Chapter 1

Jasper

"Honey?"

I closed the book and looked down at my beautiful wife. She pulled herself up into a sitting position and rubbed her eyes sleepily.

"Is everything okay, darlin'?" I asked, stroking her hair.

"Strange dream," She murmured.

"Do you want to tell me about it?"

She shook her head. "The details are a little fuzzy." She looked at the clock, surprised. "Did Abby actually sleep through the night?"

I shook my head, sheepishly. "She woke up a few times." I admitted. "It wasn't any trouble. She had a nightmare."

"Why didn't you wake me up?" She pouted.

"Because you were exhausted and I wanted to let you sleep." I kissed the top of her head as she nestled into my neck. My cold skin barely had an effect on her anymore.

"Thank you. I really needed that."

I chuckled, wrapping my arms around her. "I know you did."

A loud crash from downstairs alerted me to the twins. They were arguing over what to make. Bella rolled her eyes and sat up. "Looks like the twins are awake." She worked to get out of my arms but I held her tighter against me.

"No."

"Jasper, we need to get up. Who knows what kind of mess the twins will get into?" Bella said, peering up at me with those chocolate brown orbs.

"Five more minutes," I held her tighter.

She chuckled but made no move to get out. Before too long, the door opened and Abby walked to the bed. "Mama?"

Bella raised her head from my chest and smiled at Abby. "Good morning Baby. Did you sleep well?"

She shook her head and held out her arms to be helped up. I smiled and helped her up, putting her in between us.

"Did Daddy make you feel better?" She asked, tickling Abby.

Her happiness rolled off her in waves. I soaked it all up. Abby nodded. "Would my two girls like breakfast?" I asked, alerted by the confrontation going on downstairs. I knew I needed to get down there before one or both of the twins wound up in the hospital.

"Mm, do we get breakfast in bed, Daddy?" Bella asked seductively.

My dick twitched. "Absolutely," I leaned over Abby to kiss Bella on the lips. A promise for later. She got the message. I smirked and kissed Abby's forehead.

As I walked downstairs, I heard: "Stop it! You're going to ruin everything!" Sophie hissed.

"Pfft. You're getting the measurements wrong." Trevor grumbled back. "It's going to be too sweet."

"What do you know about cooking?"

"More than you!"

Sophie was holding a knife and I knew I needed to defuse the situation before something went wrong. "Good morning,"

The swivelled around in shock. "DAD!" Sophie shouted. "You scared the crap outta me."

"If you weren't so loud, you would have heard me coming."

"That's impossible." Trevor said. "No one can hear you coming."

I rolled my eyes. "I actually made noise." I walked over to the counter. "What are you too doing, anyway? What happened to the poor eggs?" I stared at the red liquid in the pan.

"We were trying to make Mom breakfast."

"I can see that." I said. "You do know you're not supposed to put the ketchup on until after the eggs are done, right?" I may not eat food but even I know that.

She blinked and blushed bright red while Trevor snickered. "I told you."

"Oh shut up." Sophie snapped.

"How about I make breakfast? I have two hungry ladies waiting upstairs."

"Abby's awake?" Trevor asked. "Oops."

I chuckled. "Why don't you two leave before you set the kitchen on fire? I will finish making breakfast." I offered.

They nodded and walked away, feeling sorry for themselves. I tossed the eggs in the garbage and started again as the coffee started brewing.

Abby and Bella came downstairs. I frowned at her. She shrugged and put Abby in her high chair. "I heard what happened with the twins. I thought I'd come down here and see how you were doing." She said as she poured coffee into a mug. "How bad was it?"

"Let's just say the eggs were red."

She shook her head as her love enveloped me. "Honestly, those two need a cooking lesson." Bella cut up a banana and put some in a bowl along with some cheerios for Abby.

"Thank you, Mama."

"You're very welcome, baby doll."

My cell phone rang, startling us. Bella stared at it for a long moment before turning to look at me. She was alarmed. I couldn't blame her. The cell phone rarely rang.

