Oh my dear readers, you amaze me! All the reviews and favorite and alerts, each time I read it, I am so happy! I try to reply to all your reviews, its just a lot to do lol. Just thank you all so much for reading and supporting the story. I know a lot of you were upset with Edward in last chapter, but believe me our Bella will impress you, no fear and Rose is coming home! Enjoy Also I am awful at descriptions of houses and buildings, so just use your imaginations lol
CHAPTER SIX
I closed the door falling to the floor. God Edward Cullen kissed me! He wants me! I was floating on air right now. He called me beautiful, it all seemed like a damn dream. Maybe I needed some pain to bring me back to reality. I would be having dinner at his penthouse, I wasn't getting fired!
I went to my room immediately and picked up my cell phone. It was now around 8:30am, so I figured Rose would be awake. I needed to tell her what happened, I needed her advice.
Her phone rang about 4 times before she answered. "Hello?" Her voice was groggy.
I must have woken her up, now I felt a little guilty, but not enough.
"Oh Rose, you will never believe what just happened!" I beamed
"Bella? Do you know what time it is and its Saturday? Couldn't you have waited like another 2 hours to call me?" She sounded sleepy irritated.
"Edward kissed me!" I basically yelled into the phone.
"Who's Edward?" Rose yawned.
"I rolled my eyes, damn she must be very sleepy. "Edward Cullen, my boss."
"Wait, what?" Now she was sounding totally thrown off
"Yes I was jogging in the park and he appeared out of no where and we got to talking and he just kissed me. It was like the most amazing kiss ever and we are having dinner tonight. He's sending a car and some clothes over later." I couldn't hide my excitement
"Whoa, Bella, slow down a minute. Let me get this straight, your boss kissed you, wants to send you clothes and a car? Sounds like he wants you to be his office mistress to me. I don't like the sound of this Bella." Rose was wide awake now
Her response knocked me off kilter. I didn't even stop to think of it like that.
"Rose, that doesn't sound right." I mumbled into the phone.
"Bella, I don't know him, but from everything you have told me this last week about him, I don't trust him. He seems to be moving a little too quickly. Think about it. He is your boss, the man who possess the power to end your career if things don't work out, your crossing a line right now that you may not want to." Rose spoke with full conviction.
I thought about it for a minute. None of that really generated into my head until right now. I was so hyped up on this beautiful godly man wanting me that I didn't think about the consequences of my actions.
"I'm sorry Bella if that was being harsh, it just wouldn't work out in your favor if something goes wrong. He is very powerful and could end your career before it even starts. I don't want that for you. I hate these high power guys who think they can have any woman and it doesn't matter how they treat them, as long as they get what they want out of it." She sighed heavily on the other end.
"I never thought about it like that Rose, your right. How could I be so stupid?" I felt like crying
"You're not stupid Bella, you just got caught up in his looks and forgot the bigger picture. Hell we have all done that, look at me." She laughed in the phone.
Yes Rose had gotten involved with a guy who claimed to be perfect, Royce, but he turned out to be the world's biggest jerk.
"I miss you Rose, when will you be back?" I slumped onto my bed
"Actually later today, I was going to surprise you, but I guess I don't need to now." Her sweet laughter filling the phone
"Oh that's great, I can't wait. What time do you need me to pick you up?" My spirit lifting
"I would say around 4:30pm. Gives us enough time to get you ready for your date." I could hear the smugness in her voice.
"Yea, I mean what?!" Surprise clear in my tone.
"That's right Bella, we are going to play him at his own game. See you later." Then the phone went dead.
What was Rose up to?
After ending the call with Rose I went and took a quick shower. Even if Rose made some good points about Edward, I still couldn't get the way his kiss felt out of my mind. Those lips were burning and tasted so divine. I knew I couldn't resist him if he tried it again. Hell he could have fucked me in the park and I would have let him.
It also amazed me when he said hitting him was sexy! God I wanted to do it again after he told me that.. But I needed to reign my thoughts in. Whatever game Rose wanted me to play, I wasn't sure I could, but I wouldn't let Edward have the better of me, that would not do.
I spent the better part of the afternoon cleaning up the apartment and thinking about Edward. It was not exactly productive. Around 3pm I decided to make my way to the airport to pick up Rose.
I knew it would be crowded and I didn't feel like having to fight for a place to park. Rose's flight would be landing shortly so I waited patiently in the car. I was tapping my fingers on the steering wheel listening to a Mandy Moore song, crush. Instantly Edward popped into my head.
