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Weeks
passed and Bella’s pain eventually subsided. There was always a dull ache, but
the throbbing agony she’d experienced that first night hadn’t reappeared. She
eventually stopped taking her heavy-duty pain killers after a week in order to
sleep and within two weeks, she was able to move without limping. Part of it
was to prove to Oliver and Audrey that she could handle a full schedule. The
other part was to be able to give Edward his birthday present. They’d made
love, but he was always doing the ‘work.’ Bella wanted to make love to him.
By
the grace of the scheduling gods, Bella and Edward were both off for his
birthday in mid-June. They wanted to explore their new city and decided to
wander about the award-winning rose gardens and Japanese gardens. After that,
they went out to eat and went back to Edward’s apartment where Bella gave him
his gift … herself. They made love, or rather, Bella made love to Edward, rolling
her body over his, all night. In addition to the lovemaking, she’d also
purchased a new watch for him and Keurig. His apartment was lacking a coffee
maker. He didn’t mind going down to the local coffee shop, but Bella was not
fully awake until she had her morning cup of joe. And she was not about to get
dressed to get her daily jolt of caffeine.
So,
the Keurig was a selfish present, but one he happily accepted.
Weeks
turned into months and in late August, while Bella and Edward were sharing a
meal in the cafeteria, his cell phone rang. “Masen,” he barked tersely. “Oh,
Jane … hello!” Bella arched a brow. Edward mouthed it was his realtor. “There’s
an offer on my house? Do you think it’s a fair offer?”
Bella
scribbled down a question onto a napkin. How
much?
$25K below asking price, he wrote back. “Counter back, splitting the
difference. Let me know if they accept. Thanks, Jane,” he nodded. Hanging up
the phone, he looked up at Bella. “They’re really interested.”
“If
they really want your place, they should take your counter offer,” Bella
smiled. “With the house being sold, are you going to look for something more
permanent?”
He
looked down and reached across, taking Bella’s slender hand in his. “I’m going
to stay where I am because the next step I want to take is to move in with you,
love. I know that you’re not ready for that. Adult sleepovers have their
benefits, but having our own places is also nice, too. But, when you’re ready,
I am. I want to find a house for the two of us and make it a home.”
Bella
blushed and nodded, leaning over the table to quickly peck him on the lips. “I
want that, too, but I have seven months left on my lease.”
“And
I just extended my lease for another six,” he said. “Do you think you’ll be
ready …?”
“Yes,”
she breathed. “By then, yes. And, I want to go with you, back to Seattle, when
you sign over the paperwork for your house. I want to see … I want to see where
Harborview was.”
“Okay, Bella,” he said, kissing her pulse point.
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