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Edward cleared his throat and smiled at me, "Could you um, make me a Belvedere on the rocks please?"

I just nodded my head and made his drink, trying not to look into his eyes, scared they would burn me or something. Jake hadn't looked up at me again.

"And for you, Jacob?" I asked snarkily.

"Oh, uh just a-"

"Rainier Light?" I asked as I set the beer on the bar.

"Um, yes, thanks."

"So, Mr. Black…" Edward started, "I get this feeling that the two of you know each other?" Edward asked and motioned between Jake and myself.

"Oh, uh, yes sir. This is Isabella Swan. She and I are just…old friends."

"Yes, very old friends," I said and crossed my arms over myself.

"Oh I'm acquainted with Isabella, Mr. Black. We met the other night at the grand opening of my club, Eclipse. Have you heard of it?"

"Oh, yeah. I hear it's the hottest place in Seattle right now."

"Oh, it is," I interjected.

Jake looked up at me and kind of scowled. Like a 'how could you interrupt me' type scowl.

"I'm glad you think so, Isabella," Edward said smoothly. Jake held his beer and was trying to figure out what was going on. He had a very confused look on his face.

Jessica walked over chattering away, but stopped in her tracks when she saw the two of them. Her eyes widened and she abruptly looked down at her shoes.

"So, gentleman, if that's all you need, I'm going to be taking my break now. Jessica can take care of you if you need anything else."

"Thank you, Bella. That is all I need," Edward said, winked and smiled. I had been so intimate with this man, and he could still make me blush just with his words. Jake scoffed. Shit.

I turned to Jessica and whispered," I'll be back in five minutes. I'm sure you understand." She nodded and went back to serving guests.

Edward turned back to Jake and began another conversation. Jake glared at me as I walked away.

I walked into the nearest women's restroom and locked myself in a stall. I was still deciding whether I was going to climb out the window and run far away or just die of unease. Edward was making it glaringly obvious to Jacob that he found me attractive, but I didn't know if it was a good thing or not.

And speaking of Jacob, what the hell was he doing here? Oh, right he's a commercial contractor now. A job that I pushed him into. A job that he was probably now working on with my secret pseudo-boyfriend who just so happened to be a huge real estate developer who's projects at the moment were based out of Seattle, the closest big city to Forks! I mentally slapped myself for my rambling.

And he brought Leah here…again. Even knowing Angela would be here. What was that about? Was he hoping she would see? I didn't smoke but I really needed a cigarette.

I heard the bathroom door open and close and heard someone clear their throat. I looked through the slit in the door and saw Jacob leaning against a pedestal sink, absolutely fuming.

I sighed and unlocked the stall door and walked out.

"Bella, what the hell are you doing here!?" he asked and glared at me. I could see his muscles straining against his suit jacket. He had been working out. His hair was different. Why am I noticing these things?

"I work here. What the hell are you doing here?"

"I'm working. I can't believe…I should have known you were still here. I called Angela and Ben a week ago and they said you'd moved out and that they didn't know where you were. I should have known that was bullshit."

Wow, Ange, thanks for keeping me filled in.

"It's none of your concern Jacob. We are no longer together."

"But you never even let me explain!"

"There's nothing to explain! You cheated on me! You think I would ever stay with you after everything we went through?"

"You took the money," he stated and narrowed his eyes at me.

"Is this what it's all about?! You spent your portion on her! It was rightfully mine!"

"It was not!" he yelled.

"Yes it was! I saved for a year, Jake. I didn't spend a fucking dime. I didn't buy anything so I could get out of Forks. With you. And you went behind my back and betrayed me. You took trips and bought gifts…all for her! So yeah, I took the damn money!"

"You know what? I'm glad. I'm glad you left. Now I can be who I want to be without you holding me back!" he said.

"Oh, fuck you! I did nothing but push you, Jacob," I yelled back. "And this is how you repay me. By cheating on me with that…whore!"

"Whore?! I think that's a little pot calling the kettle black, don't you? I saw the way all these high society men are looking at you. You must be doing some favors to make them look at you that way!"

"What!?"

"I saw that little exchange between you and Mr. Cullen!"

"I don't even know what you're talking about. You're delusional. You should get back to your date."

"I saw the way he was looking at you," he said, his tone accusatory.

I heard the bathroom door open and close. Edward took three long strides and got up in Jake's face, "That will be quite enough Mr. Black! I suggest you get back to your table before I lose my temper. I don't allow anyone that works for me to behave in such a way." Jake stood up straight and squared his shoulders.

