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Before reading: if you don't like reading explicit scenes, I'd recommend not reading the first lines of this chapter.
Chapter 24
I laugh when Edward complains about carrying my bear. He's been doing it all the way since we entered the building. Reluctantly he drops it as soon as we enter the room, puts his arm around me and pulls me down to his level to kiss me fiercely leaving me breathless.
Not so gently we fall onto the bed making some of the metal bars holding the mattress creak. Edward is being rough, and this makes me sigh because I want so badly to have him inside me.
"Your bed is too small," he comments as he pulls my blouse over my head, "maybe we should move to the carpet."
"Edward stop talking and kiss me" I pull his face close to mine and it is me who kisses him allowing my tongue to invade his mouth. He grunts, starting to push his hips with mine while both of us are still dressed from the waist down.
It doesn't take him long to lose control and let himself be swept away by my kisses and caresses, soon we are naked rubbing our bodies together letting out moans as we rub.
This time I want something new.
I want to ride him.
I've only done it once and that was in his truck. I found that experience quite exciting and I want to try again. I can't wait to see his face of total satisfaction as I ride him again.
Feeling more confident I reach out and wrap my hand around his shaft and start rubbing it.
Edward sighs laboriously understands what I want without saying words, perhaps my desire is imprinted in my eyes.
Without wasting time it's him on the bottom and me on top. I rock on his hips causing friction and making Edward roll his eyes.
I lean over his torso and begin to kiss his skin letting my erect nipples slide down his chest as his moans grow more uncontrolled.
"Damn it..." he hisses. "Don't keep teasing me. I want to have you at once," his hands grip my hips preventing me from moving.
Leaving my back upright I continue on top of him and this time it's me who guides his cock to my opening, I play a little teasing his tip on my clit and causing him to keep cursing under his breath. I surprise him by letting myself fall slowly. I sigh, feeling a shudder as his member penetrates me deeply.
We moan in unison as I begin to move up and down on him.
Edward with his hands on my waist starts to set a fast and strong pace.
So fast. So fast. That I feel my heart racing and suddenly I feel like I float, and I drop down on his torso because I know he has collapsed too. We both climax and I couldn't be happier.
I close my eyelids...
"You are so soft..." Edward purrs as he slides his lips down my bare back, I shudder and open my eyelids holding back my laughter. The room is dark only illuminated by the line of lights adorning the wall. "You fell asleep, love."
I don't answer.
Edward plays some more sliding his lips tickling my skin with his beard until he reaches the roundness of my ass which he bites lightly, I roll over onto my back and he laughs dropping his weight on top of me.
"What do you think, Miss?" He gives a short kiss to my lips as I spread my legs cradling his body between them. "What's going on with you?"
I start stroking his beard, slowly running my fingers through it.
"I'd like to introduce you to my Dad," I say as softly as I can.
His body tenses, pulling his torso away a few inches to try to see my face in the half-light.
"Is this a joke?"
"No."
At my answer Edward moves away completely and sits down on the bed. Naked as he is, he stares pensively at some point outside the window. I don't understand what he can see if there is only darkness out there.
I cover my nakedness by holding the blanket over my chest and sit down next to him.
"Don't think that I want to force you to..."
One of his fingers covers my lips not letting me continue, he wraps his strong arm around me and sits me on his lap making a small cry escape my lips.
"Your parents are not my favorite people," he reveals with his serious gesture. "I dislike the way they've treated you in your few years, Isabella. I hate that they don't give you your place and don't care about you. In all this time they haven't even visited you, they don't know if you eat or get sick. They don't deserve any kind of consideration."
"So does Charlotte and you continue to let Pat be with her."
He exhales loudly. I know he's upset by the comparison now.
"I'm settling my son's parental rights, so Charlotte has no claim on him."
"Edward," I clasp my hands around his neck, letting the blanket fall to my hips. "I'd just like to introduce you to Dad. It's just... I'd like our relationship to be more formal."
It's important to me to introduce Edward to Charlie. I don't want to feel like those women who are just passing through a man's life, I want my father to know him for what he is, my boyfriend.
"Is it necessary for me to go?"
"Yes, for me it is."
He inhales.
"I can't deny you anything," he says resignedly, hiding his face in my neck. "I love you."
He drops back on the bed taking me with him and leaving me on his body.
