Chapter 2

EPOV

I stand there leaning against the door frame as I watch her wait for the elevator. My condo takes up the whole top floor of EC Towers, a high rise condo building that was one of my first projects.

She steps onto the elevator and turns around with a sweet wave as the doors close in front of her.

Last night was probably the best night of my life. There are no words for her beauty, her name Bella describes her perfectly.

I want to run down and catch her but know that I can't, I have a busy day at the office. Luckily she gave me her number right before she left so I plan on calling her later today and ask her out on an official date.

I walk back into my room and see the bed with covers all over and the mess we made as we got lost in passion last night. I glance at the clock and realize I don't have time for my usual workout down in the basement gym, so I head to take a shower and get ready for work.

I call Angela on my way down to my car and ask her to pick me up some breakfast on her way in. She said she was already planning on getting something for her and a friend of hers so it would be no problem.

It's 7:50 as I pull in to the parking garage, I usually get to work before anyone else, but took my mine this morning just reliving last night.

I'm on the elevator headed up to the 50th floor, I have a meeting at 9:30 with Aro and the new marketing executive. We have a new project coming up and Aro wanted to go over everything with the Head of each department.

I'm distracted thinking about my schedule when the doors finally open, I hear Angela and another female voice that sounds familiar, but as I start to walk into the lobby they go quiet.

Looking up I catch those big brown eyes that I haven't been able to get off my mind since I saw her leaving this morning.

"Bella?" is all I can manage to say.

BPOV

Hearing him call my name is enough to snap back into the here and now.

"Edward?" I feel dumb as soon as his name leaves my lips. I just couldn't think of anything else to say.

"What are you doing here?" he asks as he's just standing there with his mouth open.

"Do you two know each other?" Angela asks from behind me. I forgot she was even here.

I look back at Edward as he starts to walk closer to me. "I was just grabbing the breakfast that Angela grabbed me before heading down to work" At this point I look down and see the huge mess I've made. "Oh gosh I'm sorry" I find some napkins on Angela's desk and start trying to clean it up.

Angela, still trying to figure out what's going on between us, kneels down and takes over. "Don't worry about it Bella, I'll call maintenance up here."

Standing back up I look into Edward's expressive bright green eyes and get lost. "Oh sorry, I start work here today. I'm the new marketing executive for the Real Estate Division. What are you doing here?"

He lets out a small laugh and then the smirk is back in place. "I'm the CEO of Cullen Enterprises."

All I can manage to do is stand there and stare. I'm so screwed, literally and figuratively. I've not even started working here and I'm sure the CEO thinks I'm some desperate whore who just hooks up with random guys.

Before I can think anymore about that he speaks up, "why don't we go into my office. Everyone should be up here shortly for the meeting anyway."

He holds out his arm for me to lead the way and as soon as I'm in his office he shuts the door. I take a seat in one of the plush leather seats in front of his desk as he walks around and sits in the chair next to me.

"I had no idea you were going to be working here" he says after a long minute. I can feel the tears coming to my eyes and I'm now faced with his regret in being with someone like me.

I don't know what to say so I blurt out "I'm so sorry, you weren't here the day I interviewed. I had no idea who you were. I understand if you want to fire me" with a frown on my face.

He looks shocked at what I say "No! I would never fire you for last night, I can't tell you how much fun I had. I was planning on calling you later to ask you out on an official date."

"You..you mean you wanted to see me again." I can't believe what I'm hearing.

He just laughs at me as he gets that smirk back on his sexy face, "I definitely want to see you again" he smiles. "I'm not your direct supervisor or the person who hired you so it shouldn't be an issue here at work."

Before I know it, we're up and kissing again, we just can't seem to get enough of each other. Luckily there's a knock on the door before things can go too far.

We straighten out and sit back down as he tells the person at the door to come in. Angela peeks her head in and tells us that the rest of the executive staff is here for the meeting and she has everybody waiting down the hall in the conference room.

With no time left to talk, we stand up to walk towards the conference room. I can feel his eyes on me as we head down the hall. Angela gives me a funny look as we pass back by her desk but quickly puts her head down as Edward approaches.

…

The rest of the day flies by, after the initial meeting where Aro goes over his plans for the marketing department, we all go our separate ways. I go down to the 49th floor with Aro and he shows me to my new office. He says to start getting settled in and he would have someone from IT come up and help me get my email and computer set up.

In what feels like the blink of an eye I glance at the time on my computer and realize it's already six o'clock. Just as I'm packing up for the day Angela comes into my office and shuts the door.

I can tell right away by the big smile on her face that I'm in for an interrogation. "Is Edward the hot guy from last night?" She asks as she's practically bouncing in her seat.

With a smile that's already hurting my face I tell her everything. I can't believe it even as I retell her about our night and early morning.

We sit there laughing and just talking about plans for the upcoming weekend. All of a sudden there's a knock on the door, Angela stands up to answer and when she does I'm shocked to see bronze hair and bright green eyes. The butterflies in my stomach start to go crazy as Angela winks at me on her way out.

Edward steps into my office but leaves the door open, that's probably the safest I laugh to myself.

"So, about that date I was going to ask you on…" he smirks at me "do you have dinner plans tonight?"

I feel giddy as I tell him that I would love to go to dinner. He says he's ready when I am so I pack up and follow him to the elevator. We get some stares from the few people still in the office, but Edward doesn't seem to care.

As we're on the elevator on the way down we stand on opposite sides of the small cube. Neither of us seem to trust being too close. "You can just leave your car here and we can come back to get it later." "Oh I don't have a car, I sold my old truck when I moved to New York and then never needed one while I was there. I still haven't had a chance to get one since I moved here. I'm waiting until I get a few paychecks and then I plan on getting one" I say kind of embarrassed.

He shakes his head "That's not safe, the subways can be dangerous, especially for a beautiful woman like you riding by yourself. I'd be happy to help you get a car." I can't believe he would even offer "No, I couldn't do that. It's really no problem."

Surprisingly he lets it go after that, hopefully that's the end of this conversation but I'm not so sure. He seems like the kind of person to get what he wants.

We make it down to the garage and get into his car. I don't know much about cars but I know this one is luxury. I sit down on the leather seat that feels like butter on my skin.

….

Dinner was great, we ate and drank and talked for hours. Yet again we ended up at his condo when we leave.

If I thought last night was great, it doesn't even compare to tonight. He's so easy to talk to and I feel like I've known him forever.

As we make it into his room and our clothes come off, he lays me down on the bed and starts with kisses on my ankles and works his way up my legs. I feel like I'm on fire by the time he makes it to where I want him.

I've had a couple of sexual partners in my life, but nothing could compare to this. He goes slow and I feel treasured.

Laying there watching him sleep, he looks so peaceful. I know we just met but I can already feel myself falling for him.