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Last time in Infatuation:
"Oh, no? Well let me tell you little brother, it gets a LOT worse. Seems Bella came to your office to talk to you about what happened last night and she saw Tanya mounting you and trying to suck your face off."
"Fuck ME!"
"Careful dude, the last time you said that is what got you into this fucking mess to begin with." Jazz teased. He thought he was funny, I wasn't laughing.
"What the fuck am I supposed to do now Jazz?" I furiously scrubbed my face with my hands thinking that if I did it enough I could rewind the last two days and I wouldn't have to deal with this shit storm.
He grabbed my forearm to get me to stop. Once he did that I realized that plan to rewind the last two days did not work. "I think you should stick with talking to her. The Tanya thing is clearly a misunderstanding and I'm willing to bet my Jag that the Seth thing is too."
"She probably won't even talk to me now though"
"Alice says she will, give it a shot. If anything she'll be at work on Monday, you can corner her then." We were pulling up to the office now and all I really wanted to do was go home and finish off the Jack from last night.
"I'm going to go home. Tell Carlisle and Em for me will ya?" Jazz just nodded. I went up to the office so I could grab my things and let Jess know I was going to be gone for the rest of the day and then I was out of here. When I got to my office I saw Mike "the douchbag" Newton leaning on Jessica's desk blatantly flirting with her. "Great" I muttered. He noticed my approach and straightened up.
"Hey there Edward. How's your day going?" he asked. The smirk on his face told me that he had more to say. In the back of my mind I hoped it was something bad so I could punch him and get my frustration out. Of course I couldn't do that in the office with everyone looking on, but it would feel damn good. When I didn't answer he continued talking. Yeah, he's that fucking stupid. "Heard you got it on with Tanya in your office this morning." Jessica snapped her head in my direction; she is obviously hearing this for the first time.
"No Mike I did NOT get it ON with Tanya. Where did you hear this?" I seethed. This is so not good.
"Tanya told me. Said you called her in your office and then fucked her. Best lay she's ever had she said. She even had sex hair to prove it." The last part was said to Jessica with a laugh.
Jessica just looked at me with her mouth wide open. She soon came back to her senses and spoke to Mike. "What time did this supposedly happen?" Supposedly? Did that mean she knew the story was full of shit? Well she was sitting at her desk, right outside your door all morning, so she would be the one to know.
Mike looked at her with a smile and answered her question. "She said this morning at around 9:30, why babe?" 'Babe'? Okay, they are clearly dating.
"Because she's full of shit. She did come over at that time, practically begged me to leave for a while, so I did, but I just hid around the corner until she was actually in Edward's office and I saw everything. She was on his lap and kissing him, but he immediately pushed her off and she fell on her ass. Edward told her off and then left for his meeting right after that. They didn't have sex Mike."
Mike looked over to me for confirmation and I told him what Jessica said was true. He apologized for believing the lie and left to presumably go back to work.
"Thanks Jess. If that story got out around the office I would be in some serious shit." I was never more thankful for having Jessica as my assistant as I was at that moment.
"No problem Boss man. I hate that bitch. She's been lying since she got here. Said she slept with Mike on like day 2. He should really know better than to believe anything that comes out of her mouth. I'm SO glad today is her last day." As she told me this I just couldn't fathom how Mike would believe Tanya after he himself was the focal point of her lies just last week. He really is a douche and an idiot. "Oh, that reminds me. We have an all hands meeting in 30 minutes. Your dad called it." So much for me leaving early today.
"Thank you Jessica. For the message too." I said as I walked back into my office. No sooner than I sat down at my desk my phone rang. "Edward Cullen" I answered.
"Edward, can you please come to my office for a moment?" my father asked. It wasn't a request though by the tone of his voice.
"Be right there." Walking out of my office I let Jessica know where I was going and told her to hold my calls.
Thankfully Tanya was not at her desk when I got to my father's office so I just knocked and peeked my head through the door. I noticed Tanya sitting in one of the chairs in my dad's office and cursed to myself. What the fuck now?
"Edward, take a seat next to Miss. Garner." I took my seat as instructed, not bothering to even glance at Tanya. I had a pretty bad feeling that I knew what this was about. "Miss Garner has brought it to my attention that you two have entered into a relationship. Seeing as I already gave Tanya here the go ahead to pursue said relationship I need to have you two fill out some paperwork for HR."