"When are you going to take me?" he asks running his fingers over my naked back, "I warn you that I don't know how to pretend, when people are not to my liking I don't hesitate to let it be known."
"I know that perfectly well, Mr. Grumpy."
Edward laughs loudly making me laugh along with him. With his arms wrapped tightly around my waist, he lifts his head up kissing me slowly savoring his way of taking over my mouth ever so slowly.
"I want to go to Forks by the end of the month," I murmur as his tongue runs down my throat and sucks hard making the tingling in my intimacy need him. "O-okay?"
"Granted," he replies, still very focused on my neck. "I have to go."
"No!" I jump up and snuggle into his body and hug him tighter. "Don't go."
"It's 2 am. I have to go home."
"Stay with me for another few minutes, at least until I fall asleep."
"Okay," he agrees, seeking my lips and giving me a very short kiss. "Rest."
I settle back on his chest letting a yawn escape without permission, I'm exhausted and his fingers keep caressing my back as I start to close my eyes...
"Bella," I hear Jessica's voice, but it seems quite far away, I stir in my sheets for warmth. "Bella, I'm going to uni" she says, "aren't you going to your class today?"
"Shit," Edward mutters, his voice is fucking husky and sexy. "Isabella" a hand shakes my shoulder. "My love, we fell asleep."
I open my eyes. The brightness of the day welcomes me with Edward in my little bed. I rub my eyelids. Still sleepy I sit in the middle of the bed watching as Edward is getting dressed at speed.
"What's wrong?"
I cover myself with the blankets realizing Edward keeps looking at my nakedness, he smiles as he denies.
"My love, we fell asleep, it's after eight in the morning."
With horror I look at the alarm clock and see that it is indeed 8:16 am. Startled, I kick sheets and blankets not knowing where to start. I stand up and run to the closet reflecting that I have missed today's only class.
I peek through the closet door. Edward is already fully dressed and is now combing his hair and redoing his little bow tie. I see him reaching for his cell phone and from his gesture I know he must have several messages and missed calls.
"I loved spending the night with you," he acknowledges, moving closer to me and letting his hands hold my face. "Although my responsibility at the moment prevents me from staying as I would like to."
I may be smiling like an idiot; I can't do more when he talks to me in that seductive way that makes me wet and have to cross my legs.
"Do you want me to take you to college?"
I deny.
"I only had one class today and..." I answer half-heartedly because his mouth covers mine, my kiss a little self-conscious from the morning breath.
"I'm off. See you later love."
Still without saying a word to him I see him leave my room with that wild walk as if he was fighting with the world. I walk naked when he closes the door and let me fall on the mattress covering my body with the blankets. I start rolling back and forth feeling happy because my bed smells like him.
My bliss is interrupted by my crazy friend who comes in spraying air freshener around the room.
"Oh my God," she screams running to hug my bear who is sitting next to my bed, she sits on him hugging him so tightly I'm afraid I'm going to maul him. "This is so cute."
"Weren't you going to class?" I ask.
"I decided to stay to catch up. I miss you, Bella," she stands up and starts tugging on my hand. "Why don't we go to the mall?"
I readjust the sheet around me promising to be ready in ten minutes after my shower. It doesn't take us that long to leave to take the train to the mall. After forty-five minutes of just browsing through some stores we decide to stop for lunch at a Starbucks.
"I missed laughing with you," Jess confesses as she takes the first bite of her sandwich, covers her mouth and swallows hurriedly, hitting her chest with her palm in desperation to speak. "Uh, you know the new one? Lauren Mallory is missing."
My eyes widen as wide as possible as I sip my frapuccino through the green straw.
"What are you talking about?!" I lean my body over the table and without letting go of my glass, I sip again.
"There are rumors that she's missing because she hasn't been heard from. Classes started a week ago and Lauren is about to start her last year of college, but no one has seen her. Don't you think that's strange?"
"Yes, of course I do. Although it could also be that she has changed colleges."
Jessica narrows her blue eyes and stares at me.
"Aro hasn't been there either, rumor has it he's no longer on the board. The other Vulturi siblings remain tight-lipped about the absence. Suspicious, isn't it?"
"Funny how they are all missing as is Edward's father."
