BPOV
True to his word everyday that week I found myself delivering an order to the 13th floor of the Cullen Inc. building. Every day I would go, his mood would be different from the previous day. It reached a level where I didn't say much, not knowing if I would be talking to Dickward or the one who at least had some caution as to what came out of his mouth.
It was Tuesday morning of the following week and I found myself once again making deliveries. I was stepping out of the elevator on the 13th floor of the Cullen building, to find the secretary's desk empty. I didn't want to go in unannounced, seeing as the secretary always announced me in every morning, so I took a seat in the waiting room. I had barely sat down in one of the chairs when I heard the shouts coming from the inside of Mr. Cullen's office. After awhile, curiosity got the better of me and I found myself walking towards his door. I pressed my ear towards his door and kept both eyes towards the front entrance in case the secretary decided to show up. I could hear the velvety voice of Mr. Cullen and also that of a woman. I was about to walk away not wanting to find out if the shouts I heard were of pleasure or of an argument when all of a sudden I heard his voice higher than what is considered appropriate.
"Fuck Tanya I already told you what you mean to me." He shouted and I flinched.
"I know that Master, but…"
Master?
"That's just it there's NO buts. If it's not enough for you, well then maybe…"
"It's enough." The women sounded determined.
So lost in my thoughts of the conversation I was hearing, I forgot to keep my eye on the entrance. I was startled when I heard a voice whispering beside me. "What are we listening to?" Then I saw him press his own ear to the door.
Without really thinking I jumped back and screamed. "AHHHH!"
I heard the man beside me chuckle at the same time that I saw his office door swing open. And there before me stood Mr. Cullen with his hair looking even more disarrayed than usual.
"Bella?" he said, sounding perplexed.
I looked down and turned bright red.
"Oh you know this fine piece of …"
"Emmett." He said sounding annoyed.
"What? Just stating the obvious dude."
If it was even possible I felt my cheeks burn even more. I looked up and saw both men staring at me. Wanting to get out of there as soon as possible I put the box in front of me, silently telling Edward to take it. "Just dropping off your order", I said in a shy voice.
He didn't take the box.
"Well how much would it take for you to swing down my place and drop something off?" The other man, 'Emmett' said, adding a wink when I took a glance at him.
God I blushed again and giggled.
"Hey aren't you going to introduce us Eddie."
I saw Edwards jaw clench, and I chuckled remembering that he didn't like to be called that.
"Bella this is my brother Emmett Cullen, Emmett this is Bella Swan."
Emmett took the one hand that wasn't holding the box in his and shook it.
"Bella? The one who delivers the heaven made desserts?" I chuckled.
"Yes Emmett, that Bella." Edward said.
"Well it does make sense, an angel delivering a piece of heaven."
Edward rolled his eyes, but I noticed that his jaw clenched even more.
I giggled so much I thought I was going to drop the box. And then it hit me he said that Bella. Edward talks about me to his brother? Calm down Bella. He talks about the desserts you deliver too. You just happen to be the one who delivers them.
"Well geeze I finally get to say thanks to the woman who made me gain 10 pounds this past week."
I gave him a perplexed look, and I felt Edward tense up beside me.
"Excuse me?" I said.
"Well you know my brother over here…"
"Shares," Edward interjected.
Emmett turned to look at Edward and gave him a look I couldn't make out. It was as if they were having a private conversation. He then turned his attention back to me.
"Well Bella can I take that box off your hands? It does look heavy." He looked down towards the box in my hands and licked his lips.
I gave him a pointed look. "If you can give me 30 dollars than yes, you can."
He then turned and gave a sharp look to Edward. Edward sighed.
Edward started to go through his pockets and he handed me the money while Emmett took the box from me.
So caught up with what was happening outside his office, I forgot that there was a woman inside Edward's office till she came up and stood beside Edward. I took in her appearance and suddenly felt much worse about my appearance than I did a second ago. She was beautiful. She had tall fit legs that seemed to never stop, a flawless face with bright blue eyes and blonde strawberry hair that was as long as mine. And that's when I realized that besides the hair length, we were the complete opposite. The 13-year old crush that I had developed through the week on Edward, and the same crush I refused to admit to myself suddenly felt as stupid as I did. She was perfect and I was plain old Jane. They were perfect for each other. So caught up comparing the two of us, I almost didn't notice when she placed a hand on Edward's shoulder and he quickly removed it. I looked up towards him and he was looking right into my eyes trying to communicate something. I felt the tension out in the hallway as soon as it formed, and coughed trying to do anything to cover my discomfort.