I seriously did have a crush on him, like a teenage girl. I counted every smile, every little flirty thing he would do. The way I would catch him staring at me when he thought I didn't see. I counted the minutes, hours, seconds until I would see him at work.
I recall a moment in the office when he invited me to a meeting. I sat in the back with my pad, taking notes. He stood infront of the table of suits and skirts presenting his project to them. He removed his suit jacket, placing it on the chair infront of him and rolled up the sleeves of his white dress shirt. With his power point he wowed the room with his intelligent.
I watched from a distance amazed. He controlled the room, everyone was on board with his ideas. His body language told all his words didn't. He would get the job done and I believed it.
Something took me from my day dream. From the corner of my eye I caught copper hair and I looked up to see Edward standing outside the airport entrance. I wonder what he was doing here. Wasn't he supposed to be home getting prepared for our date? Well I wasn't really sure what a guy does before preparing for a date.
Then came along a very petite girl who he towered over. From where I could see, she was breathtakingly beautiful and in complete awe of him and him of her. She flung her arms around his neck. The smile that appeared on his face was one I have yet to see. He kissed her head and placed her back down and gestured with his hand to an awaiting car in front of them. She rubbed his cheek and got in the car.
Who was she? His girlfriend no doubt! I felt all my happy emotions flow right out of me. How dare he kiss me then have a girlfriend?After that actually want to have dinner with me? I was mad, but before I could get out of the car to confront him, I saw Rose exited out of the front doors.
I got out of the car and waved her over to where I was parked. She saw me and a huge smile graced her beautiful face. She came running over to me with her rolling suitcase.
"Bella, oh my god I missed you!" She threw her arms around me and hugged me tightly
I hugged her back and she turned to look at the car.
"Wow nice rental car. Can I get one?" She chuckled
I rolled my eyes and opened the trunk to put her bags in.
She made her way to the passenger side and closed her door. I followed in tow. I turned the car on and pulled out of the airport.
"How was your flight?" I asked
She was looking at herself in the mirror.
"It was actually okay. I met this really nice girl, her name was Alice and we talked the whole flight. She just flew back from Japan, can you believe it?" Rose smiled shrugging her shoulder
"Well that's good." I smiled watching the road
Rose started opening up the different compartments of the car.
"Are you looking for something?" I eyed her
"No, not really. I just wanted to check it out, that's all. I wish my boss would give me a rental car." She smirked
She opened up the glove compartment and pulled out the papers I had neglected to even notice in there.
Suddenly her eyes grew extremely big and I had no idea why.
"Holy shit."She muttered to herself.
"What's wrong? Did you find the evil plans of the last renter? Where he buried the body?" I giggled
"No I found the bill of sale. Why didn't you tell me he bought you a fucking car?" Her beautiful face had a full on scowl.
"He didn't buy me a car, its a rental." I rolled my eyes
"No Bella, this is the bill of sale." She wiggled it in my face.
"Its got you as the owner of the fucking car."
"What?" I screeched, almost slamming on my breaks.
"That can't be right. He told me it was rental, I was there when Jessica called the agency to get it sent over." I was feeling more than confused
"Well apparently that's not what happened because its yours now. That sneaking son of a bitch" Rose crossed her arms around her chest.
"There has to be some explanation to this, I mean what person just buys someone a car?" I had no idea how to feel about this.
"I am so going with you to his house tonight. I want to give that smug fucker a piece of my mind." Rose had determination written all over her face
"Rose, I can handle it, please. We are not in high school anymore, I don't need you to fight my battles." I sighed
"Oh have no fear of that darling. I just want to shove his dick down his throat is all, you can have what's left after that." Rose gave me a devious smile.
"Rose he is my boss and I don't think I want to go anymore anyway. I will give him back the car and I will quit." I didn't want anymore drama
"I will not let you quit! He will just get what is coming to him." She quirked.
After debating with Rose for nearly 45 minutes we made it back to the apartment to be greeted by an older lady with a garment bag.
"Are you Isabella Swan?" Smiled her wrinkles visible
"Yes?" I looked at her questionably.
"This is for you from Mr Cullen." She handed me the garment bag
" I don't think I will be needing it" I tried to hand it back to her
"Oh yes you will." Rose plucked it from my hands and opened the front door
I shrugged at the woman and she smiled waving goodbye. I walked into the apartment and Rose was in the living room opening the garment bag. I watched her unzip the black bag slowly and she nearly gasped when she saw what was inside.
