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I just can't keep my hands off her. I move my hands slowly down her sides as she's grinding away, just grazing the sides of her perfect breasts. Suddenly Bella turns in my arms and places hot kisses from my collarbone all the way up to my ear and follows the same path back down. I can't keep the groan from escaping from deep within my chest. "Bella, you need to stop baby, or I am going to take you right here in the middle of this very crowded club."
She shifts her gaze to meet my eyes and moves her little hands to play with the buttons on my shirt and hums in contentment. "Why Mr. Cullen I think that is the best idea I've heard all night." she says with a smirk. I fucking love it when she calls me that. She wants to play, well game on.
I quickly press my lips to hers and trace her bottom lip with my tongue. She parts her mouth and I dive right in deepening the kiss as I move us to the back of the club. I push her firmly against the wall and start unzipping her dress, she whimpers and starts kissing me enthusiastically and moving her hand to the straining buttons on my jeans I pull her hands away and break our kiss to whisper in her ear. "Baby, let's take this to my place." Without waiting for an answer I grab her hand and head for the door to catch a cab. Once inside the cab Bella is all over me, kissing my neck and her hands are back to the buttons on my jeans trying to get my fly open. "Mmmmm, Edward, you're so hard for me, let me take care of you." She whispers in my ear and somehow my jeans are already around my thighs and my cock is in her hot little hand. All thoughts of where we are and why I shouldn't be letting this happen right now are forgotten. My head falls back and I let out a low moan from the friction she's causing. All of a sudden I am engulfed in wet warmth and I look down to find Bella's head bobbing up and down on my shaft. "Baby….ugh….that…feels…ugh….sooooo good. Don't stop." She just hums, causing the most delicious vibrations around my already sensitive cock. On her way up her suction gets tighter and she swirls her tongue around the head then plunges back down going all the way to the back of her throat and I feel myself right on the edge. "Bella………oh God….." beep, beep, beep, beep. What the fuck is that?
I'm startled awake from yet another erotic dream about Bella by my alarm clock and I look down at my lap which seems to be sticky and wet. Sure enough I had another fucking wet dream. I swear I just need to start jerking off in the shower before bed, maybe that will help alleviate some pressure so this stops happening. After stripping the sheets and tossing them into the washing machine I go hop in the shower. After thoroughly cleaning every part of my body I get out of the shower and get ready for my day. I slip into my suit and make my way over to Le-Fournil to pick up some coffee for my brothers, father, Bella and myself as well as a few Almond Brioce Croissants. This place is my dad's favorite and I am going to need all the help I can get to get him to agree to let Bella work with me on the Black campaign for the next 2 weeks.
I finally make it to the office, coffee and pastries in hand, right on time. First I stop by Emmett's office to drop off his breakfast and find him on the phone. He sees me at the door, waves me in and puts up his index finger to signal he'll just be a minute and I should wait. I set down the coffee and croissant and take a seat to wait for him to finish his call. I get to thinking about last night at the club and Bella whispering that I should, and I quote "Use it wisely" while I wait for him to finish his call. Bella had programmed her cell and home numbers into my cell phone under "Edward's Eye Candy". Does she know I have been lusting after her for the past 3 months? I didn't think I was being that obvious, but she is rather perceptive. She did say to use the numbers wisely, but what the fuck am I supposed to take from that? She was clearly drunk last night, maybe she just gets friendly when she's drunk, maybe she does that to all the men that show her attention when she's intoxicated. I decide right then not to mention the fact that she was flirting with me at the bar and gave me her number unless she does. The last thing I want to do is embarrass her.
"Ok….yeah, I had a really good time last night too….mmmm….right, well I have Edward in my office so I gotta get going….okay, see you tonight Rose, bye." With that Emmett hangs up, grabs his coffee and takes a big sip. "Thanks for the coffee and almond thing bro, you're a lifesaver. I didn't get a chance to grab breakfast or coffee yet this morning and I'm so fucking hung over."
"No problem Em. Just figured I'd grab some for you guys since I was getting some for Dad anyway." I reply.
"Trying to butter him up with his favorite pastry and coffee, huh? What's going on Edward?" He says with a mouthful of croissant.
