AN – A huge thank you to all of you who reviewed the last chapter: Bunch2009, thatxtwilightxgirl, imypimmy19, jac master, twilightfan7801, bella sweet 03, taralynn09, Isabela is Online and AshleyLuvsTaylor. Thanks guys I really appreciate you taking the time to review as it gave me the motivation to carry on with this story.

Most of my reviewers seemed to want a glimpse into Edward's head this chapter so here he is. Hope you all enjoy.

EPOV

Why had she bolted? I asked myself already knowing the answer as I walked to my car and jumped in the driver's seat. I replayed bits of this morning in my head for the sixth time since she had bolted from the cake tasting.

FLASHBACK

I watched this morning as the most beautiful girl crossed the street; she looked so beautiful and so fragile. Everything about her pulled me towards her - like gravity. She was perfect – she was everything Tanya wasn't. I was captivated by her presence the moment I saw the wind blow her feathery chestnut hair around her heart shaped face.

She paused in the middle of the road and for a moment I wondered what an earth she could be doing…..that was until I realised she had caught her shoe in the grate.

I moved towards her in an effort to help…..something yellow suddenly caught my eye, it was a taxi and it was heading in the direction of the beautiful girl.

My feet were running in her direction before I had even processed what was happening…..I raced towards her and literally launched myself at her with such force that the grate released her shoe and we were both sent barrelling to the pavement with a large amount of force.

She lay there underneath me wrapped in my arms, she felt so extremely delicate to hold, almost as breakable as glass.

I couldn't help but notice how absolutely amazing she smelt. Her scent filled my lungs…..her hair smelt sweet and of strawberries and she herself had a very natural flowery smell…..

I quickly averted my thoughts this was no time to be assessing how wonderful she smelled especially when she was looking dazed and slightly disorientated.

"Are you alright?" I asked, I was so incredibly worried for this girl even though she was an utter stranger, she seemed to have awakened feelings inside of me I never knew existed and that in itself was extremely frightening…I didn't even know her name.

She simply nodded in response and I couldn't stop myself from staring her, she was simply mesmerizing. Being as close as I was, I was able to ingrain every feature into my mind. She had warm, deep brown eyes, a petite button nose and very plump and tender looking lips. I also examined that her face adorned no make-up, she was not just beautiful, she was naturally beautiful.

END FLASHBACK

I shook my head – as I started the car engine - hoping to clear my mind of Bella Swan, my attempt however was futile. It now seemed that I could not think of anything other than the girl I had only met just hours ago.

I could see the lingering question in her eyes…..Why was I with Tanya? Well the simple answer to that was through blackmail. My Father Carlisle Cullen and I were both well known and highly respected surgeons and we both worked for none other than Tanya's Father – Chief of Surgery.

Tanya railroaded me into marrying her, making it quite clear that if I chose not to marry her, my Father and I would find it extremely, extremely difficult to work in a hospital again.

My Father loved being a surgeon more than anything in this world, he always made it perfectly clear that he loved the feeling that he was making a difference in the world…he was at his happiest when he was helping someone live longer and prolonging their life, giving them valued time with their loved ones.

I couldn't and wouldn't risk Tanya taking that away from him or me, so I was doomed to marry a woman I loathed…..it had never before been quite the hardship it was today…..the day I met Bella Swan. I had this strange and maybe wonderful feeling that Bella Swan was going to turn my world upside down.

Was I worried? Yes unbelievably so, I thought I had my life planned. I know marrying someone you do not love isn't exactly recommended but seriously what else was I supposed to do? I couldn't let her destroy Carlisle's career.

My phone buzzing cleared my head of all thoughts…..I pulled the car over to the side of the road, shut the engine off and looked at my screen to see who was calling me.

Tanya…

I really didn't feel like talking to the woman that constantly made my life a misery but I answered the phone knowing that if I didn't, I would only get it in the neck later on.

"Edward" She had spoken my name before I had even had the chance to answer the phone with a hello.

"Where are you? You've been absolutely ages." She continued, still not giving me the chance to speak.

"Tanya….I."

"OHHHH, it doesn't matter how long you have been. I have some excellent news…You remember my Grandma Kathleen?"

