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BPOV

When I pulled up I was hit with a sense of déjà vu. I remembered the first time I pulled into the circular driveway, and how my boss had been the rudest man on the planet and how his kids were suffering for it. I sighed and turned off my car and stepped out. This time, when I knocked on the door I wasn't greeted by a stuffy, bland butler named Laurent, I was greeted by a pair of sweet green eyes and a pair of arms that engulfed me in a warm embrace. So much had changed since my first visit to the Captain's mansion, and I wouldn't have had it any other way.

After a few second Edward finally let go and I missed the contact immediately. I looked up and saw that he was staring at me with the sweetest expression I've ever seen. His eyes where shining and I wondered how I didn't see that the first time I came to his house. Then I remembered that he was being a total dick and had the attention span of a 5 year old.

"How are you?" he asked

"I'm good, how are you?"

"Better now" he answered with a wink. I was a bit flustered from his hug earlier but the wink just put me over the edge. I could feel the heat rush up to my face and I'm pretty sure I looked like a tomato at that point. Edward chuckled a bit then led me into the house. I thought I felt his hand on the small of my back but I was probably just imagining things. The house looked the same the last time I was there. It's a gorgeous house don't get me wrong, but it was cold, lacking life, distant feeling almost. It felt more like a model house than a home. I was brought out of my thoughts the moment I stepped into the dining room. For a moment I worried that I wasn't dressed "appropriately" because I had completely forgotten about Edward's policy on dinner attire. But when I saw that he was wearing a blue button down and a pair of jeans I relaxed immediately.

Seated at the table were Mya, looking bored and slightly irritated, Tony, who seemed to be paying no attention whatsoever, and Jaden and Gretchen who looked like they were about to shoot up into space.

"MISS BELLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Jaden screamed as she practically jumped out of her seat and ran towards me.

I laughed and said "Hello little one, it's good to see you too. How have you been?"

"I've been good Miss Bella. Gretchy and I miss you, why didn't you want to play with us anymore?" she asked with sad eyes. I looked at Edward with a quirked eyebrow and he simply shrugged his shoulders while looking slightly guilty.

"Sweetie it's not that I didn't want to play with you I just had some grown up stuff to take care of" I said and hoped that that would appease her for now.

"Oh. Okay" she replied simply then skipped back to her seat. I noticed that the seating arrangement had been changed. Instead of sitting across from Edward I was now sitting next to him and Tony was seated at the other end of the table. Once I sat down an awkward silence descended. I didn't know how to break the silence and to be honest I didn't know if I really wanted to. Mya was the first to say something.

"So Bella what have you been up to? Besides the obvious I mean" she sneered.

"Umm nothing exciting really. I changed jobs and moved to Seattle but that's about it". She responded with a "Hm" and went back to her salad. Well, that was pretty fucking awkward. What the hell was that about? I looked at Edward and he looked like he was going to blow a gasket. His face was turning a peculiar shade, slightly red but almost purple at the same time. I placed my hand on his knee in the hopes of calming him down a bit. His relaxed slightly and his face went back to its normal creamy color but he was still tense. He remained that way throughout dinner. Jaden hounded me with questions about what I'd been doing since I left and Gretchen threw in a few questions here and there. Tony was mute unless he was directly spoken to. Mya remained…incredulous. Every once in a while I would catch her giving me odd looks but figured I'd talk to her about it later in private. Edward stayed slightly tense but I never took my hand off of his knee unless it was completely necessary. I would be lying if I said I kept it there for his benefit. I was drawn to Edward in a way that I couldn't explain. I constantly felt the need to touch him or just be near him. It was fucking pathetic really but I couldn't help it. After dinner the kids all went their separate ways.

"Miss Bella are you going to come back and play with me soon?" Jaden asked with a timid Gretchen behind her.

"That's up to your dad sweetheart. And you don't have to call me Miss Bella, just Bella is fine" I replied. And with that the two of them scampered upstairs to do whatever little girls do after dinner, probably to play with dolls more likely than not. Mya ignored me throughout dinner, aside from her mad dogging sessions, and was upstairs before anybody else had gotten out of his or her chair. Tony bid me goodnight then followed his sisters and went upstairs. Edward and I stood in an awkward silence in the living room until he asked me if I wanted to take a walk. Did I really want to talk a walk with this man? Ummm fuck yea. Who wouldn't? He led me out to the backyard and we began to walk the path lined with rose bushes that bordered the forest, which the kids and I hiked not so long ago. Edward reached for my hand and intertwined his fingers in mine. He brought my hand up to his lips and gave it a gentle kiss.

