I keep forgetting to put a disclaimer.

I don't own Twilight.

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-MW-

Chapter 6

"Lovebug – Jonas Brothers"

Edward POV

"So, what was up with Alice earlier?"

Emmett came in the office a few hours after Alice left and had already begun to interrogate me.

I ran my right hand through my hair and let out a sigh,

"She knows."

He nodded in understanding. Emmett was the only one I told about Carlisle's condition because, as much as he loves Rosalie, his brother always came first to him, and Jasper would easily give in to Alice's pleads and sad eyes. It was too risky to let him in on this, so I gave as little detail as possible.

"Edward, are you sure you want to do this? I mean, she's not just some girl." I knew what he meant, and smiled,

"I know that, Em, don't worry. I've got it all planned out. Besides…" I trailed off. I stood up and walked towards my window, I noticed a sea of yellow below me as people were getting into cabs and on their way home.

"She's not that bad. She's actually nice to look at – more than nice, I think. Her eyes are these amazing kind of brown and when I look into them, it's like I'm put in a trance and what I see in them…" I laughed a little and turned to Emmett.

He was grinning wildly at me now and had one of his eyebrows raised at me.

"What do you see in them?" he asked, still grinning.

I thought about it for a moment and said,

"I see… I see kindness. I see determination, ambition… Passion! And she's smart! I don't see why she's still single, Em."

If it was even possible, his grin seemed like it got wider and it looked like his face was going to break any minute now.

"Nope, you don't see it at all." He said.

"What?" I asked him, confused by his mood.

"You like her." He simply said.

"Well, of course I like her. I just told you, Em, she's a great girl."

"No, no, I know that, but…"

I waited impatiently for him to finish.

"But what?!"

His booming laugh filled the room and it scared me a little.

"But, Edward, you like her."

I stared at him, not saying anything, for a long time. Now it was my turn to fill the room with my laughter.

It slowly died down when I realized he was being serious.

"Oh… You're serious?" he nodded.

"What on earth makes you think that I like Bella Swan?"

"Eddie-boy," I growled, but he ignored it and went on, "all that stuff you were telling Alice yesterday, that wasn't in Rosalie's romance novel."

"What are you talking about? Of course it was! You were reading from the book!" I said, raising my voice a little.

"I was just reading the summary at the back. All of that stuff you said… came from you, Edward."

"How is that possible?" I whispered.

He sighed in frustration and stood up, walking towards me.

"You. Like. Her. Heck, you might even end up falling in love with this girl!" I raised my eyebrows at him, then my thoughts were suddenly all over the place… and they stopped on the same person.

I couldn't like this girl! There was no way I would allow myself to like this girl! There is just no way! I could never… Well, maybe – NO, I shook my head. This is not happening. This will not happen. But it's already happened… Well then, make it stop! GUHHHH!

Make it stop!

My phone suddenly rang and I when I checked the caller ID, my breathing stopped. Emmett grabbed my phone and looked at it as well, smirking. He flipped open the phone and pressed it to my ear. It took a full five seconds before I could actually say anything.

"Hello?"

"Edward!"

"Bella…"

Crap. Crap. Crap. Crap. Now this girl was going to think I was incapable of forming coherent sentences.

"Are you busy?" she sounded nervous.

"N… No, not at all." Just talking about how I think I like you with my brother, that's all.

"Well good, because I wanted to know when you're free." Emmett moved his head close to my phone so he could hear what she was saying.

"Free?"

"Yes," Was she asking me out? Well, this is unusual "for Seattle."

I could see Emmett mouthing the words, "A date in Seattle???" I swatted him away with my hand.

"Ah, yes, the business trip." I said, making sure to emphasize the word "business" so Emmett could get his mind out of the gutter.

"How does next week sound?"

Now, I wasn't sure at all I wasn't falling in love with Bella Swan. The only other time I have ever been in love, as far as I could tell, was with Tanya. And even back then, I didn't know that I was falling for her. I was already in love with her when I realized I loved her.

"Next week sounds perfect."

"Alright, I'll have my assistant book us flights and email the details."

"Sure. Bye." Then I flipped it shut.

