Chapter 6

"Oh my god, it's breathtaking" Bella gasps as she stands on the balcony of this little…well it is huge Edward doesn't know the word limits. This huge balcony in this very old by modern Italian Villa in Umbria. Bella looks around and there are fields of just green and yellows and reds. She almost can't breathe. Never in a million trillion (so 5th grade) years would she have ever ever envisioned standing before utter cosmic perfection.

There must be a higher being involved in all of this beauty because man could not make such, we wouldn't know where to start.

"You must be tired and hungry" Edward speaks because she is in another place as she looks from the balcony, a site he has seen plenty of times with many different women. Throwing the view a glance he concludes it is nothing special.

"Just a second" Bella has her hands on the stone rail/wall/barrier and she shuts her eyes pushes up on her toes an sucks in a large breath of fresh clean Italian country side air. "Uhmmm" She breathes out opening her eyes slowly and turning fully to the side to look at her boss. "What?"

"What…are you alright?"

"It's amazing" Bella tells him.

"You tired, food?"

"Um, yes, little" She nods looking at him. "How often do you come here?"

"Not very, for work mainly and then I stay in a hotel, but I thought you would appreciate this more"

"Yeah" She says almost laughing. "It is amazing, what exactly are we doing here?" She follows him through the villa.

"Work"

"Yes, I understand that, but why am I here, grant you I am happy to be here, just, what will I be doing?"

"Advising me" He pulls open the subzero fridge and looks around. He got someone to go shopping for him and stock it up.

Bella slides into a stool at the counter and watches him turn around holding a head of lettuce, a tomato, a cucumber, olives, and an egg.

"Grab me a pot up there" He lifts his eyes to show her where the pots and pans hang right above their heads. "And boil the two eggs"

"Sure" Bella pushes out and does as she is asked before coming to sit back down facing him, his head is down though as he rips the lettuce apart and put it into a large bowl. "You can cook?"

"Yes, rather well actually…I can read too"

Bella rolls her eyes. "Funny" She watches his large hands slice the tomato with a little skill. "Women like a man that can cook" She would love a man to cook for her, not every night but to have someone there making her a meal with love. That would be really nice.

"Are you giving me advice?"

"Like I said you aren't horrid to me" She shrugs. "You have some good qualities, and maybe if you put them to use…you could find the right woman rather than going through all the wrong women"

"Sometimes I want to settle down, other times I really enjoy my life" He tells her honestly.

"I am just saying"

"And I appreciate it"

Bella gives him a little one shoulder shrug she smiles as she watches him dice the cucumber.

"What, do you want to do this to me?"

She lifts her eyes in a cheeky grin. "No"

"Oh Bella you do have this tendency to wound me, you should say that no like you mean it"

"I do mean it, how do you feel about charity work?" She has wanted to speak to him about this…a great number of times. Her eyes scan over his face; he looks tired but still slightly upbeat. His eyes are still shining a strong green, and his nose is calm as in the nostrils aren't flaring at the words she speaks. His mouth is a thin straight line; think the ocean on a calm day. Very still waters.

"Charity work and charities are great"

"I was going over the company's funds distribution and it has none"

"Has none what, funds?"

"No, you have a great deal of funds, you have no charities"

"I think they are great, for other people"

"Not you?" He is turning her stomach.

"I don't have the time"

"You have the time for extracurricular activities which lead you to a jail cell…but not for a charity?"

"Bella you judge people so much, do you even know you do it?"

"I wasn't judging you" She glares at him, now she the hell is. "I was asking a question and making a statement, a true one"

"Well you judge and that is also a true statement"

"I am not hungry" She slides from the stool and she walks to the room that she will be staying in for this trips duration.


Edward sighs she has been up there for 10 minutes. Holding a plate he stands at the door. "Bella?"

Whipping her head around from the settee she is lounging on she frowns in the direction of the shut door.

"Bella, look"

She bites her lower lip and says nothing still.

"You just get under my skin." He knows he is slightly fucked up and his way is not at all practical but he didn't hire her to berate him daily. He is well aware that he is out of her league and is not trying to be in it but he doesn't need reminding all the time. Hell he has been nothing but amazing to her. Grant you because of the way she is she doesn't see him as being anything but a rich player jerk.

Opening her mouth to tell him that he gets under her skin she shuts it quickly before anything comes out. She is so used to depending on herself and she does. She has such a strong support system in her mother and father, but she is still just Bella. And she focuses on things as just her not expecting her family to step in. Maybe knowing that they would at any given moment encourages that just Bella mentality.

"I'm sorry, sometimes I don't know what to say to you, you are so much smarter than I am, and I tend to feel inferior to you"

Making a face she looks at the shut door.

"I know I am not perfect but, I don't think I am awful and you know what…"

She pulls the door open and looks at him holding a salad bowl with his head bend…like he is was talking to the salad.

Looking at her now he makes no sound.

"I am so defensive sometimes, and it is not necessary the majority of the time, I'm sorry also" She responds to him. "You aren't awful, not at all, the kind things you have said to me, and you're not"

"Thank you, I want you to know as the many roles you play in this company you can take the reins on a charity, I am for that, you have more time than I do to deal with the dealings, and I want you to do that"

"Really?"