"Is this okay?" he asked nodding to our hands.

"Of course" I said in a daze. His lips on my hand reminded me of another time where his lips were on me, only they were in a place much less innocent. I couldn't help but let my mind wander to our first date, to our first kiss. The way his lips molded to mine was incredible. They were like velvet, soft and gentle, yet rough in certain spots. I was momentarily brought out of my Edward induced thoughts when I realized where we were. The path had led us to a gazebo somewhere on the property. I wondered how I hadn't seen it when I went hiking with the kids but assumed that we weren't near this part of the property. How big was this place? I mean seriously it feels like it goes on for miles.

"Actually it's only a few acres" Edward chuckled and said with a wink.

"Shit did I say that out loud? I'm sorry that was incredibly rude."

"It's fine don't worry about it" he said as he took my hand and led me into the gazebo. We sat down on one of the benches and I was amazed at how beautiful it was. The gazebo was completely made of glass so you could see everything. In the distance I saw the lights of the house, the soft moonlight glistening off of the lake, and the forest that was engulfed in a sea of black.

"A penny for your thoughts? You've been drifting a lot today"

"I'm sorry" I said "I just have a lot running through my mind is all".

"Well I'm a good listener if you need one" he said jokingly but I could tell that there was some truth behind his statement.

"How about we play 20 questions? That's a good 'get to know you' game" I suggested. Edward gave me a questioning glance but laughed and said " I haven't played that since high school but alright I'm game".

"Edward Cullen did you just say that you're 'game'?"

"Yes. You got a problem with that?"

"Haha no I just thought it was funny coming from you".

"I wasn't always so closed off Bella". His words sent shivers down my spine. I'm not sure if it was because it really was cold, not likely, or if it was because he sounded so haunted, so tormented.

"Umm you go first" I said trying to change the subject.

"Are you afraid of me Bella?"

That was definitely not what I expected. I tried to answer him as best I could. "I'm afraid of the man you were when we first met. He scares me".

He pondered my answer for a bit then said"Thank you for being honest with me" with a small smile. "I believe it's your turn" he said and extended his hand in my direction. I was caught off guard by his long piano fingers and tried not to picture him doing other things with them, other things that included my aching vag and me.

"Ahem ummm why did you ask me to dinner?"

"The first or the second time?"

"Both I guess"

"You guess? Well that reassuring" he said with a laugh. I had seen Edward laugh and smile more on our two dates, or whatever you want to call them, than I had during my time working for him, and I was living in his house for Christ's sake! Granted I was only in his house for a few days so I guess it didn't really count.

"The first time I asked you to dinner was for selfish reasons actually. I wanted to make sure that you were okay and Rose told me that you hated when people asked you if you were, so I asked you to dinner so I could see for myself. I hadn't expected the first dinner to go so well. I thought I would just see how you were then leave but I couldn't do that, I didn't want to. You put me under some kind of clumsy girl voodoo and I couldn't, I cant, get you out of my head. I asked you to come to dinner tonight because I can't get your lips out of my head". And with that he pressed his lips to mine. It wasn't frenzied like the first time; we were taking our time memorizing each other's lips, mouths, everything. Edward brought his hand up to my face so that his thumb was pressing against my ear and the rest of his glorious piano fingers were entwined in my hair. His other hand rested on my hip and was slowly making its way to my lower back, pressing me into him. My hands were in his hair and I wouldn't want them anyplace else, well maybe one other place but that's beside the point. He took my bottom lip with his teeth and bit it lightly, then slipped his tongue in my mouth. I might have moaned but I couldn't have been sure. After that, the kiss got more aggressive and our tongues were battling for dominance. Eventually he let me win and I began exploring his mouth with my tongue. I tugged on his hair and he let out a panty-soaking groan. By this time I was pressed against his chest and the hand that was on my waist was gradually moving up toward my chest He lightly grazed his thumb over the bottom of my left breast and rubbed back and forth. Eventually his hand moved up and started pinching my nipple through my bra and I moaned at the contact. He removed his mouth from mine and I almost whimpered at the loss of contact but then gasped when he started giving me wet kisses down my neck. With Edward pressed up against me I could feel every inch of him, and I mean every inch. His hardness was pressed into my lower stomach and I assumed it wasn't very comfortable. I removed one of my hands from his hair and trailed it down his neck, then his chest, and finally placed it softly on his hardness. I rubbed him through his jeans lightly and heard him groan. I took that as a good sign so I began to increase the pressure on his dick. He pulled away from my neck slowly and looked at me. His eyes, oh my god his eyes, they were dark and lust filled, his stare was penetrating me and I felt like he could see right through my soul. He gently pulled my hand from his very prominent erection and placed it on the side of his face. He gave my palm a chaste kiss then let his hand drop to his side.

