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Chapter Seven: Family Dynamics and an Unexpected Surprise

"Oh you're so cute together. I am so happy for you, but are you really sure about this, getting married to someone that has been your enemy and rival for a long time now?" Alice asks me.

I sigh and try to convey my jumbled thoughts and feelings as best as I can to my little sister.

"Ally, I don't know how to explain this, but I just feel something towards her that isn't hatred now that I have met her. I am not really sure what I feel where she is concerned; all I know is that I really do hope that this marriage works and we can actually grow to...I guess, 'love' each other one day." I sigh and sit down on the couch very heavily, then continue. "I just don't know Ally. I don't know what I feel anymore, it's all so confusing.

"It's like I walked into Dad's office feeling like a massive change coming my way and I leave there being engaged. I don't know how to wrap my head around that, I don't know how to be with just one woman and I don't want to sleep around on her.

"Not to mention that is one of her conditions when she agreed to this. I don't want to break this because I don't want a war that could hurt you or anyone else of our family, but I also don't want to hurt her, for some reason.

"I feel very protective of her, for some reason that I can't explain. I'm scared Ally, help me please." I tell her and plead with her while putting my head in my hands. She and my Aunt are the only ones to ever see me like this. Alice comes, sits down next to me and puts her arm around my shoulders.

"Well my big brother, I think what you feel is love. And you're scared because you have never let anyone other than us in, and even than you have not let us in too much because you feel like it's you're burden to bare everything, in a way to protect us.

"I know that Aunty Esme and I are the only ones to see you at your worst and that it's hard to even think about letting another soul in, but I think she is your other half, you're soul mate.

"I don't know, but I just get this sense that she was meant to be with you and us all. I believe everything happens for a reason and that reason may not always be clear at first, or ever, but it's a reason none the less and we should not question it if it is good. And this will be good, I just know it will."

And with that she kisses my head and walks out of my office leaving me dumbfounded. What the hell is all that about love and reason's for everything? Did she really think and mean that I could be falling in LOVE with Bella?

I mean I guess she could be right because just thinking about hurting her and seeing her hurt makes my heart ache in response.

Oh god I think Alice is right, I think I am starting to fall for this woman. I sigh out of frustration and get up to go back over to my desk. I start to look up the digital design plans for the Mason Estate and the main house that my father and I live in.

Bella wants her father to live close to her and I don't want to move out of this house; as well as wanting a place to build her a room like my memories room, so how do I put the two together...hmm, I think to myself, there has got to be somewhere on this Estate that I can do something on!

As I look I see that at the back of the main house; well more like castle really because of the size of it now, there is the perfect place that gets the sun in the morning til about early afternoon and is protected by the main house, be closer to Carlisle's house with direct access to the driveway there and is right under my balcony which I can have a stair case and lift put in so Bella has access to her father and anything else she would love to have in this mini house/ apartment.

Hmm... Yes that will be the perfect solution to the problem. I work on the plan a little more and then save it to show Bella my draft idea later. I call Emmett and tell him to grab his sex-on-legs wife and come to my office.

I walk over to my bar, grab a glass and my bottle of JD and then open the bar fridge to get the cola. Just as I pour it, I hear a loud knock on the door and as I turn around I see 'the big man' himself walk in followed by the original beautiful bitch herself, must have interrupted something because they don't look impressed.

"Ah Emmett, Rosalie, thank you for being prompt, I trust that I didn't interrupt anything that was terribly important because I have some news to tell the both of you. Now, I have already told Alice and Jasper, but you're mother and Father; Emmett, will be told at the formal dinner being held tomorrow night so I would very much appreciate you both holding your tongues about this til then." I say to them.

I was going to talk to them nicely, but then I thought that if I was Emmett being 'the jokester' that he is wouldn't take it seriously, but if I use my business tone then he will. They nod their heads in acknowledgement and I motion for them to sit down in the chairs in front of my desk, in an effort to keep this a business like as possible.

