Only a year and a half later, I honestly forgot how much I liked writing this story, hope you guys like this update!

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Chapter 12

EM POV

Heat. I could feel heat as I woke, groaning when exactly where I could feel it registered in my sleep addled brain.

"Shit" Warm, wet, and not my hand. I propped myself up on my elbows locking eyes with Bella, then my gaze drifted down to where my cock was disappearing between her lips, making my head fall back with a groan.

I didn't even bother arguing, I'm not an idiot; when your sexy as hell girlfriend wakes you up with a blow job you let her keep going. The woman in question moaned around me, making my hips raise off the bed. I stuff one fist into my mouth, the other clenching in the sheet to avoid touching her head or hair.

Then I thought of something else I could do with my hands.

B POV

I couldn't help it when I woke up, his hardness mashed up against one of my inner thighs that was thrown over his hips during the night. I really wanted to peel it back from his stomach and sink down on him but figured he'd probably want to be awake and fully alert our first time. So, I settled with pulling off my shirt for added effect and slinking down his sculpted body and taking him, hot and heavy, into my hands. He tasted musky and a little bit sweet as I ran my tongue all around him, getting him wet so it would be easier to slide him into my mouth.

I kept my eyes on his face, watching as he woke up, listening to the sounds and low curses he made as he came to and realised how I was waking him this morning.

Seeing him so turned on by my actions made me moan in anticipation; I was so ready for him, but I had a feeling he was going to still be on the cautious side when it came to my recovery.

Suddenly his large hand banded around one arm, we locked eyes and he motioned for me to turn around with one finger, eyes on fire and tongue running over his lips as his eyes ran over my exposed body.

"Strip, baby. Come sit on my face" his order came out strained and rough as I pulled back, swirling my tongue around his tip.

"Now" he growled out, making me sit up, and start peeling off the rest of my clothes. I felt his large hands grasp my now bare hips, hauling me up the bed so I was hovering with my knees on either side of his head, facing his straining erection, glistening with my saliva.

I remembered I was freshly bare when I heard a mumbled "fuck me, that's hot" before his hands pushed my thighs even further apart, pressing my chest into his abdomen and his face into me.

My eyes shot wide open when his tongue delved into my folds, straight for my entrance, circling before thrusting inside, making me squeak and moan.

Being so much shorter than him made this position a little difficult to maneuver, but I was able to reach him again with one elbow supporting my weight, running my other hand up and down his shaft before I took him back into my mouth.

Eventually I let my weight settle fully onto his hard chest, hearing and feeling is groan of approval before I snuck my now liberated hand down to roll his balls. He tensed, cursed, and then I felt a sharp smack to my ass, making me moan loudly in return.

"Oh yeah" he groaned, fingers joining his tongue now, pumping, twisting, and curling them, urging me move my mouth faster over him, wiggling and swirling my tongue as I went.

I could feel my orgasm approaching, trying to hold it off to extend the feelings he was causing in my body. He could tell I was close though and wrapped one hulking arm around my hips to steady me before speeding up the ministrations of both his fingers and mouth, sending me soaring.

My orgasm triggered his own, and despite his labored warning I scooted up further and swallowed his release, pulling back and giving his softening tip a quick kiss, squirming when I felt his tongue flatten and drag over my extra sensitive flesh before shivering and clambering off his panting body.

"Mmm, best wake up call ever," he rubbed an eye with the heel of his hand, then sat up a little, looking more alert, "oh god, babe, how's your head? Did it get bumped at all; do you have any pain?" He fired off, rolling off the bed and coming over to gently cradle my face in his large, warm hands. He slowly turned my head, gingerly removing the beanie and taking a look.

I felt only a dull throbbing pain, no doubt something that would go away once I'd taken some pain killers, but I hoped today would be the last day I'd need them. I'd sent an email to Aro yesterday with Em's help, explaining my situation and he replied with a phone call where he sternly informed me that if I were to set foot in my office while still recovering that he would fire (and then later rehire me) immediately. Emmett ganged up on me with my boss, letting him know he'd back me up once I was finally given a clean bill of health.

"It actually looks a little better, thank god" he sighed, giving me a closed-mouth kiss before squishing our nude bodies together in a warm, comforting hug. He pulled back, giving a quick nod before scooping me up into his arms, striding over to the bathroom.

I giggled at his antics, "I can walk, you know" I stated, raising a brow at him.

