His hand lingered on my face, his thumb softly stroking along my bottom lip as my eyes found his again. He looked apprehensive to know my answer. Holding his gaze, I nodded slightly. He physically relaxed, his shoulders sagging slightly to my answer.

"You want to go to the coffee shop two blocks down?" His hand left my face and I felt cold.

"Okay." I nodded again. I can do this, it's just coffee and let him explain his actions. I side stepped him to walk out of the door and started to walk through when Edward caught my arm.

"Here. Have this." He shrugged his coat off his shoulders. "I'll be okay." I looked outside to see the snow was still falling.

"Please Bella. You can't get sick before Christmas." Looking back at the snow again, I relented taking the large coat from him. I wrapped myself in the too big coat, taking in his scent before walking ahead of him.

The cold hit me once I stepped outside whipping around my legs. We hurried towards the coffee shop in the snow. Edward caught me twice to stop me slipping on the way. After the second time, he grabbed my hand, squeezing it slightly. "This okay?" Again, I didn't trust my voice so just nodded.

Once we arrived at the coffee shop, it was almost empty, just a couple of woman chatting at a window table. I dropped Edward's hand before we approached the counter.

"Hey, what can I get you two?"

Edward answered before I could, "Two large Latte's please." I smiled at the fact he knew my preferred choice and that his was the same.

The waitress eyes lingered on Edward for too long for my liking. "I'll bring them over." She spoke directly to him like I wasn't even there. Bitch! "Can I get you anything else?" Oh now she was just trying to piss me off! She had her lip caught in her teeth, looking at him through her lashes. That's my job!

"No thank you." I sounded as pissed off as I felt. I grabbed hold of Edward's arm as I lead him away to a table in the corner, away from prying eyes. I heard him chuckle as I let him go so I could remove his coat and settle into my seat. I gave him a 'don't start' look but the smirk was there and I couldn't help but smile and chuckle too.

But I was still mad at him. "Explain." I became serious again, crossed my arms across my chest and I waited. His smirk faded as his eyebrows creased, his lips pouted and he stared down at his hands on the table top.

He took a deep breath before meeting my gaze again. "Swan, I'm just going to say this because if I don't just say it, I'm going to chicken out, again." He cleared his throat, "Bella, yes I stopped the elevator on purpose. The reason... I needed to talk to you without interuptions. It wasn't planned but I seized the opportunity. You see ...I like you, a lot. This is why I needed the time to not get interrupted. I wanted to tell you how much I liked you. I didn't plan to take ... us as far as what happened in that elevator but you ... you just make something inside of me click. You... you are amazing. You're smart, funny and so gorgeous... and you deserve better than me but I'm selfish Bella." He looked down at his hands on the table, a slight frown on his perfect features. "I don't like to see you with anyone else. When I saw you with Mike at the Christmas party, I wanted..." His hands bunched into fists on the table, "I wanted to hurt him for having something I have always wanted. You." He chucked then, "He wouldn't know how to handle you anyway... pussy."

"Handle me?" I lifted an eyebrow at him and his smirk appeared again.

"You see! That! Right there is why I'm fascinated with you. You don't take shit from no one. You're incredible! It's the same at work. When I see you in meetings, you know what you want and you don't let go. You just go for it."

"And what do I want now... Edward?" I leant forward but my eye caught the waitress going him the gooey eyes from the coffee machine. I focused back on Edward, "What do I want so badly that I'll break that bitch's teeth if she doesn't stop looking at... it."

"You want me."

I chuckled and leaned back in my chair, "You already know this. You know I want you. And you want me..." I frowned and looked down at the table, "But how long will you want me for now the excitement of the chase is over?"

"Over? I think not." He scoffed at my suggestion, "This," He gestured between the two of us, "is far from over. In fact I think it's just began."

Two cups were placed on the table scaring the living shit of me. "Are you sure I can't get you anything else?" Little Miss annoying, pretty, totally Edward's type piped up from next to him. Edward's eyes never left me, "No thank you." She sighed but leaving us alone again. I gave her back the stink eye as she moved back behind the counter.

"So what do you say, Swan? Up for the challenge? To step this up a notch?"

I squared my shoulders, "You should know me well enough by now that I'm always up for the challenge Cullen... but ..." It was my turn to be honest, "I can't do this. I can't keep pretending that this game we play is enough for me ... because it's not. I just can't be your one of many women you have on your list so you can pick and chose who you fuck today."

Edward didn't respond, he just stared at me with his confusion crease between his brow. "Women I like to fuck? What are you talking about? What women?"

"Well there's Jessica fucking Stanley for a start!" I spat her name at him.

"Jessica? You think that ..." His expression changed from confusion to one of understanding. "Swan. Yeah I hooked up with Jessica when I first started at New Moon but that was before I'd even laid eyes on you. Believe me; I won't be going there again!"

"But she said that... well she didn't say but she made out you were regulars, you know, fuck buddies?"

Edward coughed and spat out the sip of coffee he had just taken. I watched the droplets run down his chin as he reached for a napkin. Lucky napkin.

"Oh Jesus Christ no!" He wiped the table before his eyes levelled with mine once again. He slowly slid his chair over so it was closer to me, lowering his head over the table like he about to tell me a secret so I did the same.

"Bella, the nearest thing I've had to a fuck buddy over the past twelve months is my right hand. Who I've named Bella by the way." The smirk was back.

"But I don't understand. Lauren said -"

"I knew it would be her feeding you this bullshit!" He was trying not to shout but he was angry. "She's a fucking lair Bella." I bit my lip at this new information. So he doesn't sleep around? This is fucking confusing.

"What about all the other women in the office that follow you around, into copier rooms and such like."

"What about it?" He took a long look at me, "Bella, I don't fuck just anyone in the office. That's solely reserved for you. Now don't get me wrong, other woman in the office have offered but there's only been one in our office that has always caught my attention. From that first latte soaked meeting, I've loved you and I don't intend on stopping now." Did he just say what I think he said?

"Say that last thing again."

"I don't want to stop."

"No the bit before."

He leaned closer still so he didn't need to talk loudly. "You got that huh? The fact that I still managed to chicken my way out of saying it as I should ..."

"Edward?"

He framed my face with his hands before smiling slightly, his head titled to one side, "Bella Swan, I love you." His words didn't sink in straight away but the way he looked at me while speaking those words did. His eyes told me he was completely serious, he loved me. I bridged the gap between us, grabbing his face in the process and kissed him. Slow kisses to show that even though I didn't think I was ready to actually speak those words back to him, I could show him what I felt for him in that kiss.

Awwwwww :) See ... it was all lies! Whoever doubted Teaseward? ;) So the next very short chapter was going to be the last ... but as I love these two so much and at the request of my prereader, I'm going to do a couple of more chapters ... and this time, from Edward's point of view. You wanna get into his head? I sure do :) These won't be repeats of previous chapters from Edward's POV, there will be all new, set after chapter 9.

The first of these 'extra' EPOV chapters will be donated to the Fandom 4 Children compilation. So if you want to read it first, make sure you donate. More details here: http:/fandom4children . blogspot . com/

Thanks again to my beta, SweetLovinCullen & prereader, Twificgirl; love you girls *mwah* and thanks to you for reading and reviewing my story *mwah*

So until Saturday ...