"Seriously Em, could you not talk with your mouth full? And yes, I am trying to butter him up. I am going to talk to him today about letting Bella be on my team for the Black account for the next 2 weeks. I need all the help I can get."
"I get it, you want her working under you so you can tap that fine ass of hers into shape to climb your ladder." He says while wiggling his eyebrows. Shit, if Jazz told him about my infatuation with Bella I am going to have to string him up by the balls. I don't bother asking him what he knows seeing as Emmett has a tendency to make everything sexual whether it be Grandma panties or a bowl of macaroni and cheese.
Steering the subject off of Bella and her fine ass I decide to ask about the phone call he was just on with Rosalie.
"Oh, yeah, last night was incredible man. I've never met such a ball buster, but my GOD is that woman every man's wet dream." Well not EVERY man's I think to myself. Thoughts of a certain brunette currently making an appearance in all my dreams lately make me think of that dream last night with Bella and the cab. Her warm mouth all around me. Before I can get to far in my daydream Emmett speaks again. "So I'm taking her out tonight. I'm not sure where to take her though; she's not like any of the other chicks I've dated. I have to up my game here." Emmett says.
I think about it for a second and come up with the perfect place. "Why don't you take her to Serafina's. That place would be perfect for a first date. Nice and romantic, on the water, great food."
Emmett taps his finger to his chin, clearly taking my suggestion into consideration before speaking. "I have the perfect place, Serafina's. I have to call to make reservations so get the hell out of here and get some work done you slacker." I have to roll my eyes at him as I get out of the chair and make my way over to Jasper's office.
After a light discussion about work with Jazz I finally head over to my dad's office to talk to him about the Black campaign. As I approach Bella's desk I stop dead in my tracks because she's bent over getting something out of one of the filing cabinets. She's wearing a black pencil skirt that has ridden up to her mid thigh due to the position she's in. I can see just a sliver of lace a bit higher up her thigh. My breathing becomes erratic as I recall my dream from last night of her grinding that tight ass of hers all over me. I shake the thoughts from my head and walk over to her to give her the coffee I got for her. She still has her back to me when I get to her desk so I clear my throat to make my presence know. She gasps and jumps slightly, turning around with her hands over her heart. I notice the blue top she has on just accentuates the creamy color of her skin. I give her my half smile that has been known to drop a panty or two and place her coffee and pastry on her desk. "Sorry, Bella. I didn't mean to scare you."
"Oh, it's alright Edward, I guess I was just so engrossed in looking for this file that your dad….er…Mr. Cullen wants that I didn't hear you coming. So, what can I do for you this morning?" she asks with the most beautiful smile I have ever seen.
"Well I brought you some coffee and I need to talk to my father, if he's available."
Bella looks at the coffee and the croissant I placed on her desk and moans. Of course the sound goes straight to my groin and I have to adjust myself. Thankfully she can't see me because I am hidden by the wall of her desk.
"An Almond Brioce Croissant, Edward. OH MY GOD, these are by far my favorite things." She takes a bite and I can't help the dirty thoughts that run through my mind from the sight of her. Once again I need to shake my head out of my thoughts because I notice that she's talking and I haven't heard a damn word.
"What, I'm sorry Bella, I didn't catch that." I was too busy staring at your mouth.
"I was just saying that he has time to see you. No meetings until after lunch. You can go ahead and go in."
"Thank you Bella." I turn to knock on my dad's door when she calls my name.
"Yeah?" I turn to look at her.
"Thank you for the coffee and croissant. That was very sweet of you to think of me."
"Don't mention it Bella." I'm always thinking of you.
A few minutes later I am sitting in front of my father in his office just talking about a family dinner that my mother insists on having on Saturday when I decide that he's buttered up enough to bring up the topic of the Bella and the Black campaign.
"So, uh, dad. I actually came in here to talk to you about the Black account." He looks at me and gestures for me to continue.
"Well, I need to get a team together because Jacob wants to see some ideas in 2 weeks time. I am going to need at least 5 people on the team to concentrate just on this account so we can give the client something solid. I mentioned this to Jazz last night and he wants in."
