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Chapter 2
She looks at him slide into the large car across from her. She sits with her knees together and feet, looking at him.
"Do you want something to drink?" He watches her smooth her hands over her skirt.
"I am fine" She clears her throat.
"I have water" He moves to a small box and flipping the lid up to reveal a small ice-box.
Bella looks and widens her eyes. "No" She looks now normally at him. "I am really fine"
"You look like you could use some water"
"Fine, I will have water Mr. Cullen"
"Call me Edward please"
Bella looks at him. "Don't you think that to be a tad to familiar?"
"I do plan on calling you Isabella, or Bella, which do you like?"
"Bella"
"Okay Isabella is it, now" He smirks at her annoyance.
"What would this job entail?"
"Legal issues, public issues, being with me, a lot"
"So like you said, a right wing"
"Very much so"
"I see"
"And the pay, you would be very comfortable, with a car anything you need"
"Um" Bella frowns a moment and touches her forehead. "What about the community center?"
"What about it?"
"Leave it alone"
"What?"
"I want you not to develop on it"
"I can't do that"
"Then I can't work for you"
"You working for me is small, it is nothing, not nothing, but nothing compared to the millions, millions" He tells her with wide eyes. "I would be losing if I didn't build on what I paid millions for"
"But you have millions…billions even"
"It is not that simple Bella, I have investors who have agendas, and they have to do with a big oceanfront property of condos"
"Well, I also have an agenda, and helping that small oceanfront community center is it"
"And you won't work for me unless I call a multi-million dollar deal off"
"Correct, I must be wasting your time Mr. Cullen"
"Edward"
"Right" She nods rolling her eyes a bit.
He smiles at that. "Okay"
"Okay what?"
"Okay, you are now my employee"
"What?"
"You get your deal; don't inform your clients yet because I need to inform my investors first"
"You are giving in?"
"I don't look at it that way; I am seeing a better deal at present"
"So you are not going to build?"
"No, I am not going to build, they can keep their ocean view and you, well you may have just sold your soul to the devil"
Bella widens her eyes at him, slightly taken back. "Just like that?"
"I am the boss"
Wrinkling her brow she looks at him. "I think you will find when working with me, I am the boss"
"So tomorrow I expect to see you" He watches her take a sip of the water from the small bottle. "In my office"
"Okay"
"Good, do you want to have lunch?"
"No, certainly not" Bella answers him. "I wouldn't want to have to quit due to inappropriate behaviour on your part"
"Oh that is not what happened with Mrs. Kent"
"Wasn't it?"
"No" He frowns. "You must have heard everything bad about me"
"I didn't know there was more than that" Bella cocks an eyebrow up at him giving him a look.
Edward smiles. "Bella I think we will have a good time working together"
"You maybe right and you maybe wrong"
"I am usually right" He answers.
Bella laughs a little. "I am usually right"
"Touché" Edward nods at her.
"Wow good for you, I am sure those people are very grateful"
"There is more" Bella says sort of making a face as she walks around in relaxing pants and a tank top with her hair up, just having a quiet evening at home.
"What?" Renee questions interest with wide eyes.
"I got a job from the man trying to build in front of the center"
"What, you took that?"
"Yes"
"He sounds like a real jerk Bella"
"I know, and he is, but my agreeing to work for him, has caused him to call of the building of the condos"
"Why, what is his agenda, he would be losing a lot of money"
"He is really wealthy, I think he will live"
Renee frowns. "You be careful people like him, they just, I don't know"
"I know what you mean" Bella nods, she does. "I can handle him, he is a pure horn dog, that is what he is about, but he is a savvy business man"
Bella walks down in her black wide legged pants and fitted green silk top with a black jacket over it. "Oh" She is surprised to see the same car that she arrived home yesterday parked out front.
"Ms. Swan, Mr. Cullen is expecting you"
"Is he in there?" She questions pointing into the open door.
"No" He smiles. "He is at his office building, if you would"
"What is your name?"
"Emmett"
"Hi Emmett" Bella smiles. "I'm Bella"
"Nice to meet you, if you would" He nods his head to the side.
Edward is at his desk in his large office looking at some papers.
"I hope they are the papers calling off the building"
He looks up and then stands. "Good morning, can I get you anything?"
"No, I am fine" She walks right in and looks around. "It is very nice"
"I built the building"
Bella rolls her eyes, unimpressed.
He just smiles moving to the side to pull out a bottle of orange and apple juice for her. "Which?" He holds them up looking at her.
"Apple" Bella answers and she takes it from him.
"You can put your things down, remove your coat, jacket" He offers standing behind his desk watching her.
Bella eyes him. "Um" Her free hand goes up and smooth the up do of her hair up, just running a hand over it.
"I can show you your office"
"That would be good" She nods.
Edward walks to his shut door and pulls it open stepping back. "Ladies first" He smiles.
"Wow"
"Nice huh?"
"Stop tooting your own horn, it is not attractive"
"Oh but I don't need to be attractive for you, that would fall into 'inappropriate behaviour on my part' right?"
"Correct" She glances at him to her side.
"So" Edward says. "I need a speech"
"What?"
"Yeah, and you need to get to that"
"Excuse me?"
"It is part of your job"
"Do you have a job description I can read over?"
"What does it matter now, you work for me"
"Well true, but" Bella cuts her eyes at him. "Are you going to give me the run down about what kind of speech this has to be?"
"I was getting to that, and then I need dinner for two tonight, and then tomorrow night, two different places, flowers to Juliet, nothing to crazy, just letting her know I am still interested"
"Dinner with Juliet too?"
"Oh no, with Marci, and tomorrow with Amy"
"What?" Bella is confused. "This is my job?"
"Yes, and I need you to look over some proposals for me, I will have Jenna bring them into you, and if you could give me the okay as far as legally in my best interest that would be great. Stick a post-it on them letting me know what is what, give them to Jenna and she will get them to me"
"Jenna another lady friend?"
"Oh, she is my assistant"
"Right" Bella nods.
"Also, up in accounting, a guy named James, will you deal with him, he is, well I don't know what he is doing, but you will see when you get there"
"Slow down" Bella can't even digest this. It is everything from clearing his car, to firing people it seems.
Edward looks at her. "I had Kelly plug everything into your iPhone" He points it out on her desk.
"Key?" She says picking them up.
"To my apartment, Emmett is at your disposal, his number is in there, if he is unable to get you, he will take your call and send you Sam"
"Who is Sam?"
"Another driver" Edward answers.
"Oh god"
"Slow enough for you?"
"Not slow enough" Her head is spinning already.
"And if Sam for some reason can't pick you up, you will get Kevin"
"And who is that?"
"Helicopter guy, great guy"
"Are you serious?"
"Very much so, okay keys my apartment, address is in your iPhone, so are all my numbers"
"Okay, wait" She says putting her hand up, the keys in them. "Why do I need keys for your place?"
"Check your iPhone"
Bella eyes him before eyeing her iPhone in her hand, she works it with ease. "You want me to go and pick out your clothing for tonight?"
"I do"
"No wonder Mrs. Kent quit"
"Maybe"
Rolling her eyes. If the community center is spared, well picking out his clothing is worth it. Even with all this silliness he wants her to do, she is still excited about working for this company. Maybe she can encourage him to have a fundraiser and donate it to a good cause. There are endless possibilities for what she can do in the position that she is in, with the resources he can provide. Building a care center, children's center anything. Bella licks her lips and nods. "I am excited to start Mr. Cullen"
"Edward" He informs her arching his eyebrows up at her.
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