I sit in my chair, facing them. Taking a deep breath I steel myself for their reactions. Rosalie will instantly demand a prenup. or something like that, and I already asked Bella if she wants one and she declined the offer; seeing as we both have almost the same amount of money and I guess a war starting is a good deterrent for us to let things fall apart or be petty towards the other.

Plus we'd both have to sign paper work about the ownership of half of our Businesses. Maybe we can come up with another name for both and then it will truly be a merger.

Hmm...I like the sound of that one, buddy...now if only we could get sweet and innocent Bella to bend over this desk and...

STOP IT! FOCUS! NOW! I scream at myself.

God I am really starting to hate my horny teenage side and wish it would just go away sometimes. I am glad though that I am behind this desk because Emmett and Rosalie would see the bulge in my pants at the little fantasy I almost just had.

Emmett will more than likely think of all the women that I will be missing and all the class A lays that he would score for me because he can't do that himself for obvious reasons. Although I do think that Rosalie is a very generous and trusting woman, letting her husband not only run and control half of the more reputable brothels, strip clubs, escorts services and other such forms of things and women that can be brought, used and rented for all types of sexual interactions.

"Well, Eddie-boy, spill!" Emmett said in his normal impatient manner, which can get annoying at times but is very handy in others. I take another deep breath and say, still keeping the business tone to my voice.

"Well as you know, I have had my eyes on Swan Industries for some time now, but there is no way that we could ever gain any part of it without a war being started that is until today. My father, Mr. and Miss. Swan and I have sat down – ooh...over, I'd say, about an hour ago now – and discussed ways that we can merge the two and our families together.

"Since Mr. Swan is ailing and he thought it was time for his daughter to settle down, he suggested that she and I get married..."

"WHAT! THERE IS NOW WAY THAT WOULD WORK, THE LEGAL RAMEFICATIONS OF THIS IF IT DOESN'T WORK OUT WILL BE MASSIVE. Please tell me you didn't agree to this, Isabella Swan could stab you in the back when you least expect it, from all that I have heard."

Rosalie shouted at me, with obvious outrage. Standing up out of her chair and leaning on my desk with her palms flat down on the top. I feel my own rage at her last comment come up to the surface; it takes me by surprise for a moment.

But then I remember what Alice said to me earlier about how my feelings for Bella were already very strong and may even be the start of me falling in love with her. I just want to punch Rose for that comment, but instead I just take a deep breath and continue on what I was saying and tell her off at the same time.

"Rosalie Hale Cullen you may be the lawyer here, but I am the boss and run things here. My father has my respect as my elder and his opinion is very highly valued by me. He thinks this suggestion is great and the more I think about it, the more I can see the benefits of it.

"One benefit is that I will own half of Swan Industries and this will prevent an all out war that will and can wipe everything we have all worked so hard to build. Yes one down side is that I have to give up half of Mason Corporations, but at the same time what I gain will be worth it.

"Isabella Swan, before today was my enemy, but there is more to her when you meet her than any rumour that has ever been put forth about her. I have agreed to a few conditions and she has done the same for me, while we will not be having any actual prenup. agreements between us, there will be documents to sign, go over and discuss about everything that will all be set up at a later date.

"So don't worry that pretty little head of yours Rose, I am not going to go into this without all my bases covered as much as I can, plus we both know that it means an instant war if one of us break anything anyway.

"You may leave now, but please be back here for a formal dinner in the formal dining room at 7 pm sharp, where my father will announce this to Esme and Carlisle. Til then Rose, I am going to send you every condition I set to Bella when she agreed to this in my Father's office and anything else you need to draw up as part of our marriage agreement and licence. I will also let Bella know that she should do the same, that way it is all in writing. Understood?"

I look at the couple and they nod their heads, Rose gives a little huff but quickly storms off to her office I presume, while Emmett just sits in the chair.

"Is there something else you'd like to add Emmett?" I ask him.