"Yes, it helps my company, it helps the charity and what…makes you feel good?"

"So good" She beams as she nods.

"I brought you this" He holds the plate up to her with the fork in it.

"I am really hungry" She takes the large shallow salad bowl up and quickly puts a fork full into her mouth.

Edward has a hand/arm extended up resting on the top of the door frame to her room, towering over her as he looks at her chewing.

"Oh good" She applauds him. "Very good"

"Glad you like it" Edward gives her a little bow with his head.

Smiling she steps back. "I am sure you are busy"

"No, not now, tomorrow though I have to go into the main city and take a few meetings, I do need you there, so sorry if you wanted to sight see"

"No, it's my job, I understand" Bella says with an empty mouth, she rests the fork down. "I am sure I will get back here sometime"

"No you can sight see this trip, just not tomorrow" He gives her a face.

"You are giving me time off to sightsee?"

"Of course, you haven't been here before right?"

"No, no" She shakes her head quickly. "I-I am, thank you Edward"

"It is not a problem" He tells her coolly. "I do have other things for you to do, but they can wait"

"Okay" She nods looking at him. "Thank you, for the food, and" She stops to smile. "You know"

He gives her a look, she is simply adorable…no that's not the right word, well she is, but she is, well she is adorable mixed with utter sex…yeah that's it.

"Good night" She mutters not sure what to say now because the extending staring time has passed, and she is not sure why he is still standing and or why he is still staring at her still saying NOTHING.

"Good night Bella"

"Night Edward"


He lies on his back looking up at the ceiling of this grand room. "Fuck" He whispers. 'She is my co-worker, never stopped me before' He ponders. 'She is utterly professional, and out of my league, get over it Edward' He tells himself.


She is sleeping across the hall, and it is just the two of them in this huge house, way outside of town. Drumming his fingers on the bed he debates getting up and going across the hell to ravish her in her sleep. 'No because then I would have a huge lawsuit on my hands, and she is a kickass lawyer' He is sure she can pretty much do anything she set her mind on.

Rolling onto her side she is not even asleep. 'So what if he always has bedroom eyes, he is not my type' "For sure" Bella mutters into the dark room. 'He is arrogant, bullheaded, selfish…but kind'. Frowning to herself she licks her lips. "Is that possible?" 'He uses women like we breathe air'. Rolling over onto her back she looks up. "That is so true" Lifting her eyes she lets them follow the fan around and around. 'Least that would mean he knows how to use it, oh dear lord what am I saying…no no thinking, what are you thinking?'

Lifting a hand she slams it down on her forehead and licks her dry lips. "You have lost your mind Bella, you really have" 'God it is hot in here' She kicks the covers off and lies still trying to cool down.

"He is making me hot" Bella widens her eyes at her mutter…she is shocked she said it out loud. "No he's not, no, he is just a rich playboy that only cares about sex, good restaurants, and money" She whispers. "Get it into your head girl"

'Oh god' Bella pushes out of bed and sits with her feet lightly touching the floor. "Oh god" She whispers out loud. Thinking about Edward like this is just utterly it is just not right, not professional at all. She is a grown woman who has not had sex in a while because she hasn't been close to anyone for fear of getting hurt. If she wanted to try and get close to someone it should not be Edward, no matter how dreamy his eyes are, his seductive his voice can be. Is just can't be her boss who gets her off for the first time in a long time.

She grabs her robe and heads out of the bedroom. "Hi"

Edward looks at her. "Hey"

Her eyes drift over his face and down his neck. Biting her lip she wants to look away and go back into her room but she just can't because his chest. Her breath quickens as she lets her eyes run over the very brood and male chest. "You're not wearing a shirt"

See adorable…but a mass of sex. Edward smiles at her.

She does not like these types of women you know the ones that fawn over a man. The airhead types you know they go 'Ohhhh ahhh, wee, ahhh'

"It is crazy hot"

"Yeah" She breathes out before meeting his eyes.

"Hot" She trails off. Widening her eyes she snaps back to earth, her eyes now narrow at his, he looks confused. That is odd seeing as he is used to women ogling him…but she is not doing that. "Um right" Bella starts off. "I am going to bed"

"Did you need something?"

"Um, no, no" She turns on her bare heels quickly.

"Outside in the back of the house there is a vine yard" He says stopping her.

"What?" Bella turns around slowly to look back at his chest…his face.

"Yeah" He smiles. He knew she would love that.

"Like a real one?"

"A real one"

"Do you make wine?" She questions with wide eyes, still looking at his eyes not his hair covered chest.

"I don't but I do have people"

"You just" She shakes her head a bit. "Is it sold in the US?"

"No, just here, it is kind of a charity I guess…sort of" Edward rubs his chest thinking. "Not really"

Laughing she shakes her head. "I was about to say"

"No, well we sell it really cheap here, great wine, I will make sure you try it…not while working of course" He points out.

"Thoughtful"

Edward gives her another dashing grin. "You better get to bed"

"Yeah, and you" She turns on her tip toes. Shutting the door securely with him on the other side she sighs softly running a hand into her hair. "Oh dear" She whispers.


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