"This is a personal matter, Mr. Cullen. None of your concern. Or is it?" he asked and scowled at Edward and then at me. Edward's brow furrowed.

"I could hear you yelling at each other as I passed. Now get out of here, before I tell your bosses how unprofessional the two of you have been. Are we clear?" Edward turned so his gaze was on me as well, but he winked at me while his face remained stern. He must have been listening at the door and couldn't help but burst in. My knight in shining suit and tie.

"Yes, sir," I replied, keeping my facade calm.

"You can't fire me and you know it. That contract is iron clad," Jake replied.

"You have no idea who you're dealing with, Mr. Black. Now I suggest you go," Edward said and opened the door.

Jake looked at me and scowled, but walked out of the bathroom. I wanted to give him the finger, but I stopped myself.

"As for you Miss Swan…." Edward said like he was scolding me, peeking out the door. He shut and locked it when Jacob was gone. He rushed up to me and wrapped his arms around me.

" Are you ok?" He asked kissed my forehead. "I didn't know. I swear, I didn't. I didn't know you'd be here. I didn't know Jacob Black was the Jake. And Leah, was that-? Shit, this is a mess." He pulled back and held both of my hands, searching my eyes.

I giggled, "Do you realize you ramble when you're nervous, Edward? It's ok. There's no way you could have known. There's no way I could have known. This is so fucked."

"I know," he said and fingered my bracelet.

"I have to get back out there."

"I don't think that such a great idea. Carlisle and my mother are seated facing the bar. They'll see you. They'll think…I mean Alice's people arranged this and they'll…"

"No, I understand. I'll think of something to tell Jessica."

"I'm so sorry. I'll understand if you don't want to see me tonight. This is all my fault," he said and pulled at his hair.

"Don't be ridiculous. Just get back."

He fished out his wallet and took out a key card. "Here's my room key. Will you wait for me there?"

I sighed, "You're staying here? No, nevermind. Why wouldn't you be?"

"I didn't want to stay with my parents for god's sake, and this was the best choice for all the meetings. The job site is a block away."

I rolled my eyes.

He smiled and kissed me softly on the lips, "Go out of here and straight into the elevators so you don't have to walk through the banquet hall. I'll make something up and try to meet you up there shortly."

"Let me guess. Penthouse suite?"

He sighed, "Yes. P4. Make yourself at home, beautiful. I'm sorry about this. And whatever happens I'll make sure you don't get into trouble," Edward said as he unlocked the bathroom door and left.

I pulled my phone out of my pocket to text Jessica. I had two new messages from Angela.

Bella…FYI Edward Cullen's assistant just checked him in! They are hosting a function here tonight. You may want to call out sick!

I almost threw my phone onto the tile floor. That was two hours ago! I really need to start checking my phone more often.

I read the next one.

I guess you didn't get my text. The whole Cullen clan is here, Bella. Call me, text me, something!

I sighed and went back into the stall. I could let Angela know I was ok when I was safely in Edward's room.

Jess, I can't go back out there. Help me!

After a few seconds she replied.

Got you covered. Told Eric you were ralphing in the bathroom. You owe me!

Anything you want. Tell Eric I went home.

Just did. BTW, your ex and Edward Cullen look like they want to kill each other right now. What happened?

I'll explain later. Thanks again.

K.

I walked out of the bathroom quickly and down the long hallway to the elevators. It was the only way out save for walking through the banquet hall. I got in, pressed the P button and waited while it ascended. I always felt like I was pressing the 'P' button when it came to Edward. When the doors opened, I looked around warily, hoping that there weren't any employees on the floor. They could possibly identify my uniform.

I walked down the hall, checking the numbers at every set of double doors. There were only four. When I reached P4, I slid the key card in. The sensor turned green without a hitch, so I opened the door quickly and flung myself inside. I let the breath of air out I was holding and took my phone out.

I called the front desk and asked for Angela.

"This is Angela."

"Ange!"

"Hello ma'am. What can I help you with?" she asked even voiced.

"This is not good. I'm in Edward's room. You have to do me a solid and get my stuff from the kitchen and bring it to me."

"Absolutely. I'll get you taken care of right away."

"Thanks! I owe you one."

I hung up the phone and placed it on the side table and sat on the leather couch. This was a mess. Why would I ever agree to be someone's super secret lover, or mistress? Whatever I am. There certainly was a lot of stress involved. Why couldn't the man I was falling for fast be a Regular Joe who worked a boring nine to five. Because that's not how your luck is, Bella.