"Dad, if I may interject." There was no way in hell this was fucking happening.
"Of course son. Go ahead."
"Miss, Garner is it, and I are NOT in any sort of relationship. I don't know why she would tell you this when I have given her no inclination that I want anything to do with her." Tanya got up and ran out of the office in tears. My father looked at me with disappointment in his eyes.
"Edward. Tanya informed me that you two had sex in your office this morning. I first would like to say that I do not approve of such activities in the office and if you were anyone but my son and partial owner of this company you would be fired immediately.."
"Dad, listen…" I tried to interrupt to set this straight but he wasn't finished yet and wouldn't allow me to speak until he was done. I sat back in the chair I was occupying and waited him out.
"Edward, I know that Bella has been seeing more of Seth and that has to be hurtful to you with your feelings for her, but do you really think it's a good idea to be sleeping with my temp in your office? What if someone had walked by and seen you? What if that someone walking by would have been Bella? You would never be with her if she saw that. I know her Edward and she doesn't go for men that exhibit that sort of behavior. I understand your need for female companionship, but let's keep the PDA at the office non-existent shall we?"
"Can I speak now father?" I asked. I was pissed, livid even that this woman went to my father with this lie, it was bad enough that she told Newton, but this has gone too far.
"We can chat more later if you want, but we have an all hands meeting to attend right now so let's get going." I guess I was going to have to wait until after the meeting to set the record straight. All I can be thankful for at this point is that it's Tanya's last day today and I would never have to see her again. "Oh, take that form for HR with you and fill it out. I expect to see it back on my desk by the end of the day."
I reluctantly grabbed the form and went to the conference room for the meeting. Maybe I can hold onto this until I'm with Bella. You have to straighten shit out with her first. I took a seat next to Jasper near the head of the table and watched as the rest of our employees filed in, including Bella who looked like she had been crying, but no less beautiful in her grey sleeveless dress with ruffles on the chest and her black heels that had little holes cut into them to show off her cute feet. I vowed right there not to ever make her cry unhappy tears again for as long as I lived. I couldn't bear to look at her red eyes knowing that I was the cause of her pain.
Carlisle started the meeting and we all turned our attention to hear what he had to say. "Thanks for coming on such short notice, but I'll make this quick so we can all get back to work. I have a couple of announcements to make. First off I would like you all to congratulate Isabella Swan; she has been promoted to Junior Account Executive. She will be working directly for Emmett. As some of you know Isabella played a pivotal role in completing the Black campaign and although the campaign has yet to be pitched to the client, we are confident that they will love it. Congratulations Isabella, you've worked hard and deserve this promotion." Everyone turned their attention to Bella and clapped, some standing close to her offering her their congratulations. She blushed a bright red; she never was one for attention. After the clapping had died down Carlisle continued. "With Isabella's promotion the spot for my assistant has obviously become available and we have decided to have Tanya Garner stay on with us. She did an excellent job these last two weeks while Isabella was helping Edward out. Please welcome Miss Garner to Cullen & Sons." Jasper and I looked at each other with our mouths hanging wide open in disbelief. I turned and noticed Jessica had a similar expression on her face and Bella, well she looked pissed. Nobody else seemed to notice our shock over this news and were all clapping happily for Tanya. "That's all for now. Everyone back to work and congratulations again to Isabella and welcome Tanya." Carlisle grabbed his things and made his way out of the conference room. I got up quickly and followed him with Jasper at my heels.
Once in my father's office I noticed that Emmett had followed us as well. My father looked confused as to why we were all in his office.
"What? Are you boys unhappy about Bella? I thought you'd be pleased?" He asked us.
Jasper didn't say anything, just looked at me and seeing as Emmett was probably already made aware of this he said nothing as well. I guess it was up to me.
"It's not Bella that has us upset. You cannot possible hire Tanya on permanently." I seethed.
"Edward, don't be ridiculous. She's an excellent assistant. I don't see why you are so upset about this; you obviously like her enough to be intimate with her." He smirked at me.
Emmett snapped his head in my direction, "WHAT?!?! You nailed Tanya? When the fuck did this go down?"
UGH!!! "Emmett, not now." I turned my attention back to my father. "Ok, dad I tried to explain this to you earlier, but you wouldn't listen. I NEVER had sex with Tanya. She lied." He just looked at me like he didn't believe me. "When have I ever lied to you dad?"
