Chapter One

He wrapped his arms around me in a tight, and protective embrace. The man with out a face touched his finger tips to my lips in a quieting manner. The pads of his fingers were cold and my skin tingled beneath them, I shivered. I reached my head up so that we could be at eye level. Letting my emotions get the best of me I wrapped my arms around his neck and placed a gentle kiss on his lips.

"I love you Rebecca" he whispered into my ear, letting his sweat breath linger on my skin.

"I-"

"BEEP BEEP BEEP" the alarm clock cut off my reply and with it, my dreamland quickly dissolved into a great expanse of nothing.

"NOOOOOOO! It was just getting good!"

I groaned throwing the pillow back over my face. Eight o'clock on yet another Monday morning had come way too fast.

It was only eight, I didn't need to be into the office until ten so I could fall back asleep for another twenty minutes or so.

"Good morning sunshine!" my roommate Melissa exclaimed as she through the door to my room open.

"Gahhhhh" I mumbled, detesting the light that had just somehow found it's way into my darkly lit room. "Just another half hour Miss?"

"Nope there is NO WAY you are going back to sleep my friend" Melissa said from the foot of my bed.

As she opened just about every curtain in our high rise apartment, my eyes tried to adjust, and I reluctantly got out from under the cozy down comforter. I started the shower and hopped in, the smell of white orchid scented body wash filling my nose with the aroma.

"Soooo" Melissa said from the door of our bathroom. "How was last night? I looked up from my date's ravishing eyes and you were gone. Meet anyone cute?"

"Not exactly, well I mean he was pretty good looking I guess, but the vibe I got from him just wasn't right."

"You need to stop being so picky, not everyone just wakes up one morning and finds Mr. Right and then a few weeks later becomes Mrs. Right." she replied.

"Well I can definitely take that advice from you."

"SHUT UP! I was Mrs. Right for about three and half hours and then I realized that he just wasn't the Mr. Right." she giggled.

Melissa and I had been friends since my sophomore year in high school and after we both graduated we made our way to the lovely city of San Francisco to attend FIDM. We had since graduated I majoring in Fashion Communications/Merchandising and Melissa in Fashion Design. She however had become a tad bit more successful than I, well if you qualify successful as doing what you actually went to college for.

I had landed a job at Mode Fashion Magazine, but nothing I did had anything to do with merchandising. I was the head editor's assistant. My job description was, in short form, following him around and making sure everything was to his liking, meaning just perfect. I got his coffee and breakfast in the morning and made sure his schedule was in tip top shape, and once in a while I would run some of his errands for him. Basically I was his personal slave.

Don't get me wrong the guy was really nice (for a head editor), but I had just started about three weeks prior and I didn't really know him yet. His name was Edward Cullen and he was blessed with outrageously good looks, every woman (and some men) in the office would go as far as pushing me off a cliff for this job. I mean who the hell doesn't want to follow a gorgeous man around town all day and be at his beck and call.

"You almost done in there Becca?" Melissa yelled from the kitchen.

"Yeah I'll be done in just a second!" I calmly replied.

I hopped out of the shower, dried off and through a robe on. As I hurried into my room I contemplated on what to wear to work. When I got to my closet I decided on a mauve long sleeved dress, black leggings and a pair of black ballet flats. I accessorized with a silver necklace with a locket pendent and a matching silver bangle. I put my rings on and tossed my long curly brown hair up into a messy bun, it was windy out and I really was not going to waste my time on a hairstyle that would surely get screwed up as soon as I stepped foot out of the building.

While grabbing a large cup of passion tea I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket. "Hello?"

"Hey Becca, it's Edward."

"Good morning Mr. Cullen. How are you?"

"I would be a lot better if you listened to me once in a while and called me by my first name which is Edward in case you had forgotten." he replied with a smile in is voice.

"I'm so sorry it's just so hard getting used to. You know you being my superior and all."

"A girl brought up with some respect. That's different for a girl living in this city."

"What did you need Mr.- I mean Edward?"

"Way to catch yourself there. Well I was calling to let you know that I need to speak with you when you arrive at the office this morning."

"Alright I should be there in about twenty minutes or so. I will hurry."

"Don't rush, take your time I know how clumsy you are, especially in heels."

He really knew that? What, was I that predictable? Maybe I should wear heels. Was that him suggesting I should? Ahhhh I was so incredibly confused now!

"Becca? You there?" he interrupted my train of thought.

"Yeah. I'll be right in Edward."

"Alright I will see you soon. Goodbye."

"Bye."