This is my first fanfic, I would love suggestions but don't be too mean!
Disclaimer: These characters belong to Stephanie Myers
EPOV
As I sit in my office overlooking the Chicago skyline, I think back on how my choices have put me where I am. Graduating top of my class at Yale and working my ass off in my father's company has paid off and landed me as CEO of Cullen Enterprises.
I never thought I would be turning 30 and still be single. Between my parents and two brothers who are happily married I've had great examples of how love should be.
Emmett, my older brother, met Rosalie 5 years ago when he was getting his Range Rover worked on. Rose owns a garage that rebuilds classic cars and works on higher end cars. It was love at first sight and they got married two weeks later. After being married for a year and a half they had Caleb and two years later had Cassidy. Rose has stepped back from the garage and is a stay at home mom, Emmett owns several of top clubs and restaurants in Chicago.
Alice, my twin sister, and Jasper were high school sweethearts. They started dating when we were 15. Got married at 22 and have 3 little rugrats, Ryland who's 5, Colton who's 3, and Hudson who just turned 1. Alice has a fashion line she created and works from home when she can. Jasper has worked for the legal department here at CE since he graduated from Columbia Law School. He now is in charge of the department.
Watching my siblings fall in love and have families never bothered me, until I realized life was passing me by. I've had one serious relationship since college. Tanya's family runs in a lot of the same circles that my family does. Being heiress to the Denali Investments fortune, she's never worked a day in her life.
She tried to stick it out, but just didn't get enough attention from a workaholic like me. We're still friends and she has been my date to most of the charity dinners and other social events I find myself at. I think she hopes one day I'll be willing to give her more, I just don't think it will ever happen.
Tonight I'm finally going to let loose and have fun. Emmett and Jasper have been trying to get me hang out with them for so long I finally gave in. It's my birthday and I got conned into going out. The whole family is eating dinner at 7 and then the guys are going to Emmett's newest club Eclipse for drinks in the VIP. I have so much work to do and I'm not in the mood to go out, but I know my mom and sister will show up here and drag me out of my office if I don't show up. As I walk towards the elevators I realize that Angela my assistant is still here.
"What are you still doing here Angela? I thought you were leaving at 5 today." I ask her confused. She told me that she needed to leave at 5 instead of 6 today because she had to be across town for something.
"My plans fell through so I was helping Lauren get everything finalized for the new marketing executive who starts tomorrow." Lauren, who is the assistant for my uncle Aro is always waiting until the last minute.
"I'm just finishing up. We can leave together." She stands up, grabs her bags and starts towards the elevator ahead of me.
Angela has been my assistant for 5 years and I don't know what I would do without her. She has definitely made my life so much easier.
We make it down to the lobby and pass Mike the Head of Security for the building as he is making his final rounds before the night guard starts. I nod and wave in passing, hoping he doesn't try to stop and talk. He's great at his job but can be annoying as shit, especially when there are no distractions around.
I finally pull out of the garage at 7:15, I'm going to be late to dinner but luckily it's not far from the office.
I get out of my Aston Martin at the valet, and pass the valet $100 and tell him there's another one of those if the car comes back with no scratches. He jumps to get the keys and carefully drives it towards the parking lot.
As I walk into Twilight, Chicago's top Italian Restaurant, Heidi the hostess says she can walk me back to the table. She flirts with me every time I come here, I still don't pay her any attention but she tries regardless. Being voted the Hottest Bachelor of Chicago for 3 years now always has women everywhere trying to tie me down.
I've had to deal with my fair share of gold diggers and fame whores over the years. It's one of the reason Tanya fills in as my date when I need one, not that she doesn't try too. Being so wealthy and a top bachelor has it's drawbacks. It's hard to find someone true who isn't just after my money.
We turned the corner and see my family all sitting at their usual table waiting for me. My mom, Esme, is the first to notice me. She comes around to hug me, telling me she hasn't seen me in ages. When I think back on it, it has been a few months which is longer than usual. Every Sunday the family gets together for Sunday dinner. I've either been out of town on a business trip or swamped with work.
The kids are all at my parents house with the nanny, so it's just adults at dinner tonight. We sit around eating and drinking for hours, it's so nice to spend time with family again.
Around 11 the guys head out towards Eclipse. Luckily I had a change of clothes at the office since I never made it home. We walk straight in and head towards the VIP section. As we sit around drinking and just hanging out, I look down at the dance floor and see the most beautiful woman I've ever laid eyes on trying to get the bartenders attention. I feel drawn to her and decide to head down there and buy her a drink.
BPOV
It's been such whirlwind year. After getting my heart broken by walking in on my boyfriend Embry and his secretary Jessica having sex on his desk, I was devastated.
Luckily my friend Jake was able to help me pack up and move out of the apartment I shared with Embry that day, I stayed with Jake until I could figure out what I was going to do.
I decided I wanted to get out of New York and started looking for jobs somewhere else. I grew up in a small town in Washington and graduated with a marketing degree from the University of Washington. After graduation I landed an internship at one of the largest marketing firms in New York City, that turned into a job I loved. As much as I hate to leave, I need to get out.
Somehow I got an interview at Chicago's top investment firm, the position is a marketing executive for their Real Estate division.
When I went for my interview with Aro it seemed like the perfect fit. He told me at the end of the interview I had the position and introduced me to most of the people I would be working with. He took me to meet Edward Cullen, the CEO, but he was out on a business lunch that day.