"Alright Edward, round up whomever you need. This is a big account and we can't afford to lose it. Give me names by the end of the day so we can redistribute their workload for the next couple of weeks."
"Great." At this point I am just sitting in this chair trying to think of a way to tell him that Bella should be on the team when he looks up at me and starts giving me ideas.
"….oh, and Edward, I have a great idea for an addition to your team. I've been meaning to get her assigned to a campaign, she has some amazing ideas and I think she would be perfect for this project." Oh good, maybe I'm not going to have to bring it up after all. He's just going to suggest her for me.
"Really, who would that be?" Please say Bella, please say Bella.
"I was thinking Jessica." What now? Jessica, as in my freaking assistant who can't keep her eyes from glazing over at the mere mention of a campaign? NO, I don't think so.
"Dad, I don't really think that Jessica would be a good fit. I actually have a better idea. What about Bella? Jasper says you've been wanting to get her onto something, why not this?" He seemingly thinks over the idea for a few minutes before picking up his phone.
"Bella, can you please come into my office for a minute?" Not 30 seconds later there is a knock on the door and Bella enters.
"Bella, please take a seat. There is something I would like to discuss with you." I look at her and she seems a bit concerned. She takes the seat right next to me and gives me a wary glance. "Edward here has suggested that he would like to have you on his team for the next two weeks working on the Black campaign and I actually think it's a great idea. I've been wanting to put you on an account for awhile, because I think you have some really great ideas and I think this would be the perfect opportunity to showcase what you can do. Do you think you would like to work with Edward on this for the next couple of weeks?"
I look at Bella to see the look of utter amazement and excitement of the prospect, and it makes me smile.
"Oh… Mr. Cullen that would be great. I would love to work on the campaign. Thank you so much for the opportunity, I won't let you down." She says while obviously trying to contain herself.
My father looks at me, smiles and turns his attention back to Bella. "I have every confidence in you Bella. Please get together with Edward to figure out the logistics. I'll also need you to call the temp agency to get someone to take over your assistant responsibilities while you are on the project."
My father says he needs to make a few calls, therefore indicating our meeting is over so Bella and I stand up to make our way out of my father's office. "Yes, Mr. Cullen. And thank you again for the opportunity. I really appreciate it."
Once out of my father's office Bella turns to me and leaps into my arms giving me a huge hug. I relish in her warm embrace, but as quickly as it came it was gone. "Thank you so much Edward. I can't even begin t tell you what this means to me. To know that you and your family think I can do this….it's everything to me. Thank you."
"I'm sure you'll do a fantastic job. So listen, I have to get together the other people I want on the team and unfortunately we're going to have to start tonight to come up with some ideas. Is that alright?" I ask, hoping that I am not imposing on plans she had already made, however, we really need to get a jump on this, and we only have two weeks to come up with something to knock Jacob's socks off.
"No, that's completely fine. I was just going to go home and watch The Big Bang Theory episode that I missed last week, but since it's on my TiVo I can watch it anytime." At this point I am just staring at her in shock, because I never thought someone like Bella would like a show like The Big Bang Theory. She notices my shock and says, "What?"
"Um, nothing, I'm just…surprised that you like that show. It's one of my favorites."
"Well, there's a lot of things you don't know about me Edward, I am a very complex woman." She says with a smirk and then she winks at me. Jesus, she's flirting with me again. I need to get out of here before my father walks out and catches our exchange. The last thing I need is a lecture on dipping my pen in the company ink.
"Bella" I take a step closer to her and am close enough to whisper, "There's nothing I want more then to get to know you better." And with that I walked away to gather the rest of my team.
A few hours later I had the names of the five people on my team and was in the process of notifying the supervisors of said individuals and of course Carlisle so that their work load could be redistributed while they were helping me out. It was almost time for us to meet in the conference room for our first night to brainstorm some concepts. Jessica knocks on my door just as I finish sending the e-mail that I was working on. "Come in."
"Hey, Mr. Cullen, I just wanted to see if you needed anything before I head out? I already ordered dinner for the team and it should be here within the hour."
