35

"The greatest of all our human concepts is the immortality of the personality and the eternal glory of the human soul."

– Sterling W. Sill

Bella's pov

As every other girl, I was always excited for my wedding. I always wanted to fall in love with a guy and have my own beautiful family with him. When I met Jacob I thought my life was complete, I convinced myself that he was my one and only love. I started to see him as my own family.

Never did I ever thought I'll end up marrying his best friend, to raise my baby with him.

I do at times wonder though what would life be if he was still alive. How he would've handled the pregnancy situation. I wonder if he would've married me after finding out about it. I keep on thinking about these hypothetical situations which I very well know won't come true, ever.

Xander and I decided to tell my mother about it together, she was surprised to hear about it.

After a while when she finally started to understand why we are taking the decision, she gave us her blessing for the same.

She said she's happy for me, and that she will always be happy and satisfied about the fact that Xander will always be there by my side to support me. For some reason he is also her favorite, just like Jacob was.

Xander isn't as expressive as Jacob but I know he loves coming at my house for having a dinner with my family. He loves my mom and jake, as if they are his own.

Jacob did too.

She knew he was responsible and will take good care of me and her grandchild.

Convincing the Williams was a bit hard as they didn't understand it. They felt like something which belonged to their son was being taken away from him. I don't blame them to think that way, but I know that Jacob would've wanted me to make this decision. He would want his child to have that fatherly love and affection, which he didn't have growing up either.

We assured them that we won't keep the truth from the child or anyone as a matter of fact. I know paparazzi would want to know more, and I don't intend to keep anything from the world. My child will always get what he deserves. I am also aware of the fact that the media can portray me in a negative manner, but for me no one else matters.

Jacob knows how loyal I was and will always be. He knows why I am doing this, and how much I love him. So I don't really need to prove myself to anyone.

Though they were a bit hesitant about this decision they accepted it because of me. They trust us enough to know that We are doing this for all the right reasons.

Now the only person left was Xander's dad. I have never met him, but from what I have heard is that he is rude, so yeah I was a bit scared to face him.

We are having a dinner with him at Xander's place. He reassured me that even if he declines we will still move forward with our plan. He said he is willing to leave all of his lifestyle, money, and his father for this baby.

I won't let him do that, I am already being selfish enough by agreeing into a loveless marriage. I can't let him leave everything just for my sake.

"Ella relax, I am right here with you. I promise nothing will happen." He comforts me one more time.

The door opens and a man in his early 40s enter. I can see where Xander gets his good looks from. He looks just like his father, same height, same features, though not same attitude or just not with me. Xander can be scary when he wants to be with others, I saw it with my own eyes when he saw those notes on my locker.

Anyways his father notices us sitting on the dinning table waiting for him. But he decides to change first so he completely ignores us and goes back to his room to change.

After a while he finally comes down, you would expect a person to change into pjs or something comfortable for the night time, but no this man still had some energy left in him and changed into another set of formals as if having an office meeting here.

I know I shouldn't judge him, but I can't really help it with him acting like this.

He quietly sits down and gestures towards Xan, telling him to speak.

"Dad, I want to get married to bella." He doesn't really know how to beat around the bush.

His father glances up and looks at me with his stern eyes. "I assume you are Bella." He asks to which I nod nervously.

Not my fault, this man right here can make any sane person nervous. I don't know why I feel like I am getting some sort of punishment by being here.

"Who is her family" he asks Xander, again same quality of asking direct and straightforward question.

Xander is trying to stay as calm as possible while replying "Her father died when she was young, she is the one who looked after her mother and brother after he died." He explains him.

Mr clain nods at him, and asks another question "Why do you wanna marry her, you are still very young and will meet many gorgeous suitable women, so why settle for less?"

I don't honestly know why am I present for this conversation.

Xander's jaw tightens a bit but he still answers in a composed manner "if you must know, she was Jacob's girlfriend before you know... the accident. And she is pregnant with his child. I like Bella a lot, I have had this affection for her for months now. I want to marry her so that we both will be able to look after this child together and give a happy family environment to it."

"I don't understand why do you have to marry or look after someone else's child? And she clearly has some issues, how could she even agree if she was with Jacob. His death was not so long ago but here she is already trying to have the next big thing possible. Who even knows if the child really does belong to Jacob." His father replies, with full of hate towards me.

I knew that there were chances that he won't accept this, but I didn't think that he'll insult me in such a manner.

After all the pain I have endured in my life, I have learned how important one's respect is. So I get up from the table, without saying anything in response.

The last thing I want is to cause more drama.

I have hated such attention and drama my entire life. All my life I wanted to avoid it, stay away from it. But now no matter how much I run from it, the drama keeps on following me.

I was about to leave the area, when I felt a strong hand on my arm, stopping me from leaving.

I turn around and notice Xander is the one holding my hand but there is something different about him.

His touch wasn't gentle, it was forceful. His eyes weren't full of love, they were filled with anger. His calm and composed look was long gone, he was looking furious as if someone has attacked him with something. As if the words that his father used for me affected him more than it effected me.

——————————————

I appreciate all the love you all are giving me 😊❤️. Every vote, comment and view, matters a lot to me. Extremely grateful for that💕.