Forgive me, I am busying with so many things, and just haven't felt like doing any writing, not for lack of ideas, just due to being busy and not interested.
I can't even find the review now (shocking as there aren't many to look through) ANYWAY, I have no clue about boards and directors. But let's just say Edward even with more shares had to go with what the board said. It's fiction so let's go with it.
Thanks for sticking with it, if you are still here! I will get the other stories updated this weekend I hope *crosses fingers*
Chapter 11
Bella lifts her face from the pillows, she had an amazing sleep. Turning she moans and stretches, her hands press against the headboard behind her. Her eyes still shut but she can feel the warmth of the sun on her lids. When she hears the soft sound next to her she peeks her eyes open and sees him. Bella touches her face slowly and runs her fingers up into her tousled hair. She is not exactly sure what to think. She was not ripped from her sleep, she woke up to her own accord, but seeing him sleeping next to her is a bit out of body if you will. Her heart is beating faster now. Shifting she rolls slowly from the bed. Slowly pulling a layer of sheet she turns and lets the sheet wrap around her body.
"Morning"
Bella stares at him. "Sorry, I woke you"
"No" Edward yawns and his bare arms lift up and stretch over his head, his hands bang into the headboard. "You didn't"
"Okay" She stands her hands holding the sheet around her and her fingers absent mindedly fiddle with it.
Edward turns his head to look at her, he gives her a smile. "Are you going to stand there…" Last night was amazing, he almost forgot about telling her something that will break her heart, he knows her heart now, maybe he knew it before, but he knows it now. It is lovely, tender, kind, he was not worthy to do what he did last night with her. Edward scrubs his hand over his face and sighs a bit.
"I am going to seek out my clothing and get going"
"Right work" He looks at her and nods.
"Yes" She agrees with a nod. "I know we did" She tip toes around the words. Lifting her nervous eyes she looks back at his grinning face. "Don't do that"
"I am not doing anything Bella, Isabella…Ms. Swan"
"Please stop joking" She pleads with him lightly.
"I'm sorry, we fucked, is that what you were trying to get out?" He is so much fun to toy with, he almost forgets.
"Well" She looks at him. "Yes"
"Okay now it is out there"
"I suppose it is, I know we…but we will still have to maintain the professionalism"
He looks at her standing there wrapped in his sheet which reeks of their late night amazing romp, and she is talking about professionalism? She is shitting him. "Could you at least get dressed and say the word professionalism?" Her bedroom eyes, and bedroom hair is very distracting.
Bella swallows. She knew she was naked, well of course he knew, but him saying it causes it actually to dawn on her being naked trying to be professional. "I was going, but you woke up and I thought we should clear this up right away"
"Bella we had sex, there is nothing to clear up, are you alright?"
"Yes, I am" She starts as she nods, her hand goes into her hair for a moment and she looks down before meeting his eyes.
When she meets his eyes again he starts speaking. "Okay, well then there is nothing to clear up"
"Well good" She mutters.
"You were wonderful, sexy, everything a man would want, could want"
Bella stares at him like a damn bump on a log. 'Why is he still talking and dragging this on?' She thinks once her brain is able to form thoughts.
"And I want you to know that, you seem like you don't know that"
"I-I-it, um" She shuts her mouth. "I am a bubbling fool right now" She confesses just not herself.
Edward smiles. "You're not" He gives her a grin. "Do you want to get back in bed?"
"What?"
"We are here it's already awkward" He laughs once. "Just get back in bed let me enjoy you a little more"
"Um" She feels goose bumps run up her arms and back over her cheeks and from root to tip of her hair. "Okay" She breathes out, wanting to get back in bed with him.
Edward grabs her up and rolls onto his back taking her with him. Smiling at the sounds she makes, his hands rest on her sheet covered waist and settles her nicely on top of him.
Bella smiles. Her hands move to touch his naked chest, smoothing over the skin there. The sheet is still wrapped around her secure under her arms. She traces a finger tip/nail over and around his nipple smiling to herself. Lifting her head she looks at him staring at her.
"Last night is a bit of a blur" He tells her reaching up and pulling the sheet down around her middle now. Rolling his head to the side he looks at her naked upper body. "I want to look at you" He gazes over her bare upper body as she sits on top of him. "Fucking stunning" He whispers as his finger tips stroke her nipples.
"You are so intimidating" She whispers her eyes shut and her finger stops it exploration when both his hands cup her breasts.
