3rd and FINAL update of the day. Anyway's it would have been cruel to make you wait 3 days for another update which is when the next one may be, If I have time. I have a busy weekend ahead of me. Hope you like this so far!
My brother Seth yelled somewhere near the bar. "No. No. Dont drop the ball you asshat!"
Whatever re-run game was on the flatscreen TV over there was running his adrenaline on high.
"Your'e brother is so hot," Angela gushed as she sat across from me on the velvet red cushioned couch in some fancy uptown lounge we had manged to make our way into.
"He's eighteen, Angela!"
Her cheeks blazed, "So what, that makes him legal."
I smacked her with my black handbag and took a sip from my apply martini that sat on the table in front of us.
Thank-god she had come home for the weekend, I was going nuts in that apartment by myself, especially after what had happened with... Edward.
He hadnt called me since, and I guess I should have been thankful for that. This internship needed to be over soon, because being around him would be bad news for all of us in the end.
He had more to lose then I did, although I cared about Jasper. Jasper wasnt my family.
Ben, Angela's highschool sweetheart and an old friend of ours made his way towards where we sat and set down two more apple martinis.
He was still in love with her, I dont know how she couldnt see that.
"I wish Rosalie and Alice were here," she sighed as she took a sip of her drink. Agreeing with her, we all toasted to our Italian traveling friends.
Ben coughed dramatically and looked at both Angela and I, "I have to tell you guys something, I forgot to mention it earlier..."
My phone rang interrupting him and I looked down to see it was none other then Edward Cullen, sighing I stood and turned away from them motioning that I had to take this call.
"Edward, its late..."
"What are you doing TP?" It may have been the martini's but his voice sounded extra hot tonight.
Sighing impatiently on the phone, I replied. "I'm at a lounge uptown with some friends..." Not that it was any of your business.
Turning, I looked up in horror at a 6'3 figure in a dark-blue suit and white dress shirt. Jacob Black stood before me with his jet black hair slicked back and his hand in his pockets.
"Bella," He called my name as he made his way towards me and my heart dropped.
"Which one?"
Mumbling the name of the place and not really paying attention to my phone call I anymore, I hung up.
"What are you doing here?"
That's when Ben perked up, "Well that's what I was trying to tell you guys..."
Angela gave him a dirty look as Jacob sat beside Ben and smiled a lopsided grin at me, the one I used to love so much.
"Where's Leah?" I asked coldly as he shrugged and stared at me in the same way he used to look me over.
He looked as handsome as always, especially so clean-cut.
"How's life Bella-girl?"
Shuddering at the old nickname, I looked down. "It's great Jake. How about you?"
"Good, just visiting Ben and a few old buds this weekend. Im getting married next week."
My stomach clenched. "Oh... that's great. To Leah?"
He shook his head warmly as he reached for a beer that had suddenly appeared in front of him and I downed the rest of my martini.
"Nope. Her name is Sarah. We graduated together."
"Congrats." My voice sounded meek, even to my own ears. There was a point in my life where I thought Jacob had been it. He was the guy I was going to marry and spend forever with. Even my parents thought so.
Jacob and Ben stood to go greet Seth and his friends and I asked the nearest waitress for two shots of patron for Angela and I.
"Girl, get four. I cant imagine how youre feeling right now." Her brown eyes held concern as I shrugged.
"I'm fine," I lied wishing Jasper was here.
Four shots later, Ange and I were on the dance floor swaying to some Robin Thicke and snapping our fingers, our heels pounding against the small dance floor.
"Mind if I cut in?" Jacob said tapping Ange on the shoulder, she gave me an apologetic look as I glared at her and watched her walk away.
The music slowed and he had his arm against my waist. "Bella, I hope you know I'm sorry for what happened. If you could have forgiven me, Im sure itd be you that Id be marrying next week."
Looking down, fighting back the tears I swallowed. "Jake, dont. You cheated on me. Let's just not talk about the past anymore, ok?"
He nodded sadly. "You look even more beautiful then you did in highschool."
Rolling my eyes, I giggled and then sighed as someone tapped my shoulder and I turned to face blazing green eyes.
Edward.
"Mind if I cut in?"
He didnt wait for an answer as he grabbed me by my waist and swayed me away from Jacob, I suddenly felt light-headed.
"This really needs to stop, Edward," I half-whispered in his ear as he held me to him.
"I know TP. But I cant stop..."
Laying my head on his chest as we moved to the music I inhaled his perfect scent. I was a fucking mess. Upset over an ex-boyfriend getting married and yearning for my current boyfriend's extremely sexy older brother, who also happened to be my boss.
Spotting Angela and Ben kissing in the corner as the music stopped, I laughed and looked up at Edward.
"Can we just get out of here?"
"Where do you want to go TP?"
"Anywhere."
He nodded as he took my hand and we moved out of the crowd and outside onto the busy street where his limo sat waiting.
"Your plan was to get me out of here the whole time wasnt it?" I asked as he opened the door to his limousine and gestured for me to get in.
He shurgged and flashed me a crooked smile as I made my way into his white hummer limo and he sat beside me grabbing my hand and looking straight ahead as we drove off.
My hands tingled with the feel of his skin against mine and him sitting beside me and how wide the space was in the back of the limo was all I could think about.
