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Reluctant Devotion—The Epilogue

EPOV

To say the last few years of my life have been interesting would be an understatement. The night I met my wife, I intended to kill her, no questions asked. Then I saw those big doe eyes and my whole inside went to jelly. I couldn't kill her. Imagine the dilemma I was in. Ruthless, sarcastic bastard, who couldn't off an eyewitness to a murder I committed. Let's face it, killing someone was not something I blinked an eye at.

The beginning was rough. I was a controlling bastard at best, threatening, and outright mean. I didn't think I'd ever see a day of freedom for her. Never did I think she could ever gain my trust. Meeting her family was a shock, but I had to get mean to protect what was mine. Seeing her skills with weapons was a huge wake up call for me. It took no time to realize that both of us were the same. We had to have a sense of control over the other. It is what it is and it's the way we work.

For the most part, I knew her family would be worried about her, but I hoped that I could charm them. I realized quickly with the exception of her niece, my charms were futile. I'm more than pleased with our relationship now, and her brothers are some of my best friends. Thinking of brothers always makes me twitch. I love my brother, don't get me wrong, but I will never trust his wife. All I can say is she is lucky I love Jasper. Alice is behaved now, but I will never trust her.

My mother and father made Jasper build his own house, because they refused to let her be in their home. After the wedding and Bella's family returned to Forks, things came to blows. Alice and my mom had it out, and no one was more shocked then Jasper when Mom was the second person to knock Alice out. Alice has now married into our family and we all protect her and keep her safe, but she'll never be trusted with any sort of information.

After the wedding, I assigned a new guard for Bella. Her name is Tia and she is one of the most ruthless females I've ever met—besides my wife that is. Tia is amazing, and shockingly enough her marksman skills rival Bella's. Marcus, is still working for the family, but let's just say he is on a long distance mission. I couldn't believe that he managed to not only lose Bella the day she snuck away, but her brothers too. He is still guarding things, in Forks Washington. He actually stays in the cabin behind Jaymee and Vicki's house. At least I know in that small of a town, he can keep my sweet little niece Jessie safe.

After the wedding, I took Bella on a two week trip to Italy. We had an amazing time, and I was happy to have some alone time with my wild woman. When we returned, we moved into our home. Aro and his family moved into the house next to us. Jasper's house was being built on the Cullen compound, because no one trusted Alice outside of the compound at all. Alice hasn't stepped foot outside of the Cullen property since her father's funeral service was held. There was three different services held, and during the second service, we were able to apprehend and remove several more threats to our family. Let's just say there were a few more burials following. Damn accidental deaths caused by a severe case of food poisoning, what a shame.

Alice being the only child of her family, and all of the higher ups being eliminated, opened more doors for the Cullen family, and now things are more rounded than before. Ironically, almost everything is legit now, and very little is done outside of the law. It has always been my goal, but as my father's oldest son, things have fallen on my shoulders for a while now. My hands will never be completely clean, but they are less soiled now than before.

Bella loves her new job and has enjoyed being a full-fledged teacher. She says she enjoys bending the minds and sculpting the growth of our future. I think she enjoys playing with all the kids and reading them books. She was teaching second grade, but when there was an opening for the kindergarten class this year, she jumped at that immediately. So now she sits in circles, colors, and reads books. She says it's gratifying work, and I believe her. I'm never away at night anymore, and I spend my days less than ten miles from her. I moved my office closer to my wife and home. What can I say? I'm the pussy whipped husband of a hot headed sexy woman.

Speaking of said wife, I'm pulled out of my musing when my cell rings. I've had a pretty great day, so I answer it with a chipper greeting.

"What the fuck is wrong with you!" she yells.

"Don't fucking yell at me," I tell her calmly. "What did I do?"

"Don't act all God damn innocent! When you drink the last of the milk you have to let me know! Now I have to go back out so I can cook you dinner!" she yells again.

"Stop yelling at me. What's your problem?" I ask as she hangs up on me. I have never told her when we were out of milk. She always just seemed to know such things.

I sit for a minute and figure she's had a bad day. I send her a text and tell her I'll pick up some on the way home. I know she's really in a mood when she text backs, 'good idea'. Yeah there was something going on with her or I did something more.

I head to the store and grab milk, chocolate, and a rose. I figure the milk will get her less pissed. The chocolate will cure the moodiness, and the smell of the rose will relive her stress. I read somewhere that the fragrance of the rose will do that, but I just hope it's true. I honestly can't remember the last time she was this angry.

I walk into the house slowly and listen for her. All seems quiet, so I was hoping she was feeling better. I take my shoes and coat off as I make my way to the kitchen. My heart drops a little when I see her eyes are puffy from crying.

"Your milk, my lady," I said trying my hardest to be cute. "Please accept these gifts as a token of my apology," I said bowing handing her the rose and bag of chocolate. Her lip and chin quivers as she takes everything from me. "What is going on with you?" I asked as I pulled her into me.

"I'm sorry," she cried as I chuckled.

"You're giving me whiplash here with your emotions," I chuckle out as I kiss her head.

"Well, you have to get used to it," she says with a sniffle.

"Oh God, why?!" I ask getting nervous. I watch as she covers her face and cries hard. I don't think this is a fight I'm going to win.

"I'm pregnant," she says grabbing a napkin and blows her nose.

"With a baby?"

"No, a with a dog," she says without missing a beat and rolling her eyes. "I'm eight weeks."

"Are you sad?" I ask confused.

"Honestly, I don't know what I am," she says with a defeated sigh.

"I'm not sad. I'm excited I think and I know my mom is going to be over the moon," I tell her as she laughs. "This is a good thing."

"I know, but I feel so weird. My boobs hurt, I have cramps which the doctors says is normal. I feel like crying every time I think about getting fat and the thought of labor..." she said with a shiver.

"Well, I think your worries are normal. I'm gonna be a daddy," I told her as I kissed her mouth.

"I'm sorry I yelled at you. As soon as I hung up on you, I busted out in tears. I was pissed that I forgot the milk and I took it out on you, but in my defense, you do that shit all the time," she said as she went about her cooking.

"I would have to agree with you," I told her as she stuffed more of the chocolate in her mouth.

"These are my favorite," she said with a mouth full of candy.

I personally don't like raisins of any kind, but put chocolate on them, mix that with nuts and more chocolate and she's happy.

I knew the next few months were going to be hard, but I knew I was ready for the next chapter of my life, excited even.

A/N: Well this is the end, sorry for the wait on this. Real life tends to take over sometimes and whips us around. Jess and I both hope that you enjoyed this story, we know Nikky did and that makes us happy since this was for her. Nikky is an amazing friend and we love her bunches.

PS…There is a new story coming out it will be under the author name WeeJessAndTAT it is a 3way contribution story that we are currently writing as a birthday gift for the wonderful and talented Savannavansmutsmut.

It is called, "If I Die Young" and it is about a young Disney Star turned singer, who moves to a college town in the Midwest. She meets and falls in love with an orphaned little girl, when she does volunteer work at the hospital. Keeping herself out of the spotlight she does well keeping her personal life out of the media. At nineteen how will Isabella Swan or Isa, pull off adopting a sick child? And what will happen when a new doctor who enters the picture gets involved? What happens when someone from her past interferes?

This new story will start posting on the WeeJessAndTAT new author profile on the 24th of Oct, Savannavansmutsmut's birthday. There will be approximately 15 chapters and they will be around 5-7K word count each. Hope to see most of you joining us on this adventure it will be a good one.