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The details you'll soon read in my next A/N and another article, but long story short, I finished HBR over the last two days. Don't thank me, I would have likely let it rot until December, but my bf dragged me, almost kicking and screaming, back to my laptop and made me write the last two chapters (and 39 is already with the 2nd beta). Be happy that I don't make all the choices in my life ;)

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I'm officially putting HBR on hiatus.

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Edward chuckled as he grinned down at me.

“You really want my cock, don't you?"

I tried nodding, but as that hurt my roots uncomfortably, I opted for a verbal answer. “Yes, Sir."

He let go of my hair then, but I kept my head back, watching upside down as he reached down and undid the button of his pants, then lowered the zipper slowly. Swallowing became a little hard as he reached inside and pulled his cock out, but kept the leather pants around his hips.

I expected him to tell me to suck him off, or even better yet, to shove his cock into my mouth and fuck my throat right away, but instead he fisted his hand around himself and ran it up and down the shaft a few times before he rubbed his palm idly over the head. My eyes must have gone quite wide by then, and I absentmindedly licked my lips, making Edward chuckle darkly.

“You like that, don't you?" he asked me while he kept stroking himself, growing harder with every pass. “You get off watching me stroke myself, my little slut."

My throat was nearly too tight to answer, so I nodded. Edward's hand stilled for a moment before he let go of his cock and held his fingers up to my lips.

“Lick."

I didn't hesitate, eagerly extending my tongue and running it over his palm and fingers. I had to hold a moan in when I tasted the slightly tangy precum on his skin, my eyes still fixed on his dick.

“Yeah, that's it, get my hand all wet. Good girl."

Since Beth seemed preoccupied and not about to call me to heel, I turned to Edward again, tapping the empty bottle against my lips while I tried to find the right words.

“What you did, back there, with your mouth, I mean,” I started, trying to keep my voice steady.

He began to grin before I even finished my disjointed sentence, causing me to trail off. I knew that particular grin too well, had seen it one too many times over the last months. It was his “Aw, now you're being cute and blushing because you can't even say fuck me” grin.

I was so damn sick of that grin.

Changing my mind, I cast around for every bit of confidence I could find, and graced him with a leer.

“You need to do that some time again.”

His grin faded around the edges as his eyes went wide in shock. Grinning, I went up on my toes and pressed a quick kiss onto his jaw.

“Soon.”

To say Edward looked panicked as I swung my feet up and put them on his shoulders was an understatement. Holding his gaze I lubed up the plug, glee nearly making me laugh out loud. Sure enough his cock had hardened further by the time I started fucking myself with the toy, finally scratching the itch the enema had left in me. His eyes strayed down my body until they rested on my latex covered hands pushing the purple plug into my ass. Giving in to the pleasure I was feeling I closed my eyes for a moment and moaned, eliciting a slightly painful groan from Edward in turn.

Looking back up at him I smirked, and with a last push sheathed the plug inside of me. Beth was still watching us but didn't order me up yet, so I slowly got onto my knees so that my face was close to Edward's, and kissed his mouth over the ball gag. It was a little gross because of the saliva that escaped around the gag, but I was way too horny to mind anyway.

Still grinning, I moved further down his body, trailing a few kisses between the ropes over his chest and abs, until I reached his tormented cock again. In a bout of pure evil I let my tongue flick over the head, pretty much the only part of him that wasn't constricted. I was rewarded with a long-drawn groan, and when I didn't stop after five seconds, Beth hit my thigh lightly with the crop I hadn't seen her get.

“Now that is just nasty, you dirty, dirty girl. But I know a better way you can put that tongue of yours to good use.”

“What's wrong?”

I raised my brows in response to his baffled question, but when I saw that he really didn't seem to understand, I frowned.

“I can't even hug you without hurting you right now. That's not easy for me. I don't want to hurt you. Ever.”

He chuckled, and suddenly I found myself picked up and sat down on the counter, Edward stepping between my legs and leaning towards me. I stared into his eyes as he took my face into his hands, his fingers slowly weaving themselves through my hair.

“Never hesitate to hug me. Or kiss me. No amount of physical pain could ever keep me from enjoying your touch.”

His lips brushed mine softly, and his eyes closed when he felt me respond. It was a gentle, slow kiss, but full of love and emotion. My arms came up and I drew Edward closer, ignoring the shudder from him as best as I could as I pressed myself against him. Hours ago I would have been filled with the need to deepen that kiss, to push him for more, but now I was simply content.

