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Chapter 5
September 10, 2006
I knew that I needed to do this, not just for myself but also for my family. I knew it was a somewhat of a backwards way of doing things, especially given that I was hiding who I really am, but if I wanted to find out certain information and remain unknown, this was the only way. I had always been somewhat of a sexual deviant, but my life just didn’t allow for the freedom that I craved. And that is when I decided to contact Kate, Tanya, and Irina. They were three sisters that were hosts to a very exclusive, very private, BDSM community. They ran somewhat of a “placement service” for the sordidly rich and powerful. Their clientele list consisted of politicians, heads of state, underground ringleaders, the obscenely wealthy, and of course members of the mafia. I think there may even be some royalty in the mix as well.
As I dialed Kate’s private number, I thought back to the conversation I had with my personal lawyer, and the non-disclosure contracts that he had prepared for me. To give out to my personal staff and to Kate, Tanya, and Irina, this had to stay secret. I had to keep any and all information about what I was going to do, away from my family, friends, and certainly the public eye, especially any of those involved with government agencies. The phone ran three times before Kate answered.
“Hello.” A voice on the line said.
“Yes, hello. May I please speak with Kate?” I asked.
“May I ask who is calling?” The woman asked.
“This is Bella Swan, it is imperative that I please speak to her.” I replied.
“Yes Miss Swan, one moment.”
A few moments later Kate was on the line.
“Hello there Bella, to what do I owe the pleasure?” Kate asked in a cheerful tone.
“I was wondering if you had time to take a private meeting? I have something of a personal proposal to discuss with you and I know that you are the only one that can help me with it.” I stated.
“Well of course Bella, anything for you. How about tomorrow, we can do lunch. Lets say around 12:30 at the restaurant in my building, and then we can head to my office to discuss your personal proposal as you put it. Besides it has bee too long, I would love to catch up with you.” She said.
“Of course, that is perfect. Thank you Kate, I really appreciate this. I will see tomorrow then?” I said.
“Absolutely Bella, I am looking forward to it. See you tomorrow.” And with that Kate hung up.
Now that I had the meeting set up with Kate, I needed to make sure I had my contracts in order. Now I just needed to figure out what and how I wanted to propose my idea exactly. Thinking about my past sexual relationships, there weren’t many. I had always been a private person, but I also had a taste for more. I had only personal experiences with dabbling in the BDSM realm. I had never been someone’s contracted submissive, and my experience was limited to just scenes played out with my ‘boyfriend’ at the time. They viewed it more as just getting to have kinky sex with me, more than anything else. So I knew that I needed help, I needed more knowledge and training, if I was going to go ahead with my plan.
And being 20 years old and somewhat sought after by men, because of who I was and where I came from, choosing a significant other was always a bit tricky. Considering what they would have to go through to be with me, I came from a dangerous world, a dark world, a secretive world. If my Uncle or Father were to figure out what I was doing, they would lock me away. They definitely would not approve. But, I knew that what I could bring to my family by doing this would be immeasurable as far as gathering certain information.
Present Day
I was lying in my bed thinking about how I had gotten to this point. I thought to myself how fortunate I have been at keeping my identity secret. How I have never had a client up until my encounter with Edward Cullen, breach any portion of my contract. How could I have let that happen? What was I thinking, Edward Cullen is a dangerous man, but I needed to know. I tried reconciling with myself that I did what I had done with Edward for my family. But I knew I was kidding myself. No man had ever touched the way he had; I had never had a reaction like that before, both in the emotional and physical response. My mind drifted to our night together, I just wanted to know where I went wrong, it’s not as if I had never seen pictures of him before, I knew what he looked like. But the comparison of a picture of him and having him stand before me in the flesh were to completely different things.
Fuck! I couldn’t get the feeling of his touch out of my mind; I could still feel the pulse of electricity that he ignited within me. The way that his mouth pressed against my own, the way that it moved across my skin. I could feel my cheeks start to warm, when the thought of what else his mouth, rather is tongue, were capable of. I was broken from my thoughts when I heard my phone ring. I rolled over and picked it up off of my nightstand to see who was calling. Shit, it’s Kate; she probably wants to take about my night with Edward. I took a deep breath and answered.