"Never, son. You've never lied to me not even when you were little."
"Then why are you looking at me like I am lying now? I'm telling you, I never had sex with that woman, nor will I EVER!" I was practically yelling at this point.
"Edward, tell him what happened." Jasper suggested with a hand on my shoulder.
My father motioned for me to take a seat so I did and began to tell him what happened. To say he was not pleased would be an understatement.
"Edward, you should have come to me with this as soon as it happened. Not that I don't believe you, but in order to get rid of her we'll need a witness, did anyone see this take place?"
"Yeah, Jessica saw the whole thing." I told him, relieved that I had someone to verify my side of things.
"Good. I'll need you to come with me to HR and file a sexual harassment complaint formally. I meanwhile will have a talk with her and will put a stop to her new hire paperwork. I also need to let the temporary agency know. Maybe they can get me a replacement by Monday morning." He stood up from his desk and Emmett, Jasper and I all got up to leave as well. Jazz and Em went into the direction of their offices while I followed Carlisle to HR.
He greeted the assistant in HR and asked for Ms. Cope, the director of HR. We both took a seat while the office assistant let Ms. Cope know we were there. "Hello Sarah, Mr. Cullen and Mr. Cullen are here to see you. Um, Carlisle and Edward. Yes. Okay I will send them right in." She hung up the phone and told us to go on it.
Without knocking my father opened the door to her office and gave her a warm greeting. She asked us to take a seat. "So what can I do for you gentlemen this afternoon?"
"Well Sarah, it seems we have an issue with the new hire that I sent over this morning." Carlisle started. She looked at him and then looked around her desk at some paperwork, no doubt trying to find Tanya's file.
"Ah yes, Tanya Garner. Is this who we're talking about?" Carlisle nodded. "What seems to be the issue, seemed like a lovely girl."
"Well, it appears that she had sexually assaulted my son Edward this morning and then went on to lie about it to everyone in the office including myself. I need to stop the paperwork from going through, because obviously we won't be hiring her on permanently. Also Edward here would like for file a sexual harassment complaint."
"Hmm, well I am afraid we are going to just be able to let her go that easily. The paperwork has already been submitted. We can suspend her without pay until we get an investigation into the matter resolved. Can you please tell me what did happen Edward?"
I went on to tell her what had transpired in my office and how Jessica had witnessed it and she told us that with Jessica as a witness this should be a fairly easy process. She informed my father to let Tanya know immediately of the action being taken against her and that she would be suspended without pay until the matter was resolved. When Ms. Cope had told us that we couldn't just get rid of her right away I was nervous. I wasn't sure how I was going to go about my day if she was still working here.
We left her office an hour later. I filed a formal complaint and my father filled out all the necessary paperwork to get the suspension going. With this done I felt a lot better. Now I just needed to get Bella to talk to me. Maybe I could drop by her desk under the guise of congratulating her on her promotion and then talk to her. This conversation was not something I wanted to do at work, but I had to take what I could get.
My father and I parted ways once out of the HR wing and went back to our respective corners. I passed Bella's new desk on my way back to my office to see if she was there, but all her things were gone. I decided to see if Emmett knew where she was since he was officially her boss now.
"Knock, Knock." I said as I knocked on Emmett's office door. He looked up from his computer.
"Hey, Eddie. How'd the meeting with HR go?"
"It went alright. The new hire paperwork went through already so I had to fill out a formal complaint against her and Jessica will be talked to about what she saw. They're doing an investigation into it, meanwhile dad filled out the paperwork to have her suspended without pay." I told him.
"Wow, I thought we could just say 'see ya' and be done with the bitch. At least you have Jess to back your story up, otherwise it would just be a case of he said she said ya know."
"I know. I am so thankful for Jess sticking around right now. I am going have to give her a raise or a thank you gift." I chuckled. "So Em, do you have any idea where Bella is? I really need to talk to her and I went by her desk and all her stuff was gone."
"She went home early. She didn't look too good man, looked like she'd been crying. I didn't ask any questions, just told her to go home and have a good weekend. You should call her. Or call Alice first."
"Thanks man. Yeah, I'll give Alice a call before I do anything." I walked out of his office and stopped at Jessica's desk before calling Alice.
"Jessica. I just wanted to let you know that I filed a formal complaint against Tanya and I noted you as a witness so you'll probably be called by HR to answer a few questions about what you saw go down this morning. Is that alright?"