Emmett was still smirking at me.

"That was for a business trip, Emmett."

"Oh, I know. I do work here too, you know."

"Then why is that smirk still on your face?"

"Because you like her, and you don't even know it yet."

I didn't bother answering him anymore. I sat down at my desk and absent-mindedly looked through all the papers.

"Emmett, we've been on one date. And I wasn't even the one who asked for it!"

He snorted, "Haven't you ever heard of love at first sight?"

"Haven't you ever heard of how childish you were?"

"Psh. Rose tells me that all the time and she's still with me."

I seriously needed to chill out because my hands were all over the place but I couldn't put my mind to anything. It's like my body was moving all on its own while my mind was…

Don't even go there, Cullen.

Emmett say down in one of the chairs placed in front of my desk.

"But seriously, Edward," his tone made me look at him in mild surprise.

"Is it really so hard to believe that you could be having real feelings for her? That you truly care for her and you're not just using her?"

"I've been asking myself that too, Em." I said quietly.

He was still looking at me, expecting me to continue.

"I don't think I'd be enough for her… Shattered goods and all…"

"Shouldn't you let her decide that?"

My mind immediately went back to that day in the cemetery before I left. She was really broken about her dad, and it showed. She wasn't afraid to show it. I don't think it mattered to her who was watching then, because to her – it looked like – it was just her and her dad together, spending some time together.

What I wouldn't give to have someone I love look at me like that.

"You like her."

I looked at Emmett and smiled at him. He smiled back.

I had some clarity now. I knew I felt something for Bella Swan, but I wasn't completely sure yet if I liked her.

That was something I had to know the answer to.

ONE WEEK LATER.

Bella POV

I skidded to a stop in front of the airplane hangar, whose doors were halfway open. Today, Edward and I were going to Seattle to fix the problem with the bank accounts, and we were taking the private jet.

I would have preferred to just sit in economy on a normal plane, but the crisis wasn't getting any better and we had to be there as soon as possible.

I got out of the Vanquish and briskly walked towards the hangar.

"Take care of her for me, James!" I yelled over my shoulder to James, my chauffer. He offered to drive me here, but I insisted on driving on my own but that he could sit in the passenger seat and drive my car home after.

"Yes, Miss Swan!"

When I walked into the hangar, everyone was running around, preparing for the flight.

"Bella!"

I turned to look at the owner of the voice and I saw him.

Even in the ugly fluorescent lighting of this place, he still managed to look so wonderful. His hair still cannot be tamed, and the smile he was wearing reached all the way up to his eyes, making him look so innocent. My eyes trailed off to the rest of his body… Tall – but not gigantic or anything – and muscular – but not bulky – and every time he walked, it always looked like he was gliding in air.

I giggled. I bet he'd still look amazing even after a long flight.

"What's so funny?"

I hadn't noticed him standing in front of me by then.

"Nothing, just… Nothing." I said smiling up at him.

"Then, shall we?"

"Of course."

As we were preparing for lift-off, I snuck another look at him, and I couldn't help but think that he'd still look just as amazing as he does now when he gets off the plane after several hours as compared to most people.

"Where's Greene?!"

The moment we got off the plane, my phone rang and I've been trying to handle the situation as much as possible. Edward was calling his people too, trying to see if they could do anything. Since then, my phone hasn't left my ear.

"He better be there when I arrive!" I yelled into the phone and snapped it shut.

"Yes, please, hurry." Edward sighed and looked at me.

We were on our way to the company here in Seattle to fix the problem, but so far, the employees have been putting the blame on each other, all of them not wanting to get fired from their jobs. I wouldn't do that to them, I just really needed to talk to someone who would be of use to me right now.

"Nothing?" I asked him.

"Sorry… They said that they didn't know anything about the weekly withdrawals from the account."

"Weekly withdrawals?" he nodded.

"Didn't you know?" I sighed.

"No one's telling me anything. They think I'm going to fire them for telling the truth."

"I don't think they mean that."

"Well, Greene isn't talking to me! Nobody knows where he is!" I said, throwing my hands in the air.

