Chapter 5: The Way You Make Me Feel

Hey Pretty Baby With The

High Heels On

You Give Me Fever

Like I've Never, Ever Known

You're Just A Product Of

Loveliness

I Like The Groove Of

Your Walk,

Your Talk, Your Dress

I Feel Your Fever

From Miles Around

I'll Pick You Up In My Car

And We'll Paint The Town

Just Kiss Me Baby

And Tell Me Twice

That You're The One For Me

The Way You Make Me Feel

You Really Turn Me On

You Knock Me Off Of My Feet

My Lonely Days Are Gone

Bella's POV

The party was a bore except for constant staring from Detective Edward Cullen and his pessimistic jealous girlfriend. I wanted so badly to literally

rip off her face and make her food for the dirt when she tried to flirt with Carlisle, but she wasn't worth me getting up from my relaxing position

and I knew Carlisle wouldn't want her...she's a blonde. So instead of plotting her untimely demise I laid on my pool chair and pretended to soak in

the sun. I heard Edward and his heavy feet walking towards, I kept my eyes closed to keep up appearances and all.

"You have a lonely home, Carlisle told me you decorated," I heard him sit down.

"Thank you, I don't really like to decorate, but I saw how dull the house was and I had to spruce it up a bit," I opened my eyes and looked over at

him.

He smelled absolutely scrumptious, never in my years have I smelled someone so delectable. If it wasn't for my self control I would devour him in

seconds regardless of the many witnesses. I continued to watch him in amazement and intrigue, he stared back and my grin grew.

"What's the creepy grin for?" he asked.

I laughed at his obnoxious question, tickled by his honesty and nerve.

"You are a mystery to me," I lifted my sunglasses from my eyes.

"So are you," he said.

"A woman must always try to be mysterious, it keeps the men busy," I said sitting up.

"You're a different mystery, more complex," he explained.

"Really? Does that frustrate you Detective Masen?"

"Please call me Edward and yes it does frustrate me, I'm usually good at reading people,"

"I like Detective Masen better than calling you Edward, so no I won't call you Edward and as you get to know me you'll find it harder to understand me," I responded.

"I prefer you to call me Edward."

"And I prefer and will call you Detective Masen, you'll also learn that I get want I want when I want it, exactly how I want it...Detective Masen," this time he laughed.

"Clearly," he said.

"Your girlfriend is very annoying why are you with her?"

"I have my reasons."

"Like love?"

He hesitated before he nodded.

"Not too convincing," I said standing up and walking away.

"Who said I wanted to convince you?" he said following up behind me.

"No one, I just said it wasn't convincing," I entered the house and went to the kitchen.

His blood had started to made my throat tingle and if I didn't nip the problem in a bud, I would have to kill the tasty morsel. I opened the fridge

and took out the thermos full of blood from the hospital and poured it in a cup. I smiled as Edward watched me pour the thick red liquid in the cup.

"What is that?"

"Nutrition," I said putting it in the microwave.

"If my assumption is correct and that is alcohol I don't think that holds any nutrition," I opened the microwave and took a large gulp of the blood.

If he only knew what I was truly drinking, he wouldn't be as calm as he is now.

"Well let's pretend that it is, now tell me Detective Masen, why have you and your burly partner been stalking me?" his heart jumped at my question, but he quickly calmed himself.

"As much as you would want to be stalked, we were actually following Carlisle," his lie amused me, it would have convinced me, if I were human, but I'm not.

"I'll pretend that you just told me the truth and move on to the next topic," I smirked at him and took another gulp of the sweet tasting liquid, O negative, Carlisle knew me so well.

"Want something to drink?" I asked pulling a beer from the fridge, the only human food in here.

"Sure, thanks," he took the beer from my hand. "So what do you really do for Carlisle?"

"Besides giving him a blow job while he is holding a conference call?" I watched as he choked on his beer and laughed at his expression. "It was a joke, I separate business and pleasure, I keep them very far away."

"You're an obnoxious woman," he blurted wiping the beer from his chin.

"Along with sarcastic, stubborn, brutally honest and cruel, but who's perfect?" I shrugged chugging the rest of the cup of blood. "Back to question, I keep Carlisle together, I plan, organize, create, destroy, choose, whatever he needs me to do."

"Were you two together when he hired you?"