"Yeah, I actually just got off the phone with Ms. Cope and I am going to her office in a few minutes. I wanted to wait until you got back to let you know where I'd be before I left. So is she getting fired?" Jessica asked.
"She's going to be suspended until they finish the investigation, and then she'll be fired. We have to go through the formalities of everything first since her new hire paperwork already went through and all." Jessica nodded her head in understanding and started straightening up her desk. "Um, Jessica. I just wanted to say thank you for sticking around this morning and for talking to HR about what happened. I really appreciate it. If it weren't for you then I doubt anyone would believe me that I didn't have sex with her. So thank you."
"No problem. I hate that woman. She does nothing but cause problems. I can't believe Mr. Cullen actually hired her." She said with utter disdain.
"Well you can't blame him, he didn't know. He just saw her being a good assistant and didn't know about all this other stuff. Alright I better let you get down to HR. Oh, send all the calls to voicemail for me. I have to make a few calls and I'm probably going to head out early. If I'm not here when you get back go on home and have a nice weekend."
"Thank you Mr. Cullen. You too." Jessica looked happy to be able to get off early. It was the least I could do for her coming forward and helping me with the Tanya situation. Hm, I wonder if she would be opposed to helping me on the Bella front as well? I'll talk to Alice first and see what she has to say. Hopefully I won't need Jessica to help me out with Bella.
I went into my office, closed my door and sat down in my chair. I pulled out my cell phone and looked for Alice's number. I found it quickly and hit send. Alice answered on the 3rd ring.
"Hello." She sounded cheery, so that was a good sign that I wasn't about to get my ass handed to me. I knew Bella already told her what had happened since she called Jasper and told him.
"Alice, it's Edward. I nee.."
"EDWARD! You stupid fucking idiot. What the hell did you do to my best friend?!!?!?! I get a frantic call from her this morning and she won't stop crying. What happened?!!" She screamed at me. I knew this wasn't going to go well. Okay first, calm the pixie down then Bella.
"ALICE! Let me talk. I can explain everything alright. Just listen and stop yelling at me." There was silence on the other end of the phone. I thought maybe she hung up so I pulled the phone away from my ear to make sure we were still connected. Yep, still connected. "Alice, hello? Are you there?"
"I'm here Edward. Now talk!" She was really mad at me.
"Look I know what Bella told you, but I want to tell you that it wasn't what it looked like." I started to say. I was about to continue but Alice interrupted me.
"It isn't what it looked like? Well that's original."
"Alice, please, let me finish." She muttered a "fine" and I continued. "Tanya came into my office this morning right after Emmett had left and I realized I only had 30 minutes to get ready for my meeting so I said 'fuck me' to myself, unfortunately Tanya was right there and heard me. She told me that she was wondering when I was going to do that with her. So she came over to me and while I was sitting in my chair she straddled my lap and started kissing me. I immediately pushed her off of me and she fell on her ass. I told her I had feelings for someone and had no intention of doing anything with her. She started going on and on about us having a connection and how she saw me ogling her and all sorts of nonsense. To make a long story short she came on to me, I pushed her off of me and filed a sexual harassment complaint against her and she's been suspended. THAT'S what actually happened. My assistant Jessica saw the whole thing if you don't believe me."
"What a…bitch! Oh my god Edward. Bella's really upset. She saw that hussy all over you and she just lost it. She left right after the meeting and she's been crying and eating Ben and Jerry's since she got home. This is bad. You need to talk to her."
At least I convinced Alice easily enough. I just hoped Bella would be as open to hearing what I had to say.
"I know Alice, but what should I do? Should I call her?" I asked. I really had no idea what to do here.
"She probably won't pick up the phone if you call her. This calls for a grand gesture. You need to go to her house Edward."
"Uh, Alice, I don't think that's a good idea. I seriously doubt she's going to want to see me, especially at her house." I told her. Plus I have no idea where she lives.
"Psh. It'll be fine Edward. Do you have a pen and paper handy? I'll give you her address." I took out a piece of paper and wrote down the address that she gave me. "She likes white lilies. Go, talk to her. Straighten this out NOW before I have to kill you myself." Alice advised. I have to admit I am a little scared of her. I have no doubt she'd be able to kick my ass if she needed to.
