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Unofficially Official
Edward POV
"Mr. Cullen we were told the netbook tablet would be released in October instead of next March. What is the rush?"
Mr. Shoe asked over the loud speaker, "I think it would be a great idea to have it out by Christmas season here in America." I tell him, refusing to let him know that the plans for the tablet were stolen. I turn my chair to face the window as I look out over the Chicago skyline.
"That's a brilliant idea; I'll have my men get right on it."
He says then we finish up our conversation and end the call. I looked down at my watch and knew that Isabella would be arriving soon for lunch. We've had lunch together every day for the past week and a half; it was partially because I knew I would be in New York next week, but more so because I just liked having her around. I ran my fingers through my hair as I thought some more about the meetings I had later in the day. It seemed like I was never done meeting with people, never done signing or preparing forms and contracts.
"Mr. Cullen, your sister is on line one."
Jessica said coming over the intercom, I turn around and pick up the phone. "Hey Bumble Bree." I say into the phone and she sucks her teeth making me laugh. "Hey Eddie, are you busy?" she asked me and this worried me a bit because she never started are questions this way.
"I'm never too busy for you Bree, what's the matter?"
I ask her, "You know how Emily was paying my way on the Europe trip as my graduation gift." Bree says and that honestly still surprised me she was doing that but I honestly thought it was just because my mother asked her what she was getting Bree for graduation. Then I realized that Bree said that Emily was paying instead of is paying.
"Why isn't Emily paying?"
"She said that since you cut her from the company she can't afford it."
"What!"
I shout sitting up and turning the chair away from the window, "So I was calling to ask could you give me my stipend now so that I can buy my plane ticket." She asked and I bawled my fist up. Emily knew that Bree's only source of income was the stipend checks from the company, because she wasn't rewarded her trust fund until she was twenty-four. It was the same thing my parents did with Emily and I, it was something about waiting until we appreciated life and money.
"Bree take the Jet, I'll have Charles fly all of you out there and pick all of you up. If your friends brought their tickets tell them to refund them and if they can't call me."
"Won't you need it; I mean what if you need to fly out somewhere."
"If that happens while you are using it then I guess I'll have to get cozy with first class."
"Edward you don't have to do this, I could pay if you just give me…"
"I'll give you the stipend early Bree, but let me do this for you alright."
I tell her and she laughs, "Mom said you were going to do this." Bree said and I laughed, "You know mom is never wrong." I tell her and she laughs again agreeing with me. "So I heard you are sending mom and dad to Paris for the summer also." Bree said and I smiled,
"I just offered the house to them and they accepted."
"So where are you going to go this summer then?"
She asked me and I hadn't given much thought to taking a vacation this summer. I wondered if Isabella would think we were moving too fast if I asked her to go with me. It was already May and I couldn't get away from work until August so that had to be enough time for her to think about it right? I could hear Bree calling my name through the phone and realized I hadn't answered her question yet.
"I don't know, but I think I'm going to take the Yacht when I go."
"Really? You haven't used the Yacht since the whole Maria thing."
"Thank you for reminding me of that Bree, I think I'm going to sale that one and buy a new one now."
I say trying to block the thoughts of Maria out of my head, "I'm sorry." She says and I tell her not to worry about it. We talk for a few more minutes and she lets me know just how many of her friends are going with her so that I can let Charles know. There's a faint knock at the door and I look up seeing Isabella standing at the door wearing a white halter summer dress that had a large flower on the skirt. She looked amazing, but I was starting to realize I felt that way no matter what she wore. I waved for her to come in and she did with a smile as she closed my office door behind her. She went to sit down in an empty chair and I shook my head and moved back from the desk then patted my lap. She blushed and I waved my finger at her to come here.
"Edward are you listening to me?"
Bree asked me and I didn't answer as I watched Isabella place her purse on my desk then walk around it and was now standing in front of me. "No what did you say Bree?" I ask admiring Isabella's legs. I reach my hand out to her and she takes it in her own.
"Tell Bree I say hello."
Isabella says and I relay her message, "Ah so that's why you stopped listening to me. It's lunch time, tell Bella I said hi" Bree says and I look up at Isabella and smirk at her making her blush again.
"Bree says Hello."
I tell her and she nods her head and start to play with my fingers, "I'll talk to you later Edward, and see if Bella will go away with you for the summer. You know giving that you don't mess up by then." Bree teases and I laugh into the phone.
"I thought you were the one with faith in me."
"I have faith in you, it's just Bella is different and you big brother are not accustomed to different."
