BPOV
Edward looked very stressed tonight. He was on the back to back calls since he had come back home. I saw him heating his dinner twice in the microwave and leaving it right there to attend another call.
I wasn't aware of all the projects in Cullen Inc., but I guess something really critical had come up today.
"Is this Microwave even working?" he asked in frustration when he came out of the office again and found that his food was cold, "I just heat it."
"That was around thirty minutes ago." I said.
"Oh, I didn't realize that!" he said and turned on the Microwave again.
"You seem very stressed. Is there anything I can help with?" I asked.
"I think we're going to lose the project Aspect to Denali Inc." He said.
"What happened?" I asked.
I just had the high level view of that project. He gave me the further details, and soon we were discussing it in detail on the whiteboard in his home office.
"I think some of the damn mistakes are going to cost us millions." he said, "We're trying to figure out how we can save this."
"Hmmm yeah, it seems bad." I said as I noticed the mess on the whiteboard. I could see why he was so upset!
"Riley Biers..." I highlighted Riley's name after we discussed a few more things. "If we can get his firm onboard, I think our position will be really strong."
"Already tried that." he said, "They won't be able to get onboarded so late."
"Riley is Rosalie's second cousin and they're on really good terms with each other. I can check with Rose if something could be done." I said.
"Call her now," he said.
We spent the next hour talking to Rosalie and Riley, and well, things had started to look positive.
"Thanks, Isabella." he bent his head to kiss me, "Let me follow-up on this. I'll be back soon." He quickly kissed me one more time before he left the room to make another call.
This was the first time he had stolen a kiss, and well, I liked it!
"The credit goes to Isabella." Edward said.
"Aah no! I didn't do much!" I smiled.
Three weeks later, we were out for a party with his friends. We had finally got the deal for the project Aspect!
"No, really! Her business instincts are like Mom!"
What? Now I guess that was the best compliment he could have ever given to me! He really looked up to his mother.
"I've known him since ages, and this is the first time I've seen this arrogant bastard giving credit to anyone! Consider yourself lucky, Bella!" His best friend James laughed.
"Oh please! I always give credit when it's due." Edward rolled his eyes.
"Sorry, I can't recall a single other instance." James said.
"I guess this would make you remember it." He opened the champagne bottle and poured on James's head.
"You asshole!" James said and grabbed another bottle to pour on him.
It was so fun to see him like this! He was totally in a different element tonight.
He was so drunk and totally carefree!
He burnt the dance floor! He even pulled me with him and swept me off my feet.
We spent the rest of the evening making out with each other in the club and also in the backseat of the car on our way back home.
We hadn't even made it to our bedroom!
He had pinned me against the wall me as soon as we entered our home which led to the most passionate sex I have ever had!
I could feel something changing inside me that night.
I kissed him softly on his lips after he was asleep.
I was afraid I had begun to like him!
But maybe there was nothing to be afraid of?
Maybe I just got lucky?
What if we could have something more from this marriage?
Was it really possible though?
Was it really possible to have a real marriage and not just a compromise?
But we hardly even knew each other. How could we make this work?
But maybe it was worth giving it a try?
"Turn off your damn alarm." Edward groaned the next day. I smiled as I noticed his arm and leg tightly wrapped around me.
"I need to get up. It's my Yoga time!" I said.
"You're not going to die if you miss Yoga for a day." he said without bothering to change his position.
"Yeah, I agree." I smiled.