"What are you doing to me?" He asked, I wasn't sure if he was asking himself or me.

"I could ask you the same question" I said, still out of breath from our earlier activities.

"As much as I would like to continue our umm, activities, I would rather the first time we make love not be in a gazebo. You deserve better than that". All I was able to do as nod. Was he aware that he basically just said that he had planned on having sex with me? And not just sex but lovemaking? Why did he say that and not sex? Damn you Edward Cullen, damn you and your perfect bod to hell. I scooted away from him and he looked…hurt almost.

"I can't concentrate if I'm that close to you" I said sheepishly.

"Come on, I won't bite I promise" he said with a laugh. I sighed then moved to sit on top of him. I wasn't sure how this was any better than our original seating arrangement seeing as now I was basically straddling him but who was I to complain? I could feel his still hard dick pressed against my very wet center and decided to tease him a bit by grinded my hips into him.

"Uggghh Bella, babe, please stop. That's entirely unfair". I gave him a curious glance but he didn't seem to notice. Did he just call me 'babe'? Maybe I was imagining it…. god I hope not.

"Umm who's turn is it?" I asked.

"Mine I believe. You had to go and ask that question about dinner which in turn got us in this little predicament". He said sarcastically.

"What does dinner have to do with a ridiculously hot make-out session huh? And yea this is a little preDICament" I said with a laugh. Edward feigned hurt but it was soon replaced but something else. He leaned down to my ear and whispered huskily "I think you and I both know that this nothing about this is little" and he ground his hips up into my center.

"Oh fuck" I breathed. Edward chuckled darkly then adjusted us to a more comfortable, and appropriate position.

"It's still your turn," I said, trying desperately to think of something other than Edward's dick pressed into my waiting core.

"Why did you say yes? To dinner I mean"

"The first or the second time?"

"Both I guess" we both laughed at our use of phrases from earlier in the night. Edward looked at me expectantly and I was at a loss for words.

"Ummm honestly I'm not really sure. After that night at the club I felt kind of…drawn to you? I know that sounds weird but I don't know how else to explain it".

"I know what you mean Bella. I feel this pull toward you and I don't understand it either but I know that I don't want it to stop." I melted into him and we sat there reveling in each other for a few minutes before I pulled back.

"What happened at dinner with Mya?" Edward immediately stiffened the moment the words came out of my mouth. He ran his hand through his hair and tugged on it a few times before answering.

"Mya isn't really comfortable with me dating people. I think it might be because she feels like I'm trying to replace my wi- her mother but I honestly don't know what happened at dinner. I apologize for her behavior, it was completely unacceptable." And just like that the Captain was back. I didn't understand how he could go from a sweet, caring guy one minute to a business-like, hard ass the next. What confused me more was the fact that the assoholic behavior came out whenever he talked about his kids, especially with Mya. I briefly considered asking him about it but decided to save it for another time. Edward yawned and I looked down at his watch and was shocked when I saw the time.

"Shit is that really what time it is?" Edward asked.

"I guess so. I should probably get going" I got off of Edward's lap and straightened my clothes. When I was finished I saw Edward adjusting himself and he smile sheepishly.

"C'mon, I'll walk you to your car".

We walked in comfortable silence to my car, filling the silence with mindless banter.

"Thank you for tonight Edward. I had a really good time"

"You're quite welcome Bella. You can come back anytime," he said with a wink. He gave me a soft kiss on the lips that left more to be desired, but I knew that we had to end the night sometime.

"Goodnight Edward".

"Goodnight my love, sleep well".

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