She tells me and I looked at Isabella again and know that my darling sister is indeed right. "I'll talk to you later Edward have a nice lunch." Bree says and I tell her I will see her when I get home. I place the phone on the hook and smile at Isabella,
"You look nice today, going somewhere special?"
I ask her seeing as though she came in jeans and a t-shirt yesterday for lunch. "Are you implying that I didn't look nice yesterday Edward?" She asks with a smirk and I pull her into my lap where I originally wanted her.
"Of course not, I think you are gorgeous even if you were wearing a trash bag."
I tell her and she laughs turning her face away from me. I place two fingers under her chin and turn her face back to me and bring her lips to mine. I place a soft slightly opened mouth kiss on her lips and she softens on my lap as if the kiss relaxed her. I continue to place soft kisses on her lips until there is a knock at the door,
"Who is it!"
I yell and Isabella slaps my shoulder probably for sounding so harsh when I said that. She gets up from my lap and I growl. "Samantha, Mr. Cullen." Samantha yells from the other side of the door, I knew she was bringing in our lunch she just picked up. Samantha picked up our lunch every day since there weren't many places Isabella and I could go without being spotted by the paparazzi. I knew we agreed to keep us a secret from everyone other then family and close friends but I was getting sick and tired of losing that physical contact because one of my employees were coming into the room. I wait for her to sit down in the chair across from me and then tell Samantha to come in. She enters with two carry out bags and places them on my desk.
"Thank you Samantha."
Isabella says with a smile and Samantha simply smiles at her then looks at me, "Your welcome Mr. Cullen." She says then exits the room.
"I think someone has a crush on you Mr. Cullen."
"Who, Samantha? Or You?"
I ask and Isabella blushes, "Samantha, though I do think you are kind of cute." She replies and I smirk at her then watch her cross her legs and shift a little in her seat. "Samantha knows I do not fraternize with employees, plus I'm pretty sure I am unofficially taken." I tell her and I knew she wouldn't consider Emmett as an employee because I never did.
"Unofficially?"
She ask and I shrug my shoulders, "There's this feisty woman I've been seeing for a little over a week, and been crazy about much longer than that. She hasn't said just what we are, not that I'm pressuring her but you know we men prefer some form of commitment." I tell her and she laughs shaking her head at me.
"I'm hungry."
She says with a smirk and I smile standing up and going to the bags Samantha placed on my desk. I began to dig into the bags and see that they have our names on them, which was a first seeing that we usually ate the same thing. Then I smelled it and realized what restaurant this came from. I grip the box in my hand with furry building in me.
"Edward what's the matter?"
Isabella asked me looking concerned, "Samantha!" I yell so loudly I see Isabella jump. My door swings open and a frantic looking Samantha is standing at the door. She looks at Isabella first and I see something flash in her eyes as she quickly looks back at me.
"Yes, Mr. Cullen."
"Is there shell fish in any of these dishes?"
I ask her and I now see the worried look on Isabella's face. "Oh I-I forgot to ask." She says and I drop the food on my desk and it makes a splat sound.
"You forgot? That's the best damn answer you've got."
"Edward."
Isabella calls to me in a warning tone but I ignore her and focus on Samantha. "I just went to one of your favourite restaurants. I mean it's confusing sometimes, one meeting you tell me to order only shell fish and then when Ms. Swan comes in I'm not supposed to order any. I forgot." She says and I open the carton and pick it up then walk over to Samantha. Once I am standing in front of her I dump it onto her chest.
"You could have fucking killed her and all you have to say is that you forgot!"
I yell remembering that Isabella has a serious allergy to shell fish. Samantha is in tears now, not that I really care. The idea that if I hadn't checked the food Isabella could have eaten it and ended up in the hospital not only pissed me off beyond belief but scared the fuck out of me. "Edward what the hell is wrong with you. It was a mistake." Isabella says jumping up and she went to go to Samantha and stopped. I knew it was because of the now strong shell fish smell.
"Isabella she could have killed you."
"You didn't have to throw the food at her Edward."
"Then she should have remembered something as important as you not being able to eat shell fish."
I say looking at Samantha now, "How did you manage to get it right all week and today you supposedly forget." I ask Samantha and she sucks in a deep breath. Jessica runs up behind her and looks horrified.
"Samantha you're fired."
I say and her jaw drops, "Edward don't be so dramatic. I'm sure it was an honest mistake." Isabella pleads to Samantha's defence and I don't know how she's not as upset as I am about this.
"Isabella what if I didn't check the food first?"
"I would have been able to smell it."
"Did you smell it before I tossed it on her, or did you only smell the seasoning from the restaurant?"
I ask and Isabella rolls her eyes, letting me know that I am right, "Edward there is no need to be harsh." She says still being nice about all of this, "I won't let you fire her because of me." She tells me and I shake my head.
