Well as one of my faithful readers pointed out to me (krazzy hopeless romantic) I really made my building too small, so I will correct this with you all now. We will say it's about 50 floors, does that sound right? And we will put Edward on the 50th floor. Just to make it more realistic lol. Thank you for your input, any time you think something is off, feel free to let me know, its only helps me! Thank you for the love this story has gotten and I read every single review you send, it makes me so happy. One more thing, it takes a little bit before we see Edward in this chapter, just warning you...

CHAPTER 4

The week went by quicker than I expected. I had been helping Edward most of the week setting up a presentation. It was for a company called Prion Pharmaceutical. They were from Germany and I was helping one of his operation managers, Embry, prepare.

After spending the entire morning trapped in a conference room with Embry and his PowerPoint, it was time for lunch. All week I had been having my lunch break in my office with Edward going over paperwork and finalizing drafts for some important client he was taking on from Japan.

The Edward that hired me in his office that day was not the same Edward I worked with in the board room. He didn't flirt or give me those sexy looks. He basically made me feel like the whole chemistry between us was all in my head.

Working so closely with him I realized how he became so successful at the young age of 28. He was very hard working and he kept our relationship very professional. He had a certain way of doing things, which I came to find out quickly. If he didn't like how you worded something, he would make you correct it until it was flawless, like him.

I had tried to plead with him on renting me a car, but of course I lost that argument. All he had to do was flash me that smile and those sexy green eyes, my knees buckled under me. I will say though, I loved the Volvo he rented for me. So much better than my junky car. However he was very vague when my car would be ready. He kept telling me it wasn't done yet.

Today I wouldn't be having my usual lunch with the sex god. He didn't really explain why he wouldn't be in today, but I missed him none the less.

I walked to my office to grab my purse so I could go get something to eat. Jessica made sure to find me an office on this floor, but also made sure it was the furthest away from Edward's office. I walked past her desk and she was typing away on her computer. I tried my best to not be noticed, but of course she looked up the very second the thought ran into my head.

"Bella where you off to?" She gave me the fakest smile

"I was about to go get some lunch." I looked at her and tried to walk away.

"Oh me too, how about I walk with you?" She said.

"Sure." I gave a small smile back.

I wasn't in the mood to deal with her honestly. All week it had been the same thing. She would narrow her glance at me or give me dirty looks when she thought I couldn't see. I only imagined what she told everyone.

I watched her circle around her desk and grab her bag and she came to walk beside me. We walked over to the elevators and I pressed the down button.

I watched the dial on top of the door has the numbers increased letting me know it was on the 25th floor now.

"So no lunch with Edward today huh, what a bummer." She glanced at the doors not looking at me

What was the right response to that? Oh yeah I don't know how I will make it through the day? Was she for real.

"It's no big deal. We normally work right through anyway." I shrugged trying to seem unfazed.

Floor number 35.

"It must be hard being that close to him all day. I bet you just want to jump him." Still not looking at at her I could see her smirking from the corner of my eye

"Well you work a lot closer with him than I do." Was all I could reply with

"Yes he is very professional. With him and me, we just click ya know? I think he as a thing for me, but because we work so closely together, I think he doesn't want it to be awkward." Was she serious?

"Okay." What was she trying to do?

Finally the elevator dinged announcing its arrival and I was more than happy to jump in and get away from this uncomfortable situation. We headed down to the lunch room in silence. I went up to the line and grabbed a turkey sandwich and an apple with some grape juice.

Jessica had gotten her usual salad and sat down at the table with the girls. Seeing how Jessica had made my life a living hell since Tuesday, I wasn't sure if the other girls would take kindly of me sitting with them. So I opted to sit alone when I heard Emily's voice calling my name.

"Bella, come sit with us." She waved me over.

I walked over to Kate, Emily, Bree and Jess and sat next to Bree.

"What because you now work up on the 50th floor, you are too good to sit with us?" Kate joked

"Not at all, I just thought." I hesitated for a moment.

"Thought what? That we would out you." Laughed Emily.

"Yea, actually." I shrugged.

"If Edward wanted you up there, he had good reason, no grudges held." Kate gave me a surrendering hands up.

"Well that's good to know." I picked up my sandwich removing the crust.

