Chapter Three – You Again

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Beginning of June

It's been three weeks and I still can't get him out of my head. It don't matter what I'm doing, I still remember the way he touched me and how he made me feel. I don't think I'll ever be able to forget his soft touch and those amazingly beautiful green eyes. His hands and when he-

"Miss Swan," I jumped and whipped my head in the direction of the nasally voice. "If you're about done staring at your nails can you get me my coffee?" I got up and ran to the break room to make her coffee. When I walked back into her office to set it down she didn't look up from the papers she was holding, "Next time I shouldn't have to ask you." Her tone was harsh and I have to admit I was petrified of her when she was mad, which was all the time.

"I'm so sorry Mrs. Volturi I promise-"

"Enough!" I jumped and slowly walked backwards trying to inch my way out the door. "I'm tired of your excuses Miss Swan." She growled out at me, "Do you have everything booked for the meeting in Chicago on Friday?" She looked at me raising her right eyebrow.

"Y-Yes." Jane was leaving for a convention is Chicago on Friday which would last till Tuesday and give me five stress free days away from her. "I have you staying at Ritz-Carlton and I booked you a fist class round trip ticket from Chicago to Washington."

"Hmmm," I held my breath waiting for what she would say. "Well it seems you're not completely incompetent." I let out my breath and smiled at her.

She turned away from me when she saw me smiling, "Now go make yourself useful. What are you doing wasting time, I don't have?"

"S-Sorry." I squeaked out and was ready to bolt out the room.

She waved her hand at me and just like that I was dismissed. I opened the door and was almost out of the room when she said, "I have an important guest coming in soon, he's not on the schedule but that's for you to figure out."

I turned back around and rolled my eyes. Of course I would be the one to have to fix this, it's not like I don't have a million other things to do for her. Jane had a precise schedule, everything was planned weeks before hand because she was in such a high demand and now this new 'guest' was coming and messing her schedule. I don't know how I was going to fix this and I was starting to get a headache even thinking about it.

I sat at my desk, which was right outside of Jane's office. I was in the middle of rearranging her schedule and pushing appointments back when I heard the opening of the elevator doors, "Hello can I help you?" I asked staring at the computer screen.

"Yes, I'm here to see Jane." I froze, I know that voice. My hair was covering my face so he most likely didn't recognize me. I slowly lifted my face so I was looking into his beautiful green eyes.

His eyes were wide and he was clenching his jaw, "Bella?" He whispered. I nodded my head and his face paled even more than it already was. He grabbed on to the edge of the desk and I thought he was going to faint so I stood up and grabbed his arms to steady him.

"Edward? Calm down," He looked at me and nodded his head. "Nobody needs to know." I whispered. I hated saying that but it was true, we were the only ones that knew what happened that night, not even Jake knows about it. "I-I don't know your situation, but, um…We can pretend it never happened."

He closed his eyes, "I never meant for this to happen." I snorted and let go of his arms. "I know you don't believe me."

I rolled my eyes, "That's an understatement."

I turned to go back to my desk but he reached out and grabbed my arm. "Please, here me out." I sighed and against my better judgment I turned to listen to him. "Bella I-"

"You're here." My eyes widened and I turned towards the annoying voice of my boss. "I've been waiting for you. Isabella, you knew how important this guest was, you should have sent him in right away!" I knew an apology wouldn't work so I just nodded my head and went back behind my desk.

"It's really alright, I wasn't waiting long." He muttered looking away from me and down at the floor.

Jane smiled, which was really creepy to witness. She walked up to Edward and kissed him, right on the mouth. I gasped and looked away. Watching that made me feel like a knife was being stabbed through my heart…repeatedly. I heard the kiss end and cringed at the disgusting sound it made. "Come, we have a lot of things to discus." I looked over and watched her lead him into her office by the hand and even though he wasn't mine to claim I felt jealousy that she had him, even if he was a lying cheat. "Oh Isabella, hold all my calls. This will probably take a while." She winked at me and I felt the bile rise up as she shut the door to her office.

