"Shut up Cullen!" I hissed as I slammed the door to my apartment shut. Jasper, Alice and Rose sat in the lounge room. Edward followed in behind me.

"Look I said I was sorry!" He replied. Jasper looked amused.

"I see you two have met again" I rolled my eyes. Third meeting, and one I would have rather not have. "Yes Jasper, your brilliant friend here crashed a score. I could have been caught!"

"But you weren't! We got out of there!"

"Just in time, seconds later the room would have been filled with security!" I could hear them running up the hallway towards the room just as I pulled myself through the vent. We could have been done for.

During my rant, Rose, Jasper and Alice scattered into their rooms.

"You absolutely screwed me!" I stepped closer to him, so close I could smell him. I swear inches further and our noses would have touched.

And he did the most unexpected thing. He laughed! He fucking laughed.

"You know you're cute when you're angry. Your cheeks flush rose and you get this crinkle in your forehead" No way. No way in hell is this man dazzling me into forgiving him. God he is beautiful though. Swoon.

I stepped back, his cologne clouding my senses.

"Don't try to dazzle me to get out of this Cullen!" I huffed and flipped my hair dramatically before storming into the kitchen. I could hear his heavy footsteps following behind me. I needed a drink.

"Im sorry what?" He said stopping in the middle of the U-shaped kitchen. I rolled my eyes at him and reached down into our wine fridge to grab a bottle of Bordeaux and a glass from the shelf above. I didn't bother to grab him a glass. "Dazzled? What the hell is that?"

I poured the wine to the brim and took a swig. "You know exactly what it is Cullen"

He sighed and leaned against the counter, "Look Bella, in all honesty im sorry. I didn't know you were going to be there. It was an honest mistake"

I could tell he was being sincere. I could hear it in the tone of his voice and by the look on his face. I couldn't help but give him a small smile, "im not going to say its fine because it wasn't, you cost me a lot of money tonight"

"I could say the same for you" He grinned at me. I took another sip of my wine and placed it down on the counter. We stayed silent for a few minutes. But it didn't feel like an awkward silence.

I kept my eyes to the ground and only lifted them when I saw movement in front of me. Edward walked over to the shelf in front of me and retrieved his own wine glass. He held out the glass in front of him in a silent questioned. I filled his glass and topped my own.

After taking a sip he hummed in appreciation. "Château Petrus, Good choice"

"You like your wine?" I asked, walking out of the kitchen and into the living room, taking a seat on the couch. A moment later he followed after me, the glass and the bottle in his hand.

He took a seat next to me and leant back onto one of the arms. "I love my wine. It stimulates the brain" I raised an eyebrow at him whilst he continued. "It elevates your senses and uh… enhances your ... Performance" He gave me a wink. I couldn't help but chuckle at his sexual innuendo. He held his glass up and inspected the liquid inside, "It is the solution to everything"

"I can't help but agree with you" I said, admiring my own glass. "How long have you been in the biz?"

He raised an eyebrow at me, "The biz?" He drained the last of his wine before continuing. "From before I can remember, I was always a little rascal."

"A Young con man?" I could see it now, a tiny Edward cheating out school kids for their lunch money.

"Exactly, the simple stuff, scamming kids in the cafeteria, I think I made about a few grand in lunch money before I hit middle school and started the cons" He poured himself another glass and topped mine off, "I got into fine art when I was in my late teens because of my father, he had wealthy friends in Italy who sent him pieces from a few galleries over there."

I nodded as he spoke, "What do your parents do?"

"My Mom in an interior designer, a quite successful one, my father is a Neurologist in Seattle" He reached into his back pocket and pulled out his wallet, he pulled out a photo from one of the slips and hands it to me. It featured a younger Edward in the middle of two attractive parents, His mother had dark caramel hair and fair skin, she was stunning; her husband was an older more handsome Edward, he was blond and he was more handsome than any movie star I'd ever seen. He had tired but gentle eyes, evidence of long hard shifts at the hospital.

"My father is a brilliant doctor, he could work at any hospital in the world but chose Seattle." His father seemed like an amazing man, I was about to ask for their names when Edwards answered my unspoken question "Carlisle and Esme"

"They seem wonderful" He nodded in agreement. "What about you? Where are your parents?"

I chuckled, "Not far from Seattle actually, well my Dad anyway, He lives in Forks, he was the chief of police there, my mom's quite the free spirt, she's with my stepdad in Arizona"

"You like him?"

"Phil? I guess so, my mom likes him and she's happy, so that's all that really matters I guess"

He gave me a small smile and lifted his glass to toast, "To love"

I raised my own glass and thought for a moment before making my own toast, "Hmm… To New associates?"

He gave a hearty chuckle and at that we clinked our glasses.

Sorry for the short chapter guys! Was having such a mental block with this chapter! Hope you all enjoy and remember to review!