I began to remove the pins from my hair and looked around the room I was sitting in. It had a stacked stone fireplace, with a plasma television that hung over the mantle. There was a full den with rustic and contemporary furnishings that opened up into a dining area with a large round table. There was a second room to the left, which was a bedroom with a four poster king sized bed. I realized I had never even been in one guest room, let alone the penthouse suite. Nice.

I lay my head back against the couch and closed my eyes, when I heard a knock at the door. I shot up and looked through the peephole. It was Angela holding my purse and my jacket. I opened the door and pulled her inside.

"Thank you," I said and hugged her.

"How are you?"

"Not good."

I told her about seeing the Cullens, and seeing Edward, and how caught off guard he was. Then I told her about Jake…and Leah, and the confrontation in the bathroom.

"Holy shit! This is like a soap opera. Did you get caught?"

"I don't think so, but you never can tell. And why the hell didn't you tell me about Jake calling and asking about me again?"

"Sorry, I thought what you didn't know wouldn't hurt you."

Angela looked at her watch. "Listen I have to go, but good luck! And don't forget to call if you need me for something," she said and opened the door to leave.

"Ok, I will. Keep your eyes open and tell me if you see anything I should know about. And no more leaving stuff out. I'm serious."

"Ok, ok."

My luck had obviously run out. I flung myself back onto the couch and looked around. What exactly was I supposed to do while locked in a hotel room? I picked up my phone and sent Edward a text.

I'm safely inside your room.

I'll be up as soon as I can. I can't wait to be alone with you. I'm beginning to feel sick. :)

I was beginning to feel antsy. I picked up the remote to the gargantuan television off the coffee table. I looked at all the complicated buttons and decided against even trying, so I grabbed my things and checked the suite out further.

I walked into the bedroom where I saw the familiar duffel bag lying open at the end of the bed with clothes haphazardly hanging out of it. I smiled and shoved the clothes inside and picked it up and placed it in the walk-in closet. I threw my stuff down next to Edward's.

The bed boasted a canopy that was tied back. I felt a tingle in the pit of my stomach as I thought about how sexy it would be for Edward and I to be tangled around each other in that bed with the canopy closed.

I went a little further and into the huge bathroom and turned on the light. I ran my fingers through my hair and looked into the mirror. Ugh. I looked terrible. My hair had been up all night and was all knotted, my face was pale, and I was sporting a ton of baggage.

I looked around the bathroom. There was a huge marble shower with all kinds of fancy shower heads. I wondered if I should shower. It may make me feel better. Then I looked behind me and spied the tub. It was the holy grail of bathtubs. I'd never seen a tub so large and inviting. It was calling to me. Get inside me! And it had been awhile since I took a bath. Scratch the shower. And if Edward happened to find me in here, well, maybe he'd appreciate it.

I turned the water on and checked the temperature, making sure it wasn't too hot, and added a generous amount of the luxury bath bubbles. I undressed, folded my clothes neatly and put them with my purse, and I put on the over sized terrycloth robe hanging on the closet door.

Rummaging around the suite, I found some tea lights from the candelabra on the dining table. I took a rose from the arrangement in the den, deflowered it, and sprinkled the petals into the water. I also found two bottles of champagne chilling in the mini fridge. I hope he won't miss one of these. I popped one open and poured myself a glass and set it on the edge of the tub, ready to get in my luxury bath, when I thought of something.

I went back into the bedroom and pulled the strings that held the canopy back, and pulled them around the bed. Just in case.

I hung the robe on the back of the door and turned the water off. I dipped my toes in, and the water was deliciously hot and stung my skin as I lowered myself into the bath. I closed my eyes and held my breath, totally submerged myself, and sat like that for a few moments, contemplating never coming back up for air. Yeah, right. I'm not that selfish. I'm just frustrated.

I sat up and wiped the water from my eyes and took a deep breath. Damn that felt good. I lie in the bath for a few minutes drinking champagne, and decided I didn't need to worry about this whole fucked up situation right now. It would only make it worse. I vowed to live in the moment, something I'd never really done, and not think or worry about the future. For now.

When I heard the door open, I could hear his footsteps on the floor.

"Bella?" I heard Edward's voice ring through the suite. I didn't answer. I would just blow bubbles in the bath until he found me.

"Hello?" he called. I smiled against the water.

"Shit," I heard him hiss. He thinks I'm gone. I heard his frantic footsteps, and heard him pause as he entered the bedroom.