"Isabella her negligence could have killed you, I can't look past that even if you can."
"Fire her over this simple mistake and I walk out of that door and your life."
Isabella says and my jaw tightens now. With old relationships this would have been simple I would have fired Samantha, but I was not chancing it with Isabella.
"Samantha you're suspended. I'll have Jessica call you when I am ready for you to return to work."
I say having no intention on asking her to come the hell back, but I wasn't in the mood to argue with Isabella about this either. Samantha nods her head and walks out of the room. Jessica comes in and began to clean up the mess without me having to ask her to, "I'll order you and Ms. Swan something else to eat, Mr. Cullen." She tells me and I nod my head then look over at Isabella who looks like she is about to throw up. I grab her purse off my desk, then Isabella's hand. I tell Jessica that we are going to conference room A and I am not to be disturbed. When we enter the room Isabella looks a little better now and I relax from the panic attack I was about to have.
"Feel better?"
"Yes. It's just the smell of shell fish makes me so nauseas. God, why didn't I smell it when she brought it in?"
"The restaurant she got the food from specializes in hiding the smell of sea food, for those who enjoy eating it but hating the smell. If it wasn't for me eating there often I wouldn't have noticed."
I tell her and she nods her head and takes a seat, "Where you really going to fire her?" Isabella asked me and I run my fingers through my hair. "Yes, Isabella if something happened to you I would never forgive myself." I tell her and she gets up from the chair and walks over to me.
"That is very sweet, but firing her because she accidently brought shell fish is a bit much."
I cup her cheek, the tips of my fingers gliding across the roots of her hair, "If you would have eaten that and ended up in the hospital she would have been sleeping with the fishes." I tell her and Isabella laughs shaking her head at me.
"What am I going to do with you Edward Cullen?"
"I could give you some ideas but I rather know what you have in mind."
I tell her and she rises up on her toes and lets our lips touch. I pull her face tighter against mine and swipe my tongue across her bottom lip causing her to moan against my mouth. Her lips part just enough for me to slip my tongue into her mouth, and now I am able to have a real taste of her. Her mouth was engaging and tempting. Making me want to devour her, and have her more than I've ever wanted any woman in my entire life. She starts to suck on my tongue in a gentle way and I grip her hips in my hands and I groan in my chest from the satisfaction this gave me. I continue to kiss her nibbling on her lip and now pressing my hand into her low back. She pulls away slowly still placing her own small's pecks on my lips as she does.
"Jeez I think when I kiss you I forget to breath."
She says and I laugh running my nose along her jaw and neck, "I forget everything." I tell her she chuckles and tells me I am ridiculous.
"Isabella you see yourself with fog clouding your vision. You are like no other person I have ever met and for that you captivate me in a sacred and permanent way."
I tell her and she blushes again and I kiss both her cheeks just over her blush. She looks up into my eyes and we stare at each other neither of us speaking for a few minutes. I glide my hand down her bare arms and then take her hand into mine.
"You haven't told me why you're more dressed up today."
I say and she smiles at me, "I had to meet with Alistair today. He is really considering changing the show up. He wants it to be similar to Regis and Kelly and the early show put together." Isabella tells me then shakes her head and I can tell she doesn't like the idea.
"What is it you don't like about it?"
"For one the fact that he plans to bring the little stuck up whore Lauren back."
Isabella says and I smirk at her, "I could fix that with one phone call." I tell her and she looks up at me now, "Edward no! I can handle this without you making any calls." She tells me and I run my thumb over her cheek.
"The first sign of you looking stressed from work, I'm making the call."
I tell her and she smiles and once again shakes her head at me, "So who do I call about you looking stressed out from work?" She asked me slipping her fingers into my hair. I shrug my shoulders,
"This dick name Edward Cullen, but he doesn't like to be bothered by commoners."
I joke and she laughs, "I'm more then certain I can handle him." She replies and I lower my head to her and kiss her lips again. There is a knock at the door followed by Jessica's voice. Isabella goes to pull out of my hold but I don't release her. I didn't want her out my arms just yet, if ever actually.
"Edward, Jessica is about to come in."
"She won't tell anyone."
I reply then yell for Jessica to come on in to the room. She does, carrying two cartons of food. She smiles at Isabella and I then lets us know what she got us to eat then exits the room. I take Isabella's hand into mine and we sit down and prepare to eat our lunch. We make small conversation as we eat and every once in a while one of us would lean into the other and kiss each other.
"Oh if I forget this Jasper and Jake will kill me."
"Forget what?"
