Ok guys...presenting yet another chapter to "The Office"...I'd never expected it to be so long, or have such a following, or me being so obsessed with finishing it. I'd guess that there are very few chapters remaining now.

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Please don't forget to check out "The Workplace", a kind of a parrallel to this story, only from Edward's POV.

We reached the Roman office at 9:00 and the others started coming in by 9:30. We had just met everyone from the finance department and they seemed nice. The Italian accent was delightfully sexy and I found myself being seduced by its calmly erotic nature. My mouth must have hung open while I was speaking to Aro, an executive about the reconciliation process. Because Edward nudged me, and didn't look all that amused. Like I said it was a seductive accent, I almost couldn't help myself. Almost if it weren't for Edward nudging me out of my seductive Italian accent induced trance. The Roman branch had 6 bank accounts and I had to check the reconciliations for all of them. Also, I had to check for the proper approvals for all the payments made and everything therein. And of course, the receipts.

It took me the entire day to just look at the payments. Most of them were approved by Tanya, which I found a bit unnerving. But she WAS the boss after all. I managed to finish a couple of reconciliations too, but that was due to Edward insisting on a short lunch. Tanya once again seemed disappointed by her brief encounter with Edward.

That night, after dinner, Edward and I sat in my room, finishing some work.

"Edward, I really don't think I'll be able to cope with the deadlines you've set up," I said after a while.

He looked up at me and cupped my face into his hand, "we're in this together Bella. We'll manage together. Why are you so worried about it?" I just realized that this was the second time that Edward had spoke so candidly about us doing this 'together', it was also the second time he had touched me in an innocent but intimate manner. And yet I still didn't flinch at his gesture.

I shrugged and went back to working. We worked till four in the morning and by that time I had finished the entire investigation of bank balances. Apart from my discomfort over Tanya approving all payments, I didn't find anything wrong.

Edward though had been checking investments, and didn't seem too psyched about their decisions. "You know. Tanya doesn't make a good head of finance if she's been approving all these investments," he said at last as he shut down his laptop and got up from his place at the table. One thing I'd noticed about him was that he was really very fidgety. He kept moving while working. He had changed places at least 5 times, including sitting cross-legged on the floor before finally settling on the table. Nervous habit I suppose.

I nodded and agreedwhen he went for the door, leaving to go back into his own room. I sighed when the door clicked shut behind him. Again with the sighing Bella?

I was so tired; I didn't even bother to wash my face, and silently cursed my over-active inner monologue yet again. I just plopped into bed and instantly fell into a deep slept. Which lasted all of 3 hours before I woke up at 7 to my ridiculous sounding alarm. I groaned and stretched, trying to get my mind out of its sleep induced fog; slowly I crawled out of bed and headed to the bathroom. I dressed quickly and met Edward for breakfast. He looked just as tired as I did I wanted to curse his stringent deadline, but realized just as quickly as my thought appeared, that he was suffering from it as well. There were purple bruise like marks under his eyes and they were slightly bloodshot. Coffee, I will definitely need some coffee.

Both of us drank our extra strong coffee but unfortunately it didn't help as much as I had hoped. Tanya came to pick us up at 8 sharp and this time, she was talking to herself throughout the drive, Edward and I both had mentally gone to sleep the moment we plopped down into the cushioned leather seats.

The rest of the week passed by in a similar fashion and much to my surprise, we managed to stick to Edward's deadlines.

Saturday was a very welcome day. I didn't plan on doing anything but sleeping. We had managed to finish most of our work during the week and Edward and I had decided to confront Tanya with our findings on Friday, just a day before we left for Paris, I have to admit I was a little apprehensive about confronting her. This was a delicate situation and I mentally prayed that she would act accordingly and maintain her professionalism.

The week had brought me to rethink my opinion about Edward. He turned out to be quite a nice guy. He was chivalrous, intelligent and funny. I sighed again, thinking about Edward, as I lazed in my bed on Saturday morning. Suddenly I heard a knock on my door and I opened it to find a fully dressed Edward. He was wearing jeans and a gray t-shirt. I raised my eyebrow at him.

"Rise and shine sleeping beauty. I intend to visit a lot of places today," he smirked.

I looked at my watch. It was 10 in the morning. Ugh, I was so hoping to sleep my Saturday away. But, I then thought about where I was exactly and I tried to shake off the overwhelming need to just crash.

"Gimme 10 minutes," I mumbled, stifling a yawn. Edward shrugged and walked back into his room. I could hear his television playing some unidentifiable music.

I rolled my eyes and went to the bathroom; taking my time in my bath. It's not every day that you have the luxury of time. I dressed in my jeans and black Rolling Stones T-shirt, converse sneakers and tied my hair into a ponytail. I went to his room and knocked on the door. He was still watching television, only now, it was an English news channel. I noticed his room was very neat; he kept everything its right placeRolling my eyes we went down to breakfast together and had our usual.

"What's the plan today," I asked spreading butter on my toast.

"I was thinking we could take a train and go to Naples, come back in the evening and do the Illuminated Rome tour," Edward said, concentrating too hard on his eggs.

"You want to go to Naples and come back in a day?" I asked ridiculously.

"It's only a one hour train ride Bella," he said in a slightly patronizing way.

"Ok then, whatever you say. But tomorrow is mine and I get to do what I want, and you've got to tag along, no questions asked." I said in a pointed look, waving my butter knife at him.

"I'd struggle a guess that you want to go shopping," Edward smirked.

"Damn it" I muttered, much to his amusement. Who is this guy? That smirk was starting to have an effect on me, what exactly I do not know, but an effect none the less.

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Jokes apart, I need to tell you that this may be my last update before Christmas...some work has come up and sadly, that is a priority. So Merry Christmas everyone...enjoy the festive season, the snow, the gifts, the candy, the decorations and the magic!

I'll definitely try and write a couple of more chapters before Christmas, but I can't promise it and I don't want you guys to keep your hopes high only to see them come crashing down later.