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Chapter 7- It's just not that way

BPOV:

This is officially the most suckish day ever! Not only have I spilled coffee in my car, but I already met and flirted with the important EDWARD CULLEN! I should've suspected that. That's what you get for not asking for his last name! OMG! He must think I'm such a freak, he must've thought that I only promised to go out with him just to get on his good side or something. This is really the, and I mean THE most embarrassing day of my life! Okay, but hiding in the ladies isn't going to help solve the problem now is it? No… Ok, you can do it! You're Isabella Swan, graduate from Harvard with high honors, and here I am, sitting on the white chair in the private bathroom we used for only VIPs.

I can just go out there and pretend that nothing happened and that we've never met right? I wish! I seriously feel so sad right now. I mean I finally meet someone that I like and can connect with, but I can't be with him as he's like a client and I know that gramps will freak if I'm dating Edward Cullen, owner of our mortal arch enemy!! My grandpa will do absolutely anything for me, but when it comes to the company, he really is very guarded. So I unlocked the door and went out, as I approached the big opaque glass door of the conference room, I re-adjusted my skirt and opened the door. I saw Edward, whom now I have to address as Mr. Cullen, Daniel and my secretary, Matthews; yes, my secretary is a guy. I gave them my best smile and greeted all of them.

I reluctantly looked Edward in the eye and said "It is finally nice to meet you Mr. Cullen." He nodded and added "Like wise Miss. Swan, like wise."

Wow, so he too doesn't want anybody to know about our relationship. Smart move… we all took our seats and started with the meeting. As Matthews helped me set up the power point slides, I took out the file Daniel passed to me this morning; on the status of the SDP- Staff Developing Programme. I guess I've yet to tell you about Swan Industries, we specialize in helping people, mostly people ranging from 30 and above who are not educated, and have difficulties finding jobs. We basically give them courses to attend, ranging from banking, arts, hospitality and even medical courses. Apart from education, we help them with their looks, image is a very important aspect in the society. We help them change, or rather improve on there behavior and social manners. It might surprise you how many people actually will pay for these grooming courses. We are an international company and are proud to say that we have at least 1 school in all the capitals in every country.

Okay, so back to the SDF with Cullen International. We have a project to help groom a group of about 500 new graduates that Mr. Cullen brought into his company and he wants us to help him give them a whole new image. Not only that, his company wants to sign up for this package for 2000 members from his staff every year to attend the course for the next 10 years. And also, we are in need of an investor for our technology department. That is a lot of money, we're talking about 100 million here. I know it sounds damn unpractical, but a good image doesn't come cheap.

Matthews told me that everything was set up and that I could go any minute. I took a swig of water and proceeded to the screen. The lights were turned off and the files proposal files were being given out. I then said "Thank you Mr. Cullen for taking the time to be here to listen to our presentation this morning."

I smiled and continued "As we all know, that Swan Industries is well-known for our good reputation for having the best courses and services to groom our students. But for the first time in history, we're going to take the next step ahead. By being the very first company in the education business, to have robots as consultants in our centers worldwide. ".I stopped to make sure that nobody was lost. I then continued and pressed on. "This will increase the efficiency rate of our services and also cut down on our staff wages due to the recession that is currently occurring in the world now. This will be the next big thing for years to come. Of course with the help from Cullen International."

As we had more meetings and conferences about this project, I realized from what I've observed about Edward Cullen, is that he's very serious and very demanding. He sets very high expectations for himself and is very guarded with other people, with the exception of me. We both finally agreed on one thing, that our relationship was strictly ONLY business. He told me that the day when we first met after the meeting. He had asked me to stay behind in the meeting room and chased everyone out and spoke to me flatly "Look Bella, I've got to frank with you. I'm really attracted to you, really. I really like you, but the thing is, I've got this rule about not dating anyone I work with. You included, so I think we should just keep this an employee and employer relationship." He stopped and took a deep breath. I tried my best not to give him a big slap on his face and tried to smile.

I smiled sweetly and added "Yes Edward, I think that's a good idea. I gotta go. Bye!"

I tried to walk away but he grabbed my arm and added "But I hope we still can be friends though…"

I replied without facing him "Sure, that would be great."

And i walked away, and never spoke to him about anything besides business.