I ask her as I watch her place a fork full of food into her mouth. I wipe away a crumb from her lip and she smiles at me. Once she is finish chewing she says,
"We are all going to the pool hall tonight, the guys will really be playing but we all go because the food and music is great."
"So are you inviting me?"
I ask her and she blushes, "The guys are inviting you. You know if anyone was to ask since it is a public place." She says and I shake my head at her.
"Other people would mean I couldn't do this…" I say then lean over and kiss her lips. "…or this…" I say sliding my lips over her jaw then taking her ear lobe into my mouth. I smile when a soft moan escapes her lips. "…or this…" I say sliding my hand up her thigh as I then place a soft kiss on the hollow part of her neck. "…if I have to be near you for hours and can't do any of these things, I'll lose it." I tell her and she blushes again.
"So is that a no then?"
"Of course not, I'll just buy the pool hall out for the night for a private party."
"Edward, don't be ridiculous."
"I'm not, I want to be with you tonight Isabella, to hang out with your friends. But I cannot go without touching you. So I'll just buy the pool hall for the night. Invite who you want, that you wouldn't mind letting in on our little secret, but I'm doing it."
I inform her and she rolls her eyes at me but doesn't protest again, "You don't even know what pool hall it is, how do you know the owner will let you?" She asked and I smirk at her playing my fingers along her neck and shoulder.
"First I'm Edward Cullen next I'm sure I can get, Jasper or even Jake to tell me which pool hall it is, and I'll pay the owner whatever they would have made that night if they opened to the public plus a little something extra."
I tell her and once again she shakes her head at me, "Your just use to getting your way aren't you?" She asked me and I smirk making her blush,
"People don't usually tell me no, that is until I met you."
"Good, I refuse to feed your ego anymore than the rest of the world already does. I'm surprised you don't tip over with that large head on your shoulders."
Isabella says and I toss my head back in laughter, "Make sure Emmett and Bree come also, if she wants to invite her friend that's alright too. I mean if you think they would keep us a secret." Isabella says and I nod my head still smiling at her.
"I know they will, tell Jake and everyone else same goes for them. If I have to I can just make them all sign a contract."
"Is contracts the answer to everything for you?"
"In my life. Yes."
I answer and she smiles, "That won't be necessary, but I should warn you Embry from the diner is supposed to be there." She tells me and I growl and pull her closer to me then kiss her neck,
"I have the prize anyway so that's fine with me."
I reply and she chuckles, the intercom in the room beeps and I groan knowing that it was Jessica. I get up from my seat and walk over to the intercom and press the button.
"What is it Jessica?"
"Your two O'clock is here Mr. Cullen."
I look at my watch and try to figure out where two hours went that fast. I watch Isabella as she stands up and begins to clean up our lunch from the table. "Thank you Jessica, direct them to my office and I'll be there shortly." I tell her then release the button and continue to watch Isabella.
"Go ahead Edward, I can clean this up."
Isabella tells me and I slowly walk over to her and take the carton that is in her hand from her and place it back on the table. I then turn her to face me with my hand on her waist.
"I'll miss having lunch with you next week."
I inform her and she blushes, "I'll miss having lunch with you also. How long will you be gone again?" She ask me and I cup her face, "A week, I have Bree's graduation in New York and we will be staying the night to spend some more time with her before she leaves for Europe, then I have to fly out to Seattle for the Masen Hotel's anniversary dinner." I answer and she nods her head at me,
"Are you finished your speech for the graduation?"
"Some what, I was going to email it to you tonight."
I say since she was helping me write it. I had agreed to be the Universities honorary speaker, more like Bree talked me into it. But Isabella was a life saver helping me write the damn speech. I watched her bit her lip, as her cheeks blushes a soft shade of pink. I knew she was about to ask me a question, one that made her embarrassed.
"Will one of your cousins or someone be accompanying you to the anniversary dinner?"
She asked me lowering her gaze from mine, I lifted her face back up to face me. "I would much rather take you, but the press would give us no peace. So since I can't go with the woman I want to go with I will be going alone." I answer and she smiles at me, just as there is a soft knock at the door and I know that it is Jessica warning me about my time, but I hated being rushed. I went to reply and Isabella placed her hand over my mouth.
"He'll be right there Jessica."
Isabella says and I look at her with a raised brow, "I saw that you were about to say something stupid that would have probably made her cry so I stopped you." She replied to my unasked question. I chuckle then kiss her hand that is still over my mouth. She blushes then removes her hand,
"I will see you later Edward, please be nice while I'm not here."