"Alright, thanks Alice. Wish me luck." She wished me luck and hung up. I called my dad to let him know that I would be leaving early and headed out the door. I stopped at the local florist and picked up the white lilies for Bella. The florist was an older lady with graying dark brown.
"Hello young man, how can I help you today?" the lady asked me.
"I'm looking to buy a dozen white lilies." I replied while looking around the shop.
"May I ask what these are for? Certain flowers have certain meanings and although white lilies are beautiful they may not send the message you want." I never knew that flowers meant anything and I wondered if it was better to get the flowers I know she likes or something that actually means what I want to express.
"Well I kind of messed up with this girl and I need to apologize." I said. I didn't want tell her how I messed up because it's not exactly a story I want to share with people. Everyone in your office already knows all about it. Shut it voice! You know you're really not helpful at all.
"Is she your girlfriend?" She asked as she started looking at flowers around her shop.
"Uh, no. I really like her and want her to be my girlfriend but I have to apologize and hope that she'll give us a chance."
"Well then you should bring her white violets. They says Let's Take a Chance where while lilies says purity and virginity. I don't think that's the message you want to convey. Lily of the Valley would be great as well. Those convey purity of heart, humility…" gave her a raised eyebrow, which she gave right back. Yeah I need to have some humility. "It also conveys happiness and love's good fortune which I take it is something you want with this woman."
"Yes ma'am. Those would be perfect. Thank you so much for your help, I had no idea that flowers actually had meanings." I was truly grateful for this woman's help and although lilies may be Bella's favorite I really wanted to tell her how sorry I was for the misunderstanding of Tanya and I want her to take a chance with me so the violets and lily of the valley are perfect. The woman, named Gwen, arranged the flowers into a beautiful bouquet and wrapped them with a ribbon around the stems to make them look like they might have even been wild flowers that I just picked from a meadow. It was really a beautiful bunch of flowers and I hoped that it would get Bella to at least talk to me.
"Here you go son. Now it's all up to you. Go get your girl." I paid for the flowers and thanked the woman. She came over and gave me an encouraging hug and wished me luck before I left the shop.
The drive to Bella's was beyond nerve wracking. I almost turned around to go home 4 times; I was convinced that she would slam the door in my face when I showed up. I put my fears on the backburner because Alice said I needed to talk to her and make her understand what really happened and there was still the matter of her saying Seth's name after I kissed her yesterday. Was that really just yesterday? That seemed like it was a million years ago after the whole fiasco with Tanya. None the less I needed to get clarification on that incident as well before we could move forward, if she wants to move forward. I finally made it to her apartment and gave myself a little pep talk before I grabbed the flowers and got out of the car.
I found her apartment with ease and readied myself and knocked on her door. I could hear her padding through her apartment and she yelled out, "Hold on, let me just get my purse." She must have been waiting for take-out to arrive. I heard the locks clicking indicating that she was about to open the door and took a deep breath. I have to get her to talk to me, this has to work. She opened the door and she was just beautiful. Her hair was in a messy ponytail, her eyes were red, most likely from crying and she had on a wife beater and a pair of sweats. She was still the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. "Sorry about that, I couldn't find my purse. How much do I ow..e…..you?" She stuttered once she noticed it was me and not some delivery guy.
"Hi Bella." I held out the flowers for her. "These are for you." The look on her face was dumbfounded.
"Edward. Wh-what are you d-doing here?"
"I came to talk to you. I need to talk to you. Can I come in?" I asked lamely. She looked so confused still and I wasn't sure which way this would go. She took the flowers and stepped aside so I could enter her apartment.
"Thank you for the flowers, they're lovely." There was an awkward silence and I was trying to figure out a way to start. She thankfully broke the silence. "I was actually expecting Chinese. Um, how did you get my address?" She didn't seem too mad, but maybe that was because she was confused.
"Alice." I answered.
"Meddling little pixie. I'll kill her later." She said it so low I don't think I was meant to hear her.
"She meant well, don't be too mad at her." Bella's eyes met mine at that moment and if looks could kill I would be dead long before she got to Alice.
"Look Edward, I don't really want to hear what you have to say. I shouldn't have let you in, I don't know what I was thinking. Please go." Yeah, now she's pissed, but hey I'm already here so I am going to say my peace and attempt to get some answers from her.
"Bella. I get that you're upset with me, but I need to explain to you what happened today with Tanya. Please, let me say what I need to say." I pleaded. I would beg if I had to. She needed to know the truth.
