Chapter 11 Update

We finally crawled out of the bed an hour or so later. “So since you can do whatever with that knee of yours now, do you think you might want to take a ride on the bike?” I asked, as she sat on the bathroom counter, watching me shave.

I heard her breath hitch, and I snuck a glance at her while trying to hide my grin. Unsuccessfully I might add. She was nervous, that was ok she had been nervous the first time I took her out on it too. I managed just fine that day and I could certainly manage today.

I wiped my face with a hand towel before going to stand between her legs and curling my arms around her waist. “You don’t have to if you don’t want to,” I snuck a kiss to her exposed collar bone. “But I promise you’re going to like it. Just give it a chance,” I sucked gently on her neck just below her earlobe. Duress coercion, I know but it seemed to work.

“If you say so,” she began. Her head tilted giving me easier access.

I kissed my way up her jaw and made it to her mouth, “Thank you,” I sad just before my tongue slipped between her lips.

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I am currently working on Chapter 11, I am still not sure when it's going to be up but here is a little taste. Thank you so much for being patient with me.

Chapter 10 Teaser Update on Wednesday

This is just an added teaser for this chapter, it's also a visual aid just incase I do a lousy job of describing it. Here is the link for the actual pen so you can get a better look at it if you wish.

Mont Blanc

She tugged at my arm trying to get me closer, “Edward, I know this is my fault.”

“Bella,” I shook my head trying to deny it. “It can’t all be your fault, it takes two to tango.”

She pressed her delicate fingers to my lips, “Let me finish,” she said. “I forgot our anniversary, and to make things worse when you tried to remind me, I brushed you off.”

I sat there for a minute trying to swallow the knot in my throat. She was right, I had tried to mend it and she had brushed it off.

“When I found you in the guest bedroom I should have gone in there, woken you up, kissed you, made love to you, anything. But I didn’t, I was stubborn and calloused,” she stopped and a few tears spilled out onto her cheeks. “I love you and I’m sorry.”

She sat up and I held her close letting relief sweep through me. This is all I had wanted before; I wanted her to acknowledge that I existed, to tell me she loved me. “Bella,” I kissed her, letting it deepen quickly. “I love you, God, I love you.”

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I sat there letting the pen hover over the page before starting. I knew what I wanted to say…

To My Bella,

No one will ever be your equal.

Your Edward

I stared at it for a moment, letting the magnitude of the words sink in. I wondered if she would understand that I was trying to tell her I still loved her without actually coming out and saying it. Surely she would know how truly exceptional she was.

Chapter 8 Teaser

“I take full responsibility for what has happened here today. I should have just hugged you, told you everything was fine, and been on my way. However, that isn’t what happened. I made a snap decision and it has clearly cost me.” I took a deep breath and continued, “I have every intention of telling Bella about my relationship with you. When the time is right.” I gripped her shoulders a little tighter to make sure my point was made, “I will decide when the time is right. Not you or anyone else is going to make that decision for me. Do you understand me?”

I lay her on the bed and hovered over her. I took my time with her mouth, re-familiarizing myself. “God Bella, you don’t know how hard it has been for me to stay away from you.”

Okay, most of you know that my update schedule is Wednesdays however, this week I will be posting on Tuesday. The Wednesday schedule will resume for chapter 8.

Thanks for all your support.

xoxo

Court

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I lay down beside her, I was going to at least attempt to protect her and show her that she wasn’t alone in this. She faced me and let her fragile body mold against mine; our faces were mere inches apart. I was having an internal battle myself, I knew this was too close but I couldn’t fight it. I could feel her warm breath, and almost taste her.

“Look at me,” I tilted her chin with my finger to make her meet my eyes. “Let me tell you something,” I told her who she was when we first met. About her ambition, how driven and determined she had been, and how the word ‘no’ didn’t seem to be part of her vocabulary. “You can do this, Bella. At one time, you and I,” I shook my head trying not to go too far with it. “Bella, you and I worked together to achieve greatness.” And how everything we did was a team effort. “It isn’t any different now than it was then. You still have that same fire inside you.”

“I can see why I fell in love with you. You’re a good man.”

Her words made my heart jump. My hand went under her hair and rested on the back of her neck, “Bella,” I whispered in an attempt to stop it. Our faces drifted closer and closer, until I could feel her breath on my face. Apparently she had brushed her teeth this morning too. I watched her eyes fall shut.

It felt like every nerve ending in my body was on fire. The craving and need to taste her almost too much to bear. My heart raced and my body started to react, I could feel blood rushing to other parts as well. This wouldn’t be like last night’s dream, she was a mere breath away now, it was real. All I had to do was lean forward.

“Edward,” the voice was raspy and seductive, it sure sounded like her. As the shadow moved closer my eyes adjusted, and I could see a very naked Bella crawling up the bed, “I want you,” she said.

Holy shit. My brain quickly organized the situation, it was a dream.

Bella was crawling up my body on her knees, I looked down long enough to find that I too was naked. Yup, definitely a dream. First of all, I hadn’t gone to bed naked, and second of all Bella would not be crawling on her knees. Still, I sure as hell wasn’t going to try and wake myself up.