Chapter 87: Chapter 87

Chapter 87 Sleep With Me Tonight

Unknown to Bella, her collapsing in the washroom caused a series of chain reactions. When she'd recovered at the hospital, she found out that the President had been furious. Jenny pointed out the employees who had been badmouthing her were all sacked with immediate effect and that their desperate protests and pleas fell on deaf ears.

Her fainting set off an uproar in the company. More mysteriously, however, Robert, the marketing manager, was demoted to an ordinary employee. No one knew what he had done to deserve the downgrade, and no one dared to question the boss.

And the moment Bella opened her eyes; she was handed her mandatory one month's leave on grounds that she was not well and needed to recuperate. She frowned and then tried calling the President to have her reinstated but to no avail. She was informed that she could resume work as normal after the 30 days were over. Needless to say, Bella was not at all happy about it for two reasons.

Firstly, even though she was eligible for vacation pay, Bella felt guilty because her short time at the company did not qualify her for such privilege. She had only been working at Skytal for two months, but she was already given, no, forced to take a month-long paid vacation. No matter which way anyone looked at it, it smelled of privileges and nepotism. And again, she found herself under the spotlight. Envious employees discussed her case in hushed voices, saying how lucky she was and adding their own unsavory bits. And she loathed being remotely conspicuous even in a crowd.

Secondly, the fact that she was advised to stay home and rest after only one day of returning to work showed that she was in no shape to adapt to her job. Her self-esteem was deeply hurt, and that was piling on to the multiple layers of issues that she was already facing.

By evening, she finally took a taxi home. When she reached home, she immediately complained to Edward, who, however, was quite happy about it.

"What are you even complaining about? Paid vacation? This is perfect. Let's take this opportunity to go on a trip to Hawaii!"

But Bella was not convinced. She tightened her lips into a thin line, took a few deep breaths through her nostrils then said as her shoulders slumped, "It costs money to go on a trip. Right now, I don't even have a penny in my account. Besides, you have to go to work next week. We can't exactly drop everything and go on a trip."

Edward looked at her as a smug smile crept on his face, "No need to worry. I can easily get an advance on my salary."

Bella's eyes widened in surprise as she exclaimed, "What? Your friend is doing this out of the kindness of his heart? You haven't even worked a day and he's giving you an early paycheck!"

Edward laughed loudly, "You worry too much. I used to be the President of Skytal, and I'm doing him a favor by working for his company. He couldn't be happier. I'm just delaying my start date, and once I am back on board, I'll work hard to repay him."

Bella cocked her head to the side, "Well, that makes sense. I guess, if we can get a trip out of it, maybe we should go... It's not like we'll always be free at the same time."

That night, Edward booked two tickets from Los Angeles to Hawaii. Before they went to bed, the two busily packed their bags.

Bella's clothes, hats, shoes, bags and other items filled a whole large suitcase. She paused in the middle and smiled as she looked at all the stuff. They were all brand new. When she married Edward, she only had a small suitcase that contained all her belongings. Now, just two months after the wedding, her clothes, bags and shoes filled the wardrobe. Edward had not spared any expenses and shopped for her online and when he had nothing else to do at home.

Edward saw Bella struggling to close her suitcase. He came over to help her close it, "You know, there's no need to bring so much stuff. If you need anything, you could always buy them there. I know they call Hawaii a rock in the middle of the ocean, but they do have shopping malls and all the facilities."

"You sound like a billionaire," Bella taunted him with a cheeky smile.

"I was. But it's not like I'm poor now. Where do you think I got your clothes and shoes from?" Edward replied with a playful smile.

Bella looked at him warily as she expressed her thoughts, "Why do I have the feeling that you're hiding something from me?"

Edward snapped his face toward her, shocked. He felt overwhelmingly weak as he tried to explain his ability to spend so much.

He flatly replied, "I may not go out a lot, but I've done a lot of part-time online work and have my savings."

After that, he dropped the matter. That was not something that he wanted to discuss with Bella. Maybe not right now anyway.