"No, it was sort of like Pretty Woman, I thought he was just going to be a one night stand type thing. He seemed like a rich guy searching for

something different, but he asked me to attend a couple dinners and he actually liked my obnoxious personality and he asked if I would work for

him and I said yes, I mean it was a huge jump from what I was doing then and so was the money. After that I became the only one he consulted

when he needed a second opinion, he trusts me with everything. I had feelings for him, but kept them tucked away until he confessed his feelings also and we lived happily ever after," I ended sarcastically.

"How long ago was that?"

"Too long to remember," I said tossing the cup in the sink.

"How old is Carlisle?" he asked as Carlisle stepped in too quiet for Detective Masen to hear.

"Don't know can't count that high," I snorted at my joke.

He looked at me with curiosity.

"Don't worry, if anything I stole Carlisle's innocence," That was a lie, but I wouldn't go into the fact that there was centuries between Carlisle's age and mine.

"There you two are, your fiancé is looking for you," Carlisle spoke up walking from behind Detective Masen.

"Oh, she might just be curious about where I went," Detective Masen left from the kitchen leaving me alone with Carlisle.

"Having fun playing with the Detective?" he asked getting a thermos from the fridge.

"He amuses me, very peculiar," I admitted.

"Since you like him so much I want you to befriend him, get to know him, his strengths and weaknesses. I don't want to be followed and not know anything about my follower."

"No problem, I'll enjoy picking at his brain and I'll also enjoy making fiancé jealous and why this sudden choice?"

"I'll be gone on business to Tokyo for a month," he pulled two beers from the fridge.

"Why am I not going?"

"I said I wanted you to relax from your job, both of them. Your on a vacation until I say so, understood?" he gave me soft kiss.

"Yes, if you need me I'll be upstairs."

Edward's POV

After all of the guest were gone from Carlisle's mansion I sent Tanya off with Carlisle's daughter Alice to get a tour of their home. Emmett and I

began asking Carlisle about his relationship between all of the men that are now deceased. He seemed calmed and honest, but a man that had

money and power like him couldn't afford not to be. He cooperative and answered all questions without hesitation. By the end of our questioning

I was a lot less suspicious of him, but I would still have to keep my eye on him.

"I'll be going a trip and I won't be back for awhile, but Bella will be staying here and if you need anything please do not hesitate to call her, she will know everything you need to know," he explained.

"We will definitely keep you up on that," Emmett said watching Bella descend down the stairs with Tanya behind her.

Tanya looked like a hag compared to Bella's beauty, and standing next to her only made her looks worse. It was clear that I wanted Bella, so

badly, but I there was no way on this Earth that I could ever have her and that sent me into a dark mood. She had changed from her seductive

swimsuit to a simple red dress, but with Bella nothing is ever really simple. Her wet hair was now in a messy bun that allowed me to see the

perfect angles on her face. She was literally flawless, not a single scar on her body except for the marks on her wrist.

"How did you get those marks?" I asked her as she sat down next to Carlisle.

She knew exactly what I was talking about, her hand instinctually covered the mark and for the first time her guard was down and I saw emotion in her eyes and it was strong, but just as quickly as it came it was gone.

"My Bella here tends to get adventurous and one day while she was on a hiking trip with some friends she encountered a wolf, thank God that was the only wound she got out of the encounter," Carlisle answered.

I knew it was a lie, no simple accident could cause her to break her facade if she truly was the strong woman I found her to be. My curiosity grew even more and I wanted to know how she got the scar and why it caused her trouble just thinking about it.

"Would you like to stay for a game of pool? Bella and I were just about to play." the daughter Alice flittered down the stairs.

"I love pool!" Emmett said standing from his chair. "I'm undefeated at the bar that Edward and I go to."

"Well prepare to be defeated Detective, because I am truly an expert when it comes to pool," Bella gloated.

"Yea we'll see," Emmett said following Alice and Bella.

"Your partner doesn't know what he just got himself into," Carlisle shook his head as he got up to follow his family and my partner.

I looked over at Tanya who looked bored and yet interested in my decision. I followed them not really caring if she would get angry or not. We ended up in a room with two large pool tables, one had 'Bella's Table' scrolled across the side in bold print. Carlisle must have saw my questioning look.

"Who ever wins gets their name on the pool table, it's not permanent, but her name has been on there ever since we got the table," Carlisle sat back.