"Tanya." Emmett stated.
She aimed her smile toward him and then turned to me and gave me the 'look.' You know the one that women give you when they are sizing you up when they feel threaten that you're trying to take away their man. Pleased by what she saw, and not finding a threat, she turned back to Emmett.
"Emmett, who's your little friend?"
"Bella. And if it was up to me she would be more than a friend." He turned back to me and gave me another wink. I heard a low growl come out of Edward and I turned to give him a bewildered look.
"Emmett do you really think Rose would be happy hearing you flirt with Ms. Swan?"
I turned to look back at Emmett and he had a frown on his face. "We're on a "break" dip shit, which means I'm a free man." With that last statement Emmett turned around and headed towards the elevators.
Getting really uncomfortable with the situation, and wanting to follow Emmett's lead I said "Yeah Ummm, Edwa…I mean Mr. Cullen I need to be heading back, so if you'll excuse me."
He ran his hand through his hair, "Ms. Swan I believe I will need a little bit more of your time, can you please step into my office?"
I inhaled a big breath and nodded my head. Of course he wanted to talk to me I was just caught listening in to the conversation he was having with this beautiful woman. I walked past both of them and made my way into his office. Not bothering to wait till he came in, I sat down.
EPOV
I couldn't believe all the innuendos Emmett was tossing at Bella, and instead of her putting a stop to them she continued to laugh. It was getting more and more frustrating. Today is not my day, I thought dryly. I ran my hand through my hair once again; I could just imagine how it looked like by now with all the stress I was going through.
"Ms. Swan I believe I will need a little bit more of your time can you please step into my office." Bella walked right past Tanya and myself and I turned to look at Tanya.
"Were finished here Tanya." I stated.
She nodded, kept her eyes to the floor and turned to walk away.
"Oh and Tanya," she turned slightly to look back at me,"make sure you're not late this evening there's a something I want to teach you tonight and I would hate for you to miss it."
"But it's not Friday, sir." She protested.
"I know, but I need your assistance tonight and don't worry you won't be staying the night. The lesson I'm going to teach you won't take long. Of course you can always say the word and this can end right now," I raised an eyebrow.
She nodded not saying a word and continued on her path towards the elevators.
I closed my office door, turned around and noticed a very distressed looking Bella.
I sighed and ran my hand through my hair losing count of how many times I had done that action in the past hour.
She looked up towards me and the first thing I noticed was how she was chewing on her bottom lip. I felt something stir inside me and I tried to keep myself under control.
"I didn't hear anything," she blurted out before I asked her anything.
I shook my head and chuckled. "Now Bella I don't need to look at your face to know that you're lying through your teeth, we both know that isn't true."
"Crap," she mumbled so low I don't think I was intended to hear it.
"You know if you were something else to me I would have already punished you twice for lying and for that little foul mouth of yours." I smirked when I saw her blush.
I went around and sat to the chair next to hers.
"If I recall I do remember hearing something foul come out of your mouth when you were having a conversation with Ms. Long Legs."
"Ahh, so you did hear something."
She turned her body and faced me, "Alright maybe I did hear something, but it wasn't much. I don't even remember what it was, well almost don't remember much." She shrugged acting indifferent.
"That's fine. I apologize for any foul language you heard. There's another reason I asked you to stay. I want to apologize for Tanya's behavior."
"Don't worry about it."
I pretended like I didn't hear her. "It will be mentioned to her tonight, it will not happen again."
She nodded. "Okay, is that it? I really need to be heading back; lately my boss has been…"
She stopped talking; it appeared that my intense focus on her made her uncomfortable.
"Never mind. Yeah, um… I should go."
She stood up to leave, and I reached out to grab her wrist.
"Wait Bella."
She stopped, but didn't turn back to face me. "Yes?"
"Never mind." I sighed. I couldn't possibly tell her that I was here for anything she needed. She couldn't feel the same urge I felt to be near her.
"Have a nice day Mr. Cullen."
"Good day ." And with that, I released her from my grip.
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