A/N:- HERE IS ANOTHER CHAPTER, SORRY IT TOOK ME A WHILE! PLEASE REVIEW.
I pull into the underground car park and I hear Bella gasp as she looks around. I chuckle at her reaction.
What? she asks me, I shake my head as I get out of the car and run to her side to help her out. She takes my hand and I lead her to the lift to take us up to the lobby. When we step out, I see my whole family there, waiting to be seated in the dining room.
Bella squares her shoulders as we walk up to my family. I see Rosalie watching us and I see her face scrunch up as she looks at my arm around Bella s waist. I glare at her when she looks back at me; I am almost daring her to say something to Bella or about Bella right now.
I walk up to my Aunt and Uncle because I know that they are at least polite to people s faces and gives them a chance before they judge.
My Aunt looks at Bella and then at me and says.
Oh my Edward, she is simply gorgeous. She throws her arms around my neck and hugs me, and then she steps away to stand in front of Bella and say to her.
I m Edward s Aunt Esme and it is a pleasure to meet you Isabella. Esme hugs her and Bella throws me a worried glance and all I can do is just shrug before Bella responds to Esme s hug and replies.
Thank you and the pleasure is all mine, and you can call me Bella by the way. She smiles as Esme nods turning to look at my Uncle. He steps forward and offers her his hand to shake, Bella takes it and they shake hands.
Hello Bella, please call me Carlisle. I hope Edward is being a gentleman to you, He said raising his eye brows in question to me. And that you will forgive any other members of this family if they upset you, it is not intentional I promise. He said looking around the room giving them a warning glance. They just don t trust people straightaway. Carlisle then lowered his voice so only Bella and I could hear, I also promise to try my best to look after your father s medical needs, I have seen his illness once before and I hope that it can be handled in the same way.
Bella looks up at him with gratitude, tears shining in her brown eyes and replies,
Thank you for looking over my Father s medical needs, it is really good to hear that you have seen this before and please do whatever you need to do. She glances at me, a small smile on her lips, Edward is being the perfect gentleman; he was even thoughtful enough to give me a ring that means a lot to him and accepted one from me that is worth the same.
Esme squeals and grabs Bella s hand, she then proceeds to hug Bella again and moves over to me and pulls me into another hug while saying.
Oh Edward, your mother would have loved knowing that you gave her ring to Bella. I just hug her tighter and whisper thank you into her ear. Esme then pulls away with a big smile on her face.
Well let me see what your ring looks like. I look to Bella as I proudly thrust my hand out to show my Aunt. She looks and turns my hand this way and that. It is a beautiful ring Bella what is the history, I can tell it is a family heirloom.
Before Bella can reply though, I say proudly.
It was Bella s Grandfather s ring that her Grandmother gave him on their wedding day. This ring has a pair and I will be getting that re-sized for Bella so that she can wear hers like she wants to. It is the Swan family crest.
Esme s smile is bright and brilliant; her eyes are shining as she looks me dead in the eyes. I smile at her just as Emmett walks up with Rosalie right behind him. Rosalie is giving Bella a murderous glare and Emmett just looks calm and relaxed. I watched them closely as they stepped up to Bella.
OH NO this isn t good...Rosalie looks like she is going to murder Bella. I am just about to make a move to help Bella when Rosalie starts talking and Bella draws herself up to her full height and in those heels she is in, she is almost the same height as Rose is.
Look Isabella, as the lawyer to this family and Corporation I want you to know that I will not let you marry Edward without a prenup in place because I don t want you to steal anything that isn t yours to take. I have heard a lot about you and I don t trust you, just because you have Edward by the balls doesn t mean anything to me. Rosalie spat into Bella s face.
I open my mouth to say something when Bella starts to talk in her business tone, but it has taken a more deadly edge to it that had even me cringing away from her.
Well for your information I am not a gold digger, I have no clue what the rumors say about me, but I do know that they don t paint me in a good light. Edward and I have already discussed having prenups and I told him that I didn t see a need to one if he didn t and he agreed of his own free will. I haven t, nor will I ever, manipulate him into doing something against his will or his family s unless he or any of you... with a steely glare at Rosalie continues.
And I am not looking at anyone in particular, say or do anything against me and then there will be an all out war. If you didn t have your head so far up inside yourself you would have known that a prenup isn t needed anyway because we are both aware of the consequences of any action to break this marriage up.
So back up and till we come to you, back off. At the end of Bella s comeback Rosalie straightens her back, turns on her heels and marches off towards the staircase, but the thing is it s not before I see the tears starting to form in her eyes.
WOW! Bella broke through the ice queen s tough exterior. I smirk a little and wrap my arms around Bella s waist, placing a kiss on her neck. She relaxes into my touch and takes a breath. I whisper into her ear.
That was well handled my love and it was downright sexy. She giggles a little and turns her head to kiss my cheek just as Emmett steps forward to introduce himself. I feel Bella tense again and I tighten my grip on her waist.
Bella, this is my cousin Emmett. Rosalie is his wife, but don t worry he is harmless unless he is working. She relaxes and holds out her hand to him. She says in a soft apologetic tone that still held some authority to it.
Sorry if I have upset your wife, it was not my intent but I do not like people doing what she did to me and she needed to know where we stand on in this arrangement.
Emmett breaks out into a huge smile, shakes Bella s hand vigorously and says to her in an amused tone. I like you Bella-e-boo and I hope Edward keeps you around for a long time. Don t worry about my wife she is like this to everyone, even me. She ll come around eventually, just show her you re not going to back down and you ll have her respect.
With that he excuses himself to go check on Rosalie and tells us he ll see us all later.
