Rating: M

Disclaimer: Stephenie Meyers of Twilight fame, owns it all and I don't,

dammit.

A/N…Again, my betas put up with my crap...talking me down from the ledge, setting my ass straight and as usual, they are always right. LovinRob and Amandac3 you rock and you know it. It's one of the many things I love about you both.

Thank you for all of your kind and sweet reviews. I'm thrilled you are enjoying this story as much as I am. I love my Edward and Bella.

For those of you that don't know what Black Diamond refers to…ski resorts rate their ski runs by Double Black Diamond (expert); Black Diamond (advanced); Blue Square (intermediate); and Green Circle (easiest)

CHAPTER 7

Bella

"Bella, what's going on?" He asked in a soft voice.

"What's going on! I just need to know if there is one fucking person out there that I can trust." I say talking to the window.

"God!" I cry into my hands "I was considering sleeping with you. You made me want to trust you, Edward. FUCK!" I scream.

He hits the brakes and pulls into the parking lot of a nearby grocery store then turns in his seat to face me scaring the shit out of me. I don't really know this man and now I wonder if I am in imminent danger being with him if he's this angry at me.

"Bella," he begins taking a deep, cleansing breath. "Tanya is a woman that I have known for years. She attends functions with me when I need to have a date. I don't love her and I am not in love with her. I don't have anyone special in my life that I feel that way about. She and I have the same lifestyle in that we are both so busy that there's no time to find someone special so we use each other." He exclaims.

"Would she like more from me? Probably, but she's never going to get it." He continues, "We use each other for sex and even that is so rare it's almost non-existent. So you see, Bella, when you asked me if there is a woman in my life, in essence there is but she is not special to me and that relationship can be eliminated simply by never calling her again. It doesn't even need an explanation." He runs his hands through his hair. I've never seen him do that before. He then takes my hand and rubs his thumb over the top of it seemingly to calm himself down.

"Bella, I don't know why it is important for me to say this, but I know you have been hurt and I don't ever want you to think you can't trust me. I can tell you that if Tanya were to pull up alongside of us right now and saw you sitting in my car, the first thing out of her mouth would be to ask me if I got the reports off to Italy on time. You being here would not cause her pain." He looks deep into my eyes pleading for me to understand.

Not getting a response from me, he continues, "Bella, please. This is difficult for me to say out loud because you and I have just met and we don't know each other, really." He pauses and takes a deep breath letting it out slowly and raggedly. "I believe fate has brought you to me. I don't know what this is or if there is a way to define it, but I do believe that there is something here. I find you incredibly attractive and I have never wanted anyone like I want you." He pauses again, looking down at my hands.

"I do know that I want to know you and I want you to know me as well. My physical attraction to you is beyond anything describable. I need you to trust me in that I will never do to you what he did to you. It's not only a promise but a guarantee; once I am in a relationship, I am completely monogamous. I have never, ever cheated on anyone in my life, and I would definitely not begin with you. I am being completely honest with you about my relationship with Tanya." He stops massaging my hand and looks into my eyes pleading with me. I feel my resolve weaken and I can't keep the tears from falling.

"Please, Bella," He begs, "please don't cry. I can't stand it. Please?" He wipes my tears and leans over to hold me, to comfort me. It feels really, really nice.

I do want to trust him. I don't ever again want to feel the heartbreak that Jacob caused me. More importantly, I don't want to be the cause of that kind of heartbreak to anyone else. I look at him and nod my head, assuring him that I understand what he's telling me. He takes a deep breath and pulls me to him, wrapping his arms around me. He kisses the tears from eyes and then buries his face into my neck.

"I'm so sorry, Bella. She means so little to me, I didn't include her in the equation. It won't happen again." He promised. He buries his face in my hair, inhaling deeply. I close my eyes savoring the feel of him wrapped around me.

"God, you smell so good, Bella."

After a long while of just sitting in silence and just holding each other he says, "I better get you home before I do something I don't want to do to you in a car." I grin at that because that back seat has looked pretty good to me on several occasions too.