She says and I kiss her forehead then place an opened mouth kiss on her lips, "I'll try because you asked so nicely." I tell her and she smirks at me. I walk her to the elevators and sneak in one last kiss before she gets on the elevator. I head back to my office and when I open the door the Volutri is sitting there talking amongst their selves.
"Good afternoon Gentlemen."
"Good afternoon."
They all say, my door opens and Jessica and Emmett enter at the same time. "So is there any news?" I ask needing to get straight to the point.
"Yes actually, other than all of your head directors for the company everyone has been cleared. Also Paul as been cleared because he didn't have any clearance to anything until after you became CEO and the embezzlement and trouble started before that."
Aro answered and I nodded my head, this made me feel a little better because we were now working with a smaller list. "So that would be, Laurent, Victoria, Veronica, Benjamin, Royce and Felix." Marcus adds reading from a list he was holding.
"Felix no longer works here."
Emmett tells them and Marcus nods his head, "Yes, but he is still a suspect." He told him and I sit back in my chair and think a little about something Emmett and I had discussed,
"Put Emily Cullen on that list."
"Your sister?"
"Yes, since she found out my grandfather was leaving the company to me she's been a thorn in my side. She was the reason for the strike in Hawaii as well as the lost of millions by telling the hotels to shut down the casino's."
I tell them and Marcus quickly writes down what I said, "Anyone else you want to add that doesn't work for Masen Enterprises directly?" Caius asked me and I sat quietly as I thought about this, I ran a couple other names off to them like the company's lawyers and accountants. After the brief meeting they left my office Jessica leaving her notes and Emmett and I alone.
"How was your lunch with Rose?"
I ask him picking up Jessica's notes and looking over them, "It was great; she invited us to play pool with them tonight." He told me and I laughed, just as the phone ring. I watched the line light up and a minute later it went out which meant Jessica didn't find it important to come tell me about the call. I look back at Emmett,
"Isabella invited us too. I told her I was going to buy the pool hall for the night."
I tell him and he laughs, "I shouldn't be surprised but why?" He asked me and looked up at him with a brow raised. "While the rest of you men can touch and kiss your women without fear of some crazy person taking a picture of you with their cell phone and selling it to the highest bidder I don't have that luxury without buying out the pool hall." I tell him and he tosses his head back and laughs.
"Mr. Cullen, your three O'clock is here."
Jessica said coming in over the intercom and I knew it was time to get back to work and get my mind off of Isabella if that was at all possible.
Bella POV
After Edward walked me to the elevator and snuck in another kiss I was pretty much delirious on the elevator as I thought about the way his lips felt on mine. We weren't official yet but that was because of my hesitance. I knew I needed to talk to him about James to get that all out on the table before we went any further but I was afraid I would lose him before I ever get the chance to actually have him. The elevator stopped and the doors opened, when I saw who was getting on the elevator car with me, I almost lost it.
"Victoria?"
"Bella, isn't this a surprise."
She says pressing the button for the doors to close the doors, "Yes a huge surprise. Do you work here?" I ask her and she looks at me with a smile,
"Yes is that so hard to believe. I got the job you applied for all those years ago, isn't it funny."
She says and I want to slap the damn smirk off her face, "But everything worked out for you, you have your little show now." She says still smiling but looking at the elevator doors.
"Wait, why are you here?"
She asked me and I roll my eyes, "That's none of your business." I tell her and she laughs as if I told her a joke. "It is my business since I'm Masen Enterprises P.R and there is someone from press in the building." She says as if that meant I had to answer to her.
"Then I guess you're a shitty P. R if you don't know what I'm doing here then uh?"
I say back and she scowls at me now, "I will call security and Mr. Cullen himself on you right now if you do not tell me what you are doing here." I smile now wishing she would try it. I cross my arms over my chest and smile. She pulls out her cell phone and I watch as she calls whoever, I find out she called Edward when she says,
"Jessica can you direct my call to Mr. Cullen please, no you cannot help me."
Victoria snaps and I already know that Jessica isn't going to get Edward because he was in a meeting right now. "Tell him an Isabella Swan from press was in the building without clearance." She says smiling at me and I smile in return especially when I see her face drop.
"What do you mean he was meeting with her? A meeting for what? Why wasn't I notified he was meeting with someone from press? Is he firing me? Jessica don't you hang up on me!"
Victoria yells and now I know that I am probably grinning at her. "What were you meeting with Mr. Cullen for?" she asked me and I smile just as the door dings letting me know we've reached the ground floor.
"That is between Mr. Cullen and I. Oh and Victoria congratulations on your engagement."
I tell her then I walk off of the elevator and head out to the garage to get in my car. Once I am in my car I text Rosalie and Angela that I ran into Victoria and laugh when I get back the same response.