We chat amongst ourselves, my father comes down about 10 minutes in and he joins us. Emmett and Rosalie come down just as we are being ushered into the dining room.
We get shown to our seats and I notice that they have placed Bella between my father and me with her father on the other side of us.
Hello Charlie, how have you been since I last saw you? I ask politely.
Yea I am alright; I haven t been bad so that s a good thing for me. I see that Bella has given you my Father s ring, it suits your hand and thank you for putting a smile on her face. I simply nod and take my seat.
The first course is served then and once everyone has a dish in front of them my father stands up with his glass in hand and taps the side to get our attention.
Everybody as you all should know by now, an arrangement has been made between Swan Industries and Mason Corporations. That Edward and Isabella will be married, uniting our families forever. Some of you I know will not like this idea, but it is in the best interest of everyone here that this goes ahead unhindered. Edward Snr. looked at all the family member each in the eye before continuing,
Also I just want to say that once all is settled I hope we can all be friends and work well together as a whole. Please enjoy your evening because I am sure it will be the first of many. He looked at Bella and me with a small smile on his face, Now I would like for us all to raise our glasses and toast to new friends and a new family. He raises his glass and shouts.
Cheers.
We all clink our glasses together and it doesn t escape my notice that Rosalie clinks her glass into Bella s rather hard and Bella just gives Rosalie a death glare and they stay like that till my father clears his throat.
Maybe we should just have a wrestle match or something between them I think to myself and the mental pictures that come with that thought have me hard in an instant.
As I try to think about anything but, Rosalie s voice breaks through my thoughts and I turn my attention back to what is happening with this dinner.
You cannot be serious about going through with this this arrangement, are you? Please you have to find another way, because there is no way in hell that this is going to work and I don t want a war to occur. Edward will never be about to keep his pecker in his pants to stick to one woman and Isabella is just a ball crushing, cock teasing slut who would fuck anything that has a dick and moves for there to even be a point in doing this.
I stood up at this point and slammed my hands down on the table making everything on the table shake and everyone turned to look at me. I take a slow deep breath, turn my eyes towards my bitch of a sister in law and say with a growl in my voice.
ROSALIE LILIAN HALE-CULLEN YOU WILL KEEP YOUR BIG, FAT, UGLY MOUTH SHUT AND STOP MOTHING OFF ABOUT THINGS YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT. YOU ARE EMBARESSING NOT ONLY YOURSELF, BUT ME; WHO BY THE WAY IS YOUR BOSS AND AT THE END OF THE DAY I AM THE ONE THAT PAYS YOUR WADGES." I took a deep breath before continuing.
Mr. Swan and My father feel that this is the best way to handle this situation and I have to concede that it is beneficial to both our families and I WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO CONINUE TO INSULT THE WOMAN I AM GOING TO WED." I swallowed and looked around at my family one by one.
Just so you, and anyone else who wants to say anything about this, knows I am fully committed to this arrangement and even though I don t have to say a word because this is none of your business, but I have very strong feelings towards Bella and I know that this will last a very long time.
I finish my little speech and my breathing is erratic I am so angry as I sat back down. I just look at Bella and run my hand down her face just as Rosalie stands up slowly and walks over to me, leans down and says.
You wouldn t know the meaning of having feelings, Eddie-boy. You have no heart enough to care. As she finishes she straightens up just as she is about to turn around and walk off, Bella stands up and the two looks at each other for what feels like hours, but it is only a moment.
Bella speaks in a calm voice that you just can t help but listen to.
Rosalie, I do not know why you have said what you have tonight, nor do I really care. But this will be the only time you will get away with it because I don t want to embarrass yours and Edward s family, but mark my words YOU. WILL. NOT. SAY. THOSE. THINGS. ABOUT. MY. MAN. EVER. AGAIN!
Rosalie looks shocked at first, then pure rage flashes across her face as she lifts her fist up and pops it forward towards Bella s face, before I can react though Bella s hand flashes up to block Rosalie s fist making contact in a move so fast it almost blurs.
DAMN THAT S HOT! is all my brain can comprehend and it goes straight to my dick before I can stop it.
Bella s other hand comes up in a fist of her own and brings it forward just as fast as her block to get Rosalie in the face with a punch that results in a loud crack and blood starts to pour down Rosalie s face from her nose as she falls down backwards.
Bella reaches forward and grabs hold of Rosalie s shoulders and helps her to sit down in a vacant chair.
Next time don t believe everything you read and hear ok, also don t pick a fight with someone who you have no idea if they can fight back or not.
With that Bella turns towards me, takes my hand, stands me up because I am still sitting in my chair in shock and arousal and looks back at my Father and says in a sweet voice.
Thank you for a lovely meal, if you will excuse us now we will be leaving. We turn and leave the formal dining room and walk back out to the lobby. Bella looks at me and stands on her tip toes and kisses my nose, which snaps me out of my shocked trance like state.
Bella, would you like to accompany me to my room for the evening? Nothing will happen unless you want it to, but I don t feel like driving and I would really like to show you my room seeing as I have seen yours. I ask nervously. She nods her head, and gives me a small smile. I take her hand and lead her to my room.
Just as we are about to step onto the stair case the door to the dining room opens and we see a bloodstained Rosalie being lead out by my Uncle Carlisle; who is holding a napkin over her nose and Emmett.
They wish us a good evening and Rosalie moaned something angrily and then seemingly groans in pain straight afterwards. Emmett apologizes for his wife and I reply that we will talk about it later and he should just focus on helping his wife home and getting her cleaned up.
I wrap my hand around Bella s waist, place a soft and tender kiss to her forehead and lead her up to my room for the evening.
A/N:- NEXT CHAPTER TO FOLLOW SOON...REALLY SOON!