"Miss Swan?" he cooed. I heard him draw back the fabric of the canopy and then fling it back in place when I wasn't there. "God damnit."

I tried not to move so he wouldn't hear the water splash. You're getting hotter, Mr. Cullen.

When he finally entered the candle lit bathroom, he stopped in his tracks. His gaze met mine.

He walked over and fell to his knees in front of the bath. "Thank you God, Jesus, Allah, Buddha, Zeus, and all the heavenly deities. I thought you left me."

"I told you I'd wait for you, Edward. I'm not going to leave."

"Why didn't you answer when I called for you?"

"Because I wanted you to find me."

"And find you I did."

I could see the relief on his face.

He began taking off his jacket and raised his eyebrows. "Enjoying your bath?"I nodded.

"Can I help you enjoy it more?"

I nodded and smiled. Edward removed his shoes, jacket and cuff links and rolled his sleeves up to his elbows. He was still wearing his black beads that matched the ones on my left wrist. He undid his tie and let it hang around his neck. Holy hell. My insides clenched as I took him in. My god, how is this possible?

He knelt beside me and dipped a washcloth into the warm water. He picked up my arm and kissed my hand, and began to rub my arm down gently with the cloth. I let my eyes roll into the back of my head just a little as he traveled over my collar bone over one breast, then the other, over my shoulder and down the other arm. I had never ever had someone do this for me. Jake would have just come in, raise his eyebrows and walk out. Edward was just so caring…about everything.

"Bella, about tonight…"

"I don't care. I don't want to think about it right now," I sighed.

"Well I just wanted to warn you about something." He said as he rubbed circles on my stomach and over my hips.

I opened one of my eyes and peered at him.

"Jake Black is one of the contractors on our project. If I could, I would get him banished from the industry altogether, but apparently he has moved up and is now the President of the company's right hand man. And he and Carlisle have worked out a deal so…there's nothing I can do."

"I figured. That's just fucking great." Jacob got promoted. Of course he did.

"Don't you dare think for one moment I'm going to go easy on him," he said and lifted my left leg out of the bath and held my foot. He began rubbing my leg up and down slowly with the washcloth.

"When I heard what he said to you, I wanted to hurt him, Bella. I still do. I don't even want to look at that piece of trash. But what can I say to Carlisle? My girlfriend, you know, the one you told me I couldn't have, has this ex who cheated on her with another woman and I want him off the job…it would never fucking happen."

"Girlfriend?" Fuck all that other mess, I'm his official girlfriend? We had never actually established titles or anything.

"What do you mean?" he asked confused, and kissed the top of my foot. "What did you think…? Nevermind. I knew exactly what you thought. You thought we would be together for a couple of weeks and then I'd leave and not contact you for months on end, thus thinking you were once again used and/or a booty call or however you like to insult yourself. "

How did he just do that?

"No, no. I thought…well I don't know what I thought…but it wasn't that," I lied.

He chuckled, "Don't lie to me, beautiful. See how well I know you?"

"Why do you always call me that? I'm not…beautiful…I'm not like the others…" I said under my breath.

His eyes shot to mine and he stopped washing my leg, "Like the others? You mean…"

"Yes, I've been on Google."

"Oh." He cringed a bit. "You know, I really wish you'd see yourself the way I see you. The way the rest of the world sees you. Just exactly how do you see yourself Miss Swan?"

He lifted my other leg out of the tub and kissed the top of my other foot. He was on his knees leaning over me and getting the front of his shirt all wet. But he was doting on me. He just wanted to make me feel good. Another first for me.

"A magnet for catastrophe and all around fucked-up-ed-ness."

He chuckled, smoothed my hair while he studied my face.

"That may be half way true, but I want you to know something. I know I've told you that you are beautiful before, but you honestly are the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. You're perfect. I've thought that since the first night I was with you."

He looked into my eyes, waiting for a reaction. I didn't know what to say. I'm sure I looked shocked.

"Will you be with me, Bella? I know this is so…messed up right now and I know we have to keep it a secret from my father for a bit, but, I need to know for sure. I want you to be mine, only mine, and I want to be yours. Not just for two weeks or whatever you're thinking…I don't want there to be any grey area."

I didn't have to think about this at all. He was the only one I wanted to be with. He had really ruined me.

I nodded, "Yes. Of course," I blurted out. I grabbed his face and pulled him to me hard, and pressed my lips to his. He had to brace himself from the force of my pulling, and stuck his arm inside the bath. Obviously not caring, he wrapped it around my waist and stuck his beautiful tongue in my mouth and kissed me deeply.

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