"Alice! " she said, again under her breath.
"Yeah, Alice called Jasper and yelled at him. Look, I know what it looked like but you have to know what really happened." She looked at me but didn't interrupt so I felt like she was telling me to continue. So I told her everything, from the "Fuck me" to the unpaid suspension and sexual harassment claim I filed.
"Oh. What a bitch. Wait, how do I know you're telling me the truth?"
"Jessica saw and heard everything, so you can talk to her if you don't believe me. I am telling you the truth Bella, I would never lie to you. Not ever!"
"Never?" she asked
"Never!"
"Can you answer a question for me then?"
"Anything."
"What happened last night? You kissed me and then you just took off without a word. I don't understand what happened. Was it not good?" she looked so hurt and I needed to make sure that she didn't feel that way, but I also needed her to know that her saying Seth's name hurt me.
"After I kissed you last night you put your fingers to your lips and looked like you were savoring it and it made me want to keep kissing you, but then…" I had to take a deep breath the keep my emotions at bay.
"Then what?"
"Then…you…you said Seth. You said another guys name after I had the best kiss of my entire life. I felt like I got punched in the gut." I couldn't continue, I needed to hear her tell me what that was about.
"Edward. I'm so sorry. I didn't mean it like that at all. That kiss…it was beyond amazing. I felt it everywhere and I never knew a kiss could feel like that. The reason I said Seth's name was because I needed to tell him that I couldn't see him anymore after that…but then you left…a-and…I thought you didn't want me. It really hurt me. I really thought we had a…god I don't want to say a connection after what you told me about Tanya, but that's what I felt. When you touch me…I feel like there is an electrical current going through me." Her head was down, looking at the floor.
"Bella. Please look at me. I feel the same way. I want you, I've wanted you for months." Just then there was a knock on the door.
"Dinner. Hold on." Bella said. She grabbed her purse and went to the door. "Thank you, have a nice night." She said to the delivery guy. "Kung Pao Chicken, would you like some? I always get enough for 3 meals, so I have plenty."
"Sure. Thanks." I said
"Can you grab some plates, they're up in that cabinet next to the fridge." I went to the cabinet and took out two plates setting them on the counter next to the take-out containers.
"Thank you." Bella placed the food on the plates and got out some silverware and napkins. "Water?"
"Yeah, water's great." How lame could I get? Water's great? Who says that? Apparently you do jackass.
We took our plates and glasses of water to her table and began eating quietly. I wasn't sure what to say or if she even still wanted me here. She did offer you dinner. If she didn't want you here she wouldn't have offered you some of her take-out.
"Congratulations on your promotion. You must be excited." I needed a break in the silence and I had meant to offer her congratulations earlier.
"Thanks. Yeah, I'm excited. Emmett's going to be a pain in my ass though I think, but it'll be worth it." I nodded in agreement. "So Edward, I know we cleared everything up, but I just am not sure what I want to do. I've gone out with Seth a few times now and he's really nice. I think I need to give him a chance." She was moving her food around her plate not looking at me. I really wasn't sure what to do in this situation. You fight for her you idiot.
"Bella, please, I know that last couple of days has been a huge mess, but I really like you and I am pretty sure you like me too. If you want to keep seeing Seth then I'm fine with that, but please…"
"What Edward? Please what? You want me to just forget about a good guy that has done nothing to make me cry, where as you, you've made me cry my eyes out for the last two days. Why should I do that to myself?"
"You cried your eyes out over a couple of misunderstandings. Please don't hold that against me. I just want a chance. That's all I'm asking for is a chance. Please." I was begging, not something I normally do, but Bella's worth it.
"I don't know. Let me think about it okay?"
"Okay." I got up and took my dishes into the kitchen and cleaned them. "I'm going to get going. Please just think about what I said Bella. We could be really good together, I feel it." I walked over to her and kissed her forehead before going to the door to let myself out. I stopped and turned around to get one last look at my beautiful girl.
"Goodnight Edward. Thank you again for the flowers." She said with a sad smile. I was just pushing the button to summon the elevator when her door opened again and she ran out. "Edward. Wait."
I started walking back to her thinking that maybe I had forgotten something.
"Did I forget something?" I asked. I was checking my pockets. Keys, check, wallet, check, cell phone, check. I think I have everything.