"He's there. He wouldn't run from a powerful multi-millionaire who had connections all over the world." He said, winking at me.

I blushed at that and looked out the window, silently praying that I could save this company from shutting down.

"Greene!" I yelled, slamming my hand on his desk.

Wesley Greene was a 27-year-old WU graduate that studied Business Management. And he was my dad's nephew. He had some of the features from his mom, Charlie's sister, that made us look similar, but other than that, he could have passed as a carbon-copy of his father.

"What the hell is going on here?!"

"Bella, I think this would work better if you calmed down." Edward whispered into my ear.

I shivered slightly from the contact and drew in a deep breath before I spoke to my cousin again.

"What happened?" I said, calmer this time.

"Well, hello to you too, cousin." He said as he raised his eyebrow at me.

"Hello." I said through gritted teeth.

"Nice to meet you," he turned his attention to Edward, sticking out his hand, "Wesley Greene, head of Swan Corp., Seattle."

"Edward Cullen." He said, shaking Greene's hand.

"Ahh! Cullen! How is it over there?"

"Oh, you know, we're up and running, keeping our bank accounts in check."

"Yes, Greene," I interrupted, "What did happen to our bank accounts?"

He looked at me more seriously this time.

"Baron Davis, that's what."

"Who?" Edward and I asked at the same time.

"We were having some trouble in Accounting because of what little people we have over there, so I hired someone. But he turned out to be a con."

"Didn't you screen him?" I asked.

"I did everything, dear cousin, and more since no one ever heard of him. But I figured he must keep a low profile at all times, so I didn't mind."

"Did you call the police?" Edward asked.

"The first thing we did." Greene answered, "We caught him, but without the cash. Turns out, Davis was working for a drug lord that moved to the Middle East so all the cash was converted. But somehow, the police got him to work on the good side so they could catch the guy."

"So, what about the company?" Edward asked again, "What's going to happen?"

Greene didn't say anything and looked at me hesitantly, as if waiting for my permission for him to answer. He took my silence as a yes.

"It shuts down." He whispered.

"But that's going to pull down your profit from the other branches." Edward said.

Greene sighed and stood up, walking around his desk.

"There has to be some other way to get the money, right?"

It was deadly silent for a long time, with the only sounds being phones ringing outside and the employees scurrying about, meeting deadlines.

I didn't want my father's legacy to be tainted. Even if we had many other branches in the whole world, I couldn't even bear to think that a part of it was going to disappear. That, to me, meant that a part of my father was going to disappear along with it. I wasn't about to let that happen.

"How much was lost?" I suddenly asked, making both of them look at me – Edward with a suspicious look in his eyes.

"The company can compensate for a good fraction of it, Bella." Greene said.

"So, what about the other half?" I asked, slightly annoyed. Was he seriously going to let this company run without a good amount of money?

Greene sighed, "One million dollars."

I nodded. It didn't take me long to decide what I had to do in order to save this company.

"I got it covered."

"And how do you propose that?" Edward asked, facing me fully now with his arms across his chest.

"You let me worry about that." I said to him, then turned to Greene.

"Call the bank. Tell them to get the money from my personal account in one week."

Greene simply nodded and left his office to tell the other employees. I could hear faint cheers and applauses from behind the door.

"What are you planning, Bella?" Edward said.

Once mymind was made up, I was determined to not have anything change it. This is my father's legacy, the last thing left of him in this world. And to me, that was what mattered most. Anything that I wanted came in second.

Edward POV

I couldn't understand what Bella was planning. Did she even have a plan or was she bluffing? She seemed calm on the outside, but I wondered to myself if I turned and walked out of this office, would she still be calm?

In the back of my mind, I asked myself if she was even allowed to do this. I mean, this branch belonged to her cousin. Although, she is Charlie's daughter…

And then it hit me. Like a foul ball right between my eyes.

It was her decision. Just because Charlie isn't here anymore doesn't make her any less of an authority figure like Charlie was. And this company was everything to him, so she was involved in this just as much as Greene was. She was breaking through her boundaries.

And that's when I found my answer.

Shouldn't you let her decide that?

Yes, Emmett, I think I will.

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-MW-