Looking up at him, I stared at his perfect lips that had formed a mischievious smirk as he attempted not to look at me. He wore dark denim jeans and a dark blue ralph lauren polo shirt. His dark brown loafers were crossed in front of us. He was so tall, lean, and muscular.
God, was this the alcohol talking?
Turning, he tilted my chin towards him and I was forced to look into heavenly green eyes. "You look beautiful tonight, Bella..."
As he leaned in, I stopped breathing, and my heart stopped beating.
It wasnt until his lips touched mine and my mouth parted that I felt alive again and the heat rushed through my body.
Our hands untwined and I reached for his hair, tugging it in my left hand and my right hand around his neck as he jammed his tongue down my throat and I moaned against him.
Unwillingly it seemed, he finally pulled back. And that's when I noticed the limo had stopped moving.
"Have a goodnight, TP."
Edward rolled down the window beside me and it faced the front entrance to the building that housed my small loft.
Asshole. Cant believe he just did that. Cant believe I just did that.
Snatching my purse from the seat in front of us, I made my way out of the limo without looking back as his driver opened the door and helped me out.
That night I dreamt about Edward naked on top of me, I imagined the feel of his warm skin against mine, and him moaning my name. It was the only way I could fall asleep. Especially after hearing Angela and Ben the entire night after they had made their way back.
**TC**
Monday morning was not the average work morning, Jasper wouldnt be back until Thursday and I had made out with my boss that weekend. Angela had helped me go through probably six different outfits before heading back to Jersey and announcing she and Ben were back together so she would be home for good next weekend.
Finally I settled on a knee length tight black skirt, and a white button up. I left my hair down, waved and didnt bother pulling it back.
"You look really hot Bells," She said as she kissed my cheek before walking out the door.
In my head, I kept telling myself I didnt care to look good for Edward. He didnt matter because what happened that weekend couldnt and would never happen again, but my body screamed otherwise.
**TC**
Edward's office door was wide-open as I walked in a few documents in hand. Be normal, Bella. Pretend nothing happened, I kept telling myself as I walked in and my jaw dropped.
In tan wedges and a very short white lace dress, sat a strawberry blonde on top of Edward's desk. She was flipping through a bridal magazine with perfectly red-manicured nails.
"Edward, I really do think the Hampton's are our best option as far as having everyone able to come to the wedding," She sighed from behind the magazine.
Wedding?
He was engaged...
Mr. Cullen was engaged to this woman.
The devil in his suit appeared from his large walk-in closet in his office and froze mid-step as he noticed me and then looked to his fiance as she finally looked up at me and smiled.
"Oh hey. You must be Isabella." The woman stood from her perched position on his desk and walked towards me extending her hand. "Jasper's girlfriend, right? I'm Tanya Denali."
Pretending to know who she was before today, I took her hand. "Of course. Edward's Fiance."
She nodded seemingly pleased. "It's nice to meet you."
Edward walked passed us and sat on his desk pretending to look over some paperwork. "You have something for me to sign, Isabella?"
My heart sunk. He had called me by my first name. Realizing then I actually liked the nickname he had for me, I nodded feeling my voice go mute and set the paper's down in front of him.
Then I managed to croak out a goodbye to the woman named Tanya, "Have a nice day." And walked out back to my cubicle where I decided to hide for the rest of the day.
He was an engaged man, and I was a taken girl.
That was that, whatever had happened lately needed to be forgotten.
The work day went by quickly, when Tanya was gone he had asked me to go get lunch with him and I had refused feigning other plans. He seemed hurt by my decline, but he had no right to be.
After work, I headed home and called Jasper. He missed me, and I missed him. Despite my betrayal.
Feeling out of shape suddenly, I decided to go to the gym. Tanya was a twig with huge fake tits. I dont know why I cared.
But I did.
I ordered a wendy's salad for lunch and sat in my living room on my crappy futon watching The Voice and throwing lettuce at Cristina Aguilera whenever they showed her and her stupid strawberry blonde hair and huge tits.
My phone rang around ten-thirty. It was Edward, and I ignored it.
After two missed calls he sent me two messages.
Can we talk?
I need to see you?
Leave me the fuck alone, I seethed under my breath and left my phone in my room and jumped head first onto my bed.
At around midnight I got up to pee and checked my phone again.
Edward had sent me a picture of a wide-eyed puppy and I laughed. Edward Cullen was a guy that was used to getting everything he wanted, no matter the consequences and I had to do my best not to be one of the things he would probably just toss after he was done using it.
Besides, I had a good thing going with Jasp and I really could not fuck that up.
The next morning, I checked my mail before heading off to work and noticed a hand engraved envelope with my name on it.
Upon opening, I tossed it in the nearest waste basket.
Jacob Black's wedding was this weekend in Connecticut and he had invited me.
At work, I started sending out resume's throughout all of New York, Jersey, and Connecticut. By September, I needed a real full-time job and even if I got offered a permanent position at CNL, I couldnt take it for obvious reasons.
My office phone rung and I answered, knowing who it'd be.
"Come to my office. Now."
Taking my sweet ass time, I finally stood from my swivel chair and walked down the hallways to Edward's office.
He opened the door before I could knock and pulled my inside, closing it behind us.
There was a fire in his eyes that had my knees weak as he looked at my longingly.
He pulled me to him and had his hand through my hair as he kissed me roughly.
"Dont ignore me TP. It kills me."