"The one that lives in Ireland?" I asked, unsure of where on earth she could be taking this.

"Yes…..Grandma Kathleen from Ireland. Well my Grandma…..she has the most beautiful wedding ring…..beautiful and expensive." She paused; I assumed waiting for a reply….not that I had anything in particular to say.

"Tanya, could you please get on with what you're saying? I don't have time for this nonsense."

"Well….when I telephoned her to tell her about us getting married in only a matter of three weeks, she was simply gushing with pride that her only beautiful Granddaughter is getting married."

"Tanya…..Make your point." I was beginning to get really impatient now, Tanya thought way too highly of herself and it constantly ticked me off.

"She wants me…." She made a point of emphasizing the word me. "To have her wedding ring…..it's worth hundreds of thousands of pounds and she wants me to have it before she is even dead."

"That's fantastic Tanya." I said in a very monotone, as if I gave a toss about a wedding ring.

"I think you're missing the point Edward. It means you are going to Ireland next week to get it."

"WHAT…..IRELAND. DO YOU KNOW WHERE IRELAND IS TANYA? IT'S ANOTHER COUNTRY…..A VERY FAR AWAY COUNTRY…ARE YOU BARKING MAD?" I was really shouting, how on earth did she expect me to go to Ireland?

"Yes Edward….I do know where Ireland is. It is my Gran who lives there. Don't worry I have already booked the plane tickets."

"Tickets…..you're coming to? Can't she just send the damn ring?"

"No she cannot just send the damn ring…..it could get lost or damaged and even if it was not lost or damaged it may not even make it here in time for the wedding. You're going and that is final."

"I'm going? Then who's the other plane ticket for?" She was really confusing me now.

"For the wedding planner…Bertha….Bethany…..Whatever her name is."

I gritted my teeth and contained the urge to growl down the phone to her…..Her name is Bella, I wish she would get it into her thick head, and why the hell would Bella need to come to Ireland with me? Tanya was in no way making sense.

She was up to something I could most certainly sense it….I had known Tanya long enough to know when she was planning something…it was something in her tone of voice that gave her away.

What she could be planning I was not sure of….but one thing that struck me as really odd was why would she send Bella to Ireland with me? It just didn't add up.

She had hired Bella as the wedding planner – wedding planners plan the wedding, they do not go to Ireland with the groom to be. She really was not making sense.

"Edward, are you still listening?" Tanya asked in an irritated and irked tone – she really hated being ignored.

"Yes…..I'm listening."

"Really, then what did I just say?"

"Tanya I don't have time for your stupid games right now…You expect me to just drop everything and go to Ireland for you? I'm a doctor Tanya, a doctor in a tremendously busy hospital…..which means I cannot just take a holiday to Ireland at this short notice."

"Yes you can. I spoke to Daddy and he has just given you six weeks leave…..for the wedding preparations and the honeymoon. That's the kind of power I have Edward."

Her last sentence was meant as a warning and I most certainly picked up on it.

"OK" I said calmly. "I will go to Ireland for you. Would you just explain to me why you want Bella to come with me?"

"Because Edward darling…you do have a habit of getting yourself lost in the city you live in…..let alone another country. I just want to make sure that you're not going to get lost, and Bella looked a very capable woman."

There was something in her tone of voice which was really worrying me…..I didn't quite know what it was or how to place it, but there was definitely something there.

I saw the jealous look on her face when I accidently blurted out that Bella's name meant beautiful in Italian…..

FLASHBACK

"Her name is Bella…..B.e.l.l.a" I enunciated really slowly. "It means beautiful in Italian and you could at least try to get her name right Tanya."

I looked into her eyes – mine irritable at the fact that she was constantly ignorant towards Bella – and I saw a coldness and hardness there that I had never seen before.

I took me a few seconds to place….but she looked almost jealous, which was a rarity for Tanya.

She was the type of woman that thought she was everything to a man, I suppose she might be to some men…..not me though, I'd never really felt a powerful attraction to anyone before - Tanya was just a little bit of fun which turned ugly. – Until today, until I stumbled into Bella…everything about her drew me towards her…..like gravity.