Need me to meet you, to kick her ass ~Rose and ~Ang
I put my phone down and start the ignition in my car. I then pull out of the garage and saw when a couple of paparazzi point my way. I didn't lower my roof until I was away from the building. I take the thirty minute drive to Angela's house and laugh when I arrive because she is already waiting outside. I park my car and climb out,
"How did you know I was coming here?"
"Because I called Rose and she said you weren't with her, oh and she's on her way."
Angela tells me and I roll my eyes as I walk up the steps leading to her porch. We both sit down on the swing she has out front. "So what did Cruella have to say?" Angela asked me and I shrug my shoulders.
"Nothing really, she was just her same old bitchy self."
I say and watch Rosalie car pull up and she jumps out with Alice behind her. "I have the Vaseline, baseball bat, razor and I got Jasper's brass knuckles." Rosalie said and Angela and I laughed hysterically. If it was one thing about Rosalie it was that she was a dirty fighter.
"Rose we are not in high school anymore we can't just go beat her up."
I tell her and she pouts, "Why the hell not? I mean I'm sure Ed—Masen could hide the body for us." She says looking around as if to make certain no one else was listening. I shake my head at her as she and Alice close the car doors and began to walk up the steps.
"Fine but I'm telling you if she steps out of line again I'm kicking her ass."
Rosalie warns and I smile at her, "So Rosalie told me just who the hell Victoria was, and that she use to be ya'll friend in college." Alice says and I wrinkle up my nose remembering that faintly.
"Victoria and I did the University news station together. I wouldn't really call her our friend. She just always hung around us."
I say and Rosalie nods her head, "Amazing so she followed you to Chicago?" Alice asked and Angela laughed, "Victoria is like Bella's shadow, if Bella did it Victoria had to do it ten times better." She says and I smile because as much as I hated it she was right.
"After James left me for her and now apparently she has the job I wanted she must feel like she's finally defeated me."
I say and they all laugh, "Yeah until she finds out that you are dating her boss." Rosalie adds and we all laugh knowing that would really piss her off. I smile thinking about Edward and feel my cheeks heat up at the reason why he planned to buy the pool hall for the night.
"What are you thinking about Bella, your face just turned red?"
Angela asked and Alice smiles, "Probably Masen, did the two of you have a great lunch?" Alice asked and I smirk and nod my head.
"Well after he almost fired his assistant, before that he threw food at her."
"What!"
They all yelled and I began to tell them what happened, "Bella that shit could have killed you!" Rosalie yells and I roll my eyes.
"Did she know you couldn't eat shell fish?"
Angela ask and I nod my head, "Yes, Ed—Masen told her the first time we had lunch at his office, but it was a mistake." I tell them and they all shake their heads. "A mistake that shouldn't have happened, I mean you've been having lunch with him every day and now all of a sudden she forgets." Alice says and I don't say anything.
"Do you think she did it on propose? I mean I forget things all the time it could have been just an accident" Angela says
"Why would she do it on propose?"
I ask them and they shrug their shoulders, "It was a mistake." I say and Rosalie shakes her head still disagreeing. "You should have let him fire her ass." Rose says and I roll my eyes. Thankfully Alice changes the subject when she asked,
"So did you ask him to join us at the pool hall?"
"Yes, and he plans to buy it out for the night so that it will be just us."
I inform them and they all look confused, so I explain and Alice smiles. "That is sweet." She says and I smile because it is actually sweet. We sit and talk for a while longer and Jasper calls to let us know that he invited his business partner Peter to meet us at the pool hall then he said that Edward had called him so he already knew Edward's plan. I had originally planned to go home and change my clothes but decided not to. We left for the pool hall from Angela's house while all the guys said they would meet us there.
When we arrive it looks to be closed but I know better. We all climb out the cars and go inside thankful that we knew the owner Phil pretty well. We see Jasper, Jake, Peter and Ben already started playing a round of pool. We greet them and I ask Phil for a beer. While Alice walks over to the jukebox and selects a playlist.
"Bella what time is Edward supposed to show up?"
Jake asked me and I shrugged my shoulders, "I don't know. He's bringing his sister and some of her friends." I tell him and he grins.
"College students?"
He says as if it's Christmas and I laugh, "Jake stay away from Bree, Edward would kill you." I tell him and he laughs but doesn't respond to me. Rosalie mugs him in the head and calls him a perv.
"I've been meaning to ask which one of you invited Embry."
I ask and all the guys point at Ben, "What's the big deal?" he ask and I take a drink from my bottle then look at him. "He likes Bella." Rosalie says with a smile and I roll my eyes,
"And Edward doesn't like him for that very reason."