"Yeah, you forgot something." Just then she flung herself to me and kissed me. All too soon she pulled away, but I still had my arms wrapped tightly around her. "I think we could be really great together too. I've felt it since the first day I met you. I'm sorry."
"What have you got to be sorry for?" Gently I pushed a stray strand of hair behind her ear and cupped her cheek in my hand. I was staring into her beautiful chocolate brown eyes knowing right then that this woman held my heart.
"For everything. For saying Seth's name after our completely life altering kiss and especially for believing that you would want anything to do with that psycho Tanya. Most of all, I am sorry that I let you walk out my door a few minutes ago thinking that I might want someone else, when really all I wanted was to re-enact that kiss in the parking lot on my couch and never stop." She kissed me again as we both started moving back to her apartment; we didn't need to give the neighbors a show.
Without breaking the kiss we somehow managed to get to her sofa. My hands immediately went to her hips as I was kissing her. Some of her shirt had ridden up and I couldn't not touch her tight stomach. My hands caressed her stomach and her partially exposed back. I yearned for more, but I didn't want to make her uncomfortable so I kept it purely PG. Her hands were in my hair and lightly pulling, it felt so fucking good I moaned at the pleasure she was giving me. My pants were uncomfortably tight and I knew she could feel it since her thigh was right between my legs and pressed up against my cock. The pressure felt good, but I was desperate for some friction. She must have read my mind because she started moving her leg causing me to moan even louder. I guess we were going for PG-13 instead. I licked her bottom lip begging for entrance in that delicious mouth of hers and she immediately allowed me in. Her tongue tasted like kung pao chicken from dinner and Bella, it was intoxicating.
Two hours later we broke apart, it was getting late and as much as I would have loved to take this further I knew that Bella wasn't like any other woman and we needed to wait for that. Bella tried to stifle a yawn, but I could tell from her bloodshot eyes that she was tired, as was I. It had been an excruciatingly long day.
"I should go, you need sleep." I passed my thumb across her now swollen lips and placed a gentle kiss where my thumb had just been.
"I guess so." She stood up and folded a blanket and placed it on the back of the couch. "How are we going to do this at work? I mean, everyone is already talking about you and Tanya and I don't want people thinking that I got promoted because we're dating."
"We're dating are we?" I said teasingly. Honestly nothing would make me happier right now. Getting her naked and in her bed would make you happier. True, but I want to do this right with Bella. She is not the kind of girl that you fuck on the first date, you take your time.
She blushed and looked down. I couldn't have that so I put my finger under her chin to lift her beautiful face to look at me.
"I was kidding Bella. I think, and correct me if I'm wrong here, but I think that you actually have to go out on dates to technically be dating."
"Hmm. I believe you might be correct, but wasn't this a date?" She motioned to the dining room where we just had dinner, then to the couch where we made out like we were in high school just a few minutes ago.
"No Bella. This most certainly wasn't a date, although it was one of the best nights I've had in a very long time. What do you say we go out on a real date on Friday? I'll pick you up at say 7 for dinner?"
"That sounds perfect." She placed a soft kiss on my lips and it took every ounce of self control I had not to throw her back on the couch and continue where we left of moments earlier. I started to go to the door so I could go home and let her get some sleep. "Edward, would you mind keeping this to ourselves at the office for the time being?"
"Not at all. I understand your trepidation, but just so you know, Carlisle is already aware of my intentions with you."
"What?!? How, when?"
"I talked to him on Saturday night before everyone else arrived." I could see the look of uncertainty on her face. "Don't worry Bella, he thinks it's great. He loves you like you were his own daughter. I should go now. You really do need to get some sleep. I'll see you later." With that I gave her a kiss on her cheek, but she wasn't having any of that. She turned her head and kissed me hard on the lips.
"Okay, goodnight Edward." And then I was out the door.
I made it home relatively quickly and I was happier then I had ever been. Finally Bella and I were together, well we made out and were going on a date, it was progress. I went through my nightly routine of brushing my teeth and slipping into some pajama bottoms and curled into bed. Tonight had been amazing and I had a feeling that with our heavy make-out session I would be dreaming of doing some very dirty things with Bella once I fell asleep. I turned off the light on the nightstand and drifted off to sleep. Today was definitely the start of something great.
Alright, so I have no idea if new hire paperwork goes through so quickly or if you have to jump through a bunch of hoops to fire someone you just hired, but it's relevant to the story, so just bear with me.