I glanced back at Tanya's cold eyes, and her hardened face, and as she stared directly at Bella, I saw a bitterness there I had never seen before…

END FLASHBACK

"Edward…Edward….Edward are you even listening to me?" As Tanya shook me from my thoughts of this morning the words bitterness and resentment still loomed in my mind.

Tanya resented Bella, and I think it was obvious why...

"Edward…."

"What?" I snapped back, I don't know what it was about this woman but she always brought out the worst in me and for that I hated her. I hung up the phone abruptly without even saying goodbye…she'd be fuming when I got home, but I suddenly didn't care.

BPOV

The moment I saw Angela's car I raced for the passenger seat – Angela had already leaned across and opened the door for me – I tripped over my own clumsy feet in the process and ended up reaching the car seat a lot sooner than I had planned.

"Bella, is something the matter? You look a little a pale. Did something happen?" Angela's face was full of concern.

"I don't know. I don't know what's happening. I'm so confused…I've never felt this way before." I rambled as Angela turned the car around and drove in the direction of home.

"Felt this way before? Bella what's going on?" Angela's faced flitted from me back towards the road.

"I was crossing the street this morning and I managed to get my heel caught in a grate in the middle of the road, I didn't even see it coming…until it was too late." I paused to take a breath.

"See what coming?" Angela turned her gaze to me for a brief few seconds; she looked, concerned and confused.

"The taxi…..it just appeared from nowhere and I was still trying to free my heel….."

"A taxi?" Angela shrieked. "Are you alright?"

"Yes of course I'm fine…a man saved me, he basically lunged himself at me. The force of his body released my shoe and we were both sent tumbling out of harm's way."

Angela's eyes lit up as a huge smile beamed across her face…..

"What?" I asked.

"Was your knight in shining armour handsome?" Angela asked with a hint of playfulness to her voice.

"Unbelievably so" I whispered as the memory of his beautiful features came to the forefront of my mind….Her squealing shook me from my daydream.

"Then what happened?" She looked excited for me…..which was reasonable. Everyone that knew me knew me well enough to know that I didn't date…..ever.

"Nothing happened. He asked if I was OK and then we parted ways." I watched as her face flickered from excitement to disappointment. I wanted to tell her the whole story, I really wanted to tell her the whole story, but I couldn't.

I know you should be able to tell your best friend everything but I couldn't handle her knowing this…knowing that I had fallen for a man who was not only engaged to be married in three weeks but whose wedding I was planning.

I didn't like to show emotion or weakness and Edward Cullen was most certainly a weakness. A weakness I needed to flush out of my system.

The only question now was how? I had never felt this way before…I was always in control of my feelings.

"Bella is there something you're not telling me?" Angela asked as we stopped at a red traffic light.

"No…..of course not." I think she could tell I was lying – I was the worst liar – because her eyes squinted as she studied my expression, but she wisely decided not to push the issue.

"So, what was Tanya Denali like?" She asked with interest.

I groaned…..

"Was she that bad?"

"You have no idea. Complete rich cow springs to mind."

She looked at me for one long moment, almost as if she was going to press the issue, almost as if she knew I was holding back. But Angela was a very good friend and she knew that I would go to her eventually…..when I was ready, so for now she said only a few words….

"Well the rich ones that we plan weddings for always are high maintenance; at least you will never have to see her again after the wedding." I nodded as she concentrated on the road ahead.

I couldn't seem to think of anything else but Edward Cullen for the whole drive home…..he was consuming every single one of my thoughts and it was driving totally insane.

Who did he think he was? Coming into my life and invading my thoughts…..after knowing me for such a short amount of time. Especially when my thoughts should be on the job…..well I suppose they were on the job….Edward kind of is the job.

It's strange because if someone had approached me yesterday and said that I was going to let my job interfere with my personal feelings I would have laughed in their face. I never would have believed it until today.

All I can say is the next three weeks are not going to fly by…there going to do the exact opposite.

It had been two whole days since I had seen or heard Edward Cullen and Tanya Denali, something in which I was exceedingly pleased about.

I hadn't been to work for the past two days either, for the first time in my life I had phoned in sick, and the worst part was I wasn't even sick.

I had done nothing but stay in bed and brood over something I wanted but couldn't have. The insane thing was, was I had known this man for no more than a mere few hours and I was pining over him.

