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Chapter Eight

The weeks past, for the most part uneventful except for maybe how I had tripped into the elevator on day and fell out of my chair on a other, but other than that, everything had gone smoothly. Mr. Cullen and I had fallen into a daily routine and things were going great. My job was getting easier in the sense that I was doing more things on my own, Angela was barely needed anymore, though she did sneak up once in awhile just to say hi. On another good note, I hadn't had to deal with Jessica nor Lauren, who I was beginning to see more and more often though she didn't waste her breathe to speak to me, not directly anyways. I ignored them both, enjoying my blossoming friendship with Angela. I had even gotten around to introducing her to Alice and Kate. She seemed surprised when she met Alice but before I could mention a word, Alice had swept her away, whispering to her in the corner of the bar. They both returned to the table grinning. Of course I asked what that was all about, and of course neither of them answered. I tried to get it out Angela the next couple of days but she wouldn't budge.

"Oh come on, just tell me what she said. Did she say something about me?" I begged. Angela continued to smile as we shuffled around the copy room on her floor. I had cornered her here while she was changing the paper.

"Bella, I'm not going to tell you, so you can just give up."

I sighed.

"Fine," I huffed, leaning myself against the huge fax machine.

"What a good friend you are," I whined. Angela only chuckled as she returned to copying the hundred page report.

I changed the subject, I was obviously getting no where. Maybe I would have better luck with Alice. I shook my head, if Angela wasn't singing then Alice most definitely wasn't going too.

"So where do you want to eat for lunch?"

"About that," she nibbled on her bottom lip. " I can't. I'm meeting, uh a friend of mine."

"Oh, okay. I'll just call Alice and see if she wants to come."

"Sorry," Angela apologized.

"Don't worry about it." Waving her off, I moved to the door.

"I better get back to work. See ya!" I left the room and headed back to my desk.

Taking a seat, I dialed Alice's number from the phone on my desk. I shuffled through files on my computer while I waited for her to answer.

"Hello," Came her voice.

"Hey Alice it's me,"

"Bella?" She asked unsure, sounding surprised to hear it was me. I wondered why but then I realized that this number was unknown to her.

"I was wondering if you want to grab something to eat," the sound of my typing in the back ground could be heard as I held the phone to my ear by my left shoulder.

"Um sure, but hold on. I got someone else on the other line." I heard a beep and then nothing. I heard a voice come from Mr. Cullen's office and just when it stopped, Alice returned.

"Sorry Bella something just came up. How about a rain check?"

I frowned. "Sure."

"I got to go. Call me later." She was gone before I could speak my goodbyes. I wondered what had come up, but knowing Alice it could have been anything. Thinking of what to do I returned the phone to it's place. Maybe Kate was off?

I heard the office doors open and Edward Cullen exited. I immediately thought that it had something to do with me.

"Is there something I can get for you, Mr. Cullen."

"No I was just heading out to get some lunch." He smiled passing my desk.

"I could get it for you." I insisted. He glanced at me, and flashed me a smile that stopped my heart in my chest.

"Or you could join me," I didn't answer. I didn't know what to say.

"Uh-" I stuttered, sucking on the inside of my mouth.

"I have some things I want to talk to you about anyways." He pressed the button to the elevator. I nodded, saved my work, gathered up my things and entered the elevator that he held open for me. When the doors close, I was over whelmed by the scent of him. It was clean and manly, just like the man he was. I forced myself to not look at him as the elevator descended toward the ground floor. I had to force myself to kept my breath steady, and my hands from fidgeting.

"So what are you in the mood for?" he asked.

"Whatever you want," I answered still keeping my eyes to my self.

Just then the elevator doors opened and revealed Mike standing there.

"Bella," he grinned as he entered. I stepped to the side to let him in. It was then he noticed Mr. Cullen.

"Good Afternoon, Mr. Cullen."

"Hello Mike." Edward answered. Mr. Cullen seemed pleasant enough but didn't pay much attention to him. Mike turned his attention back to me. I was glad that he didn't seem to notice that we were together. Probably thought we just happen to end up on the elevator together, since we worked on the same floor and all.

"You on your way to lunch?" I nodded. Mike was nice and not bad on the eyes. I still wasn't very use to the nice guys in New York City, the very few there were.

"Where you heading? If you need a suggestion I'd be more than happy to show you around." I gazed at him. Was he asking my out? No, it was just lunch. But I wouldn't be able to take him up on his offer, not today.

"Sorry," I stated. "I'm already meeting up with someone. Maybe tomorrow." He beamed.

"Okay. Tomorrow then." The elevator stopped then on the first floor and we exited.

"See ya Bella," he waved.

I was thankful when Mike went the opposite way as he waved good bye.

"You could have gone with him." Mr. Cullen spoke from beside me, entering the rotating doors that lead the cool streets of the city.

" No, I couldn't have, besides you asked me first."

No one was more surprised than I was when we headed into the Downtown area to a small Greek restaurant. It was a small shop, almost hidden by the surrounding stores. One had to have been well aware of the restaurants location to come here or you would have missed. In fact, I had. I had walked right past it and Mr. Cullen had to stop me and saw the way. It was the first of many blushes to come. I was even more shocked when the man addressed Mr. Cullen by name when we entered.

"The usual, Mr. Gorshedi," My boss stated in a familiar tone.

Mr. Gorshedi, clearly of Greek decent led us to a window table to where we could see the street from where we sat.

