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Bella Pov
Waking up in Edwards arms has got to be the best feeling in the world. I snuggle in further, letting a smile creep on to my face. I stare up the ceiling trying to figure out the actual reason why I rejected him for so long. I had a reason didn't I?
Not wanting to hurt Jakes feelings is at the top of my list.
Being with Edward, the one that I swore I was only friends with for many years, would crush him. He may even feel betrayed. I didn't want that.
Also, there's his family disappointment, my family's disapproval, Elena's persistent, as well as Tanya's. My life would be hell.
But it's been hell with out Edward too, so now I'm ready to take the risks.
I love him.
I feel him move beside me, grabbing a firmer hold on my waist. "Bella?", He calls quietly.
I look over at the clock to see that its almost 10am, Edward is going to flip. I pat his arm. "Edward it's almost 10", He hates being late. I pat his chest. He doesn't move. "Edward", I call in a sing song way. I roll slightly ontop of him, with my hands on his chest. "Wake up, sleepyhead", I kiss the tip of his nose. God he's gorgeous. I could stare at his face for days. I tilt my head and smile.
His eyes slowly blink open, and a smile spreads across his face as he takes a hold of my hips. "This is an amazing view", He checks me out, and I laugh.
"Shut up", I swat his chest. "Do you know what time it is?", I raise an eyebrow.
"The sun is up, so Im guessing it's 8", I shake my head.
"Almost 10", His face stills.
"Fuck I'm late", He rubs a hand down his face. "I'm never late", He sits up till we are face to face. He leans forward and pecks my lips. "I could wake up like this every day for the rest of my life", I lean forward and kiss him, my smile is permanent fixture. "As much as I would love to stay like this, we really have to get up", I frown, he mimics my frown.
He pushes off to the edge of the bed with me still holding on to him. When he stands upright I release my hands from around his neck and slide down his body. I can feel him hard and thick through his pants. He pulls me closer by my waist, attacking my lips. I welcome the fierceness of his kiss. I run a hand through his messy hair, and he grips my thigh up, growling into my mouth. My stomach clenches in anticipation. He bites my bottom lip, and I sigh, as I feel his tongue begin to explore my mouth.
At this rate we will never leave. He'll regret missing his department head meeting, I can't let that happen.
I pull away, smiling up at him. "Go get dressed. You are really late", He raises a brow.
"You're really late too", He pats my butt as he exits the room, I laugh.
We meet back in the kitchen fully dressed, he reaches in the fridge for a bottle of water, while I'm sitting at the bar eating an apple.
This is our usually morning routine.
He grabs a banana. "Okay, you ready", He asks, I nod standing quickly. I toss my apple in the garbage and we make our way out of the door.
We pull up to Cafe Signo and go in, instantly being bombarded with questioning eyes.
Rose is the first to voice her questions. "Is he sick?", She points her thumb to Edward.
"No", I drag the word out.
"He's never, ever, ever been late. On time, yes, early, all the time, but never ever late", I have no idea what to say to that so I shrug.
Next comes Angela. "Hey Bella is Edward-", she starts.
"-sick?", I interrupt. "Nope",
"Oh", She looks down. "Well, what's wrong because he's never been late", I shrug again. "He's smiling and saying good morning to everyone. He even spoke to Garrett", Angela says with wide eyes. I laugh, but straighten up when I hear Edwards voice and I look up. He's walking towards us.
"We're starting the meeting", He says to us. I feel his hand on the small of my back. Angela walks away, but when I look over at Rose, she's looking at us with scrutiny, arms folded, eyes slit.
Doesn't help when Edward reaches over and kisses my cheek oblivious to Rose.
"Ahh, It's obvious Bella is a bad influence on you", Edward looks over at her like he didn't know that she was there. "I heard that the day after I left for my honeymoon, you left work early, and today your late", He shrugs looking down. "It's okay, since I like Bella I guess.", Rose pats his shoulder and starts to walk away. She turns back quickly, "Oh, Edward, Alice said to give her a call, it's important",
"Will do", He salutes her, and turns to me. "Okay, business", He claps his hands together. "Let me run this by you", He rubs his hands together, and I nod. "What about we do something fun for the upcoming season, like run a special", He snaps his fingers together. "That reminds me, I forgot to tell you I have Mike working on a soup of the day" , I smile happy that he used my idea. "We are going to see how the response is as a special, if it works, it'll be on the menu come September", I smile brighter.