I didn't even do relationships or romantic involvements…..I never have. Being involved with someone romantically makes people weak and irrational….which was why I was so surprised at myself when I had so quickly agreed to meet him for dinner. Meeting someone for dinner was simply something Bella Swan didn't do.

I watched people all around me fall in love…..hell I even planned weddings for people in love….I just didn't want love myself….until now.

I jumped at the sound of my phone ringing.

I dived out of bed at lightning speed but managed to get my foot tangled in the quilt cover and ended up sprawled across my bedroom floor, face first. By the time I had managed to untangle myself the phone had stopped ringing.

I didn't recognise the number…Thank God it wasn't Angela or Victoria, I don't think I could have handled talking to either of them right now, for two very different reasons.

I nearly bounced out of my skin when the phone I was holding started to ring at me again.

"Hello" I answered rather hesitantly at not knowing who this was.

"Hi it's Edward Cullen, Tanya was supposed to call you this morning to invite you to our engagement celebration, but it seems she forgot.

"I'm….ummm" I stuttered.

There aren't many people here just my family and her parents. It will be a chance for you to meet everyone directly involved in the wedding.

"OK" I whispered. I really didn't want to go - knowing full well Tanya would be there - but I just didn't know how to refuse his invitation. He sounded so kind and so sincere…..I couldn't say no.

He gave me his parent's address – which is where the celebration was being held – and told me to come as soon as I was ready.

It was only after I had put the phone down that the words he had spoken finally had the chance to sink in…. 'There aren't many people here….come as soon as your ready.'

I had a feeling that Tanya had not forgotten to contact me. In fact I had a very strong feeling that she had purposely chosen not to contact me.

I didn't know why though…If she really did loathe me this much why couldn't she just simply get someone else to plan her wedding? It didn't make sense…..none of it did.

EPOV

The minute I had spoken to Bella my mood lifted considerably. When I first arrived at Esme and Carlisle's I was rather…..bad-tempered.

Yes bad-tempered was exactly what I was. I was ashamed to admit I had even taken my frustrations out on my poor Mother who most certainly did not deserve to be snapped at.

"Edward, are you alright." My sister Alice asked me looking a little concerned.

I smiled at her while wrapping one arm around her tiny frame and kissing her cheek in a brotherly gesture. "I'm fine, why do ask?"

"No reason in particular, It's just that…well…..I….." She was stuttering and stammering which was rather unusual for Alice. She was normally a very outgoing and bubbly person who always spoke her mind.

"I….ummm…Are you sure you want to do this?"

"Am I sure I want to do what?" I asked her in confusion.

"Marry Tanya. You don't love her Edward, and you know you don't. Something is going on and I just wish you would tell me what it is…..I could help you."

I half smiled at her in response and was about to say something else but the moment I saw Bella being shown into the living by Esme all other thoughts flew out of my head.

She was wearing a very simple black dress, but she looked utterly beautiful….. In fact she looked more than beautiful…..there wasn't a word that could reflect how amazingly beautiful she did look.

My jaw dropped and the words spilled from my mouth before I could stop them….

"You look so beautiful." I hadn't meant to blurt it out but as I watched her approach me I couldn't stop myself…..the whole room seem to stop and it seemed as if nothing was being said.

It took me a few more moments to realise that the room had in fact stopped…..I looked around the room to see several shocked faces and it was only then did I realise that I had – in front of my family and Tanya's parents – told the wedding planner she looked beautiful.

As I looked around at their shocked and stunned faces – apart from Alice, she looked ecstatic….her eyes lit up and she was beaming widely – I could only mutter…..

"Why did I have to open my mouth?"

AN – I'm not too sure whether I liked how this chapter turned out. I hope no-one finds this unrealistic, I know Edward and Bella have only known each other for a few hours and they are already so obviously in love with each other, but I feel they fell in love quite quickly in the book without even knowing anything about each other.

I also really hope you all liked this chapter because I'm not too sure about it myself…when I started this story I didn't really have any idea where to take it, but now I have the whole story mapped out in my head and I know what direction to take it in, I just hope no-one will be disappointed by it.

Please review and let me know your thoughts and whether you liked or hated the chapter as it's my readers I write for I would really like to know whether you're enjoying or not.

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