A/N: Beta'd by the one and only... Midnight Cougar.
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters... I just make them do what I want... Please don't sue.
Summary: When Edward Cullen is hired to work on heartbroken writer Isabella Swan's house, will he end up fixing a lot more than just her house?
17.
Edward made his way upstairs to the master bedroom where he found his two friends and colleagues, stripping the tattered wallpaper. "Hey, I'm gonna drive Bella into town. I'll be back in an hour or so. You two all right here?"
Jasper looked up from his task with a bright smile and a nod. He was a hard worker, someone who enjoyed what he did. He was the kind of guy who always had a smile on his face. "No problem. Just gonna get these walls stripped and then start on the windows."
Edward clasped him on the shoulder with a grateful smile. Jasper made his job easier, he thought to himself. Unlike Emmett, who he had only hired as a favor to his uncle.
"Driving the new employer," Emmett said with a pointed leer. "Oh Edward, always falling for the ones you can't have."
Jasper frowned, as he often did when Emmett found it funny to put someone down or insult them. But he never said anything.
"I'm just driving her to pick up her dogs because she's only got a two-seater," Edward defended himself. "And Jasper is in charge while I'm gone, and he has my full blessing to dole out whippings as punishment for slacking," he said before leaving the room, winking at Jasper who grinned back at him.