Ok guys...this is basically Edward's POV to my story "The Office"
Pairing - Edward and Bella
Rating - M to be safe
Summary - Edward's POV to "The Office". How Edward falls for a certain co worker called Isabella Swan and what he does to be with her. To be read with "The Office" but can be read stand alone
Reviews would be fantastic!

My first day at a new workplace, Great! I knew that this was going to be like the others; a boss who didn't like new ideas from the juniors, and colleagues who would find me creepy just because I wasn't outspoken and would not be going out of my way to talk to anyone. I'd reached the office at 9:30 sharp on the 1st of December 2008. James, one of the Deputy Managers came out to the reception area to escort me into the finance department. Security was taken very seriously at Cullen Enterprises and none of the doors could be opened without an access card.

As I waited for James in the reception area, the receptionist, Jessica Stanley I think her name was, sat there just staring at me. So much so, that she was attempting to flirt with me…I'd gotten that a lot in the past. For some reason, the female species found me attractive…well that's what I was told by a very drunken girl from Kirkland. And the reason for this was always beyond me. James came to the rescue, whether he was aware of it or not, but I was grateful. Just as he came out to escort me, Jessica asked me whether I had a girlfriend. I quickly excused myself, as politely as possible. I imagine my face was the colour of a ripe sun-drenched Italian tomato, and rushed inside with James. He laughed because he had overheard Jessica's last question. "Don't sweat it Edward…she's kind of desperate," he said.

I laughed at James' observation, "James, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." He just laughed as he opened the door to the finance department. It was a nice office space…with cubicles for each employee and Carlisle Cullen's personal office on the left, he had floor to ceiling windows; however the shades were pulled down at the moment, along with a small conference room. Most employees had personalised their cubicles, because of the festive season, it was interesting to see all of the decorations.

"It's time for the embarrassing ritual," James smirked as he rubbed his hands together. I had just kept my bag on the cubicle allocated to me. "What do you mean," I asked, raising my eyebrow.

"I'm going to introduce you to every employee here, personally," he smirked.

I groaned inwardly. "Do you have to," I asked.

"Oh yeah…the interns would never forgive me if I didn't…and they'll find newer ways to embarrass you. So trust me…this is safe" he smiled at ne devilishly, why did I not want to trust him?

I shrugged and got up to follow him. I went through most of the introductions without even bothering to remember anyone's name the minute I stepped away from their cubicle. There was a lot of hand shaking and fake smiling and answering mundane questions; all in all pretty typical of first day intros.

"And these are our interns," James whispered to me as we went to a row of 4 cubicles. The first one was Rosalie Hale. She was quite breathtaking if you like that blond-bombshell look. Her golden blonde hair was tied into a bun. She was dressed in a red skirt and a white shirt with a red jacket and she had legs that went on and on and on. The next was a young man named Jacob Black. He had long black hair tied into a ponytail and had a stud on his left earlobe. Typical looking longhaired good-looking man, not that it mattered to myself, although I am sure the young ladies got a kick out of scoping him out.

"Isabella," James asked tentatively. The girl sitting next to Jacob swivelled her chair around and my breath hitched, she was talking on the phone, "Just a minute Mr. Smith," she said and looked up with a smile.

"Isabella, this is Edward Masen. He's just joined today as a Deputy Manager," James then turned to me to complete his introduction, "Edward, meet Isabella Swan. She's an intern."

Isabella gave the most dazzling smile, "Call me Bella, Mr. Masen. Everyone does." She looked pointedly at James as she said this; I wonder what that was about. I shook her hand, noticing how confident it was. Her eyes were a deep brown colour, deep and dark as was her shoulder length hair. The kind of hair I would love to run my fingers through. She was wearing a light blue shirt and gray pants; she had on a sparkly silver headband. "Call me Edward," I smiled and she nodded her head and turned around again resuming her conversation on the phone.

We moved on to the next intern, Alice Cullen, but my attention was still on Bella. "No you don't get it Mr. Smith. I know you are the project manager. But this accounting treatment is not right...held to maturity investments cannot be sold. Please understand," she was almost pleading. Her hand was entangled in her dark mahogany locks and she was pulling at it, while giving her explanation. Hmm, interesting, pulling Bella's hair, what the hell Masen; you've only been here five minutes and you're already having fantasies about the intern. When I snapped out of my momentary day dream, I had this strange urge to pull the phone out of her hand and give a piece of my mind to whoever this Mr. Smith was, but I managed to restrain myself.

I realised that Alice was asking me a question pulling my attention away from Bella. I blinked at her. "I'm sorry, what?" I asked her, knowing I sounded caught off guard, but honestly I don't think I really cared one bit.

"Which university are you from," she asked me, sounding slightly irritated.

"Harvard," my aloof tone answering back to her.

