BPOV
As I drove towards Silk Road tonight I couldn't help but want to turn around and go home.
Me baring my heart to Alice a few days before had set me back a few steps. I was moping around and sad and I just wanted to stay in bed and hide behind my covers.
Dante had told me we were meeting a new client, an investor interesting in helping him expand the business. I had to be here Wednesday night at 8pm because the club was closed and we could discuss business properly.
He also told me to dress nicely – to which I joked don't I always?
As I parked I noticed I must have arrived first as all the lights were off and the place looked deserted.
I unlocked the front door only to find the alarm off too. That was strange, I thought as I made my way through the foyer in the darkness. It was pitch black but I had walked through here so many times in the dark I knew exactly where I was going.
As I got to the main floor the light suddenly turned on and startled me. Not them all, just the chandelier's and the light's across the bar. It would have been really romantic if I wasn't alone and freaked out.
I wasn't sure what was happening until I saw him.
Edward was standing in the middle of the ballroom floor, behind him a white leather couch.
He looked amazing in a simple pair of black slacks and a button down white shirt. He also looked very nervous.
"What are you doing here, where's Dante?" as I made my way towards him.
He motioned for me to sit beside him as he sat down on the couch.
"He couldn't make it." He said as I sat down next to him and took a deep breath. I was confused.
"I'm meant to be meeting him and a client here."
"You are, it's me." He smiled.
"I don't understand." I was about to continue when he cut me off.
"Bella, love please let me speak."
I froze. He called me love. I hadn't heard that in years and it made my heart sore.
"I don't know where to start." He said looking down at the floor. He looked like he was searching for words.
"How about from the beginning." I said as I laid a reassuring hand over his.