Lauren and I had talked several times over the phone and really seemed to hit it off as friends. We've hung out a few times since I moved here last month, and she introduced me to Angela who works at CE too. As much as I like Lauren, Angela and I became instant best friends.
Tonight Angela was supposed to have date with a guy named Ben who she has had a crush on for months. Unfortunately he called called away on a last minute business trip and had cancel. So we decided on a girls night at a hot new club that recently opened up. I wasn't too worried about her wanting to stay out late because she had to be at work tomorrow too. It's a Tuesday night so it probably won't be busy out anyways.
I'm standing in my room looking at all of the clothes in my closet wishing I had something to wear. Finally I find a cute black minidress to wear with my new heels. I'm not usually good in heels but I'm in the mood to go all out.
We get to Eclipse around 9 and breeze through the line. We grab a drink and then head out to the dance floor. After what feels like hours I need a break. Angela and her two friends Katie and Lisa are going to try and grab table and I'm headed to the bar to grab the next round.
The only problem with that is the mass of people waiting at the bar. As I stand there getting frustrated I notice someone walking up to me. When I turn to look I see the hottest guy I think I've ever seen. I feel like a magnet is drawing me to him and I've never even met him.
He comes and offers to buy me a drink, while we're waiting he invites me to join him in the VIP. I can't believe this god of man is interested in me. It's been awhile since I've had sex and my girly parts are tingling.
I don't want to seem too desperate so I try to seem a little less interested. "I'm here with some friends for a girls night" I lean in close to say.
Without hesitation he leans into me and says "go grab them and they can join us."
When I get to the table the girls confiscated they all look exhausted. I tell them about the guy I just met and being invited to the VIP. Angela can tell how excited I am, "you go have fun, I think we're going to head out. Call me if you need anything!"
I'm so excited as I head towards the VIP section in search of….I realize I never even got his name. I see his beautiful bronze hair that looks perfect to run your fingers through first. As I get closer he notices me coming and that I'm alone.
"Where are your friends?" he asks as he grazes his hand up my arm. A fire follows his fingertips, when I look up into his gorgeous green eyes I can tell he feels it too.
"They were ready to go so I'm on my own" I try to say seductively in his ear.
"Want to go somewhere more quiet? I would love to get to know you better"
I feel like intoxicated by him and can only manage to nod my head.
We end up at his penthouse condo, he must be loaded on top of being one of the sexiest men I've ever laid eyes on.
"Would you like something to drink?" he asked. He seems almost nervous. I don't know what he could be nervous about. He could easily get anybody he wanted, I'm clearly not in his league. I just want to take what I can get from this gorgeous man before he realizes I'm nothing special.
"That would be great, do you have any white wine?" I respond as I'm looking around the living room. All along the wall are pictures of what I'm guessing is his family. He has such a pretty family, and they all look so happy.
"Here you go beautiful" he comes up behind me handing me a glass of white wine. I take a sip as I turn to look at him and I'm amazed by how good it tastes. He obviously has good taste in wine too.
We move to the couch but before we can get much talking done he leans in and places a soft kiss on my lips.
What starts off as soft and sweet quickly turns heated. I end up straddling his lap and we are touching and reaching at each other's clothes in the passion that's taking over.
He stands up and I'm clinging to him, my arms around his neck and my legs wrapped tightly around his waist. I can feel how hard and wanting he is and it makes me want him even more.
We stagger down the hall towards what I'm hoping is a bed. My back collides with the wall knocking a frame down, we finally make it to the master bedroom. I don't even have a chance to enjoy the floor to ceiling windows all along the wall.
Once we hit the bed our clothes quickly come off and we are over taken with passion for each other. What happened next was the most intense sexual experience of my life.
I don't know how long it will take for him to realize I'm not on his level, so I take advantage while I can. I wake up the next morning exhausted, he woke me up a couple hours after we fell asleep with kisses on my neck, that then turned into round 2. His alarm goes off at 5:30 waking us both up, he reaches over to turn it off and then turns and meets me eye to eye.
"Good morning beautiful" he says with a soft smile. I feel so lucky to wake up next to him. "I'm sorry about the alarm, I usually get a workout in before heading to the office."
"It's ok, I need to get home to get ready for my first day of work anyways" I tell him.
After the somewhat awkward task of walking around the room naked to find all of my clothes while Edward watches from the bed with a sexy smirk on his face I get ready to head home. I hate to leave but today is my first day at my new job. "I never intended to have such a late night but it was a great distraction to new job jitters" I wink at him.
He finally gets out of the bed as I get ready to leave. As we make it into the living room I sit down on the sofa to put my heels from last night back on, he's leaning against the door with that sexy smirk on his face again.
What starts out as a sweet goodbye kiss ends with us naked on the living room floor. "Luckily you have this nice rug" I laugh as we're laying there tangled up in legs after round three since I've been in his apartment.
Finally I get up and out the door.
I make it back home with just enough to shower and dress before booking it outside. I don't have time to get breakfast, but luckily Angela texts me that she picked up something for me on her way in.
I'm going to be working the floor below her, I have just enough time to go up to the 50th floor to meet Angela before I'm supposed to meet with Aro. Her desk is just off the elevator and easy to find, she hands me coffee and a bagel "you're an angel!" I turn to head back down to my floor when the elevator doors open and out walks Edward. My coffee cup hits the ground just as his eyes meet mine.
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