For the next twenty minutes I tried to focus on moving around Jane's schedule as best as I could. Every time I would hear loud voices or what sounded like something crashing to the floor, I ignored it and went back to typing and answering calls. I have to admit hearing those sounds hurt me deeply, just to know that he could do that with somebody, so close to me really cut me deep. The longer I heard the noises the more animosity I felt toward Edward, this just made me relieved that I wasn't the wife he cheated on.

All of a sudden the door flew open and Jane stormed out. Her hair was frazzled like someone had been pulling at it and her clothes did not look as neat as they did before. My eyes widened as I watched her storm towards the elevator doors, "Isabella," she whipped around and narrowed her eyes at me, "I'll be going out to lunch. When my husband gets done tell him to meet me." I was stunned as I watched her walk through the doors, what the hell just happened?

"Bella," I turned my head and there he was leaning against the door. I quickly looked away, "Please don't do this."

I could literally feel my blood pressure rising, "I'm not the one doing this, Edward!" How dare he make this about me! He's the one that got us into this fucked up situation. He's the one that approached me in that bar and he's the one that didn't tell me he was married before we fucked. If I didn't calm down soon I was going to start throwing shit at him. "How about we just never talk about this again and we leave each other alone." I sighed

I went back to furiously typing. "Wait. Don't I get a say in this?"

I looked at him and he was smirking at me, "The say in what? There is no this!" I gestured between the two of us and he rolled his eyes at me.

"I know you feel it Bella." I looked away from him and back at the computer. He took advantage of my quietness, "Please meet me. Just for coffee, nothing more and after you hear what I have to say and you still want nothing to do with me I'll leave you alone and never bother you again." I closed my eyes and I heard him move closer to me. "Please."

"Why do you even care? It's not like I'm going to tell your wife, you cheated on her." I clenched my eyes shut tighter.

He was silent for a while and I was afraid to look at him. Although I wanted nothing to do with Edward I still wanted to know why he did it and why he cared that I know the truth. He knew I wouldn't tell Jane the truth and risk my job. "Bella, please just meet me."

I opened my eyes and he had the most desperate look on his face. "Okay." I sighed. I just needed to know so I could get some closure and put this chapter of my life to rest, for once and for all. I gave Edward my number so we could make arrangements to meet for coffee and he soon left. As I watched him go I was praying I was making the right decision.

I sat in the little coffee shop waiting for him, he texted twenty minutes ago telling me he was going to be a little late but as I look at the clock my blood boiled. He never said he was going to be this late! An hour was defiantly too long to wait for a man who was supposed to be showing you he wasn't a complete asshole.

I was only disappointed in myself for trusting him, again. I was leaving the coffee shop when I felt my phone vibrate.

Edward: Please, I know you're mad. Something came up.

Me: Save it.

Edward: Please Bella, just one more chance.

Me: No. Just leave me alone Edward. I want to move on with my life, and you should too!

I got in my car and threw my phone into the passenger seat of the car. As I drove to my apartment I couldn't take the focus off of my contently vibrating phone. When I get home I'm going to delete his number and tell him to stop this, it wasn't fair of him to do this to me.

I stormed up the stairs to my apartment, "Whoa, what's wrong with you?" Jake asked.

I didn't want Jake to know about all this drama and think less of me. I know I'm not the one to blame in this situation, but I still feel so guilty about what happened, even if my horrible boss is the wife in this situation. "Uh, just work stuff." I told him and scurried off to my room.

Instead of reading his texts I deleted all 14 of them and cleared the 2 times he called me off of my phone. Next I scrolled down to his name and sent him one final text.

Me: Please, don't contact me anymore Edward. I'm done playing these games; I just want to move on with my life. I'm erasing your name off of my phone and if you contact me again I will change my number.

After I sent the text I have to admit I was hoping for some type of response, but after five minutes with nothing I deleted his number and sat my phone on my night stand. I laid there trying to get thoughts of him out of my mind and It must have worked because before I knew it I was waking up to the sound of my phone vibrating on a hard surface.