"Oh…I guess tonight will be interesting then."
Ben says with a smile and I shake my head at him. The door opens and Embry walks in with Quil coming in behind him and I groan.
"Names!"
Phil says and I smile knowing Edward probably told him this was a private party. "What?" Quil says with an attitude.
"I said name, give it or get the hell out."
"This place is public."
"Not tonight it's not, so again NAME!"
He yells and we are all now looking at each other, Jake leans over to me and says, "Did you tell Edward, Embry was coming?" I nod my head then whisper back, "Yes, but I didn't say anything about Quil because I didn't know he was coming." Embry and Quil look at us but we say nothing.
"My name is Embry."
"Alright you're good, what about you?"
Phil asked, "I'm with him." Quil says and Phil shakes his head, "That's not what I asked you." He said and I watched Quil look over at all of us again.
"It's Quil."
"You're not on the list, get the hell out."
"What?"
Quil said with shock on his face, "You heard me, get out." Phil repeats and Quil turns to his brother. "Come on Embry we're out of here." He said and Embry looked at me with a longing in his eyes and I could hear Jake and Ben laughing behind me from something Jasper said.
"No I'm going to stay."
Embry says, and Quil looks at me. "For what, her? She's not going to fuck you Embry no matter how much liquor you get in her, and from what James said she's not even worth it." he says and I feel the guys brush past me. It was so fast I didn't realize they actually moved until I see Jacob had Quil by the collar and Jasper had punched him in the gut.
"Don't you ever in your life talk about my sister like that again, now get the hell out!"
Jacob said tossing him out the door, and then all eyes were on Embry. "I'm cool, Quil deserved that." He said then looked at me again. I rolled my eyes and finished drinking the beer I had in my hand. The guys go to finish their game and I sit quietly and watch them.
"Hey, Bella."
I hear Embry say and I turn around and smile at him, "Hey Embry, how are you?" I ask him and he nods his head with a smile on his face. "I'm good actually, haven't seen you down at the diner in a while." He says and I smile at him nodding my head but I say nothing.
"I'm sorry about Quil he was drinking before we got here and …"
"Embry don't apologize or make excuses for your brother. He never liked me from the moment I started dating James so it doesn't matter. Now can we forget what just happened?"
I say and he nods his head with a smile on his face. "You look nice tonight." He says and I give him a polite smile, "Thank you." The doors open again and we all look towards the door and I smile seeing Emmett, Bree and three other women with them. I excuse myself from Embry and go to greet them. Rosalie beating me to Emmett and I laugh.
"Bella thank you so much for inviting us, I would have been so board in the house tonight."
Bree says and I smile at her, "Of course Bree, I like having you around." I tell her then she introduces me to her three best friends, Casey, Kristie and Sarah. I knew I blushed when she introduced me as Edward's girlfriend. I look at Emmett wanting to know where Edward was and he answered me before I could ask the question out loud.
"He had a late meeting but he said he would be here."
Emmett told me and I tried to hide my disappointment. We all seemed to get into a groove and I kept watching the door waiting for Edward to come in not matter how engrossed I tried to be in the conversations around me.
"Isn't he Edward Cullen's body guard?"
Embry asked from next me and I nod my head, "Why is he here shouldn't he be with Cullen?" He ask and I nod my head to Rosalie,
"He and Rose are dating."
I tell him and then I look towards the door again but still no Edward. "Oh, can I get you another drink?" He asked and I shake my head no. I hear the door open and I quickly look to the door and there he is simply wearing the same dress pants and white crisp shirt he was wearing when we had lunch. He nodded his head to Phil and proceeded in and that's when I noticed Seth behind him. Seth walked right in and greeted Emmett and Bree first.
"He must be here to get the big guy."
Embry says and I smirk, "His name is Emmett, Embry and Edward isn't here for him." I say getting up and walking over to where Edward stood smiling at me. When I approach him, he takes my hand and pulls me to him then places a scorching kiss on my lips. When he releases my mouth I smile,
"Don't keep me waiting, I hate it."
I tell him and he smiles at me, "I'm sorry, emergency at the office. I'm yours for the rest of the night." He tells me and I smile enjoying the sound of that very much. He presses his hand into my low back causing me to press tighter against him.
"I think you hurt Embry's feelings Isabella."
Edward whispers in my ear and I look behind me and see the upset look on Embry's face. "Edward happy you made it." Jacob sayings coming over and shaking Edwards hand. I watch as everyone greets Edward but Embry and I excuse myself and walk over to him.
"So you're dating him now?"
"It just happened honestly, but Embry you are a really great friend and I wouldn't want to lose that."