"What about fish of the day? He didn't like the idea", Edward raises his eyebrow.
"It's not up to Newton. I'm just not in love with the idea", I look away. "The name", He looks up in thought.
"What about Fresh catch? Or for like families you can do um like a fish and chips platter, or-",
"-Feast", He finishes. I look over at him. "Family Fresh Catch Feast. Meal for four, it's a great idea for the upcoming spring season. You don't know how good you are at this"
"So you're taking my other idea too huh?", He looks at me with furrowed eyebrows. "You're going for more family friendly, than the bar like atmosphere huh?", He smiles, taking my hands.
"This is what you've always wanted to do. You've had ideas like this since you were ten", He looks into my eyes lovingly.
"You've been finishing my sentences since we are eight", He nods and kisses me.
We hear a throat clear, and break our kiss looking over at Angela, arms crossed.
"So sorry, but um, we didn't serve breakfast this morning, so that we could have this meeting", Edward says his apologies, and walks over to the dining area where his head management was gathered for a meeting.
Edward rubs the back of his head, as his stands before us. "Okay, team, we are going to have a lot of changes over the next few weeks. First thing, let's welcome Rose back", Everyone claps and hoots, she does this queen wave causing me to laugh louder. "We've missed you, especially Angela", He points to Angie.
"Seriously Rose, I hope you enjoyed yourself, but damn did Garrett and I have a hard time doing your job", Garrett agrees.
Edward claps his hands together grabbing our attention again. "Okay listen, so we are tabling all of our extra bar material for now, meaning moonshine is tabled as well as redoing the bar area in general. Club913, will of course keep its bar for obvious reasons. But in the others we are going to figure out a way to incorporate it into a more family friendly environment.", I hope he doesn't forget about Bellevue? That's the other one that is not going family friendly.
I raise my hand, and instantly feel eyes on me. "And Bellevue?", I say it like a question, but Edward and I both know that its not a question, its a reminder. He extends his hand towards me.
"Thank you. Bellevue will stay the same, Bree", Bree raises her hand.
"Who manages when I'm gone?", She asks.
"Garrett will", Edward says looking at him.
"What is Garrett like a temporary step in when you need a manager now", I say lowly. "No, I say Garrett gets Swan lights, and Jessica does inventory, Bree is only gone for a week, I can manage for that length of time", Edward looks at me with an unreadable look on his face, mouth open, and Rose looks at me with wide eyes, slowly shaking her head no.
Edwards lip twitches, and he stands straigher, taller. "Okay, Bella, what else do you say we should do with my restaurant", Edward says lowly.
"I'm just trying to help. We need a specific person on inventory, so that you and Rose are not stuck doing it for hours on end. Everyone can make a sacrifice, and Jessica can have more training", Jessica scuffs.
"Oh, fuck you Bella. You just got here", Jessica says.
"Bella can I talk to you for a minute", I nod and stand, walking to the main lobby, Edward right on my heels. "Bella, don't ever fucking do that again. You have ideas great, bring them to me privately. My meetings do not go like this. These are not discussions or debates in my meetings. These are I say, and shit gets done type of meetings.", I open my mouth to speak but nothing came out. "Tell them the meeting is over, and new menus will be out in September.", I nod. He stares at me for a slight second before walking away.
I was just trying to help, and now he's pissed at me. He should be pissed at Jessica, she a fucking dumbass, and she doesn't know what she's doing half of the time. Ryan and Angela clean up her fuck ups on a daily basis, and yhats not their jobs. Why she hasn't been fired is beyond me.
I go back in to relay Edwards message, and I am afterwards met with Rose's sympathetic eyes. She rubs my arm. "You threw him off guard that's all", she states. "I don't know how you two were when you were little, but these restaurants are Edwards life, he is pretty controlling when it comes to them. He wants things done his way"
"I understand that. Just sometimes I forget my place, but he makes me feel like I can do those things"
"In private, yes. Maybe one day he has the hopes of letting you completely run all of his restaurants, but for now Bella, just do what you're paid to do. Just manage.", I smile.
"Will you be upset if he does allow me to run the restaurants?", She looks at me with furrowed eyebrows. "You've been working here way longer than I have, plus you're his sister in law, wouldn't you want to run his restaurants?", She shakes her head no.