We pull out of the parking lot and for the next hour or so, he has been noticeably quiet. When I look over at him, he appears pensive and withdrawn. Once we get back to my place, he walks me to the door and I ask him if he'd like to come in for coffee or a drink.

"No, I think I should head home." He says as he runs his hands through his hair. He's done that a lot today.

"Alright, Edward." Feeling he might be upset with today's events, I say "I want to apologize for my meltdown earlier. It's just that I never want to be the cause of the type of heartbreak that I experienced and it's something I wish to never experience again. I hope you understand." I take my finger touching his hoping he would take my hand. He didn't.

"I understand, Bella. I do." He says, looking at the ground.

A stab of fear runs through me. He has shut himself off to me, I sense it and it is powerful. There's goes my wall. I can feel it go up. It's the wall I built around me after Jacob so no one can get in and hurt me. Damn it! Here it comes!

I immediately move into self-protection mode and I stand up straight to prepare for the worse.

"Thank you for the drive around the lake, I had a wonderful time." I say, placing my hand on his arm, lightly squeezing it. " Goodbye, Edward." And I turn to walk into the house.

He reaches for my hand, pulling me back to him, "Bella? Wh…what are you doing? Are you saying goodbye to me? It sure sounds like you are." I look up at him and he looks almost lost.

"Well… I thought… I just…" I stammer. I just can't say it.

"Don't you want to see me tomorrow?" He asks, sounding confused. It breaks my heart to hear a mature man, one hardened for business, look as sad as he does right now.

"Of course I do. I thought you… I…" I try to say.

"Dammit, Bella" I say under my breath. I woman up and lift my chin in the air, "I just thought you wouldn't or didn't want to see me again. It was a little too much drama even for me, but I was angry and I apologized for that."

"Bella…" He looks down at our joined hands, "From that very moment you ran me off the road, I knew you were someone special. How special and how you fit into my life, I haven't quite figured out yet." He says, smiling down at me. "But I am not ready to call this quits because you were being responsible enough not to cause pain to anyone." He lowers his brow to mine letting it rest there.

"This attraction I have for you is undeniable and I sense that you feel it too." I can feel his breath on my face and I want to wrap my arms around him and hold on for dear life.

"I'm right about that aren't I?"

"Yes." I whisper and he releases the breath he was holding.

"Good. Let's just leave it at that and go from there, okay?"

"The reason I've been so quiet is that I don't want to leave you tonight. I want you so badly and I don't want to drive away, leaving you. It will be one the hardest things I will have to do." He says leaving his brow resting on mine while holding my face in his palm, grazing his thumb over my bottom lip.

"Then don't." I reply, my eyes closed, feeling the effects his touch has on me.

"It's too soon, Bella. We have a few things to work out first I think. I don't want there to be any issues between us when that time comes." He says, putting his arm around my shoulder. I nod my head in agreement.

"Are you skiing tomorrow?" I ask him hearing the fluttering of my voice.

"I wouldn't miss it. I have some work that I need to get done in the morning, but I had planned on going up after that. I was thinking around 11:00. Will you be out there?"

"Yes. I'll be there around 10:00. I don't know where I will be though. Text me when you are finished and I'll let you know where I am and we can hook up from there, okay?"

My eyes close and my breath becomes shallow. I run my finger gently over his skin at the V in his sweater. He releases a gentle breath through his nose.

"Perfect." He says, lowering his lips to mine.

I stand on my tip toes to better reach him. I wrap my arm around him and run my other hand through his hair. He moans at that and when my fingers graze his neck, I feel his body react next to mine. He holds my hips close to him and I can feel him tight against me. He wants me, I feel it… feel him. I smile into his mouth acknowledging what he is doing as I gently press my hips back into him and he smiles back. There's that the tingle in my candy again, she is ready and can't be denied much longer.

"Until, tomorrow." He whispers, as he traces my bottom lip with his thumb again. He smirks, no doubt seeing the effect he has on me and then turns, leaving me standing there, wanting.

It's relatively early so I figure I'd call the girls to attend confessional.

"Alice? Ready for conference? Hold on." I put Alice on hold and get Rosalie on the phone.