"It's probably nothing, Bella." I needed to calm her down before she started having a panic attack. "It'll all be okay."

The phone went silent before it started ringing almost immediately. "That doesn't sound like nothing, Jasper."

I had to agree. "I'll be right back." I kissed Bella's forehead, grabbed the phone and went outside.

Bella

"Mom?" Sophie called from the living room. "Is something wrong?" She asked when she came inside.

I was chewing on my lip, watching Jasper's back. He was tense. Whatever he was talking about wasn't a good thing.

"Mom?" A hand blurred my vision and I turned, blinking. Sophie was standing there, looking at me in concern. "Is everything okay?"

"Fine," I squeaked.

"Where's Dad?" Trevor asked.

"He's on the phone. He'll be inside soon."

The twins exchanged glances but thankfully, they didn't say anything. I was getting anxious. When Jasper didn't come back inside, I gave up and took Abby upstairs to give her a bath. She was staring at me with those huge blue eyes and I sighed. "I think Mama's going to have a heart attack."

She clapped her hands, watching as the bubbles flew away. She giggled, amused.

What it must be like to be a child. So innocent.

By the time I finished washing her, I was soaked but at least a little more relaxed. I pulled her out of the water, dried her off and went to get her changed.

Jasper was in the kitchen when we came back down again. He looked worried. As soon as he saw me, he forced a smile but I wasn't buying it.

"We need to talk."

He sighed and nodded. "Sophie, why don't you and Trevor take Abby to the park? Your mother and I need to talk about something."

Trevor poked his head inside, looking between the two of us as Sophie took Abby from my arms. "Is everything okay?" He asked. "We're not in trouble, are we?"

"No, Trevor. This has nothing to do with you."

"That's good." He walked to the door and pulled on his shoes as Sophie and Abby followed behind him.

When the door closed shut, Jasper had me pinned to the wall. He pressed his body against mine, anxiously.

"Jasper," I moaned as his hand slid up my thigh and under my shirt. "Baby, we need to talk... oh, God..." I trailed off as he pulled my panties down and thrust his fingers into my wet slit. I dug my fingers into his marble skin, moaning. He pumped into my faster and harder until I was gasping.

"Cum for me, darlin'," Jasper whispered, his cool breath making me shiver. I exploded, shouting his name. He pulled his fingers out of me and licked my juices off his fingers. "God, you taste exquisite."

I panted as I slowly came down from my high.

"Jasper, what happened?" I asked, cupping his face between my hands.

He rested his forehead against mine. "I want you, Bella."

I frowned and placed a hand under his chin, tilting his head up so I could look him in the eye. His gold eyes burned with desire and need. "Jasper, what's wrong?" I asked again.

He stared at me for several minutes before he pulled away, gripping his phone tightly in his hand. "Bella, it's not good." When he turned back to face me, his eyes burned with regret. "It's not good at all."

Jasper

I took a slow, even breath before answering the phone.

"Hello?"

"Jasper, it's Carlisle. I know I promised not to call unless it was important, but this is important."

"What's wrong?"

"We need you to come home, son. We have some issues that we need your assistances with."

"What kind of issues, Carlisle? I can't exactly up and leave. I have responsibilities." None of the Cullens knew anything about Bella. Bella and I have had a number of arguments regarding the Cullens but in the end, we always came to an impasse. Neither of us was willing to back down and Bella was stubborn enough to fight me on this.

"I know, and usually I wouldn't call but this is important."

I frowned, holding the phone tightly.

"You're going to have to be a little more specific about this Carlisle. I need to know what I'm heading into before I can consider coming back."

"It's the Volturi."

I stiffened almost immediately. "What about the Volturi?"

"They've run across something they find very interesting. They're coming here in less than two months. We need you here, Jasper. Despite what happened, you are still a part of this family and we are stronger only with you here."

"I'll call you back."