After everything was packed and Edward managed to close the overspilling luggage, he wished her good night before he turned to leave to go to his bedroom. He let out a loud exhale as he closed his door softly.

The moment he had some privacy, Edward's first order of business was to hire ten elite guards from the security corps to protect him and Bella during their vacation. In addition, he ordered Andrew to stay behind to monitor the company for him.

Every aspect of the business was settled by the time it was 23:00, but he had not the slightest intention to sleep. His mind was too preoccupied.

One thought kept lingering on his mind. He had this intense, unfulfilled desire to mate with Bella.

When he first saw her at the wedding five months ago, he had this visceral desire to grab her and fuck her hard, regardless of who was around, even her husband. It was unfortunate that back then, she was still married to David.

But now, she belonged to him, every inch of her body, from her hair to her toes, every part of her body and her soul belonged to him.

He had waited three long months to lay his hands on her. During those three months, he had witnessed her many failed attempts to try to please that ungrateful, son of a bitch, David.

He had been going crazy with jealousy. He had to restrain himself to keep from impulsively going on a rampage, tearing David into pieces and plundering her by force.

But Bella was not someone who would have appreciated his violent courting. Forced possession might have thrilled the average female werewolf, but not Bella. She was different. She strictly adhered to the social moral code and held absolute loyalty to the idea of marriage and family. If he had killed David back then, Bella would have hated him for it, and he would have lost her forever.

He had to bide his time carefully. Finally, his patience had paid off.

He'd managed to marry her, but he still had to wait patiently. Bella had experienced a miscarriage and was too weak to withstand his enormous manhood.

Now that two months had passed and Bella had fully recovered, he couldn't wait to mate with her. Maybe Hawaii would give them that chance. The exotic destination, warm nights, the bright stars, seafood which was rumored to be an aphrodisiac, perhaps...

Lying on the bed, he thought of her soft waist and ample breasts, touching her delicate skin. He shivered as he imagined running his hands along her curves and exploring the soft mounds of her body. His shaft instantly hardened just by the thought of her. Her scent rushed through the walls to his nose, causing his skin to tingle with excitement.

His breathing quickened and his manhood began to swell. He tried to resist the effects of that damned mate bond with all his will, but his body couldn't help but press closer to the wall, wanting to be closer to her until he could feel her breath. He wanted to grab her by the collar and force her to face him, to have their eyes locked so that he would be the only reflection in hers.

He wanted her lips to open for him and lick his index finger that he would then pull out of her mouth and gently stroke her rose-petal plump lips, sliding it down, crossing her narrow chin and touching her slender neck, his palms opening and choking her with one hand, so that she would be on the verge of suffocation and would whimper his name out of a mixture of pain and pleasure, "Edward, my master, my mate..."

Too bad his fantasies were short-lived. The strange movement coming from Bella's room broke his imagination. He concentrated and enhanced his hearing and heard Bella leave the room, going toward the living room. Then he heard the cupboard opening and a soft popping sound. He presumed that she had gotten a bottle of wine. She had never been a big drinker. Getting up in the middle of the night to drink must mean she was in a bad mood.

Curiosity got the better of him. Edward got up and willed his erection to go down before he trudged to the living room to find out what was bothering her.

In the soft light, he saw Bella's drawn face, her eyes distant and her sighs. Edward guessed that she was using the wine to block out whatever was troubling her. He walked over and snatched the bottle away, then held her in his arms.

"Give it back to me," she protested as she reached out to snatch the bottle.

"No. Why are you up so late? We have a flight early in the morning."

Bella watched as he emptied the quasi-expensive bottle into the sink before throwing it in the trash.

She bowed her head in resignation, "I can't sleep. I'm feeling anxious and restless."

Edward nudged her to get up. "Then I'll come sleep next to you. Come on, get up."

Edward then pushed her forward as he followed closely behind to her bedroom, his eyes travelling from her back to her waist to her hips. His mind was again filled with desire, and he chastised himself to be patient.