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Chapter 36

Lunch with Edward consisted of a plastic-wrapped sandwich in his car, but I didn't mind at all. He asked about the meeting with Jacob, and I just told him I was organizing other department's records like I had done with our floor. He pretended to fall asleep as soon as I said the word organize so I doubt he was even interested in the rest of the sentence.

Being with him was beyond easy. I could talk to him about pretty much everything. I loved listening when he spoke about his favourite buildings, his favourite sports, or how close he was to his family.

In the elevator back up to the floor, I wanted to kiss him, but I kept my hands and lips to myself. I saw Edward was as tense as me, his eyes kept dropping to my lips and then back up again. At one point he stepped forward and began to bend his head, but the elevator stopped and someone from another floor got on.

Edward walked me to my desk, and I had to settle for a quick peck on the lips and a promise of more tonight. I was combusting already.

The day flew by, and sure enough Jacob's assistant brought down all the requested files before the end of the day. I looked over the huge piles of paper and sighed. I locked most of them away in my desk drawers and took one batch home to start when I was back from my date with Edward.

I was late home from work thanks to traffic, and it left me with a little over an hour to try and shower, control my hair and get dressed. I stood debating my outfit choice for far too long, and after deciding on a strapless black dress and blue pumps I was almost out of time. I ruffled my hair which was still wavy from the wrap I'd had it in at work, and applied a quick coat of lip gloss.

At seven-twenty six, the doorbell rang. I opened the door and grinned at a very handsome looking Edward standing in the hall with a bunch of flowers in his hand.

"Bella, you look beautiful," he murmured. "Wow."

"You too..." I paused and cocked my head. "Hey, that's the first time you've called me that."

"Huh?" He looked up and frowned.

"You've never called me Bella before. It's always been Swan." I shrugged and stepped closer to him.

"Maybe I think it's about time I stopped joking around so much." He lowered his head and kissed me.

"Okay," I whispered against his lips and pulled him closer to me. "What if we had a repeat date of Saturday night instead? We could stay here and do whatever the hell we like."

"Don't tempt me, Bella, please." He stepped back and rubbed the back of his neck. "I could spend hours doing that with you, but right now I want to take you out to dinner."

"Later, perhaps?"

"Definitely," he said and handed me the flowers. "We have to be there for eight, so hurry up and get those in water."

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