"I'm not really" He mutters his thumbs brushing over her nipples causing them to harden at the contact.
Bella smiles a bit and sighs.
"This needs to come off" He uses his stomach muscles to sit up without pulling himself up and he kisses the middle of her chest, his hands move to wrap around her upper body holding her steady he kisses her breasts lightly, tugging gently at her nipples, in turn.
Bella slides her fingers into his hair and moans sliding herself up against his mouth on her skin in an attempt to get more from the little he is giving her.
"This sheet" He finishes, one hand reaches down around her middle to tug it but it doesn't even move.
Lifting herself up a bit hoping to help her mouth finds his, this time she is doing the head and neck bending, moaning into his lips she grunts her disappointment in the removal of the sheet as a barrier.
Edward just simply continues to kiss her and rocks into her the added force behind it lunges him forward and her backwards.
"Oh" Bella thumps back on the bed her head the only part hanging at the foot of the bed with him on top of her.
"The sheet needs to go" He reaches down and pulls it away lifting his hips.
She stares at him her fingers at his face; she lets her eyes scan over him.
Edward looks at her unsure of what she wants, if she wants to say anything, she was like a mix of a frightened kitten and a minx last night. A mix of long time since and him is most likely the case for the mixed sort of vibe he was picking up from her.
Lifting her head slowly she shuts her eyes as her face gets closer and she starts to kiss him again moaning into his mouth with a light growl. She feels him pulls his lips away soon after not soon, but soon enough after the kiss starts and the trail goes to her neck. Keeping her eyes shut she lets her head fall back.
"I am a giver" He mutters as he continues.
'And you are a guy that always has to be proven right' She knows what he is doing, why he said that. But right now she can let him prove to her he is a giver. That is quite alright.
Her shaky hands cup his face and smiles her thanks. Her body showed its thanks without her control.
"Giver" He mutters before kissing her.
Bella arches her back and wraps her legs around his middle quickly. "Yes" She moans softly into his mouth as he slides quickly into her. She is more than ready and it is good, maybe a bit better than last night, the sobriety could be the reason for that. And the bit more comfort there.
Edward holds her around her back and body as his thrusts are set and quick. Glancing at her face he gages his movements better to her facial movements.
"O" She turns her head to the side and rests her chin to her chest biting her lower lip. She feels him move and bend kissing at her chin as he thrusts in a bit differently. "Oh my" Bella lifts her head and side arching her neck and back closer to him.
Grunting softly Edward speeds up empting into her.
Clawing at his shoulders she shakes against him, her hands grip him a bit more tightly than she expected as do her thighs.
Unmoving, both of them for a few long moments Edward finally kisses her throat and rolls her over with him. With that roll comes Edward using all the rest of the little energy he has and holding her to himself pushing up on his knees and pretty much rag doll dragging her up the right side up, of the bed. Settling with her against him he moans softly against the side of her face. "Mmmm" His tongue and lips lavish her ear as they lie front to front.
Edward gets out of bed, he looks at her curled up sleeping on her side and he grabs something's before leaving the room.
'Bella I will see you in the office
Edward'
She holds the note as she picked it up from the night table. Her eyes look for the clock in the room, finally finding one she cursed under her breath. 1pm. Throwing the covers off, she sees her things at the end of the bed piled on top of each other. 'That was nice of him' She thinks.
Jenna smiles at Bella. "Afternoon"
"Hi" Bella smiles, she went back to her apartment and showered dressed for the rest of the work day. She got in at almost 3pm. Feeling like all eyes are on her, she has been moving warily around the office building.
"Mr. Cullen was expecting you"
"I got caught up with something's"
"Sorry, he is expecting you rather" Jenna corrects herself as there was no time Mr. Cullen said Bella should be in to see him.
"Thank you" Bella walks to then opens his office door.
Edward looks up and gives her a smile. "Nice of you to join the work force"
"I'm sorry" She says. "I didn't"
"I am joking Bella, relax, did you get the messages?"
She frowns at his very work focused attitude. "Um" She gathers herself because she should be in this mind frame. It's just a few hours ago they were. She needs to get it out of her head and clear her mind or something. "Um" Blinking a few times. "I haven't had a chance to yet"
"Well do it soon, we have a dinner with some clients, I need you there, this is their file" He picks up a file and stands handing it to her.