“Hello Kate.” I said somewhat reluctantly.
“Bella, we need to talk. I just received a phone call from none other than Edward Cullen. He had quite a few questions for me. He wanted to inform me about making sure that his invitation from the Swan had been returned and how he expected to receive it again and soon, I think you have some explaining to do!” She said sternly.
“I figured that was why you were calling me. Kate I will gladly tell you everything, but I am in Italy at my Uncle’s house at the moment and I can’t really talk about it here. Especially since said topic happens to be in this very house.” I said somewhat irritated.
“Holy Shit, Bella what did you do?” Kate asked.
“It wasn’t me Kate, I had no idea. He is here at my Uncle’s request, not because of me.” I said.
“Well fuck! Bella what are you going to do, Edward doesn’t suspect anything does he?” She asked.
“Look I really can’t talk about this right now. I have to get ready for dinner. Where are you?” I asked.
“I am in London, taking care of some business. Irina and Tanya are back in Seattle. I am trying to make arrangements for our annual masquerade.” She said.
“How long do you plan on being in London. I could get on a plane tomorrow and meet you.” I said.
“I will be here for a couple of days, then I was planning on flying to Rome. There are some things I need to attend to there.” She said.
“Well how about I meet you in Rome. You can stay at our Villa as my guest. It will be the perfect excuse to get me out of the house. I am not sure what is going on here, why my Uncle has invited Edward here. Something is going on and well, I really don’t want to be here with Edward around. It could turn into a not so good situation, if you know what I mean.”
“Absolutely. How about we meet in two days? Would that be okay, can you hold out until then? But we really need to deal with this situation as soon as possible.” Kate had an edge to her voice. But I completely understood as to why.
“Yes, that is perfect. I will inform the staff that you will be arriving; I will meet you there in two days. Now I just have to get through the next two days and stay as far away from Edward Cullen as possible.” I said with a heavy sigh.
“You do that. Be careful Bella, Edward was being awfully curious during his phone call. I don’t think he knows it’s you, but what he was asking, seemed like he was fishing for something.”
“Thanks for the warning. I will see you in two days. And I wouldn’t take anymore calls from Edward if I were you, not until we have had a chance to talk and figure this whole thing out.” I said.
“Don’t worry, I won’t be talking to him. I will see you in two days. Ciao Bella! Be safe.” Kate said.
“Ciao.” I said back and then hung up the phone.
I placed my phone back on my nightstand and got up off of my bed to go and get ready for dinner. I was not looking forward to this meal at all.
I was heading downstairs, when I heard voices coming from the study. When I reached the main floor I walked over and saw that the door was open. I peeked my head in to see who was in there. It was Edward and his back was to me, he was on the phone with someone.
“Yes, I am here now.” He said.
“No, we haven’t discussed anything yet. I hope to find out what Aro wants tonight after dinner. When I know you will know.” Edward’s hand came up and rubbed the back of his neck as he sighed heavily.
“Yes, Emmett I know. Maybe you and Jasper should fly to Italy. I don’t think anything is wrong, I think Aro wants to discuss something important with me, something personal perhaps, because if it was just business as usual, I would have received all of that through Garrett. I am not really sure what he wants with me. And when it comes to Aro one can never tell what he is thinking.” Edward’s hand came down and put it in his pocket. He pulled out a silver cigarette case. Placing his phone against his shoulder he pulled out a cigarette, he then placed the case back in his pocket and pulled out a silver lighter. I heard the click of the lighter and saw the cloud of smoke swirl around his head.
“Yes, she is here. I met her this afternoon.” He said with a slight laugh. What the hell was that about, he was obviously referring to me. I could see him shaking his head slightly.
“Yes Emmett, better than any picture I have ever seen. Not quite what I was expecting, let’s just put it that way.” He said as he took another drag off of his cigarette, the cloud of smoke swirling around his dark bronzed hair.
