TOTGA Chapter 33 Update on AO3
TOTGA Chapter 33 Update on FFn
TOTGA Chapter 33 Update on TWCS
After lunch, Bella walked back to the library. She was
overjoyed about the movie deal, but that was overshadowed by the lingering
insecurity about why Bella hadn’t been formerly introduced to the kids. It was
early in their relationship, but on their first date, Edward proclaimed his
love for her. Shaking her head, she tried to not focus on it. She checked back
into work, going up to her usual haunt on the seventh floor. A few of the high
school volunteers had arrived from their early release to fill in at the front
desk.
The afternoon breezed by and Bella decided to get some
overtime, shelving books before driving home around eight at night. She wanted
to write, but was on hold until Alice gave her some notes about the first ten
chapters she’d written for Out of the
Darkness. Heating up some leftover chili, Bella showered and changed into a
pair of loose sweatpants, curling up on the couch, nibbling on her meal as she
flipped through the channels. She settled on a rerun of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, mindlessly watching Detective
Olivia Benson get all of the asshole rapists out there. Toward the end of the
show, her cell phone rang on the cocktail table.
“Hello?” she replied.
“Hey, sweetness,” came the honeyed voice of her boyfriend. “I’ve
only got about fifteen minutes before I have to go back on the floor. I wanted
to call you while I had a chance.”
“You’re working tonight?” she asked.
“Filling in for a coworker who graciously switched with me
so we could go to Busch Gardens on Saturday,” he chuckled. “I’ve only been at
work for almost forty-eight hours, but it’s all good.”
“I couldn’t even imagine,” Bella sighed. “Aren’t you tired?”
“Exhausted, but I’ll be able to get some sleep tomorrow. I’m
off at eight and I don’t have to go in until eight at night. Then, I’m off
Saturday and Sunday,” he replied. “Unfortunately, I can’t take you to the
airport on Monday since I have to go in at six Monday morning, but we can at
least sleep together.”
“Would that be wise? Um, with your children in the next
rooms? And your parents?” Bella squeaked.
“Bella, my parents know that I’m an adult. Yes, my mom tends
to mother me because she’s my mom and my dad usually speaks his mind, even when
it’s not warranted, but they don’t molly-coddle me. They know I have sex. Hi, I
have two kids. They weren’t conceived by Immaculate Conception,” Edward
snorted. “In regard to the children? I may be a dad, but I’m still a man. Now,
can we go to bed naked? Um, no. My son likes to come in and get early morning
snuggles. And daughter, I’ve gotten plenty of nut jabs from her bouncing on me.
They know about you and I’ve talked about you nonstop. Lucy is excited to meet
you. Liam is shy, but happy in his own right to see if you’re good enough for
me.”
“So, I am going to meet them,” Bella said, a little bite in
her tone.
“Of course. Why would you think that you wouldn’t?” Edward
asked.
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