I snapped my phone shut and looked through the glass doors. Bella and Abby were gone but I could hear the water turning on upstairs. I ran a hand through my hair and closed my eyes, mentally and emotionally preparing myself for what's about to go down.

The kids needed to leave, I realized. I needed to talk to Bella alone without the children in the house. I winced at the possibility of what Bella will react to. There was so much of my past that she didn't know about. I didn't keep it from her because I wanted to. I tried to forget about this part of my life. It was too painful to talk about.

I walked inside when I heard Bella coming down the stairs with Abby. She was humming a lullaby she used to sing to help Abby sleep at night.

I forced a smile when she looked at me. She didn't buy it, not that I expected her to. She was too perceptive for her own good.

"We need to talk." She said.

With a sigh, I nodded and called to the twins. "Sophie, why don't you and Trevor take Abby to the park? Your mother and I need to talk about something."

I waited as the three of them left. My desire to be with her before she got angry at me overtook me and I pinned her against the wall, pressing against her as I slid my hand up her thighs. I felt her warmth through her panties and nearly groaned. God, how I loved this woman. She was everything to me. Pushing the fabric down, I thrust my fingers into her wet slit, groaning at the exquisite feeling.

I didn't hear a thing she said. All I could focus on was how much I wanted her.

"Cum for me, darlin'," I whispered. Her walls tightened around my fingers and she came hard. I slowly pulled my fingers out of her, licking her juices from my fingers. "Mm, you taste exquisite."

"Jasper, what happened?"

Bella cupped my face in her hands. I rested my forehead against hers. "I want you, Bella."

She tilted my face up so I was looking into her eyes. Concern was the only thing I could feel from her. "Jasper, what's wrong?"

I stared at her for a while before turning away, clenching the phone tightly. "Bella, it's not good." I look over at her. "It's not good at all."

"What's not good, Jasper?" She whispered. "Talk to me."

I led her to the living room and she sat down. I was too anxious to sit beside her. "That was Carlisle." I said. "He wants me to come home."

Bella stiffened. While the Cullens know nothing about Bella or our children, Bella knows almost everything about the Cullens. She didn't begrudge me for anything I had done in the past. She just didn't know all the details about them. Or the full reason why I left the family.

"Why?" She asked.

"There is some sort of issue that they need my help with. Carlisle wouldn't go into great detail with it but whatever it is, it isn't good."

"Why not?"

"It involves the Volturi."

Bella gasped. "No!"

I nodded gravely.

"Jasper, you have to go back." She said. I stared at her in astonishment. "Please, Jasper. It's the only way to keep us safe. To keep the children safe,"

"I'm not sure I can go back."

"Why? Did something happen with the Cullens that you didn't tell me?"

Sometimes I wish she wasn't quite so perceptive. I nodded my head in response to her question and sat heavily down beside her. "I only kept it from you because I was ashamed. And I was vivid when it happened. I didn't want to taint what we had because of something that happened in the past. I didn't want you to feel ashamed of me."

Bella moved closer and ran her hands through my hair. "Jasper, I could never feel ashamed of you. I love you so much."

I pulled her close, burying my face in her neck. "I love you too. That's why I was scared to tell you."

"Jasper, you never have to be scared to tell me anything." She kissed my temple, stroking my hair as she waited for me to speak.

I took a slow, unneeded breath and began. "Ten years before I met you, I was living with the Cullens. You know that, but what you didn't know was that I was married to Alice."

Her breath hitched and jealousy overcame her but at least she didn't interrupt. "I thought we were happy. We were together for so many years. She brought me out of such a depression. She was everything I could have ever asked for. She brought me to the Cullens, and they helped me stay on the vegetarian diet." I closed my eyes, those blissful years with Alice running through my mind like a slideshow.