Thanks to picasa and google maps, you can even check it all with the (more or less) accurate locations!

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But here are all the pics in neat and small format for your enjoyment! with text!

So we went again to the Northern parts of Greece, this time Makedonia and Thessali, via Thessaloniki airport. Where we got our brave rental car, that had to double as a mountain climbing goat. Because that's how we roll.

We had 3 days sunshine, and 4 days cloudy weather with occasional rain. Which was just as we had ordered it, as the 1100km I drove would have been a bitch in the sunshine all the time!

Here a few impressions from our hotel:




Both of those pics are from the hotel gardens, where we spent the sunny days. the hotel was directly at the beach, but the gardens were much nicer ;)

And they had cats, as every Greek hotel should have.

The mom:


and her kids:


who both weirdly resembled our own cats! It was cute. And we were cat home sick!

On the first day after we arrived, we made a trip into the Mt. Olympus region - and let me tell you, there were a lot of really small, very steep roads lol

Our faithful car, action shot!


and the mountains at the foothills opposite from where the car was parked:



then we arrived at the plateau near Karya - and as always, the mountains were hiding in the clouds.


The village of Karya - just so you all know that the white houses with the blue domed roof? that would be on the island of Santorini.



Yeah, my cheesy cam has macros zoom :p


On the other side of the mountains, towards Katerini

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The next day we went again into the same mountains, only a little more towards the South.

The awesome village of Paleo Panteleimonas


and THIS I meant with the small, winding, roads :p


Mind the strobes of light! behind that mountain was the road we went the day before, towards Karya. We were going on to Gonni.


Where we followed this truck:


On to the beach we went then, after missing the way like 3 times (my bf is NOT a good navigator! and driving + map reading at the sma etime - not the kind of multitasking I like to do) - but the view was worth it! It was rainy and we had forgotten our swimsuits, but Agiokampus was def. one fine village on the beach.


Gah, the coast line was just beautiful there


with awesome trees, too

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Then we had a day of sunshine, pool, and swimming in the sea. no pics, just lazing around.

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Third trip - further into the South, to the city of Volos, and the great Pilion mountains. Yep, Greece is all about mountains!

Up into the hills (how else could it be) above Volos, towards Portaria:


and looking down at the port of Volos. Where Iason and the Argonauts left for their journey, oh, a looong time ago!


See that road? Yep, our way towards the winter sports town of Chania


Lots of driving later - and we got to the most awesome beach ever!



My camera sucks, but that water was the purest crystal cyan you can imagine. just - unbelievably beautiful. and so awesome to laze around on.

Coastline towards the South - I SOOO need to go there again!


Maybe to this resort?


Ah, road. Very nice road. And for once no rain on the pics! I swear, whenever we shut off the camera, the sun would come out!

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another two days of pure sunshine - beach. reading. no sex because the bed was killing us :p

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Last day, our plane was leaving at night, so we got a whole day of sightseeing - and we went to the great archeological site of Dion, where once Alexander the Great had his camp, and did a lot of, well, stuff. Like sacrificing bulls. And planning his campaign to India.

The museum there was great - just a few impressions:


If Alexander would have written fanfic, it would have looked like this, most likely - as it is, those are LETTERS. Yep, LETTERS. I don't envy those pigeons ... ;)


More from the actual, huuuge dig:











And because three times is the charm - we went AGAIN into the Mt. Olympus mountains! This time above Litochoro.


On the way down, we had to wait. There was a traffic jam on the road!

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So that was Greece! Go figure what I was plotting while driving up and down through the mountains :p

We went inside then, Edward pausing only a moment to knock but not waiting for an answer, leading me right into the basement. Down a nondescript flight of stairs that could have lead into any basement in the world, we reached a large foyer with a few couches and chairs, and three doors leading from it at the other end of the room. Behind one was a smallish room that looked a little like a gym changing room, including several lockers. The one right beside it was clearly a bathroom, all in stark white tiles that nearly reached to the ceiling. The last door was only partly open, revealing the main playroom, but all I could really see was a light brown wooden floor, and dark painted walls.

Beth's colorful cursing from the playroom preceded her as she came out to meet us. I grinned as I saw her wearing a pink, fluffy robe over what looked like at least knee-high boots. Without a doubt she'd dressed the part underneath the plush pink fabric, but as she was, she resembled a Care Bear somewhat.