"He's an ass, but this ass got great taste." Rose looked stunned
"Let me see." I walked over to her and examined the outfit
It was the most gorgeous dress I ever laid eyes on in person. It was a short fitted green dress made of satin. It was strapless and hit just above the knee. There was also another bag inside as well. I assumed the accessories to the dress.
"Oh my god, this is too much." I shook my head in disbelief.
Nobody ever bought me anything like this. Hell no man ever bought me anything except some cheap flowers I am sure he picked from my neighbors front yard. The only nice gift a guy ever gave me was a beautiful heart shaped emerald necklace and that was in senior year of high school.
"That's Christian Dior Bella. Do you have any idea how much that dress costs? I bet you its an original." Rose's fashion sense was way beyond mine.
I had no idea about fashion. Rose normally picked out my wardrobe for me.
"I can't keep it. I can't be this girl Rose. I have to give him everything back." I basically whispered.
"Oh no, you are keeping this dress, even if you don't wear it, hell I will." She gave me a smug smile
"That gives me a brilliant idea." She clapped her hands together.
"What?" I smirked at her
"Oh this will be fun tonight, lets get you put together," Rose pulled me by the arm into the bathroom.
It was now 5:50pm and we were dressed and ready to go. I wasn't sure how Edward would react to me bringing Rose on this date, but at this point I didn't care. He was doing some weird things and I needed answers. I couldn't work for someone like him, thinking he could buy my affection.
I saw the familiar town car pull up in front of the house and watched Stephan open the front door and step out of the car. I walked back into the living room.
"Our ride is here Rose." I yelled from the hallway picking up my jacket
"Okay, I'm coming." She yelled back.
I watched her has she descended down the hallway. She looked like a supermodel with her blonde curly hair and bright blue eyes. She was elegant and sophisticated. The dress fit her curves perfectly and she had on heels that would touch the sky if they could.
"Okay, lets get this show on the road." She smiled at me
I shook my head smiling and we walked down the stairs. Stephan smiled brightly at the two of us and opened the back door.
"Good evening Ms. Bella how are you?" Stephan gave me a kind smile
"I'm good Stephan, how are you? This is Rosalie." I pointed to rose
"Well I didn't know you were bringing a guest." He looked a little confused
"Don't worry, Edward knows all about it." I winked at him
"That's all I need to hear." He nodded and closed the door.
We drove for about 10 minutes and pulled into a huge building. It was tall and definitely screamed power bitches. We were in an under ground garage and Stephan put the car in park and came to open the car door. He led his hand out to help Rose out of the car then for me.
"He's expected you, just hit the elevator for the 47th floor." He nodded and walked back to the driver side of his car and drove off.
"Well he could have at least had the decency to come down and meet you, jerk off." Rose mumbled
I just rolled my eyes at her and hit the button, but it automatically opened presenting me with a sexy as fuck Edward. He had on a white button up shirt, top three button undone and a striped suit jacket loosely opened with dark blue dress pants and those damn shiny shoes.
He had a beautiful smile on his face ,but turned to see Rose with a confused look.
"Um who are you and why do you have on Bella's dress?" He cocked his eyebrow at her
"I'm Rosalie, you're worst nightmare and she gave it to me." She smirked, gracefully sliding behind him into the elevator
"Bella?" Edward looked at me unamused.
I followed Rose's lead and went in behind him. He turned to look at me with a serious expression.
"I didn't think you would mind if I brought a guest, seeing you like to be sneaky yourself, buying people cars and things." I crossed my arms over my chest.
His expression never changed, like he wasn't surprised that I knew. He just followed us onto the elevator and pushed the buttons for the 47th floor.
"I have a guest of my own." He fixed his jacket so it was more evenly on his shoulders
"You look beautiful by the way." He whispered into my ear.
I could feel my face flushing. God why does he make me do that!
That was all that was said all the way up into his penthouse. He gestured for us to walk off first and we both strolled past him into a very elaborate hallway. There was a beautiful wooden table with a simple vase on it and it opened up to a pair of elegant stairs.
Walking a little further into the room there was open walk ways on both sides. One led into a dining room and the other looked like a living room, both expensive looking and modern.
"This place is amazing." I said in awe
However Rose acted like she had seen a thousand houses like this, but she probably had. She came from a wealthy family.