He just grinned back, dimples sinking into his cheeks, winking and squeezing me in tighter. "I know but I've been wanting you here in my arms, and hell, my home for a long time Bells. Going to take advantage of every opportunity I have to hold you close." He finished with a kiss to my nose before setting me down and handing me my shower cap and toothbrush, giving a light smack to my ass this time, then turning on the shower and hopping in.

I'd learnt a few new things living with Emmett Cullen; he loved having a fresh towel, extra pillows to proper himself up and do late night work in bed, brushing his teeth in the shower, and sleeping naked. The last one was definitely my favourite by far.

Despite the sex ongoing sex ban, it was surprisingly easy to forget the reason why I had to stay with Em. Even more alarmingly so because you'd think my injury would be a constant reminder, but I was so at ease and happy around my wonderful boyfriend that I barely noticed the ache until my meds had completely worn off.

A large hand grasping a tube of toothpaste thrusting out from behind the shower door shook me from my thoughts. I rolled my eyes, grabbing the offered minty toiletry and brushing my own teeth. After rinsing I grabbed my shower cap, tugged it on, and stepped into the shower. Emmett's shower was beautiful; a huge square rain shower head with prefect water pressure and just enough room so we could both move around easily while still being close enough together to feel each other's body heat.

His back was turned to me and I reached down, grabbing the bar of soap, beginning to knead my fingers along the large muscles of his shoulder, back and obliques. He groaned, one arm coming up to brace himself against as my fingers continued to work out the tension he'd been carrying. My brow furrowed, hoping it wasn't all because of what happened to me, even though I was pretty sure James was the sole cause of my man's stress.

Once I felt the knots in his back start to loosen and most of the tension in his body fade, I leaned forward, pressing myself up against him and wrapped my arms around his waist, giving a long hard squeeze. I pressed my lips to the center of his back then stepped back. Wringing the last of the product from my hair and stepping out with him.

I relented at breakfast and let him run down to the bakery he swore up and down I'd approve of, giving him a moan of approval when I bit into the breakfast sandwich he brought back for me. Although Emmett wasn't much of a cook, he sure knew where to find the best of the best when it came to food.

I sighed, leaning back and patting my stomach. Rose was coming over to keep me up to date on our client files. She'd informed all my current clients of my sudden leave, and she was going to visit me at Em's to go over the different accounts and what needed to be done this week. If we hadn't done all that hiring, I don't think she could've handled this all on her own.

At around twelve thirty, a knock sounded at the door. Em frowned from his laptop, blue light glasses perched on his nose, making him look less intimidating despite his hulking size. I grinned sheepishly, I hadn't told him about Rose coming over to talk work; I knew he'd object and argue that I needed at least another couple day's rest before I started concerning myself with my professional duties.

I opened the door, pulling my friend inside, "Bella you sure this is okay? Don't you need to rest or something? Kate said your head was all banged up..." she trailed off, trying to lean around me to get a look at the injury. I flapped my hand sat her, trying to get a word out before I was—

"Hey!" his voice thundered out across the condo, making us freeze like to kids caught eating batter from the bowl before it was ready. I already had a few files in my hands and Rose was logging into her laptop. I bit my lip when he stalked over to us, "Isabella Swan, you were told explicitly to relax. My god, woman, I'm all for you being a hot, badass, hard-working woman, but you need to take a break, gorgeous. Don't make me call Charlie" he threatened, eyes narrowed, muscular arms crossed over his chest as he looked down at us.

Rose looked shocked and a little uneasy, shifting her gaze over to me. I pouted, approaching my boyfriend, putting my hands on his crossed forearms, "But Eeeeemm" I whined, "Rose needs help and this way I don't have to do any work, just tell her what needs to get done. Please? I swear the next two days I'll do nothing but rest and relax so I can go back by the end of the week."

Dark blue eyes were locked on mine, still narrowed but not as accusatory in their stare. I lifted my chin a little in defiance, making him raise one arm to pinch the bridge of his nose, "fine, Swan. But you better be a perfect patient the next couple of days, or I will make good on my threats." He finished, raising a challenging brow.

"You got it, babe!" I grinned, "Rose, Emmett. Emmett, this is Rosalie," I stated, afterwards leaning up to press a kiss to his shoulder, rocking back onto my heels and then waving at Rose to follow me into the living room. She snorted, shaking her head and patting my man on the shoulder as she passed him with a sympathetic look.

"Bella" she chastised, sitting down, "you didn't tell me it was that bad, I mean jesus christ, your head and fucking Stevens, my god I could just throttle the sleazy fucker. Kate said it was bad, but you definitely glossed over the details in that group message." She leaned back, crossing her arms.

