have to believe me. I have never risked a patient's life. If something has gone amiss it's because the patient hasn't followed my instructions of treatment, not because I deliberately put them in danger," I said truthfully. "I don't know why she told you that, but I'm determined to find out. This whole thing is very unusual," I told her.

Bella finished her drink, placed the glass on the side table and got up, "I have to walk the room for a bit," she said and left me sitting there pondering and thinking about everything she had said.

I didn't understand why Dr. Lee was making a big deal about this. Didn't she know those results in Bella's file weren't hers? Didn't she see the difference in the uteruses? I mean, most uteruses are roughly the same size, but depending on if they've had children or other factors, the size changes. When we go back to Seattle I'm going to look at her file and consult with Tanya again. There's something going on here, I have a feeling that Dr. Lee was lying to Bella, and I'm determined to find out why.

I sat there for a while. I don't know how much time had passed, but I wanted another beer so I went back to the bar. I looked around the room and found an empty table. I also went and grabbed some hors d'oeuvres. As I ate I looked around the room for Bella, but I didn't see her, it was too crowded.

Some colleagues spotted me and started walking my way, "Hey Cullen, what's up?" Asked James who sometimes forgets to act his age.

"Nothing much and you," I said in general.

"Nothing much, you're such a liar!" Mike said. "I don't know what you mean,"

"I went by your room last night to see if you wanted to hang out with us, but you were, um…busy," he said.

"I didn't think you had it in you Edward," Jared said.

"What the hell are you guys implying?" I was slightly annoyed by their antics.

"I would've never thought I'd see the day you cheated on your wife," James said in all seriousness.

"Wife? I'm not married," I said.

"The fuck you are, you've been married for five years," Jared added.

Right, they didn't know!

"Guys, I'm not cheating on anyone," I said. They looked at me like I had grown two heads.

"I'm divorced," I finally confessed. Now they were definitely shocked.

"You divorced Leah?" Jared asked, I nodded. "Fuck," he exclaimed.

"Since when?" James asked.

"About a month," I said, taking a swig from my beer.

"Wow Edward, I don't know what to say," Mike mumbled.

"You don't have to say anything," I reassured him.

"I'm sorry man, I know you were in love with her. What happened?" James asked, all jokes aside.

"We were fighting a lot, she demeaned me a lot, verbally abused me," I admitted, a little ashamed. They looked at me but didn't say anything, I didn't need their pity, I could see it in their expressions. It was pissing me off, I wanted to go back to the room with Bella.

"How are you really?" James asked.

"I'm fine guys, you don't have to worry about me, everything's amicable between us. We still have the kids in common," I reminded them, they nodded.

"Well, if you need to talk about it, know that we are here for you Edward," Jared stated, the other two nodded in agreement.

"I'm glad you stopped being a prude!" James said, patting me on the back.

"You found a piece of ass and went for it," Mike clarified.

I didn't like the way they were talking about Bella, but the truth is they didn't know the whole story, and I really didn't want to tell them anything.

"Do we know her?" Jared asked, I shook my head.

"Okay I think we've tortured the man enough for one night," Mike eloquently said, they all agreed and said goodbye. I knew they meant no harm, but we were not as close as we once were so I didn't feel comfortable spilling my guts to them.

I checked the time and I saw it was after ten thirty, I went to the servers and asked if they could serve me some of the appetizers in a to-go box. One of them nodded and went to get me the box. I checked all the options and started putting things in the box for Bella. The server went as far as getting me chocolate dipping sauce for the fruit I'd grabbed. He also gave me another box so that I wouldn't mix the fruit with the rest of the food.

I also got another virgin mojito to go. The bartender made it and placed it in a 32oz plastic cup covered with a lid, plus he also gave me a straw. I had three beers and I was buzzed, but not completely drunk, and I was more than ready to go back to the room. I just needed to find Bella. I tipped the bartender and went looking for her.

I looked for her everywhere. Bella where the fuck are you?

I went out of the ballroom and finally found her, she was in a corner, Dr. Lee in front of her, and she didn't look friendly. As I got closer I noticed Bella's face was tear stained. This is the last straw, I don't need Bella to be stressed, what the hell is wrong with this woman? I asked myself as I walked to where they were.

"Mrs. Swan, is everything okay?" I asked as I got closer.

Bella looked at me, her chocolate eyes filled with tears, "Are you hurt or in pain?" I asked shifting to doctor mode, she wasn't any pregnant woman or any other patient, those were my babies she was carrying.

"Yeah, she looked a little faint which is why I was checking what was wrong," Dr. Lee said, looking at me. I looked at Bella over her head and she shook her head at Dr. Lee 's statement.

I knew she was lying, "are you lightheaded?" I asked.

"A little, but I think it's because I haven't had anything for dinner yet," she said.

"I think I'm going to my room and order something from room service," Bella stated.

"Thank you, Dr. Cullen, for everything," she said nonchalantly.

"No, no, I need to make sure you're okay. I need to check your pressure and such, please," I begged her.

"Sure," Bella said, she pulled herself away from the corner.

"Thank you, Dr. Lee, for your concern, but I'd rather be Dr. Cullen's patient," she said and started walking away from us.

I stood there stunned by her words, I looked at Dr. Lee and she had a composed look, but I knew her well enough to know it was just a facade.

"Goodnight, Dr. Lee, I have a patient to tend to," I said and hurried to catch up with Bella.