"Great, thanks Jess. I don't think I need anything else, have a good night." Jessica is really a pretty good assistant, but she has the potential to do more. If she would pay attention to details instead of gossiping with Emmett's assistant Lauren so much she could become a real asset to the company and move up to becoming more then an assistant. She has passed on a few ideas that have been pretty good, not saying that all of them are good, but maybe 2 out of 5 are pretty well thought out and are usable after a little tweeking on my part. It seems, however that she is more interested in gossiping or flirting with all the males in the office. Her latest victim, Mike, (the douche bag, I've mentioned him) seems to be taken with her. He hasn't been hanging all over Bella lately, which makes me happy. One less asshole to beat the crap out of for leering at her.
"Oh, Mr. Cullen, I gave the restaurant your cell number, so they'll be calling you when they arrive. Make sure you bring your phone with you into the conference room. And, uh good luck, I'm sure you guys will come up with some great stuff." Jessica says and turns around to pack up for the day.
Heading over to the conference room with everything I need proves to be a bit of a challenge. I'm trying to carry my phone, coffee, pen, notepad and the files, when a couple of the file folders start to slip out of my hand. Quicker then I can blink someone is at my side grabbing the files, notepad and pens so they don't fall. "Thanks" I mutter.
"No problem, you looked like you were a bit overloaded there. You know you could have called me and I would have been more than happy to come over and help you out." I look up to see none other than Lauren and she winks at me. Obviously she'd like to help me out with more than just carrying items to the conference room. To be honest she's not all that hard on the eyes, but her voice is reminiscent of Fran Drescher and the thought of being with her and having to hear her voice in the throes makes me vomit a little in my mouth.
We reach the conference room and there is no-one else in there, so Lauren takes the opportunity to run her fingers from my shoulder to my forearm in an attempt be seductive. It's not working. "Thank you again Lauren for helping me out. I hope you have a nice evening." I start to pull out a chair to take a seat to signal that our conversation is over, but she has other ideas.
"You know Edward, it could be a really nice evening for both of us if you called me when you were done with your little meeting. Here's my phone number and my address. Stop by tonight and we could…." Lauren coos in my ear. I shiver slightly with disgust just as the rest of my team walks in, thankfully cutting Lauren off from finishing her sentence. Bella immediately locks her stare on Lauren's hand on my forearm and if looks could kill Lauren would be a steaming pile of ash right about now.
"Well thank you for that. Again, have a good night Lauren." I really just want to get this started so we can be out of here at a relatively decent hour since I am spent from my already long day.
Lauren walks out of the conference room and I clear my throat to get this thing under way. "Okay everyone, I just want to start off by saying that I am proud to have each and every one of you on my team for the next 2 weeks. Each of you bring something different to the table and I can't wait to see what we can come up with. Dinner should arrive within the hour and I just want to thank you all for taking time out of your busy lives to stay here after hours to get this campaign up and running. That being said, let's get started."
45 minutes into tossing around ideas the food arrives. We all dig in while still working. Bella has actually thrown in some pretty great concepts, and although I shouldn't be, I am pleasantly surprised at how creative she is. No wonder my father thought she could be better in a advertising role then an assistant position. Everyone seems to be working really well together which is a huge plus for me. I knew these guys were the best in the office and I actually wondered if the egos were going to get in the way. So far it hasn't been a problem. Jasper, Angela and Eric are huddled off at one side of the table bouncing ideas off each other while Bella, Tyler and I are at the other end. It was Angela's idea for us to work in two separate groups so that we don't have everyone trying to battle one another to be heard, I think it was a great suggestion and probably why egos aren't getting in the way.
Once everyone has finished dinner and cleaned up I decide that it's time to call it a night. We have a few really great ideas and it looks like everyone, including me, is getting tired. It is after 10:30 after all. "Alright guys, I think it's time to call it a night. Be ready to get back on it tomorrow morning. Drive safe everyone." I start picking up my things to head back to my office to shut down as everyone is filing out of the conference room. Jasper comes up to pat me on the back, "Night man. I think we've got some really solid stuff here." He stops to look around to see if anyone is nearby before he continues, "Didn't I tell you that Bella would be great for this campaign? She's come up with some really good ideas. I knew she would be great for this." he finishes.