“It doesn’t mean anything Emmett. Don’t worry about it. No Emmett, I don’t think that would be a very wise thing to do, considering I am in Aro’s house.” There was a long pause before Edward spoke.
“Just make sure that you and Jasper are here by tomorrow. Make sure Carlisle knows. I will come and meet you when you get here. Goodbye Emmett.” And with that Edward hung up. He remained standing with his back to me as he smoked his cigarette. I was about to walk to the dinning room when he spoke.
“You know it’s not polite to spy on people Principessa.” He said mater of factly; he kept his back to me and continued to smoke his cigarette. I opened the door wider and walked in.
“I was not spying, this is my house. And if you didn’t want anyone to hear what you were saying, then perhaps you should have closed the door.” I spat at him. He just raised his eyebrows at me and took another drag off of his cigarette. He pulled the silver case from his pocket; clicking it open he offered it to me. Why the fuck not, I am stressed. I took one from the case. I waited to bring to my mouth until he replaced it and pulled the silver lighter from his pocket. When he clicked the lighter I leaned in to light my cigarette. I inhaled deeply, letting the smoke fill my lungs. Smooth, he smokes expensive tobacco. I thought to myself I exhaled.
“Why are you here?” I said pointedly.
“I was invited.” He said in response.
“So you don’t know why my Uncle invited you then…interesting.” I said as I took another hit from my cigarette.
“You have a very beautiful mouth.” He stated as he eyed me. I saw something flicker behind those deep emerald orbs. I didn’t say anything I just glared back at him. I wasn’t going to give anything away.
“I sure hope that you aren’t in trouble, it would be a shame.” I said sarcastically.
“I think I like your bottom lip. Good for a biting.” He continued, ignoring my comments, he was trying to unnerve me, but I kept my stare and did not waiver at his comments. Who does he think he is talking to me this way in the first place?
“Well I hope you enjoy dinner, it may be your last.” I said with a shrug and smile as I walked past him. I moved towards the table to put my cigarette out in the ashtray. As I turned around to leave, I found myself being blocked by Edward. He moved towards me closer so that I found myself pressed up against the table. He was only mere centimeters away from me. His arms went on either side of me. Reaching around to place one on the table and the other to put out his cigarette. I could feel the heat coming from his body. His head was next to mine and I felt him take a deep breath. He pulled back slightly so he could look at my face. His eyes were piercing as they stared back into mine. I could feel my heart rate picking up as he continued to stare at me.
“Perhaps.” He whispered nonchalantly. His hand came up and tucked a piece of my hair behind my ear. He then let his forefinger slide down my neck, slowly. And there it was, that shock that jolt of electricity the moment his skin touched mine. My breath hitched slightly at the moment of contact. His eyes narrowed momentarily, and he then pulled his hand away. He stood up straight and took a step back from me.
“Time for dinner Principessa.” He turned and walked towards the door. “After you.” He said with a waive of his arm. I pushed myself away from the table and walked out of the study, I didn’t even glance at him as I passed. Fuck I am in trouble. I need to get out of this house. I need to get away from Edward Cullen and fast. I thought to myself I walked into the dinning room and greeted my Aunt and Uncle who were standing on the side of the room drinking cocktails.
“Bella darling would you like a drink?” My Aunt purred to me.
“Yes, please. A strong one.” I answered her. She just nodded and smiled her smile while she poured the liquor from the shaker into a glass for me. I took the glass from here and saluted before I practically downed the whole thing.
“So what’s on the menu tonight?” I said with a fake smile and held out my glass for a refill.
Okay so there it is. I am to apologize for not updating sooner. There will be more chapters to follow shortly. I just wanted to give you something. I have been extremely busy and I ended up getting sick, which delayed my writing and updates. So sorry about that, but there will be more very soon. Hopefully in the next day or two. So tell me what you think, I love reading your reviews. And I just want to say thank you for all that I have received so far, you guys rock, so keep them coming. Tell me what you think! Thanks for being patient with me. Love you all! Hope you enjoyed it!
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