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The next day was not any better. After the dinner last night, Alice and Rosalie went home while I slept early. After a long day at work, my mind and body could not work anymore. I arrived at my desk with another mountain tall of files. As I looked at today's schedule, Edward came out of his office and stopped in front of me.
"I need you to rearrange everything for today. I'm going to be out for the whole day." Unbelievable.
"Again?! Do you know that dozens of your meetings from yesterday were rearranged? Or do you need me to refresh that small brain of yours after it was used by a whore?" I burst out. Everything seemed to go silent as though as everyone stopped what they were doing to listen to my outburst.
"Miss Swan, I do not need you to be the mother of me. I can take care of myself and have been since twenty years ago. Now you either rearrange those meetings or you can leave now."
"I'm not going to give up. But I'm not letting you go either. The meetings for today are important. Now you go work like what your status say. Or are you just an asshole who claims name and do no work?"
"Isabella Swan! Do you know who you are talking to?" he yelled.
"Hmm..let me think. Right now I'm talking to the ASSHOLE WHO IS STANDING IN FRONT OF ME!" I screamed. Seriously, one has limits. He has pushed too much for the angry Bella to come out.
"I know what you think of me. You DON"T have to SCREAM in my face."
"I do not care at all. Yesterday, many of them were pissed when I had to rearrange your meetings so you can have the time for your whore. I am not going to let the future if this company to go down just because of your ways around women."
"I WILL care about this company. You are just a secretary and I suggest you should do what secretary do, which is shut up and do whatever I say."
"You clearly don't care about this company, Mr. Cullen. You only care about you, you selfish bastard."
"I wasn't born before my parents were married."
"What?" That was so random of him saying that.
"You called me a bastard. A bastard is born when his parents are not married," he smirked.
"You are unbelievable. I don't care. I'll lock you in the room if I have to."
"You can't lock me. You don't even have the key."
"Oh Mr. Smarty Pants, I'll do whatever it takes to make sure you are going to be in this building for today."
"I AM the boss. You can't direct me anywhere."
"Oh really? Well, now I'm freaking…"
"You two can stop now," Carlisle said calmly, cutting me off. When was he here? How much did he hear? I looked around him. Not surprisingly, Emmett and Jasper were beside him.
"Dad, why don't we fire Bella?" Edward asked, smirking at the ability to kick me out.
"And why don't I fire you too?" Carlisle replied. I was shocked.
"Bella, why don't you get back to work and make sure Edward here attends all his meetings for today?" Carlisle continued. Edward tried to walk away but was blocked by Jasper and Emmett.
"Eddie, why don't you listen to our dear father and stay here?" Emmett teased.
"Firstly, don't ever call me Eddie. Secondly, I have my own life. I shall do whatever I want with it."
"Sure you can do whatever you want, if you put it that way. But this is about the company. I will not let you wander off and cancel out on all your meetings," Carlisle said.
"Fine then. You win, Swan. I shall sulk in my office room. You know where to find me." With that, the great Edward Cullen stormed to his room and banged his door. I was smiling but inside me, I was doing a little dance.
"Bella, if he gives any more trouble, don't hesitate to call me. That boy needs to grow up and learn."
"Sure thing, Mr. Cullen."
"Just call me Carlisle," he smiled.
"Ok Carlisle. I had better get back to my work. Edward dumped lots of files on my table which needs my attention right now," I joked.
"I better let you go then. See you later, Bella." He walked away but Jasper and Emmett decided to stay a little while longer. I had no problem with them. Ever since I worked here, they looked after me well. They weren't like Edward. Sometimes we would just talk but it was awkward for me as they were my bosses. So normally it would be just the usual "Hi" and "How are you doing?".
"That was impressive," Jasper commented.
"Yeah, I've never seen Edward that way before around a lady," Emmett continued.
"I'm glad that I amused you all but I really have to get back to work." I pointed to my desk and Emmett gave out a low whistle.
"We should get going then," Jasper said. After we said our byes, I dropped to my chair and sighed at the big load of work to do. I forced myself to start immediately and around 10 o'clock, I walked to Edward's room. I knocked twice and walked in.
"What do you want now?"
"You have a meeting with Kerry now. She's waiting at the conference room," I said in my secretary tone.