"Yes, you were right. Thank you for the suggestion." Running my hand through my hair. It's a nervous habit I picked up from my father. I also do it when I am irritated. Jasper was never one to outright say "I told you so", but he would always say it in a roundabout way, which just irks me for some reason. "I didn't really get a chance to talk to you about what happened at the club last night. Where were you and Bella's friend all night?" Just then Bella walks up to us.
"Don't worry Jasper; I'll fill him in, since Alice already told me everything. Go ahead I need to speak to Edward a moment anyways. I'm sure Alice is bouncing around anxiously waiting for you to call." Bella tells him. He chuckles his thanks to her and heads to his office. She briefly fills me in on what happened with her friend last night. Apparently Jasper and Alice barely came up for air after meeting one another. Alice is convinced that she's been waiting her entire life for him. I know the feeling. Rosalie also is quite taken with Emmett and that's not usual for her. She seems like a nice enough girl, but I didn't get to talk to her much to really tell. From what Bella says it looks like she might be the one to tame the beast that is Emmett. I just hope he doesn't fuck it up.
There is a brief pause, but before I can say anything to keep the conversation moving Bella looks at me, her hands fiddling with the hem on her shirt. "So Edward, I just wanted to thank you for getting Carlisle to put me on this. I really hope that I don't let you down." How this woman can go from completely confident and self assured to shy and unsure of herself in same 5 minutes is beyond me. She obviously doesn't see herself clearly. She is so smart, funny, beautiful, charming and utterly perfect that I can't even fathom her being self conscious.
"Bella, we're very lucky to have you. You alone came up with most of the ideas we have to expand on. You really shouldn't be thanking me; I should be thanking you for sacrificing your social life for the next 2 weeks to work on this with me."
She waves me off like it's nothing, it seems like she is trying to figure out how to word what she wants to say before she finally speaks. "Really, there's not much of a social life to sacrifice. I go out with Alice and Rosalie maybe once every other week because they make me. Otherwise I'd be at home watching TV or reading. My life really isn't all that exciting. Besides, I've been dying to get my creative juices flowing and being an assistant doesn't exactly help with that." She blushes the most beautiful shade of pink, why I have no idea. "Um, not that working for Carlisle isn't great…" She's back peddling, thinking I'm going to take what she said the wrong way. I just chuckle at her because she's just too damn adorable.
"Bella, no need to explain, I know what you meant." A look of relief washes over her face. "So, it's getting late and I need to get home, but meet me in my office and I'll walk you to your car. A beautiful woman shouldn't be walking to her car alone this late at night."
Again, she blushes, nods and makes her way to her desk. I immediately wonder if I've said something inappropriate to make her react that way. I brush it off and head to my office to get ready to go. Not 5 minutes later Bella shows up at my door to wait for me. I pack up the rest of my things, shut my computer down and make my way to her. "Ready?"
"Yep" she responds.
The elevator ride is really quiet. I try desperately to find something to talk about for our 2 minute decent to the garage, but my brain appears to have left the building. Just when I start to open my mouth to ask her a question the elevator dings, signaling we have arrived at the garage. We quietly make our way out to the last 2 cars there. We make it her car and she looks so beautiful it takes everything in me not to grab her and kiss her until she doesn't remember her own name. She shifts nervously on her feet, fidgeting with her keys. "This is me. Thank you for walking me to my car Edward." She says timidly.
"Anytime. Drive safely and I'll see you in the morning Bella." walking to my car, I glance back at her just to make sure she's safely inside her Volkswagen. Yeah sure keep telling yourself that Cullen. No way were you looking so you could catch a sight of her ass. Once she has made it out of the garage I turn on my car and head home.
Thirty minutes later I am under the hot stream of my shower thinking of Bella, which then leads me to take care of ever present hard on whenever thoughts of her cross my mind. It doesn't take long to relieve myself and dry off enough to climb into bed with just a pair of pajama pants on. The last thought to cross my mind is that I hope I don't have to change my sheets again in the morning before sleep takes me.
AN: Alright, that's chapter 2. I was not planning on doing a whole lot of Bella POV, but if you want to see some please let me know. I will start working on 3 in the next couple of days and hopefully have it up by next weekend. Thank you for reading.