"Indeed," she deliberated, "Well good for you" she shrugged and went back to typing whatever it was she had been doing earlier. I noticed it was an email to someone called Jasper Hale. Nosey much Masen?

I went back to my cubicle, noticing that it was just opposite of the lovely Bella, the only problem was with the small wall separating us. Well that isn't very good, hmm what to do?

A while later, Mr. Cullen appeared, coming out to greet me personally.

"Mr. Masen, let's talk in my office," he said his tone and demeanour matched that of his reputation.

Carlisle Cullen had quite a reputation in the industry. He was known to be a kind and tolerant boss and the fact that he hired me despite my history was proof of that.

Mr. Cullen shut the door behind him before he went to sit down on his chair. I sat down opposite him.

"Well, it seems you really like change?" Mr. Cullen said with a twinkle in his eye, his question was meant to be more of a statement.

I smiled, "Not really sir. But it seems that change is inevitable."

Mr. Cullen laughed heartily and said, "Please. Call me Carlisle."

"So we know about the last job. Why did you leave your previous jobs?" Carlisle asked getting serious, flipping open a folder that was in front of him.

My face must have shown the shock. "Well, this HR report says that you were accused of sexually harassing a girl in your previous workplace. The only reason you were hired was because the charges against you could not proven. What do you have to say in response to that?"

"And they won't be,' I said, surprised at how my voice was so calm, "I didn't do anything. I just refused her advances. And well she didn't handle that rejection very well. It was her word against mine, what can one do when it comes to that; I really can't do more than what I already have"

"Your innocence has already been proven," Carlisle said.

"Yes…in court. But not amongst my peers and colleagues," my tone went from calm to bitter at the flood of memories coming back to me.

"Trust me, Edward. No one here knows of your history. And I trust you. You don't seem the type. The psyche evail would have revealed it otherwise. Beside I like to think that I am good at reading people. So…why did you leave your previous jobs before that?"

"I guess I hadn't really found my niche," I replied, "I've majored in investments and kept working in clerical positions. There was no challenge and there was even less job satisfaction"

"You do realise the pay here is less, compared to what you were making before" Carlisle asked softly.

"Yes…and I am fine financially, the money is not an issue" I smiled.

"Oh…good. Well then, welcome to Cullen enterprises. I'm sure the HR department must've given you a very thorough brief about our company. But let me just tell you what your role will be. You're basically in charge of all the investment decisions made by the company, including forwards, forex and all that is involved there in. Also, you'll be helping in coordinating the different branches and the financial reporting. Jacob and Victoria will be reporting to you. Jacob's an intern while Victoria is an executive. I'm sure you know the hierarchy."

I shook my head in disagreement "No, actually I am not familiar with your system here"

"Oh, all right then. Starting out we've got inters, the executives, the deputy managers, the managers, senior managers and department directors. Then of course, I'm the CEO and my wife, Esme is the CFO"

I nodded.

"Anyway. You'll be reporting to James. He's going to be promoted to manager next month. I'm sure you've already met everyone else in the department."

I nodded again, "Thank you for hiring me Carlisle. I won't let you down" I said sincerely. I had a feeling I was going to like this place. After all there was something here that I already liked and she had mahogany hair and eyes to match.

I spent the rest of the day going through the company literature and their previous financial statements and investment patterns.

At 6 in the evening, everyone started leaving. I switched off my computer and went to the door. Unfortunately I didn't have an access card issued to me yet. Fortunately Bella was going out at the same time and was kind enough to let me out, swiping for me.

"You really should ask Jessica to get you one," Bella said.

"Yeah, I guess I will. Are you going home now," I asked her. I was going to offer her a lift. For some reason, I just wanted to get to know her better.

"Oh..no ," she said looking at her watch, "I have some work left. I'll leave in about half an hour maybe." She gave me yet another dazzling smile and walked over to reception

"Jessica, can you please arrange for an identity card for Mr. Masen, he will need it tomorrow" she asked the receptionist, "I'm sure you've got the details from the HR department already."

"Oh, yeah. Mr. Masen's identity card is ready" she handed Bella a card. Before she handed it over to me, I noticed that she glanced at the picture.

"Wow, you look good in this picture," she said raising an eyebrow, "Normally, pictures taken for identity cards and such…well they always come out looking like mug shots," Well, I can take that, she thinks I look good, you have to start somewhere Masen, I thought to myself as I took the card from her petite, delicate hand.

"This card doubles as an access card. Go on…swipe it at that door," she said. I swiped at the electronic lock pad installed next to the door, making sure that it worked properly.

"Thanks," I said smiling.

"It's no problem," she smiled back and walked to the washroom. Good lord I have never wanted to be a fly on the wall more than this moment, but hey there is a first time for everything, get a grip Masen she is going to use the washroom, its not as if she walked into a dressing room full of La Pearla lingerie. I needed to get a grip.

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