While Bella prepared to start the game, Emmett boasted about his skills while Bella stayed quiet picking her pool stick and even allowing Emmett

to start, but his ego wouldn't let him and he allowed her to go first. She insisted, but he didn't give in. So she went first and Emmett didn't even

get a chance to play. He stood in awe as she tucked the 8 ball in the corner right pocket three minutes into the game. Being the sore loser

that Emmett is, he wanted to play Bella again, but I had to end it seeing that it was getting late and I felt that we were over staying our welcome.

Before I left their home, Bella gave me her card and I gave her mine, we said our goodbyes and left from their extravagant home.

That was the last time I saw Isabella Swan which was a week ago, Carlisle called earlier this morning to let me know that he was leaving today

and reminded me that if I needed anything to call Bella. What I wanted was her so I didn't plan on calling her anytime soon, instead I focused on

Carlisle and having him watched in Tokyo. He will be watched 24/7 with hourly updates on his activities, suspicious or not. Over the days, his

activities seemed normal, attending meetings and going to his hotel. During his stay in the hotel he would talk on the hotel phone that was

tapped, he mostly talked to Bella and his daughter, he spent most of his time sleeping off the day's work. I knew that he hadn't done anything

suspicious, but I still wanted him watched closely.

I was at my desk working on the paper work that my partner was supposed to do, but didn't, when my phone rang.

"Detective Edward Masen."

"Hello Detective Masen, I haven't heard from you in awhile I thought you liked me, I guess I was wrong," her smooth voice rang in my ear.

"Hello Bella, how have you been," Emmett walked up and sat on my desk.

"Who's that?" he mouthed to me picking up his paperwork.

"I've been well, bored since Carlisle left, I was sitting watching Tv when I thought 'I wonder what Detective Masen and his trusty side-kick Emmett are up to?'"

I leaned back in my chair and watched the questioning look on Emmett's face, most likely from the grin on my face.

"You call him by his first name but not me," I asked her.

"It's not him that I'm after, so you didn't answer my question," her words caught me of guard, she was playing with me. Right?

"We are fine, busy."

"With watching Carlisle? He can't even have a personal conversation with his daughter and girlfriend," my eyebrows furrowed. "He's not mentally challenged, neither of us, he's too rich to not know when his phone is being tapped."

"That gives me a reason to suspect him even more," I retaliated.

"He's not the one you should be watching," she came back and this time I didn't have anything smart to say.

"What is that supposed to mean?"

"Whatever you want it to, let's get together sometime hang out, bring your girlfriend if you want and I know you don't, so don't," I could hear the smile in her voice.

"When do you want to meet?" I asked completely confused by her and this conversation.

"Today at 4:30, I'm going on another boring shopping spree, meet me on Garfield boulevard," she hung up before I could say more.

I hung up and looked up at Emmett, he still had the questioning look on his face.

"Was that Bella?" he asked.

How did she know that Carlisle's phone was being tapped? What did she mean when she said that Carlisle wasn't the one that I should be

watching? Did she mean I should be watching her or someone else? Was she joking when she said she was after me? Or did she really mean it?

The questions repeated themselves over and over in my mind. This woman puzzled me and I hate it, I need to understand her. I looked at the

clock, two hours until I see her once more.

"Edward? What the heck is the problem?" Emmett asked still confused.

"Nothing, I just got off the phone with Bella, she wants to meet with me."

"Is that why you looked like someone stole your brain?"

"She confuses the heck out of me, I don't know what to do with myself when I talk to her," I explained.

"What did she say?" he questioned.

I explained the short but detailed conversation and by the end of it he wore a huge Cheshire Cat grin on his face.

"What?" I asked.

"She wants you and if you weren't my partner and best friend and were engaged to that awful woman I'd be pissed and kick your butt, you need to go after her while she's still interested."

"How do you know this?"

"I am Emmett McCarty that's how I know this! Now Bella is the type of woman that gets what she wants, I figured that out when I first saw her.

The first rule with this woman is Do Not Fall In Love! She will eventually get bored and find someone else's heart to rip out and devour. But from

what I saw between her and Carlisle, she'll just simply leave you for Carlisle when he returns. You need be straight forward, she basically gave

you the green light on the phone so once this game begins at 4:30, you don't stop until the Carlisle's plane lands in LAX." he looked down at me

to make sure I was listening. "Take what you can and once it's over, it's over, get married to Tanya, move on."

I only nodded, his advice stuck in my head, ready when ever I need it. I was going after Isabella Swan and I hope that I won't get in too deep.