"Well I...I just can't believe you are finally giving in to the temptations of a lone pussy. Never thought you were the type, now how am I supposed to test my new girls out? But other than that I think it's great you're settling down man!

"And don't worry about my Rosie she'll come around. I can't wait to meet this girl that will be a part of our family now." He replies with a sad yet amused tone.

Don't know how that one is possible, but that's Emmett for you.

"Em my man, you can still road test your new girls out with some of your regulars. Just ask them if they are willing to get a free girl, or two, for however long they want, within whatever time limit you set and any other guide line you put stipulate to test drive new girls you have and give them a survey or something to fill out at the end. I am more than sure that some would love the Idea of something for free.

"Plus I can help to type up the survey for them to fill out if you want? Give them the check list that I would go off..."I pause and we both give a short laugh before I continue.

"Thank you for understanding though Em, it means a lot. You'll be meeting Bella and her ill father tomorrow night. And no Emmett you will not catch anything from him either." I give him a man hug, shake his hand and he is off to more than likely go down to 'The Den' so I turn back to what I was doing, when I get a call on my personal line.

I didn't even look at the Caller I.D.

"Hello?" I ask and the angelic voice I hear on the other end makes my heart jump. She sounds sort of nervous. Seemingly in one breath Bella says.

"Hello, Edward. Um...Would it...um...be ok if you could...um...come over here, I wish to give you something and I would like to give it to you before tomorrow night. Also would like it very much if I can get to know you a little more before then too and so I'm...um...hoping you're...um...not too busy to come straight over."

I reply rather excitedly as I feel the butterflies in my stomach.

"Of course I can come on over right now. I'll leave as soon as I hang up, just give me your address and I'll be right there." My stomach grumbles and I realise that I haven't had anything to eat today.

Should I suggest it now or should I just wait? Oh hell I'll ask now.

"Um...Bella can I ask you something?" I say in a similar tone of voice she had spoke in because I am nervous of her answer, but I also want to ask to see if she would even like the idea of having dinner with just me.

"Yea sure, fire away." She answers sort of unsure like. I take a deep breath and just come out and ask her.

"Would you like to have dinner with me tonight? We can decide where to go or what to do for it when I get to your house, if you want to that is, if not it's..." I'm interrupted by her quick and breathless 'yes I would like that'.

I'm gobsmacked at her answer, but I quickly recover and tell her that is great, she gives me her address and I see that it's only 20 minutes away from here.

"Ok great, I will be over in about 20 minutes." I tell her.

"I'm looking forward to your arrival. Just press the button on the intercom when you get to the gate and I will open it to let you in." She replies. My heart rate picks up at the sound of her breathy tone.

"See you soon." I say then hang up. I put my phone back in my pocket, close my laptop and walk quickly out of my office; closing the door behind me as I left.

I wave good bye to Alice and Jasper, who are sitting on the couch again but thankfully not sucking each other's face this time. Alice asks with curiosity thick in her voice.

"Where are you going?"

"Out to get some dinner for myself because I need to think about everything with no distractions and I want to get out of the house. I'll be back later." I answer her politely, I hate when she tries to get all mother hen on me and she didn't need to know my every movement all the time.

I can't be bothered to tell her where I really am going because I just couldn't be bothered and it will have her going into a million and one questions and such.

So not in the mood for that!

I run all the way down to the basement, not stopping for anything. I run over to the key locker where all the keys are kept secure and it's also where I can buzz open the locked off area that holds all my cars and I grab the keys to my sliver Volvo.

I know that it's not my most flashiest car or even my fastest one, but it's my everyday city car and it's the one I use for casual drives around. I knew that if I had picked any other car I have and then get spotted by someone out of the front windows or if someone came to see which car I took then they would know something was up.

I turn on the car and as I program Bella's address into the GPS, I think of all the things that Bella could want to give me. Can it be some kind of ring as well? Because that will save me going into a jewellery store.

I drive out of the underground car park and off towards the woman I am marrying for the sake of our families and businesses with a growing lightness within my heart that has never been there before.

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