Care Bears with whips and leather attire. Why didn't anyone thing of that yet?

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The moment I stepped around the last bend of the hallway and into my box of a work space I came to a sudden halt. Alice was sitting in my chair, idly looking around until she heard me approach. She looked a little worse for wear, for her standards, which meant little make-up, slightly less extravagant clothes. She didn't look happy when she swiveled the chair around to face me, and my throat constricted with instant panic.

I couldn't help it, finding her here was too close to the stunt I had pulled on Jasper the day before not to make me want to run for the hills, fast.

“Hi Alice,” I finally managed to croak out after a few very long seconds.

“Hi Bella! I hope you don't mind me waiting here for you, but Ben said you'd be in now, so I figured this was my best shot at reaching you.”

I shook my head. “No worries. I just have that meeting now, so if you have a little time, I'll be with you soon, okay?”

“Don't hurry, I have the whole afternoon off.”

As I sprinted up to the door my mind was dissolving into incoherent bits and pieces, leaving me feeling like a headless chicken. I didn't hesitate, didn't teeter on the door step, but barged right in. My purse and boots were left discarded in the small foyer, and I more or less flung myself at a rather astonished Edward, who had been reading in the living room, occupying one of the two remaining easy chairs.

I didn't wait for his reaction but wrapped my arms around his neck as soon as my body came in contact with his, my lips finding his hungrily. It was a messy kiss, and the three long heartbeats it took him to overcome his shock and respond to me nearly killed me. But then I felt his arms come around me, warm and sure, while he moaned into my mouth, his lips opening to welcome my tongue in.

The scent and taste that was so purely Edward assaulted my senses, and I felt as if my whole body let out a breath it had been holding far too long.

I was home, I was where I belonged, and damned be all ratty bastards who wanted me gone from there!

As good as it felt, kissing was by far not enough for me, and suddenly hell-bent on getting rid of all of my doubts within the next five minutes I yanked at Edward's clothes, while at the same time trying to get out of mine.

Strong hands caught my own, the sensations of his fingers wrapping around my wrists and keeping me still sending tingles through my whole body. I heard myself moan quite loudly, but didn't really care, all I wanted was to feel his whole body wrapped around mine.

“Let go, I need you, I need you so fucking much,” I whispered into his ear before I turned my face into his neck, kissing and licking hungrily.

Edward shivered and withdrew his hands from my arms, but only to press me closer to his body as he got to his feet, swaying.

“Not here. Hold on!”

I never stopped molesting the strong column of his throat, nibbling on his Adam's apple as he carried me into the bedroom, the mattress springs groaning in protest as he more or less threw himself into the middle of the bed, me on top of him. His warm hands were suddenly under my shirt, roaming up my back and making me whimper, my whole body leaning into his touch. My lips only left his skin so he could pull my top over my head, in the same motion somehow getting rid of my blouse, too.

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“No problem, just tell me when I should come back to talk to you about your newly acquired fondness for cock?”

He blanched, and my returning smile was real for once. It only took him a second or two to regain his stride, but he evidently understood that I meant business.

“Ha, Bella, your jokes really get better the longer I know you!” he guffawed, but it sounded so weak that I figured I needed nothing else to plant the seed of suspicion with his co-workers. Jazz seemed to come to the same conclusion, because he reached for my arm and started walking me over to the conference room.

“But now that you're here, we might as well chat about the real reason for your visit.”

I followed him without any protest, knowing only too well that the things I intended to say to him would be so much easier without an audience. Jazz closed the door behind me and drew the blinds, before he rounded on me, his eyes wide and his voice pressed.

“What do you want?”

“You really have to ask?”

He scoffed and had the audacity to turn his back on me as he walked over to the table, sprawling in one of the chairs. I remained standing by the door, blocking it.

“If you can't guess, Jasper, I'm here to kick your ass.”

I was just turning around to get some damp tissues to help Esme clean up, when the door to the restroom was flung open and banged against the wall, revealing Alice. Had she been a cat, her tail would have been whipping around her slight frame, and her fur would have stood on end. As it was, she was bristling with fury.

“Do you really think you can hide from me here, you whore? It's bad enough that you betray my trust, but now you don't even have the guts to stand up for your actions?”

“Alice, please, do we really need to have this conversation now?” I shot back, my will to fight returning. “This is neither the time nor place for this discussion!”