"Everyone here?" I ask.

"We're here." Alice announces and immediately started the interrogation. "So what happened today, did you have fun? Did he kiss you? Did you have sex?" I can see her jumping up and down in her seat with each question asked.

"First and foremost, Rosalie, you will never guess who he is." I say, excited to tell her. "He is Edward Cullen of Volturi Wineries." They both scream and I have to hold my phone away from my ears. I smile because it reminds me of Edward and Emmett's conversation.

"Are you fucking kidding me?" Rosalie exclaims. "I knew that name sounded familiar!"

"You will never guess who his attorney is." Not waiting for her response, "Eric Hale!" I blurt out.

"Are you fucking kidding me?" Rosalie repeats herself then says, "Daddy never mentioned him before."

"Anyway, his very single brothers are coming to dinner Saturday, so if they look anything like Edward, that is my gift to you. You can thank me later." I say smugly.

"I am looking them up on Google right now." Rosalie interjects. "Holy shit you guys… that Edward is one fucking beautiful man. Way to score, Bella!"

"What about the other two" Alice asks excitedly.

Rose then pipes in "Bella, if you don't want him you can send him my way. I am not opposed to sloppy seconds." The impact of what she has just said silences me.

"I'm sorry, sweetie, that was said in very poor taste and in no way did I…."

"Don't worry about it, Rose." I say interrupting her apology, not wanting to elaborate any further.

"Both Emmett and Jasper are very nice looking." She admitted, "Not as hunky as Edward but still very hot. Alice I'm sending you the link to take a closer look."

"When are they coming on Saturday?" Alice inquires.

Alice, our self-appointed party planner, no doubt is curious so she can start planning what everyone will wear and what we will have for dinner. She would take over our lives if we let her, but that is our Alice and we love her more for it.

"They are coming at 7:00 so that will give us time to go out on Saturday morning and shop for everything we need for dinner. Edward is bringing the wine." I inform them.

"Alice, will you swing by my place and pick me up something nice for me to wear? I didn't plan on entertaining so I didn't bring anything other than jeans." I ask, knowing she wouldn't let me down.

"You bet I will, Bella. Leave it to me. Rose, I think we should leave earlier than planned." Alice explains that she wants to get the house ready and plans to make sure everything is perfect. Her attention and love for detail is impeccable.

"So, Bella, did you fuck him?" Rosalie inquires, cutting to the chase, wanting to know every last detail. I know if I ever gave in she wouldn't stop until I described my orgasm.

"No, I didn't fuck him but he kissed me a million times. And girls, Oh. My. God. he brings me to my knees." I describe the kisses and the intensity of them. I opted not to share the rest of it because I don't want to make any more out of this than it really is. They will get it on an as-needed basis.

"I am going skiing with him again tomorrow and will probably hang out here at home on Thursday just chilling out. I have been on the go since I got here and I do want to relax a little bit."

I really want to take a few days at least to just relax my mind and do nothing and Thursday sounds like the perfect day since the girls will be here all weekend.

"Oh, and Alice, don't forget to bring a dress in case there is a club here we can go to Friday, okay?"

"Okay, Bella. I'm online right now and there is a club called The Lakeside and another at Squaw called The Loft. Also, there's a party at a pub called Sam's Place at Squaw. They will have live music. That sounds low key and fun too."

"The clubs at Squaw are too close to Edward and I don't want him to think I am stalking him. I need to give the poor guy some privacy since we seem to keep running into each other, so let's go to the one in Tahoe City."

"Sounds like a plan." Rosalie says. "I'm looking forward to Saturday, Bella. This should be fun."

"Me too," Alice agrees and we can hear her clapping in the background.

"Yeah, me too." I concur with the two of them.

"Okay, girls, I am going to bed. Alice, thanks again for helping me out. Let's touch base on Thursday again. I can't wait to see you guys and I really can't wait to hear you fight over who gets what bedroom." I say sarcastically, "Goodnight." I quickly hang up before they start fighting tonight.

