Alice kept Bella talking for what felt like an hour and for the first time I was grateful to have Alice with me, I watched as Bella’s facial expressions changed, the way her hair moved, the way she touched it when she looked slightly nervous, the way she flicked it when she looked over at me and most of all the way her body seemed to follow my move like we were magnets of some sort, it could have also just been my imagination, but I pushed that thought to the side, I preferred the magnet suggestion.

“Don’t you agree?” Alice asked me

“Yes” I replied to god knows what.

“So it’s settled Bella is coming to lunch with us after we finish up here.

“What? No” I didn’t mean for it to sound so abrupt and I panicked “I’m sorry Alice I mean I cannot make lunch, I have to head back to the office to sort a few things out”

That and the fact that if anyone of the society sees us outside of the compound we were fucked, rules are rules, no fraternising with the other guests.

It would be our luck that today would be the day they had their people out checking up on us, me and Tanya were already walking on egg shells, this would just push Caius over the edge, especially since he has a thing for Bella.

The minute she walks by him he holds his fucking crotch; he was such a dumb fuck he didn’t think anyone notices.

“I cannot make it anyway Alice, this is my lunch hour now, I have to get back shortly” Bella called then smiled up at me, her eyes looked sad as though I had just punched her in the stomach, did she think I didn’t want to have dinner with her? Did she believe the reason I made up some lame excuse was to keep away from her, it was to protect her, her and Tanya.

“Bella” I heard called from behind me, we all turned “Angela wants me” Bella called, I suddenly wanted to yell at Angela for taking her away from me “I will see you and Tanya soon then” Bella called, we nodded to each other, the fact of the matter was I would see her tonight.