"I'm guessing you come here often," I stated taking a seat actually tripping into it. Growing red in the face, I prayed that I was lucky enough were he hadn't seen it

"Yes, it's one of my favorite places to eat." He smiled. I could tell he genuinely liked it here. A waiter came over then and handed us a couple of menus and two glasses of water, before promising to be back to take our order. I glanced at the menu which was all in Greek. Or it might have been in English but the font was too Greek-like for me to read. I felt stupid staring at the booklet, trying to pronounce the words in my head.

"I know it's a little hard to read," I looked up.

"Not really," I lied. He arched a brow. I heaved a sigh.

"Fine, I can't understand it at all," the waiter returned.

"Do you mind?" Mr. Cullen asked and I nodded. He turned to the waiter and ordered in another language that no one would mistake for anything other that Greek. And yet even with the harsh sounds, it sounded like liquid gold coming from his lips. It was then I found myself staring at his mouth. So pump and soft looking, it was hypnotizing. I wondered what they would feel like if- I stopped myself. I wasn't going to do this. Not here, not now. I wasn't going to fantasize about my abnormally beautiful employer.

I glanced away just in time as he turned back to me. My face heated anyways.

"I ordered a lamb gyro for you,"

" A lamb gyro?"

"You want me to order something else?"

"No, no" I shook my head. " It's just that I've always wanted to try it. My friend keeps talking about lamb gyro and how good they are." I smiled.

"I know what you mean. My sister's in love with them."

"Really? You have a sister?" He nodded.

"That must be nice," I stated. I hadn't known. Maybe I should have read up more about his personal life but I didn't want to look like a stalker.

"Yeah it is when she's not annoying the hell out of me. She's too small to be so irritating." He seem to be remembering something.

"I actually understand what you mean," I stated thinking of Alice. I glanced around the small building. It was painted white, reminding me of all the pictures of Greece I had seen, pillars and all.

"So how did you find this place?"

"Why? Because I don't seem like the type to come down here?"

"No, that's not wha-" My face reddened.

He held up his hand and smile. "It's okay. Actually me and my sister come here often."

"So she lives her in New York?" I inquired.

"Yeah, but we're both really busy so when ever we have time we head down here. She was suppose to come with me today, but she canceled at the last minute." In that swift moment, my view of the man changed. I could say now that he was truly a kind hearted person. Someone like Edward Cullen could have what ever he wanted and yet it was obvious that he valued his family more than anything. Not in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would be here seated across from my boss, talking about his personal life. But then again, I never thought in my wildest dream that Edward Cullen would be that boss. He was so much more than many people realized. So much more.

"Why are you smiling?"

"Huh," I blinked.

"You are smiling,"

"Was I? It was nothing. Don't worry about it." I kicked myself mentally.

He chuckled. "You are so different from any of my other assistants?" I frowned. I had found out that all of his previous assistants had all been gorgeous 5'll models with thick blond hair and size c cup breast. Of course I could never compare.

"How so, Mr. Cullen?" I knew I was setting myself up for disappointment but I wanted to know.

"I don't know." He seemed to speak more to himself. "But there's something about you, you don't seem like you are scared of me."

"We'll then I will have to try harder." I smiled and he laughed, gracing the entire restaurant with his music.

"The truth is I'm terrified." I whispered, suddenly finding the table cloth interesting.

"Really?" he sounded truly surprised. I nodded and it became silent. After about chewing on my lip for about thirty seconds I glanced up, just when he looked away. I got the strange feeling that he had been watching me and the sides of my mouth curled up.

"Thanks for lunch," I smiled when we returned to the office. The last hour had been an experience.

"It was my pleasure." He stated before his disappeared in his office. I relaxed back into my chair feeling my pulse race. I think that was the first time I had ever smiled so much with someone other than my friends. Then the phone rang and it was back to work for me.

I called Jacob when I got home because I was in this happy mood since I had left work.

"Hey," I sang, flinging myself forward unto my bed after a nice, soothing shower.

"You sound happy. What happened?"

"What? I can't be happy," I grinned.

"Sure but you're never this happy, Bella. It's making my uncomfortable."

Rolling my eyes, I sighed. " How's La Push?"

"Don't change the subject," I pouted, when he caught me.

"You're not going to tell me are you," He sounded tired.

"Nope," I answered, over pronouncing the P.

"Fine, La push was La Push. Oh but Jared and Kim got engaged." I sat up then.

"Engaged!" Jared was Jacob's friend from high school, almost like I big brother to him and Kim was his high school sweet heart. They sat next to each other for a whole year before Jared finally noticed her. Hanging down on the reservation almost everyday back when I was in highschool, Kim and I had become friends.

"When!"

"Two days ago," He answered. I heard the hesitation in his voice and I knew why. He understood that I was going to be upset. And he had good reason because I was fumming. It wasn't everyday that your friend gets engaged. I was almost hurt that she hadn't called me. But she'd hear from me later, now it was time tochew Jacob out.

"Why didn't you say something before. How you not tell me?"

"I did," he declared. " I called you. Kim called you. You didn't answer." My mind began to race over what had happened two days ago around the time he might of called and I remember what I had been trying to forget. My boss wrapped in a small white bath cloth. Well, not erase. No girl would be crazy to forget that perfection.

"Oh, I was working," I mentioned. He heard the uncertainty in my voice.

"Working?"

"Yes working." I confirmed. "but forget that," I remembered his news.

"How was it? What did he do? Did she say yes? Of course she said yes," I answered myself. Anyone could that those two were meant for each, they were soul mates. Jacob spent the next hour explain to my in grave details, how one of my good friends had become engaged to be married.

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