Hey guys! Sorry it took so long ... again. I wanted to do this chapter right and it took me some time to write it. I hope you like it because I put extra work in it. Thanks to all of you who reviewed.

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BPOV

Another deep breath and I opened the door. The room I entered was beyond beautiful and once again I forgot to keep my guard up. Instead I let my eyes wander. The room was decorated with a loving hand. The highlight clearly was a beautiful piano that instantly reminded me of the long gone days when my mother would play for me. I quickly looked away before tears would surely come and my eyes landed on a person standing at the window looking at me and pearcing green eyes seemed to look straight into my soul. Prince Edward.

Shit. Why can't I seem to learn my lesson. Clearly he wouldn't like a servant to stare at his belongings instead of doing their job.

I would need time to get used to my new life. But I doubted people would give me time. I would have to try as hard as I could to meet their expectations. Maybe this will stop them from being to hard with me.

Since I didn't know what was expected of me I looked at the ground. Would he want me to get on my knees in front of him? Or should I ask him if he needed something? Damn, doing things right wasn't as easy as I thought it would be.

I heard foodsteps aproaching me.

"Isabella?" Somehow just the sound of his voice let me relax a little bit and befor I could prevent it I said.

"Bella."

How stupid could one person be. BELLA! You corrected him! You are supposed to do everything he says he can punish you and you correct him.

"Bella." He repeated and when I glanced at him from under my lashes I saw a small smile lighting up his face. "Well then Bella. Do you feel better after your bath?"

Was he really interessted in that? I thought he would just start ordering me around.

"Yes, my Lord." I lied still not looking at him.

"I'm glad." He said. "I will make you familiar with your duties now. Basically your only job is to make me happy. You'll bring me breakfast in the morning and you'll clean up this room. Most of the time you'll be by my side in case I need something unless I tell you something else. Is that understood?"

He sighed and ran a hand through his hair.

"Yes, my Lord."

"Very good." He said and I relaxed a little pleased that I seemed to be able to do something right. Suddenly a shadow appeared in front of me and a hand gently lifted my chin my eyes were met with his amazing green ones and he smiled gently down at me. Him being so close made my slightly nervous. It wasn't like I was scared of him hurting me it was just his overwhelming scent and the heat of his body that made my heart beat fast and my blood boil.

"Now that this is said I need to add something important." He said. I tensed up. This was the moment I had been waiting for.

"Don't worry it's nothing bad." He added quickly taking in my stiff form. "I have heard nothing good about your country and the people living in it. But I'm willing to try and not be prejudiced. I'll treat you well as long as you don't give me reason to change that. You have nothing to be scared of."

I nodded. Still he was standing so near that it was very hard to think.

"Bella look at me."

I once looked again in those unbelievable green eyes.

"I don't want you to be scared. I know you lost everything you knew and it will take sometime for you to feel comfortable here but I won't let anything happen to you."

My eyes started to water at this words. I knew he wouldn't be able to keep his promise. There were too many people that didn't like me that wanted to hurt me and he wouldn't be able to be by my side at all times. Still his concern meant so much to me.

"Thank you, my Lord. You have no idea how much that means to me. I promise I won't disappoint you." I told him truthfully.

Prince Edward smiled and stepped away. He approached a door on the other side of the room and opened it.

"You still have to see where you'll be staying from now on. Come here and take a look."

I walked over to where he stood. Did he mean I would live here instead of wherever the other servants stayed? I looked into the room and my eyes went wide. It was small but beautiful. Especially the bed looked really comfortable and the only thing I wanted at the moment was falling on it and sleep. I didn't notice how tired I was before but now I hardly seemed to be able to keep my eyes open.

I had nearly forgotten about Prince Edward standing next to me.

"You like it?"

"It's beautiful." I whispered.

"Good I'll leave you alone now. We'll continue taking tomorrow. For now just rest and don't worry about anything."

"Thank you, my Lord. For everything." I gave him a small smile that he returned then he closed the door on his way out.

Well I guess things could be worse. I didn't want to think too much about anything. There would be enough time tomorrow. So I just lay down and waited for sleep to take me.

EPOV

I lay in bed but I knew sleep wouldn't come fast. I was just too confused. There was something about Bella that made me want to be near her. I wanted her to be happy. When she smiled at me when she saw her room it was the first time I really saw her smile. No fear or sadness was in her eyes. I would make it my task to make her smile more often. It wouldn't be easy people would make her know that they hated her. All I could do was make sure that her time with me was a time she wouldn't have to be afraid. And I would try to be with her as often as I could.

Still at the same time I had to be carful about not becoming too atracted to her. I didn't know her but I knew her family. I was going to keep my promise about not being prejudiced but still I would be carful around her. You never know.

I hope you liked it. I really enjoyed writing it although it was hard

Maybe some of you have thought Edward would be in love with Bella instantly. But I didn't want it that way. He first has to learn to trust her but he does feel atracted to her. I just didn't want that to cloud his judging right from the beginning. Bella too has to learn to trust him. I promise this is a ExB story and in the end love will conquer it all ^^

Thanks for sticking with me. It might take a little bit of time until I'll update again because I'm going to move to another city and start university. There is going to be a lot of stress but I promise not to abandon this story.

Thanks again for your support.

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