Sadly, she didn't get my hint when I inclined my head towards the occupied stall, my cheeks already flaming up.

Oh, great. Not only do I have to stand her on my own, no, my whole dirty laundry gets to be washed in plain sight of my future mother-in-law.

“You said his girlfriend, but actually I'm now his fiancée. Edward proposed.”

My tone was wry enough to make Beth and Charlotte exchange glances. Beth blinked, a little irritated, and then narrowed her eyes at Edward.

“You pissed her off by asking her to marry you after you've been together for less than five weeks?”

I turned to Edward, my eyes wide and an inane grin plastered onto my face.

“Do you want to tell the merry tale or shall I?”

I only gave him enough time to let his shoulders slump and draw his fingers through his hair, before I turned back to the others, my cheeks nearly splitting with my pseudo happy smile and saccharine voice.

“You see, the reason I am so fucking mad at him that I could kick him in the balls—repeatedly—is that only five hours ago I walked in on my now betrothed making out with my previous best friend on the couch. The fact that he had the audacity to propose to me while we were fighting outside kind of made the moment so much more perfect.”

The way Beth in particular glared at Edward was priceless.

“You. Did. Not.”

“I did,” he admitted, his voice raw and gravelly, heavy with remorse.

Beth let out a sound that was dangerously close to a growl, before she stepped up to Edward and yanked hard on his arm. “You and I have a talk pending.”

She then turned to me, still holding on to him, anger for a moment draining from her features. “If you don't mind, that is?”

I waved my hand dismissively. “I really don't. Do you worst.”

I was stunned. Shocked. Although 'shocked' didn't even begin to cover it, really.

Did he just?

No, he can't.

Oh yes, he did.

I must have stared at Edward with my mouth hanging open for at least ten seconds, or maybe even three minutes, before my mind cleared enough to react in any way that didn't involve gawking. Then I did the only thing I could think of -

I slapped him. Hard.

My hand left a clear imprint on his cheek for a moment, and I didn't even feel the pain radiating from my palm. I was too intent on staring at Edward, fury quickly overtaking my mind.

“How dare you?!”

Edward hadn't even flinched the first time I slapped him, and he didn't when I hit him again, and that only infuriated me more.

“You fucking moron, do you even have any idea what you are doing to me?”

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While I rounded the building I saw one of the truckers glance into the Volvo, then follow me inside. I had a brief bout of paranoia, but it passed as I saw the way the waitress was looking at me.

The look that I dreaded the most. Pity.

And just when I was sure it couldn't get worse, the trucker stepped up to the counter next to me, and cleared his throat.

“Miss, can I maybe help you with, uh, something?”

I turned my head and looked at him for a moment, but his features were pretty composed, and he neither looked ready to smother me with sympathy, nor drag my lifeless body into the bushes.

My silence must have been going on for too long, because he harrumphed again, and nodded at the door, presumable at my car.

“It's just that I saw your dress in the car.” The waitress looked imploringly at him, making him add a slightly uncomfortable, “The white dress, Miss.”

“It's not white, it's ivory,” I replied, echoing the words Alice must have shouted at me like ten thousand times, in what felt like another life.

Two pairs of eyes fixed on me, and when I could bring my eyes to focus again, I realized what he had implicated.

“God, no! It's not a wedding dress! It's just a dress. Any dress.”

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I have to admit, I was scared about posting chapter 26. I mean all the reviews for the epic threesome of 20k were just dropping in when I finished writing it. It was kind of, well, heart wrecking. Lots of doubt there. I know, I pledged myself not to bend to my readers, but, you know, it's so damn hard.

And now I am insanely glad I went ahead.

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Because things have been slow - another teaser:

Pete knew that I was hooked up as my usual reaction to phone calls from Edward had not been lost on him. He had even taken a picture of me with my cell, just texting Edward back, that looked right out of some 'find new love' commercial for a dating site. Seriously. I hadn't known I could even look that besotted. That picture at least hadn't made it into the preview pile for Ben. But when Pete had emailed it to me, it had just taken Edward one glance and he had pestered me until I had allowed him to upload it onto his phone, so he could take it with him.
 
Seriously, sometimes I wondered just how deep into split personality disorder Edward was. At least he hadn't photoshopped a huge 'mine!' in bold, red letters all over it. Although he had certainly looked tempted when I had teased him about it.