"So what's it like working for Edward? He's so hot right?" Gushed Emily.

" We all work for him." I shook my head taking a bite of my food.

"Yes but not has closely as you get to." Emily nudged me in the side winking

"He is great. I see how he as become so successful so young. He's really good at what he does." I smiled

"Yea I bet you know how good he is with a lot of things." Snickered Jessica.

I shot her a look.

"Jessica, stop it." Bree spat in my defense.

"I'm just kidding." Jessica rolled her eyes.

"Just ignore her, she is just jealous cause she as to share her floor with you." Kate giggled

I smiled at that. She was jealous, that was for sure. Trying to make small talk I noticed Embry approaching our table and I could see Emily's face flush. Did she have a crush on my new partner in crime?

Embry Call was attractive. He was tall thin and dark skinned, like Emily. He had dimples and dark brown eyes. He was cute, but not my type. Maybe I could play match maker for the two.

"Hello ladies, Emily." He smirked at her and she turned even redder.

"Hey Embry, how are you?" Emily was basically gushing.

"I'm good Em, you should stop by after lunch, I could show you my presentation." Interesting

"Sure I would like that." She lowered her eyes.

"Actually, Bella can I talk to you for a minute." He nudged his head for me to get up.

I told the girls I would be right back and followed Embry over to the corner where he stopped.

"I just wanted to run something by you really quick." He began talking about something he wanted to add to his power point, but needed me to translate it into English for him.

After about 5 minutes I started walking back to the table ,but Jessica had her back to me. She must have not thought I could hear her or nobody warned her I was there.

"I'm just saying what everyone is already thinking. I mean come on, Bella wasn't even here a whole day and gets a promotion. If that doesn't sound fishy, I don't know what does." She shrugged her shoulders and dug her fork into her salad.

"Exactly what is your problem Jessica?" I spat

She was definitely not expecting me to be behind her because she almost choked on her food. She turned her head to look at me.

"The only problem I have is someone who thinks she deserves a position she didn't work for." Her glare full of fire.

"What makes you think I didn't deserve the job? Because Edward offered it to me and not you?" I matched her heated gaze.

"I work directly for him Bella, you can't get better than that" A smug look on her face

"Right, who did you have to sleep with for that job?" Smirking at her I felt she couldn't give a better comeback.

"Unlike you, nobody. But I highly doubt he would sleep with you anyway, I mean look at you." Her real personality coming out

"Look at me?" I laughed before continuing. "You wear clothes so tight I don't know how you breath. You are like the phoniest person I have ever met. You brag about how you worked for him for 5 years, but not even once has he tried anything with you, can't take a hint, can you?" I was on a roll now

"I don't have to listen to your accusations. Has fast as he hired you, he can fire you, after I tell him about this conversation." The death glare back on

"I highly doubt he would listen to you anyway and what is said between us as nothing to do with how I do my job." I spat back

"We will see about that. I know where Edward's loyalties lay." She began to get off of her chair with her tray in her hand.

"I don't know what makes you think you are so special, but I will knock that smug look off your face without laying a hand on you." Take that!

Frustration written on her face she brushed past me with her tray and walked away. I looked back to the three women left at the table and they all looked overly amused by what just happened.

"Way to go Bella, I was wishing someone would put her in her place." Kate burst out laughing.

I had to smile.

"None of us are her biggest fans. She is such a bitch and always bragging about working for Edward. It gets annoying after awhile. She is just jealous because he has noticed you and she is pissed because she has worked with him for 5 years and he as yet to notice her than more than just an assistant." Chimed Emily

I sat back down and we all had a good laugh. Lunch was over sooner than I hoped. I knew I had to make my way up to the 50th floor where I knew Jessica would be. Oh this would be awkward.

But fortunately when I arrived back from lunch she was busy on the phone and typing away on her computer to notice me.

Embry and I finished his presentation for Monday and it was now 6:30pm. I wished him a good weekend and made my way out of my office. No matter what office you had on this floor, you had to walk past Edward's to leave. Jessica's desk was deserted and her computer was off, so that meant she must have left a while ago, but when I walked past Edward's door I noticed the light shining from under the door.