"It's not bad." Rose played with her fingernails
"Well thank you." Edward chimed from behind me
"Why don't you ladies have a seat in here and I will be right back. Would you like something to drink." Edward being very polite
"No thank you." I nodded my head
"Rose?" He motioned with his head
"I'm good." She gave a slight wave off
Edward chuckled lightly and walked out of the room.
Once he was gone from sight Rose pulled me down onto the leather couch she was sitting on.
"He is gorgeous. How did you not jump him already?" Rose gave me a crazy look
"Oh believe me the thought has crossed my mind." I huffed
"He sure is cocky though. I like how he got annoyed that I wore the dress. Classic." She bobbed back and forth on the couch with a smirk
"So whats the game plan here?" I asked
"Well you made it fully known about the car and he didn't even flinch. It was like he wanted you to find it and confront him." Rose cocked her head at me
"I wonder where he went. He's been gone awhile." I said looking toward the entry way he disappeared from.
"Probably cursing you out in private." Rose chuckled
Suddenly his door bell rang and he appeared out of no where. How the hell did he do that?
"Aw that would be my guest." He smirked at me
Me and Rose both stood up and waited for whoever he invited to make their presence known. I heard the booming voice before I ever saw the face and a smile appeared on my lips. I watched has Edward had his hand on Emmett's shoulder and they walked into the entry way.
"Dude Jasper and me were in the middle of an intense session of Madden, this better be..." But Emmett stopped mid sentence when he saw Rose.
The man practically was drooling. His mouth was gaping open and he just stared at her like he never saw a woman before.
I looked over at Rose who showed no type of emotion at all, but she had a certain look in her eyes that I had seen before, she was in love.
"Emmett, I would like you to meet Rosalie, Bella's friend." Edward smirked at me
"Rose, oh my god, I thought.." But he didn't finish his sentence
I looked at him so confused.
"Emmett, you look the same, its been a long time, but apparently not long enough." Rose faked a smile
I looked at them both and was totally floored. What the fuck? How the hell did they know each other. I had this feeling Edward knew something I didn't. Edward had a satisfied grin on his face.
"Wait, you two know each other?" Now I was the one with the weird expression
"We met at a charity auction last year." Rose crossed her arms over her chest
I looked between the two hoping for a better answer than that. There was a lot of hostility between the two of them.
Rose huffed uncrossing her arms. "I won him at a charity auction last year. It was one of my parents things."
"How did you forget to mention you already knew a Cullen? Like how does Emmett of all people, skip your mind?" I eye balled her hard
"Aw Bella, you think I am really unforgettable, that's so flattering." Gushed Emmett
"See why I would fail to mention it?" She pointed her finger at him annoyed
I caught Edward from the corner of my eye move behind me. He moved my hair from my shoulder and whispered into my ear.
"I think we should let these two catch up, don't you?" His voice so sexy and his breath hit my neck.
I shivered from the feeling, but remembered he was toying with me and that wasn't going to happen.
I spun around to face him and his smirk grew huge across his face. But I wasn't amused. The woman from the airport popped into my head and I needed to confront him about that.
"Who was the woman you picked up at the airport?" I gave him a pointed glare.
"Are you spying on me?" Amusement lacing his face
"No, of course not! I was picking up Rose. That's so not the point! Who was she?" I threw a fit like a little kid.
Before I realized what happened, everyone had gotten quiet and was staring at me.
He began to chuckle and rubbed his hand threw his hair.
"That was my baby sister, Alice." His amusement still in place
"Oh, okay then." I said very calmly
All eyes were still on me and I needed to advert the attention.
"That's funny I met an Alice on the plane today... Oh god not another Cullen." Rose smacked her forehead.
"Can I have a drink now, preferable a hard one." Rose put her head in the air
Edward laughed and walked toward the bar he had in that room.
"Remember when we got drunk and.." Emmett began talking again and Rose put him to a halt
"I swear to god Emmett, if you say another fucking word, I will punch you dead in your face." Her voice menacing
I actually saw him flinch, wow I would definitely have to find out all the details on that later.
Edward handed Rose her drink and gulped it down quickly. He then proceeded back to my side and leaned into my ear again.
"Well this turned out better then I expected."
I gawked at him, was he fucking serious?
Well my lovely readers, what did you think? Did we like Rose? Are we happy with the turn of events? I hope so. I do not have a steady update schedule, I update when I have time and I did this weekend. I have a job and two little kids, so its hard to keep up lol. I apologize for any errors, sometimes I just want to get the story out, that I fail to read it before hand...