Chapter 1

"I know I'm late!" I shouted as I ran through the doors of my office.

" They've already started," Lauren said as she fixed the papers I had thrown on my desk and she handed me my morning coffee.

"Thanks, you are a life saver! The best secretary in the world" I told her as I kissed her cheek and run out the door.

"And you know it," she shouted back.

I ran down the hall and stopped in front of the double doors of the conference room. I straightened my tie, brushed back my hair and walked in confidently into the room.

"Good morning ladies, gentlemen. Excuse me for being late," I apologized while looking at my boss. Carlisle looked at me disapprovingly.

"Well then, we can proceed," He continued. "The merge is to be completed for next week and some of the people you'll be working with from now on are present in this meeting."

I looked around and there were some unknown faces. There was a huge, tall and muscled guy with brown hair, a lady with kind face and honey colored hair and green eyes, and a tiny pixie like girl with spiky black hair and blue eyes.

"This are Emmett McCarty, Esme Platt, and Alice Brandon," Carlisle continued pointing at each of the faces. "Emmett is the CEO of Platt Corporations and he will be working side by side with Jasper, Esme is the Manager of the Production Department and she will be working along with Rosalie, Alice is Manager of the department of Human Resources and she will be working along with me and Isabella Swan, Manager of the Finances, will be working side along with you Edward, she couldn't be here today though," Carlisle explained to us. " Emmett, Esme, Alice, these are Jasper Hale, Rosalie Hale, Edward Cullen and you already now me, I'm Carlisle Cullen. I hope all of you get along and that you adapt well into the work environment here in Cullen Enterprises. Welcome to the business!"

After Carlisle finished his speech everybody clapped and the new additions to the company looked at him in awe and amazement, it was hard not to love and admire Carlisle, he was everybody's role model (including mine).

"You are all dismissed. Esme, maybe you and your co-workers could follow the people you will be working with from now on and try to see how the work here is carried out," he told her with a smile. She nodded, blushed and asked Alice and Emmett to follow her.

"Edward could you please stay behind for a moment," Carlisle asked without raising his look from the papers he was reading.

"Yes, dad?" I asked him sitting next to him.

"Edward, what is going on? You have been arriving late for a week now! You know, just because you are my son doesn't mean you can't get in trouble. What happened son?" Carlisle asked me looking concerned. I looked away.

"Nothing, I have just been feeling tired. That's all. Nothing to worry about," I told him looking out the window. I stood and looked at the city. Beautiful, I thought, just like her. I shook my head. I was not going to think about her, the beautiful girl I kissed the elevator last Friday night, the girl whose name I did not know because she ran out the doors before I could ask her. I should've run after her, I thought.

"...son? Edward? Edward!" Carlisle stood in front of me shaking me by the shoulders.

"What?" I asked him.

"You did it again! You blanked out just like you have been doing all week! What are you thinking about Edward? This is not normal!" Carlisle asked me worriedly.

"It is nothing," I told him trying to smile at him. " It's just this girl -"

"A girl!" Carlisle asked laughing. "This is what you have been worrying about? Son, you're handsome, intelligent and funny. If the girl is smart enough, she will come after you and she will fall for you. Don't worry about that okay, and never act like you did all week again please. You almost gave your old dad a heart attack for worrying over you!"

"I'm sorry dad, it's just that she was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen and I don't even know her name! I just want to see her again, to find her and ask her..." I trailed of thinking of her again, her chocolate brown eyes, her shiny hair... I shook my head again. "I am sorry dad, I will try to stop my behavior. If you'll excuse me, I have some figures to go over."

I stood to leave but my dad stopped me once more.

"Really son, don't worry," he said looking into my eyes. "If she is the one, it will happen. Don't stress yourself okay"

I gave him a little smile and walked out of the room. I found Lauren in her desk in front of my office.

"Hey," Lauren said without raising her eyes from her computer screen. "How did it go?"

"Okay," I asked checking my mail on top of her desk. "I got called for getting late but not much. Apparently I'm going to work along with Isabella Swan, the other company's Manager of Finances, after the merge but she wasn't in the meeting, I guess I'll meet her next week."

"Oh, okay. Is she bringing her secretary with her after the merge, or am I going to work for both?" Lauren asked.

"I don't know but I'll find out. Oh, and do you know if you can get a list from the reception from all the visitors that came in on Friday between 9 and 10 pm for me please? Thank you," I said as I walked in to the office. It didn't matter what Dad said, I know that if it was meant to be it would happen, but that didn't mean I couldn't speed up the process. I should've run after her as she got off the elevator, if only the other man hadn't blocked my way as he ran after her. I don't know why but I don't like that man and I don't want him near him.

"Umm, sir?" Lauren interrupted my thoughts from the doorway. "I got the list."

She handed it to me and I looked at it, there were only three visitors during that hour on Friday. John Smith, Jacob Black and Isabella Swan.

Well hello there partner, I think we are going to get along just fine.