"Thank you, Miss Swan." He walked out first and I followed him behind with my laptop. It was my duty to type everything out just in case. He greeted Kerry and they sat down for business. Although Edward was a womanizer, but he wouldn't do any of his clients. Just some colleagues or desperate bitches. I guessed he wanted to keep a professional relationship with all his clients. Besides, all his female clients knew about his professionalism so they didn't chase after him. Some of them tried but Edward declined them. One must wonder how a womanizer like him can screw up other bitches but not his clients. After the small discussion, they two were done. I walked away first so that I could finish my work in time. As I was leaving, a soft warm hand grabbed by wrist.
"Look, I'm sorry about this morning. I was having a rough morning before I came in," Edward apologized.
"Anything you say."
"Bella, please forgive me. I promise I won't do that again. Or you can lock me as you wanted to," he teased.
"Fine fine. Whatever. You are forgiven. Now I need to get back to work or I really need to work overtime again." Edward Cullen is truly weird person. I would actually like to suggest a therapist for him but I decided not to. Not only it will jeopardize my place in this firm, but I would also get more negative vibe from him. One minute he would be nice to me and another he would get mad at me.
Edward's POV
I cannot believe that I just apologized to her. I've never apologized to anyone except when I'm wrong. However, this Isabella Swan has intrigued me. She made me do things which I would never do. For example, this morning. My dad, my own blood related father was at her side. I know that I have fun around ladies but not her. Ever since she worked as my secretary, she has been the pain in the ass for me. I think the reason my dad hire her is because she would not throw herself over me. All the previous secretaries managed to have a little bit of me. Can't deny a lady's wish right? Besides, it's always a win-win situation. The ladies get to boast about their adventures with the great Edward Cullen while I get to satisfy my needs. Good plan right? Anyway, the annoying Isabelle Swan is one of a kind. She's different from the other ladies. But let me clear this, I do not and will never like her. She is way out of my type. I shook my head to get out that little thought out of my head. I had to concentrate on this case. Apparently, Kerry claimed that she was almost raped by this man called Fred. It was almost because she managed to run away but had lost her dignity within her friends when they call her a slut. Kerry was a model and this image would ruin her career. As I was rereading the case, Bella knocked onto my door again.
"This needs to be read again. I just typed it out. Leave it at my desk after you are done checking," she said and walked away.
Bella's POV
I was frustrated. Starting the day by getting mad with your boss was not a good idea. And the pile of files on front of me? Didn't make the situation feel any better. I grabbed my cell and called Alice.
"Bella! What brings you to this call?"
"You want to hang out during lunch later?"
"I can't. Rosalie and I have work to do," Alice said hesitantly. Somehow I could detect a lie in her voice but I brushed it away.
"I'm sorry, Bella. Another time?" she continued.
"Sure. Got to go now. See you later," I said and shut my cell. Then, Edward walked out of his room and was surprised to see me.
"Aren't you going out for lunch?" he asked. I shook my head "no".
"Well, come and join me. I'm supposed to meet my family for lunch."
"It's ok. It's your family. You should spend time with them."
"I'm sure they are fine with it. Plus, I do not need a secretary working for me with an empty stomach." I thought about the pros and cons.
"I promise I won't bite. No more repeat of this morning. It'll be my treat," he continued, extending his hand to me.
"Okay. What harm would come right?" We walked together to a small café. It was a good 15 minutes walk to clear my head and breathing in all the fresh air. Edward kept to his words. He tried to be a gentleman and for the first time, we talked without any screaming or yelling. I realized we had a lot in common. Soon, we arrived at the café and Edward held the door for me.
Edward's POV
I didn't know why I did that. But that again, it was Bella. I couldn't let her do all the work in the office during lunch. Besides, my sister called me to have this lunch claiming that we didn't talk very often. I dragged Bella for a few reasons. First, she might be able to pull me away from anything that my sister planned. Second, I couldn't let her starve. Third, I really wanted to know her better. I could easily read other people especially the ladies but not her. I quickly found my family with Emmett being the noisy one. I pulled Bella to the table. She was looking at the floor when we walked there. My sister saw me and she was shocked to see Bella was with me. I wouldn't bring any ladies to see my family except for Jasper and Emmett who worked with me. So I guessed that she was surprised that I finally brought someone to not only see them but to have a lunch together too. But what happened next totally threw me off. I had not expected this would happen when I introduced my sister.
"Bella, this is my sister…"
Bella's POV
I felt Edward stopped in front of me and stood at a table. I slowly looked up and saw the table was filled four people. As I slowly looked, I felt betrayed. What were they doing here?
"Bella, this is my sister…"
"What the hell are you dong here?" I asked, cutting Edward off.
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