We rode the elevator in silence, the doors finally opened and to maintain our cover we entered the adjoining rooms separately. I set everything down on the bedside table in Bella's room and went to get the pressure cuff, I was going to check her for real. I crossed the open adjoining door and found Bella sitting on the bed, her head in her hands crying.

"What truly happened Bella, what did she say to you?"

"She told me the same thing as before, that you were a bad doctor, that I shouldn't have gotten pregnant, that there was a reason," Bella said.

"Did she tell you the reason?" I asked curious.

"No," she replied.

This whole thing sounded sketchy to me, I was definitely getting to the bottom of it.

"I don't know why she said those things, Edward," Bella said again as tears spilled from her eyes again. "Hey, please don't cry love," I said, grabbing her cheeks and drying her tears with my thumbs.

"I can assure you that nothing will happen to you or the babies, Bella. You are a healthy twenty year old, you will carry these babies to term, you'll give birth to them and be the best mother in the world," I reassured her.

Bella closed the space between us and hugged me. I held her tight against my body and inhaled her scent, she always smelled so good. I caressed her back and whispered reassurances into her ear.

"I trust you Edward," Bella whispered into my neck.

She broke the embrace and I checked her pressure, thankfully it was normal. I sat beside her after I placed the pressure cuff on a nearby chair. Bella looked me in the eyes and started kissing me. I wrapped my arms around her and kissed her back effusively. Kissing bella was a religious experience, I loved getting lost in her delectable lips and sweet embrace. I released her lips when she started whimpering and descended with my lips to her neck and exposed collarbone, Bella moaned and arched her body towards me. My hands wandered to her zipper, I deftly lowered it and she quickly took out her arms from the sleeves and raised her hips to let the dress fall to the floor.

She attacked my mouth again and started taking my clothes off, I helped her complete the task, and soon enough I was only wearing my tight black boxers. I grabbed her waist and scooted us up to the pillows, then I gently laid Bella sideways and we continued kissing and caressing each other's bodies. A few minutes later I pulled away from her mouth and looked at her underwear-clad body.

She was wearing a red lingerie set that hugged her curves perfectly, the set left nothing to the imagination. I caressed her sides and bent to kiss her stomach and then continued kissing the rest of her body. I grabbed her breasts and massaged and kneaded her mounds until her nipples pebbled and she started panting. I then reached behind her and unclasped her bra, freeing her tits.

"So beautiful," I whispered.

I ventured up her body and reached for the boxes of food. I placed them on the bed and opened them as an idea popped into my head, well actually I'd been thinking about it for a few hours. I grabbed one of the parmesan meatballs and held it up for her, Bella took a bite and groaned, the sound going straight to my cock. I knew they were good, as I ate a lot of them tonight.

"I'm a little upset with you," I told her.

"Why?" She asked her head down.

"You didn't eat anything for dinner,"

"I'm sorry," she apologized.

"Do you skip meals often?" I inquired.

"Sometimes," she admitted.

I lifted her chin, "you can't do that anymore, Bella, you're pregnant."

She nodded, "even if you don't feel hungry I need you to eat," I instructed her.

"Yes, Edward, it won't happen again I promise," she said.

After that I grabbed some beef wellington bites and chuckled as she devoured each of them.

"Fuck this is good," she said with her mouth full.

Before I took the fruit box, I gave her the cranberry and brie bites that were to die for, mom makes them all the time for any gatherings we have and I eat most of them.

I opened the fruit box, now is when the fun time will start, I thought.

I grabbed a strawberry and dipped it in the chocolate and brought it up to Bella's mouth. She licked her lips and looked at me with hooded eyes as her lips closed over the juicy fruit and she bit into it. Some of the juice ran down her chin, I leaned forward, and licked it off her chin. I took another berry and repeated the same process, this time she didn't spill any juice, but I ate the rest of the strawberry and then we kissed. Fuck she tasted amazing!

I grabbed a third berry and as she bit into it some of the chocolate dripped onto her naked breasts, I chuckled and bent to lick the spot. I lapped at the chocolate that had conveniently fallen on her nipples, Bella moaned and her chest heaved as she arched her back.

She ate the last two strawberries, but there was still some chocolate left, so I dipped two fingers in the sauce and painted chocolate lines over her tits, lips, and stomach. With my teeth, I removed her provocative panties and tossed them onto the floor. I dipped my fingers in the chocolate again and continued my work of art on her body as my fingers went over her clit and labia spreading chocolate all over her sex.

I licked my fingers looking into her eyes, Bella was breathing hard, the sheets were bunched in her fists as she tried to contain herself.

"You look so delectable darling,'' I said as I pressed my lips to her and kissed her passionately. At the same time I cleaned off the chocolate from her lips.

After her mouth was thoroughly cleaned I continued the path down her body, licking the sweet sauce off her creamy skin. She tasted even sweeter with the chocolate, I licked all the way down to her navel.

I finally reached her lower lips, where her chocolate covered clit was peeking out of its hood.

"Edward please," she moaned.

I caressed her thighs and she spread them wider so that I could accommodate myself between them. With a sly grin I lowered my head between her legs and started lapping, licking and nibbling on her chocolate covered flesh. I was enraptured by her moans and cries of pleasure with each movement of my tongue over her labia.

I didn't relent my ministrations on her flesh, I ate her up like a starved man. Bella's hips arched from the bed as I continued licking and sucking on her pussy.

So what did they do after Edward finished feasting on Bella's... any ideas? Let me read them.

Just letting you know now that the next chapter will have a little of everything some romance and sexy times too. Their time in California is coming to an end.