"Are you talking about the old green tail?" she asks, grimacing. "I wonder what that old man is going to feel when he finds out you're dating his son…"
"I don't want to know. That man terrifies me, Jess," I can feel the hairs on my skin stand up at the mere memory of his lecherous gaze, I shudder and close my eyelids for a moment. "Let's change the subject."
"Well, let's talk about the night your boyfriend gave you," she teases, stretching out her hand and teasing my cheek with her finger. "I could tell the reconciliation was great. The next time try putting a pillow between the back of your bed and the wall, honey. Even my room could hear that your man gave it to you all the way."
"My face heats up and sure redness covers my cheeks.
"I'm in love," I sigh, "and all the time I need Edward to be inside me."
She throws paper napkins over my face.
"You're shameless!" she exclaims as she covers her ears with her hands.
Jess is still eating and talking running over when I take her hand and force her to walk, she complains as much but I explain that we need to move on. We haven't gone many places by the time we see Esme sitting at a table in an Indian restaurant.
"How awful it must be to eat alone," Jess comments looking in the direction where Esme is. "Why don't we go with her?"
"No," I stop her hand. "Maybe she's with one of her friends, we shouldn't interrupt."
We spent half an hour debating whether to go to her table or not. It was obvious that Esme did not share with anyone, in all those minutes she kept her head bowed and in complete solitude. We decided it would be better to go on our way and not approach her.
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Soon my nineteenth birthday was a thing of the past, as well as the months that followed.
In all this time between my classes and work I struggled to maintain my relationship with Edward, even in the month of October for two whole weeks we could not see each other. He was so focused on his work and the custody of his son that it was impossible to follow our daily rhythm of seeing each other.
When November came everything was more complicated. My exams demanded so much of my time that I was sleeping only three hours a day. I also continued to have an exhausting rhythm in the office and many times I had to cover an exaggerated work schedule. In all this time Edward and I found a way and were able to continue to see each other and share moments like Pat's birthday.
In December I was released from the University, but I didn't get my hopes up because I had to keep my work schedule. So the holidays were spent drinking hot chocolate, answering phone calls, and filing over a hundred folders in the office. Still, Edward, Pat and I managed to get time off to travel to New York and skate at Rockefeller Center.
When January came I realized that I could not continue working. I was so exhausted that I had lost weight, my stress was becoming chronic, and I simply could not perform at the University. One strange thing was that Aro came back on the board, but Lauren Mallory was never heard from again.
Although I must say there was also some good news and finally Mike Newton proposed to my best friend. Jessica felt dreamy living her first love that I couldn't have been happier when she took Mike to Forks to introduce him to her parents.
Something I have yet to accomplish with Edward.
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Early February…
Judgment comes out in Edward's favor. He now has full custody of Pat a fact that continues to infuriate Charlotte who vowed to appeal the order. This time they are celebrating together father and son decided to take a trip to Canada to go snow skiing. And here I am, missing them.
"You're resigning?" Attorney McCarty raises one of his eyebrows and looks at me. "Why?"
"I can't believe you asked why," I cross my arms, keeping my composure. "I have been exploited for more than six months. You treat me as if I were a slave, you make me cover absurd hours of work, not to mention everything you force me to do when it's not part of my job as a receptionist. I am covering for four or five people in this office and I am not willing to put up with another day."
The tall, stocky man in a neat dark suit smiles cynically.
"For every extra hour you work, you get paid, and a big one at that!" he says. "You're a teenager with no work experience earning five times more than the average of your peers. Go ahead, ask anyone you want to convince yourself that I'm not lying."
"Yes, I may earn five times more than my peers, but you can't say anything because they've retaliated with every damn second they've made me stay. Abusive!"
The noise at the door makes me turn around. It's past ten p.m. and nobody regularly comes. Then my body reacts with fear and an involuntary shudder shakes me when I see who it is.
"Good evening, Isabella Swan. You don't know how long I've waited for this moment to come out of the shadows and finally appreciate your beauty," Carlisle's eyes sweep over me. "You have become quite a woman."
Okay, that last line was creepy as hell. Here I am once again with another update where the past time surprised our couple. In case you were wondering where I was... I was updating Days Without Sun and it's close to the end now. Anyways, I'd like to know your impressions, opinions and whatever you think about the chapter. Looks like Carlisle is behind all those bad work moments for Bella.
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