I put my phone down on the table next to the bed and lay there contemplating what Edward said about how he felt about me, about us… if there is an, "us. I have to agree with him, there is something there. The physical attraction is definitely undeniable. The way my body responds to his is unbelievable. I don't have to say anything about the way he responds to me. Apparently it isn't something he is embarrassed about either. The way he made it a point to make me feel him was such a turn on. He is extremely sexy and confident.

I am not one to plan sex because I like it more spontaneous, but I am going to have to plan on a night to be with Edward before he goes home on Monday. I can feel my performance anxiety building already. I haven't had sex for five years and, with the exception of a little self-love, everything I know I have learned from Jacob. He was an excellent teacher and he taught me well. We never had any issues in the bedroom. Well, except for the small exception when he accidently found his dick in my best friend's ass, other than that we had no problems.

I laid there thinking about the possibility of making love with Edward and how it would be. He said that he fucks Tanya. I can't go there, it kills me to even think of him being so intimate with another woman. I don't want him to be with anyone else. I envision him laying naked with someone else, and it turns my stomach.

Bling

E: miss me?

There's that same question again.

B: no

I lied, but having a little fun with him.

E: liar

God, he's cute.

B: have you had your cold shower yet?

Let's see if he's taken care of that hard cock of his yet.

E: didn't want one, the thought of you was enough.

E: what about you Bella?

Rut ro…Not going to answer that.

E: answer me Bella

….and the candy ignites…

B: what about me Edward?

E: do you need a cold shower?

I'm going to after this for sure.

B: no

Silence…

B: I need it nice and warm

It's getting awfully warm in here….

E: would you like me to take care of that for you Isabella?

Silence...

B: you already did

E: fuck, Bella!

And she scores! I smile to myself and skip to the shower.

I take a long hot shower thinking I better shave my legs… just in case. I am glad I decided to get a wax before I went on vacation… just in case. I am definitely going to have that man before I go home or before he goes home, whichever comes first. By the way he is sounding, I think it's going to be sooner than later.

I dry my hair, brush my teeth and apply my favorite scented lotion from Bath and Body Works that Edward likes. I throw on my favorite T-shirt, grab my book and snuggle under the down comforter. I open my book, The Ballad of the Sad Café, but can't concentrate on it because my mind keeps drifting to him. 'I'm going to make you scream my name'. The way he said that and the way he looked at me when he said it….I can't get it out of my mind.

I put my book down across my lap and close my eyes. Everything about him is so fucking perfect. The expanse of his chest, his height and the way he towers over me, the way he looks down at me through those sexy green eyes. He is extremely handsome with that fabulous sex hair. And the way he kisses! A bad kisser is a deal breaker for me and he has it going on in that department; so passionate and intense and I want him desperatly when he kisses me. And last, but not least, I am desperate to know what he has hidden in those sexy jeans. If there's any indication by the way it feels when he presses up against me, I am going to be one happy little girl.

Before I know it my hand has worked its way under the covers, inside my panties and into the folds of my candy. I am so wet at the thought of him, I dip my fingers in and use all that wet goodness to circle and stroke my own clit, enjoying how good it feels. I can feel him here with me, touching me, entering me, loving me and my breathing becomes more and more labored. I insert two fingers of one hand deep inside me and tease my clit with the other.

"Open your legs for me Bella" I hear him say to me and I open my legs wider for him so he can watch me fuck myself with my own hands. I circle my clit harder and faster and I can hear how wet I am. I can feel him holding my thighs open watching me.

"Cum for me Bella." I hear him say and it sounds so real as if he's actually here with me. The pressure builds when I circle and stroke my clit harder and faster.

"I said cum for me Bella" I hear him demand again in that domineering tone that fucking turns me on. My head pushes back into my pillows and I explode as I rock my hips against my playful fingers. After my body calms and my breathing returns to normal, I lay there thinking about him and decide a sext is warranted.

B: I screamed your name this time

I press send, and smile, biting down on my lip.

E: goddamn it Bella, you are going to kill me

A/N… Naughty Bella. This boy needs to be giving her some lovin soon. Do you think Edward is finally going to give in to Bella? God, I hope so. Leave me some love….or not.