"Okay, I'll read it"
"If you want we can ride over together, or I can send Emmett for you"
"I um" She is still not in work mode yet. "Yes"
"Yes what?" He questions her.
"Send Emmett, I'll just meet you at the restaurant"
"Okay" Edward picks up his phone and punches/hits a few buttons telling Emmett what will be happening tonight as far as driving who where and when. "Okay" About a minute later he looks up at her. "I still need to talk to you"
"And I you, but let's just get through the rest of this day"
"Bella"
"Yes?" She looks at him before fully turning around.
"It is important"
"It always is with you" She smiles and walks out. Work mode is back.
"Isabella Swan, my advisor" Edward introduces Bella to the group of business people. He glances at her and smiles.
The slight uncomfortable-ness is there, of course it was only yesterday they were in bed together…pretty much today cause it was this early morning. Yeah today. Bella smiles and extends her hand shaking everyone's there. She read the file this afternoon; got herself knowledgeable with everything they will be talking about this evening. She made some notes to jolt her along and hopefully offer up some sound advice and thought on the whole deal.
Edward finds her in the mingled crowd; he got the restaurant closed open only for his party tonight. "Hey" He lightly touches her bent elbow bumping into her. Edward has his face near her head…she smells great.
"Hi" Bella turns around. She can do this, it is just work.
"Did you read the file?"
"Of course" She answers him. Her head is up looking up at him as he is looking down at her. She feels his hand still holding the back of her elbow.
Edward keeps a hold of her even though he doesn't have anything else to say on the matter. She is very kissable. "Um"
Bella places her held elbows hand flat on his middle, right where is hits stomach. "You should probably let me go now" She mutters looking up at him.
"Right" Edward releases her arm and sucks in a breath, he feels her fingers come from his stomach.
Edward listens as Bella speaks to the table over dinner throwing out new creative and really good ideas. He is really intrigued by how quickly she can deliver things. She is very all around savvy as she is a lawyer, he forgets that sometimes. Most times.
"Where did you find this woman?" Harold leans over and whispers to Edward as the table seems to be dazzled.
Edward just watches her and shrugs.
"So it wasn't too much?" She questions cringing at him waiting for his response. He wasn't too happy when she took over in Italy, though he came around in the end.
"No, everyone loved, loves you" He just doesn't get it. How she does it, all the time.
"World domination I tell ya" Bella laughs and twirls the leg of the wine glass looking at the still almost full glass. The table has cleared and they are sitting together two seats between them attempting at 11pm to go over what just went on at the dinner.
"You didn't touch your wine tonight"
"Working" She reminds him.
"Right" Edward picks up his glass and takes the small amount that was still in there and drinks it down. He needs to tell her, like yesterday before the sex. 'Fuck' He curses in his head as he just stares at her.
"I have something to show you" Bella stands and walks around taking the seat next to him.
Edward looks at her and clears his throat. "What is it?" He watches her pull something from her bag. Taking it he glances at her. "What is this?"
"Look and see, now I am not saying all at once, baby steps is what we are looking for, and" She rambles on as he reads, hopefully he can read and listen to her because she is a bit nervous of even giving this to him. It seems even though he okay-ed it a bit presumptuous. And they still need to work out the finances with his company. "I know you still need to talk to I would assume the board of directors, but I think maybe the first step is to do a really great fund raiser to start us off" She stops and licks her lips. "Then at least the charity can have some of its own capital, but you would have to fund the charity event"
"Stop" He tells her shutting the file.
"You don't like it?"
"No, I think it is a great idea, we can do whatever you want"
"You have never been this agreeable" She eyes him with caution. "Are you feeling okay?" Bella laughs joking and she places the back of her hand on his forehead lightly. "Hmm?"
"I'm feeling, well"
"It's not overly uncomfortable" Guessing that, what transpired between them is the cause of him being a bit off.
"No, it is fine, you are fine right?" He does want to make sure she is okay, and he wasn't lying when he said she is one woman he doesn't want to hurt. Because he doesn't, and he knows he will. But it's not that he doesn't and is saying that because he knows it will. He didn't want to hurt her before.
Bella smiles at him. "I am really more than fine" She says in a very sort of hushed whisper. "I am glad we could get through tonight's dinner and today's work without making it" She lifts her eyes in a sort of smile. "You know"
"Yes" He agrees with her.