Maybe it was just hope that he was in there and I would see him before leaving for two days, but I didn't want to knock. Maybe the cleaning people forgot to turn off his light? I realized it seemed unlikely for it to be him especially on a Friday night. I was certain he had a date. Nobody that beautiful was single.

I sighed and walked to the elevator and pressed the button to go down. I heard shuffling from behind me and the sound of a door opening. I turned my head slightly and caught the smile of Emmett. To say it was the wrong smile was an understatement, but a pleasant one indeed.

"Bella are you just leaving? It's late, you should have gone home hours ago." His smile growing

"I was helping Embry finish up his presentation and lost track of time. I'm headed out now." I gave him a warm smile back

"Wait a minute and I will walk you down, I just gotta grab my jacket." He gave me a nod and walked to his office.

After a couple minutes he cam strolling back to me just as the elevator dinged. He held the door for me and I walked in. We rode to the garage in silence.

"Where are you parked at?" he asked while climbing off the elevator.

"Over by section W." I pointed to where the Volvo sat

"Let me walk you over. I parked in X." His dimples showing

"You don't have to do that Emmett, really I will be fine." I rolled my eyed at him

"Edward would kill me if I didn't." He winked down at me

I let that process in my mind for a minute. What did Edward care if I got to my car or not. I was just one of his hundreds of employees. Why do I get any special treatment?

"Why would he kill you if you didn't walk me to my car? Do you walk all the female employees to their cars?" I cocked my eye brow at him.

"Of course, you never know who is lurking out there." He put his head to his forehead like he was looking for someone

I giggled at his antics and we strolled to my car.

"This is me." I smiled at him unlocking the door.

"Nice ride, Edward did good." He nodded his approval

"Well hardly Edward did anything, all he did was call the rental agency and they sent it over." Shaking the laughter that was coming out

"Right, sure. Well have a good weekend Bella, see you Monday." He winked again and walked off

I shook the confusion off and turned the car on and pulled out of the garage. The ride home was smooth and quick. I pulled into the front of the apartment and it was already very dark outside. Rose wouldn't be back until Tuesday of next week, so I would be spending the weekend alone.

Since I only been in Seattle a month, I didn't really know anyone except people I met at work and I'd only been there a week, so I didn't know any of them very well to begin with. I locked the car doors and headed up to my apartment. I grabbed the mail from the box and unlocked the doors.

I flicked on the lights and put the mail on the counter in the small kitchen. I put my purse and jacket down and went to the fridge to see what I could make for dinner. I decided on chicken salad.

After eating and showering I put on my PJ's and snuggled on the couch with a book. I have no idea what time it was that I fell asleep, but next thing I knew it was 5:30am. I rubbed my eyes while sitting in an upright position. I went to stand to stretch out my aching muscles. Note to self, couch not comfortable for sleeping.

Seeing that I was already wide awake, I decided I would go for a run. I hadn't done that in a while, so since the weather was still warm enough out, I figured why not. I grabbed my keys, Ipod player and a bottle of water off the counter and headed out the door.

There was a large park a few blocks down from where I lived, so I figured a lot of people probably jogged over there, so I figured it to be a safe place to go. I stretched my limbs and adjusted my Ipod and began to jog along a path. There was a few people out this early. Some jogging and others walking their dogs.

After a while I decided to take a short break, spotting an empty park bench. I sat down taking a gulp of my water. Staring at the horizon before me, I could see the sun rising higher into the sky. It was nice to see the sun here, it was far and in-between, but I guess being native to this state you get used to the rain.

Getting lost in my own thoughts I completely was obvious to the fact the sun had been blocked out by a shadow. Has I looked up it was not a shadow at all, but a person with the most amazing abs I ever seen. Then my eyes made contact with the face and I just about choked on my water. It was Edward Cullen standing before me in just some running shorts with sweat dripping down his body.

"I thought that was you Bella." He gave me his signature crooked smile.

"What are you doing here?" I said sounding out of breath

Not that him being here was a problem, but so unexpected.

"Jogging, isn't it obvious?" He chuckled

"Of course, right." I said somewhat disappointed. Why did I feel that way?

"May I?" He gestured to the empty spot next to me.

"If you want to." I tried to act casual about it, but my insides were flipping

He sat down and looked over at me still smirking.

"Do you run here often?" He asked leaning back extending his arm over the back of the bench.