"Bella I wouldn't want this headache", she laughs. "Emmett and I are about to start a family. There's no way that I can be a fulltime mommy, and run his restaurants the way he wants it done."
"You and Emmett with kids", She nods. "Emmett is a kid", she laughs. "Should I go apologize to Edward, or let him cool off"
"I honestly don't know. Edward is a hardass about his restaurants. There's no telling what mood he's in", I look down.
"Well I'm going to try. ", I start towards his office.
"Goodluck", She says hopeful. I continue to his office, trying to find the words to say. I stop outside his door for a second listening to him on the phone. He's talking to Alice, I can tell. I walk in, closing the door behind me.
"I'll talk to you later Al", He says into the phone. "Okay, yea, I'll see you then", He nods hanging up the phone.
"Alice, Jaz, Emmett, and Rose are coming over tonight so I'm being forced to cook", He says to me.
"I'll help", I smile. "What are you going to make?", I sit down in front of him.
He stands and walks to the front of his desk, leaning back, resting his arms. "Hadn't thought about it yet. What do you have a taste for",
"Nothing fancy", He nods. "We can make homemade pizzas, or like pasta. You know how I love my pasta", He smiles and stands back up straight.
"Yes I do know how much you love pasta", he then leans close to my face, hands resting on the arm rests. He closes his eyes, flaring his nostrils. "I'm sorry for how I spoke to you earlier.", He says quietly, reopening his eyes looking deep into my eyes. I shake my head.
"No, I shouldn't have outburst like that", I place my arms around his neck.
"That's the thing Bella. I love your ideas, I love that you feel comfortable enough to tell me things. I don't know, just-", He pauses. "My meetings have never been discussions. I don't do it to be a dick, I do it because if everyone felt that their personal opinion affected the way that I ran things, shit wouldn't get done the way that I want it to get done."
"I completely understand", I reach up and kiss him. I love the way Edwards lips feel against mines. He's never forceful, he's almost reverent like he never wants to stop kissing me. We savor each moment, each feeling, each sensation. He places his hands over my hands around his neck and pulls me to my feet without breaking the kiss. He wraps his arms around my waist pulling me closer.
He releases my lips staring down at me. "Bella I have some things that I need to tell you", I peck his lips, slightly shh'ing him.
"I'm not ready to talk about all the heavy shit, can we just exist.", He blinks, and smiles, nodding his head. "Edward, I never thought we would get to work on us", I look down at his chest momentarily. "I kind of expected you to ignore me when I decided to move back. I knew that I'd hurt you", He lifts my chin to look back at him. "You should know that I had never stopped thinking about you, never stopped missing you and never stopped loving you", He exhales heavily.
He closes his eyes for a second. "I thought that I would be stuck as your friend forever", I giggled. His face turns serious. "Bella around here we have to remain professionally. Not that I care what anyone thinks, I would still like that employee, employer, respect. If anyone knows you're my girlfriend, you may loose a little respect", My eyes widen."What", He asks.
"So that's what I am? I'm your girlfriend? Is that what you want", It sounds so kid like.
"I want everything with you", He pecks my lips. "I love you", He pecks them again. I was about to tell him how much I love him when his phone rings. He doesn't move.
"Are you going to get that", He looks back at the screen, then at me, shaking his head no.
"It's no one important. It's just Tanya blowing up my phone. We should leave, she's going to call three more times before she gives up", He starts for the door. I stop him.
"Let me answer it", I say.
"I really need to get in the kitchen",He looks back at the door.
"It'll just take a second", I reach for the phone, pick it up as it stops ringing.
"Wait for it", He says. Three seconds later it starts back ringing.
"What if it's important",I look over in time to see him shrug.
I slide the phone to answer it. "Damn it Edward, do you seriously refuse to answer my calls",she starts.
"This is Bella", I say quickly. We sit quietly for a beat.
"Give Edward the fucking phone Bella. Aren't we a little old for these games", I shrug.
"What do you want?",
"I have something important that I need to tell him", I mumble back that he's busy. "Well tell him it's important. I need to hear from him soon", She hangs up.
"She said it's important, and she needs to hear from you soon", He nods.
"When hell freezes over", He mumbles. I lean over and kiss him grabbing his hand.
"Come on", I drag him out making our way to the kitchen.
Seriously read 'Dusty' by YellowBella. It's my favorite story.
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