"So I am fine, now you"
"Yes, we just need to"
"Mr. Cullen" The owner comes up, he waits for Edward to stand.
"Thank you so much" Edward throws Bella a sorry look. The two shake hands. "Here you are" Edward hands over his card.
"Very good sir"
Turning to Bella he looks at her resting her elbow on the table and her hand on her cheek. "When did you want this to take place?"
"How soon can you get your contacts involved, because that is who we need?"
"Yes, I'll make some calls tomorrow, and write you some cheaque"
"Don't we need to go through a process?"
"I will give you personal cheque" Edward clears up. He doesn't need to go to his shareholders and directors again just yet.
"Edward" She shakes her head at him. "We can…"
"No I want to" He tells her, cutting her off.
Bella nods once and looks at him. "Well thank you"
"So I will call some very rich friends" He says with a little laugh. "And see how they can help, and you can pick a date, and we can get your event rolling"
"It's yours also, for the company's name to help"
"I know" He does know but it is really all her. Yeah he doesn't want to hurt her, who would want to her a woman like this? "Can I drop you home?"
"Yes" She breathes out softly.
Standing outside the apartment buildings door he glances at Emmett standing outside of the car with the door still open for when he comes to get back in.
"It was good tonight"
"Yes, thank you again for showing really amazing skills" He looks at her knowing her other skills and that is sort of hard to forget when it is just 24 hrs later if that and she looks and smells like she does right now.
"It was my pleasure" Bella nods and smiles. "I will speak to you tomorrow"
"Yes" Edward rubs his forehead. "Goodnight"
"Goodnight"
"Oh" He stops her, because he needs to do this he needs to get it back, he is feeling like he needs to have her, to tell her, to throw up all at once. He needs some sleep.
"Hmm?" She has her hand on the door. Part of her is hoping, just a small part of her wants him to come up. She will not hold her breath for that, because she knows honestly it won't work, and they work together. They mixed it up but thus far it is okay between them, doing it again would really be just pushing the envelope a bit too much.
"I don't want to forget" He wants to try to forget the other night and needs to do it somehow, her going back to thinking he is a dick of a guy is probably the way to go. "If you could arrange a get together with me, Juliet and Amy, I want to try something different"
"Oh"
"Yeah, mix it up a little" He watches her face hold the same. "Somewhere, well you can handle it"
"Yes, of course" Bella says quickly just a bit thrown. She didn't expect him to continue like this. She didn't think he was going to settle and be married in the next drum, but she was not expecting a threesome. Shaking her head a bit Bella smiles. "Good night"
"Thanks again"
"Yup" She answers before placing herself inside the apartment building.
Edward steps out of the cold shower wrapping a towel around his middle he looks in the mirror. "Tell her you fucking asshole" He says roughly to his reflection. He can't do it tonight, she is probably sleeping.
Bella washes her face and looks at her reflection in the mirror as the water runs down her skin, shutting her eyes tightly she sighs and hands her head. "What are you thinking?" She whispers without looking at herself. Right now the whole thing between her and Edward feels like a mistake. It didn't before, but after the threesome comment or idea of it threw her. She thought they were helping each other a bit, but it is now almost a random romp with her. And she didn't expect the whole romancing to come from him, but she did expect a bit of change. But she is not really going to change anyone. He has to do it himself, what she thought was going to possibly happen won't. And that's fine. But the need to want to be with him is really like an ache in her.
Lying in bed he looks at the ceiling. Drumming his fingers on his stomach he really wants to call her, he really wants to go over there and see her. He really needs to tell her. But he really doesn't want to hurt her. Shutting his eyes tightly he tries to push her out of his mind so that he can get some rest.
"Emmett I will just walk this morning" She speaks into her phone.
"Bella, are you sure, I am on my way to your place now?"
"Yes, sorry I didn't call earlier"
"No that is perfectly alright, I will come looking for you, if you don't report to me when you get to the office"
"Yes, that sounds good" She laughs. It will be a nice walk.
Edward looks at Emmett. "She what?"
"Said she would like to walk"
"And you let her?" Edward frowns his hands still unmoving on the key pad of his laptop.
"Well Edward" Emmett tips his head and looks oddly. He was not aware he had to stop Bella from doing anything.
"I-I" Edward realizes he sounds like a controlling husband. "Um" Shaking his head he looks at Emmett. "I will call her"
"Good idea" Emmett turns and leaves the office.