I sat up and was horrified because my room was covered in darkness. I looked at the clock and was shocked to find out it was 9:43. I grabbed my phone off the night stand when it started to vibrate I answered it, without even thinking about it. "H-Hello?" I wiped the sleep out of my eyes and turned my lamp on.

"Bella!" I felt my heart skip a beat, "Please don't hang up!" I was about to press the end button but for some reason I just couldn't. "Please just meet me. I-I'm outside your apartment." This had to be a dream; there was no way he was really here. I jumped when I heard three loud car horn honks. "That was me. Please I-I'm right outside, and It'll only take five minutes to hear me out."

I hung up on him and a second later I heard him honk the horn again. How dare he think he could just summon me like this! I jumped out of my bed and stomped all the way outside. He must have been watching out for me because as I stepped on the sidewalk I heard that annoying car horn again.

I flung the door open and sat in the passenger seat and before he could say a word I shouted at him, "What the hell do you think you're doing here? How the hell do you know where I live, anyway?"

I have to admit I was a little creeped out that he knew where I lived. "I can explain everything. You just have to promise to hear me out." I nodded my head for him to continue. "Okay, don't get mad but I got your address from one of Jane's files."

I kind of figure that out but, "Why? Hmm, for the last time I'm going to ask this why do you care?"

"I feel bad for how everything went down in California." He sighed and ran his hand through his hair tugging on the ends, "I just, I never wanted to hurt you."

"Well maybe you shouldn't have done it." I rolled my eyes at him, "Do you make it a habit of cheating on your wife?"

He growled, "No! I-I've never done that before. You have to understand I'm never like that, there was just something about you…" He trailed off looking away from me and out the front windshield.

I scoffed, "For some reason I just don't believe you." I stopped him from saying and anything by asking him, "What do you need to explain to me, Edward."

He sighed, "Well for starters, I was late to the coffee shop because my sister was involved in a car accident and I needed to go and be with her." My eyes widened, "She turned out to be fine. She had just a few bumps and bruises but," He gripped the steering wheel, "She means a lot to me." He whispered.

Without realizing it I grabbed his hand in mine and squeezed, "I'm sorry for being so harsh earlier but you have to understand where I'm coming from here."

He nodded his head, "Yeah I know…I'm a dick." We both laughed, "Honestly Bella, I wanted to be there." I nodded my head and he continued, "Secondly, I need you to know Jane and I have a complex relationship. I know that doesn't give me an excuse for what I did, but I can't change what happened now."

I sighed, "Why didn't you tell me that night?"

"I was afraid you wouldn't talk to me if I told you."

I rolled my eyes, "So what you thought we would just sleep together and you would never have to see me again." I snorted, "That sure bit you in the ass, didn't it!"

He sighed deeply, "I never meant to take it as far as it went."

I didn't know if I should believe him or not, "Then why did you come up and talk to me? You're married, you're not supposed to walk up to random girls in bars and talk to them."

"I know, fuck!" He hit the steering wheel making me jump, "Shit, sorry." He gripped his hair. "Bella there is no excuse, I did what I did and I'll have to live with that." I hated to see him like this, but like he said he's the one that put himself in that situation and he was going to be the one that has to deal with it. There was nothing I could do to help him, and I don't think I would if I could.

"You put me in such a horrible spot." Now there was a face to Edward's wife. It just so happened she was my horrible boss, but it made everything so much more real.

"I know and I want to make it up to you."

I lifted my brow. "Make it up to me? How do you expect to do that?"

"Jane is leaving to Chicago-"

"Yes, I know. I am her assistant after all."

"As I was saying," He laughed, "I want to meet you and get to know you better and show you I'm not the complete dick you think I am."

"Um," Every fiber of my being wanted to say yes, "Edward, It don't matter what I think about you." I sighed, "You're married and I don't think we should be anywhere together…alone."

"I don't mean as a date." He gritted out, "Just as friends."

Friends? Could I actually be friends with this man?

So what do you guys think? Could they be friends?

Do you think she is actually going to meet him?

How many of you still hate Edward?

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