"Right just what every guys wants to hear from the woman they like."
He replies and I see his eyes dart over my shoulder and I understand why when I feel a strong arm slide around my waist. "Hey Embry, it's good to see you." Edward says holding out his hand to shake Embry's. They shake hands and then Embry walks away for the bar.
"So Ms. Swan what have you been up to since lunch?"
Edward asked me and I turned in his arms so that I was facing him now, "Nothing special, how about you?" I ask and he shrugs his shoulders.
"Meeting, after meeting of course same as any other day."
He says and I nod my head and brush the mess of hair on his head back, "Where you nice to people?" I ask him and he gives me that crooked grin like he had been doing all through lunch and I felt my cheeks heat up again.
"I was nice to some of them."
He says and I laugh, "Its progress." I tell him and he laughs. He grabs a beer then tells me he wants to teach me how to play pool.
"Edward I don't think that's a good idea, Bella almost killed me and Jas when we tried to teach her."
Jacob said and I stuck my tongue out at him, "Maybe she didn't have the right teacher." Edward says back with a smile and Jacob laughs drinking from his bear bottle.
"It's your funeral."
Jasper joked and I told Jacob and Jasper both to kiss my ass. "They are not allowed it's mine." Edward says in my ear and I bit my lip and smile at him. Edward grabs the pool cue and directs me over to a table; everyone seems to be in their own world as we all continued to go on with our night.
"Alright hold it like this."
Edward tells me and I smile and nod my head taking the cue out his hand. He places his beer on the billiard table and then stands behind me placing his hands over mine.
"You do realize I can't concentrate with you behind me like this right."
I tell him and he laughs then places a kiss on my neck and says, "I'm really just using it as an excuse to be this close to you without it looking like I'm trying to hump your leg." I drop my head and laugh loudly as I hear his deep laugh in my ear. When I look up I see Rosalie and Emmett looking our way with smiles. Edward continues to try and teach me how to play pool and I fail horribly, but I enjoyed it because he stood behind me the entire time. I could feel his erection every time he intentionally pressed into my ass and I was honestly surprised my panties weren't dripping they were so soaked. I placed the cue down on the table and turned in his arms, his eyes were a darker emerald, more like Jade.
"I'm starting to really think it was a great idea you brought the place out for the night"
I tell him and he smiles, "Why is that?" He pressing into me a little and I suck in a deep breath feeling his erection against my stomach and try to keep my focus. "Because if it was crowded with people I couldn't do this…"I slid my fingers into his hair and brought his face to mine and kissed him, once, twice and the third time he took my bottom lip into his mouth and sucked on it gently. I felt his hand now cupping my face as he places a soft kiss against my lips then used his tongue to pry my lips apart and I moaned when our tongues touched. Every time I kissed him it felt like my first time being kissed all over again. He pressed tighter against me, allowing me to feel his erection more roughly. I moaned again and this time I heard a groan come from him. Our mouths moved together sensually, and lavishly. I was trying to remember to breath, but his mouth was so sweet, his lips so soft and his tongue was so strong I kept getting lost in the kiss.
"Can the two of you stop sucking each other's faces the hell off?"
I hear Emmett yell and I pull back from Edward and wipe my mouth with a smile on my face. Edward smiles at me then turn and look at Emmett, "Rosalie if I start to randomly interrupt ya'll dates, just remember to blame him." Edward said and everyone laughed. Edward goes to play a round of pool with Emmett, Jasper and Jacob and I watch them holding Edward's beer bottle which we were now sharing and his phone. Before every shot he made he would wink at me with that damn crooked grin on his face. His phone began to ring in my lap and I looked down at it seeing it said Maria. I felt that pit of jealousy in me and I didn't like it. Maybe she is just someone from the office. My subconscious says and I want to agree. After Edward makes his shots he comes over to me and I hand him his phone.
"A Maria just called you."
I tell him and I see a mixture of anger, hate and disgust hit his face. I cup his face and he flinches away some but doesn't push my hand away.
"Everything alright?"
I ask him and looks at me and his eyes soften first then his face. He leans into me and places a sweet kiss on my lips. "Everything is great, why don't you play next round with me, I could try to show you some more." He tells me and I nod my head and place our things on the vacant stool and take his hand as he guides me to the billiard table. He stands behind me with his hands over mine and in my ear he says,
"I know we are taking this slow, but just know that there is only you Isabella."
I turn around and look at him, did he know what I thought when I saw the name Maria on his phone. I realized it didn't matter right now. I kissed him hard and passionately once again forgetting our surroundings and enveloped into each other. Both his arms wrapped around me and I melted into him as we were Unofficially Official.
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