"The family went hunting one day. Alice and Edward decided to stay home since the hunted earlier. I decided to come back early, to spend time with Alice. She was gradually pulling away from me, spending more and more time with the others, than with me. When I got there, I thought Emmett and Rosalie were home. I went looking for Alice and saw her giving Edward a blow job. They were both naked and the room smelled like sex. Imagine my surprise when Alice looks up and see me. She fucking winks! There was no guilt, nothing to say that she was sorry for anything."

Bella's hand stopped running through my hair and she was perfectly still. I couldn't bear to look her in the eye.

"The rest of the family came back. Edward and Alice came down the stairs, holding hands, not even pretending they did anything wrong. It shocked me when I realized that the rest of the family knew. There was no shock from any of them. They all knew my wife was having an affair and they never told me. I grew angrier and angrier and then I snapped. Everything I worked so hard for at that moment, snapped. I needed to get away. I needed to get away from the sorrow and guilt from the others. I was running through town when I came across a human. He was walking through the streets, drunk as shit. I didn't even care. I lunged at him and drank from him until he was dead.

"They were disappointed in me when I came back. Alice didn't even pretend she was guilty for what happened. Eventually, they came to an agreement that it was best I leave. Me! They wanted me to leave. I officially lost my family. Emmett was sad to see me go but he offered nothing. He knew I didn't want to hear it. I felt betrayed. I shouted at them and left before I could cause any damage. I didn't want to ruin their prefect image." My tone turned bitter towards the end.

When I heard sniffling, I sat up and looked at Bella. She was crying.

"Bella?" I wiped her tears away with my thumbs and cupped her cheeks in my hand. "What's wrong, baby?"

"I'm so sorry." She whispered. "You didn't deserve that." She buried her face in my chest, crying. I didn't bother trying to calm her down. I was in no position to calm anyone down. Besides, I don't think she'd appreciate it.

"God, Jasper, why didn't you tell me sooner?"

I looked down. "I was afraid you'd blame me as well."

"Blame you for what?" She demanded. "Loving your wife? Losing control because you learned something that you were kept out of the loop?" Bella cupped my face in her hands and kissed all over my face. "You maintained your diet, even after your slip up. Yes, you had a couple of other slips but, Jasper; you don't realize how strong you truly are. You could easily have fallen back into your natural diet but you proved to them that you are not a weakling." She kissed my forehead. "You are loving." She kissed my cheek. "You are passionate." She kissed my other cheek. "You are a great father." She kissed my nose. "And you are the best husband I could have ever asked for." I pressed her lips against mine.

I deepened the kiss, moaning into her mouth as she brought my hands up to her breasts. My hands grazed over her nipples. They hardened. I broke the kiss, allowing her to breathe as I sucked and nipped her beautiful tits through her shirt.

"Jasper, make love to me." Bella whispered.

I didn't need to be told twice. I pulled off her shirt until she was completely exposed to me. I leaned down, licking and sucking her nipple into my mouth while I palmed her other breast. Bella worked to rid me of my clothes. I could feel the frustration build when she couldn't. I chuckled and did it myself.

Watching Bella, I slid slowly into her wet centre, moaning. "God, you're tight." I whispered, kissing her. She was so warm. I thrust into her slowly, picking up the pace as she begged for it. Before long, her walls tightened around my cock. I rubbed her clit, pushing her over the edge. She came hard, milking my cock. I came not much longer, collapsing on top of her. I flipped us over until she was lying on top of me, still connected. I pulled the quilt over us, so she wouldn't get cold from my body temperature.

Bella snuggled into my arms, her eyes fluttering closed. "I love you, Jasper."

I smiled and kissed her head. "I know darlin'. I love you too."

She fell asleep soon after. I pulled out of her slowly and took her upstairs. It wouldn't be wise for the kids to come home and see us naked in the living room. I brushed her hair out of her face and kissed her head.

Changing into a pair of sweats and a t-shirt, I grabbed my phone and with one last glance at my wife, I went to the kitchen.

I already knew what I had to do. I dialled the number and waited.

"Hello?"

"I'll be there soon."

A/N: Okay, so that's all. Detail will be explained in the next few chapters.

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