I groaned, leaning back, "Not you too, Rose. Em's already got the overprotective hovering thing down, and Kate's at my beck and call despite my protests. I'm fine. Yes, my head hurts, yes, I can't go back to my place until James is brought in on charges of assault and possibly even attempted murder. BUT, I'm okay. Seriously, the thing that's stressing me out most is that the Inshud account needs a better PR package, and that my newest client's portfolio is an absolute mess. Oh, and my biggest account is in the middle of a huge re-branding, so I need you to focus on that, not me." I begged, trying to convey the urgency in my expression.

She blew out a breath, "fine. But before I leave, I want the full story, not just the cliff notes. Jake's worried too, he said now you have no choice but to take him up on those self defense classes" she hinted.

I smiled a bit before I heard Em scoff, "I'll teach you babe, don't need Black to cop a feel in the name of female empowerment."

We looked at each other rolling our eyes 'men', I mouthed to Rose, making her smirk before we dove into the work I needed her to cover until I was cleared to return. It took around an hour, Rose filled a few pages with notes on different things to look into, passwords to access my files, and any contacts needed get things done. I begrudgingly told her what happened, and her eyes brimmed with tears before she pulled me into a tight hug.

"If something happened to you, I'd only have like two friends and that would be sad" she tried to joke, swiping one hand under her eyes.

"Yeah" I said, laughing as we stood up and Rose collected her things, "I'm going to be fine, Rose, don't worry! And tell Jake Em and I will be seeing him at the gym when I'm all healed up!"

"Sounds good, boss lady, I'll get started on all this work and see you when I see you" she winked, slipping on her jacket and heading towards the door of the condo, pulling it open and tossing me smile before hollering, "Nice meeting you, big guy!" and leaving with an airy laugh when my boyfriend grunted half-heartedly in response.

I giggled, practically skipping back over to him, he laid his computer on the couch beside him and welcomed me into his arms, settling me on his lap with an indulgent kiss. I hummed, nestling into his warmth, feeling a little sleepy.

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The rest of Monday and all of Tuesday passed rather mundanely; I napped during the day, let Emmett order in, and refrained from doing anything else work related. I talked on the phone with my parents last night and promised to do a video call with them sometime this weekend now that I was feeling better. My swelling had begun to go down, but I still wore my beanie at night just to stay on the safe side and avoid any scarring from tugging on the stitches.

We hadn't messed around much more since that first morning after he returned; partly because we were waiting for me to be fully healed and also because Emmett was already having to take on some of Edward's work in the New York branch. I felt bad for my man having to juggle his own work along with the extra load and tried to help out by being a sound bord for ideas and cooking or ordering our meals.

It wasn't until Tuesday evening when my phone rang that we hit our first snag. Without checking the ID I picked it up as I settled in to pick a new show for us to wash while Emmett showered.

Before I could even say hello and a sharp tone came through the line, "Isabelle Swan you may no longer be doting on my thick-headed son but I still want to know if something major happens in your life dear, like say an attack."

I blew out a breath, of course Rene had to tell her locking eyes with Em as he came out in loose fitted shorts and damp hair, "Esme. I'm sorry, it's been a bit of a whirlwind since then with getting work sorted during my absence I've mostly just been holed up resting."

Emmett froze lifting a brow and I shook my head as she replied, "Oh honey I'm so sorry the whole thing is so awful. Please tell me if you need anything, you know I'm more than happy to bring over a home cooked meal and spend some girl time."

My heart warmed, Esme had taken me in from the very beginning, only clutching me and her glass of chardonnay tighter when she heard my parents lived far out, claiming me as an honorary Cullen no matter what.

"I know Esme, I'm sorry I didn't call but I promise you I'm really okay, my building's security has been alerted and there's a warrant out for his arrest on assault charges. I'll hopefully be back to work by the coming Monday." Em plopped down beside me rolling his eyes but still smoothing a callused palm up my shin in support.

"Well okay dear, but I expect a meal together sooner than later! Don't make me drag Carlisle along you know he'd love to bore you with new medical trends and business jargon."

I laughed along with her tinkling giggles, "message received, I promise we'll plan something soon!"

"Well alright then, say hi to Katie and Gareth for me darling."

"I will, and I'll get a kick out of saying both their full names in your honor. Bye Esme!"

After I hung up I turned to Emmett, "You know what that might mean, right?"

He nodded, sighing and bringing my feet to his lap, running his fingers over the arches, "my brother probably knows or will know soon."

I sighed, both in exasperation and delight, wriggling my toes a little and picking up the remote, "That's for future us to worry over. For now, let's just watch this."

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