"This would be my first time. I noticed this place a couple of times, but I never get up early enough to jog." I shrugged sipping my water bottle

"I jog it everyday except of course when I am out of town." He nodded with a small smile

He looked so sexy all sweaty and shirtless. His hair was a disarray and I never seen him look sexier. He looked like he just finished a good romp in the bed. How I wish it had been me in that bed.

"I thought you had business out of town, since you weren't at work yesterday." I played with the top of the bottle,

"Well its my company, I don't always have to be there. Why did you miss me?" His voice smug

I could feel my face reddening. How did he have such an affect on me? Of course I missed you but I'm not telling you that.

"I think I got through just fine without you." I smirked

"So I hear." Amusement clear in his voice.

My head shot up at that remark. What was that supposed to mean?

He chuckled lightly. "Jessica called me after your little feud at lunch."

I felt completely embarrassed and I couldn't even look at him.

"What did she tell you?" I whispered.

He chuckled again. "Why don't you tell me what happened?"

"She was telling people that I slept with you to get my position." I mumbled still messing with the bottle.

His hand grabbed onto the bottle, pulling it away from me. I looked up at his face.

"I don't want you distracted when you are talking to me." His voice serious

I took a long breath and slumped my shoulders.

"I told her a bunch of crap that she needed to hear. She's been egging me on all week, I couldn't take it anymore. Constantly talking about you, it was driving me insane." I sighed leaning back

"Would it be so bad if people thought you slept with me?" No humor in his voice

My head shot up and I looked at him. His face not displaying any type of emotion. He was serious.

"Is that all you heard me say?" I looked at him with disbelief

"I heard everything you said, but why would sleeping with me be a bad thing?" He looked at me so intensely

Bree's words ringing in my head the morning I told her about my run in with him. Don't be one of those girls Bella.

"I don't want to be that girl." I sighed out.

"What girl is that exactly?" His eyebrows furrowed

"The one who sleeps with the boss and everyone thinks that's how she got the job. I don't want to be her." I looked down playing with my fingers

"I see. Well you know that's not how you got the job, so why do you care what anyone thinks?" He stared at me for a long moment

He had a point. Why did I care?

"I just started and I don't want that kind of reputation." I rubbed my hands over my face.

"Well I assure you Isabella that you are not that girl. Feel better now?" He smiled at me

Truth was, sleeping with him crossed my mind like a trillion times a day. But he was Edward fucking Cullen,the most unbelievably handsome billionaire and I was Isabella Swan, an average girl who made 30,000 a year.

He could have anyone, he definitely didn't want me. So he was right saying, I wasn't that girl, I never would be.

"I'm sorry if what I said to Jessica was inappropriate I guess I just kind of snapped." I leaned back into the bench trying to change the subject

His arm was still outreached behind me and I could feel the warmth coming off it. I could even swear he inched his body closer, but it might have been my imagination.

"She had it coming." He shrugged with a small smile

"So you are not going to fire me?" I cocked an eyebrow at him

He began to chuckle again and I knew I was safe.

"You wouldn't be the first to come head on with her, trust me."

"This has happened before?" I looked at him amused

"Let's just say, most women don't last long with her around." He shook his head

"Is she a good assistant?" I wish he would say no.

"Well she is does her job efficiently. I can't complain about that, but her feelings are starting to get the better of her."

"You know she has a crush on you?" I giggled

"I can't tell you how many times that girl hits on me, but I brush her off." His eyes sparkled

"I think she was just trying to make me jealous, she said you had a thing for her, but you didn't want to ruin your professional relationship." I giggled some more

"Are you jealous?" He asked leaning in a little bit more

I know mys face was the color of a tomato at that question.

He just smiled taking my reaction as his answer.

"If I wanted her, I would have her, but she is not my type." I felt his finger ghost over my shoulder

My body automatically reacted to this simple light touch. God imagine what more could do if I am basically falling over from a simple brush of the shoulder.

"What is your type?" I squeaked out.

He moved his arm off the back of the bench and put his head to his chin rubbing it. I wanted to reach my hand out and rub it for him. His skin was so creamy looking, I wanted to feel it on my fingertips.

Finally after a few long moments he leaned into me and whispered into my ear.

"You"...

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