For the next few days, Edward was so busy working on a deadline that he barely left his studio. He knew the timing was awful and didn’t want Vanessa to think he’d done something wrong.
So he’d asked Jacob to take Vanessa shopping for him. He knew he could trust his business partner to spoil Vanessa and spend a bunch of his money in the process.
It wasn’t just that he wanted to make up for being busy, but he also wanted Vanessa to get something from him that wasn’t just to go pay bills. Hopefully, if he got lucky, he’d even get to see Vanessa wearing something he’d bought.
Maybe he sucked at giving others time, but he liked the idea of sparking some joy inside of Vanessa even when he couldn’t be there.
Even though he was exh
It was time to go home. Edward couldn’t decide if he was more excited or more anxious about it. Everything had been going so well between him and Vanessa, but that was on vacation. Now it was time to go back to the real world. It didn’t help that everything felt like a rush. A rush to get the rental back into order. A rush to pack everything. A rush to get to the airport on time. ~ WEEKS LATER ~~ Edward was on his computer in his home office when Vanessa came in to check on him. “Work?” Vanessa asked curiously, her hair was still wet from the shower she’d just taken.
Had Vanessa ever been more surprised than the moment when Edward told Nick they were a couple? If so, she couldn’t recall. She was still in dismay even after they came back to the villa.If you’d asked her what she would have expected Edward to say it would be a dismissive answer or not to reply at all.For Edward to so casually say that they were together kind of blew her mind.She was torn between wanting to ask Edward a million questions, play it cool, and tear off his clothes on the spot.But of course, they were surrounded by friends so she mostly just had an internal battle withherself.Sure enough, as the storm picked up outside the house suddenly went dark. Al
Edward was trying to distract his attention from the temptation of Vanessa but no matter how hard he tried it wasn’t working.He was shuffling in his seat, trying to talk with others to keep him distracted.He was talking with Jacob when they were distracted by the notification sound of Jacob’s phone.They both looked at his phone and they frowned upon it. It was the message from the secretary of Edward’s mother.“What’s it about?” Edward asked with a scowl.Jacob tapped on the screen of his phone and he was amazed by the content.“It worked, Edward.” He said with excitement, his voice was a little too h
Someone was being loud in the house. That wasn’t surprising. But what was surprising was that Edward quickly realized he wasn’t alone in his bed.Without opening his eyes Edward could feel the comforting weight of Vanessa’s body half flung over his. A leg was tangled in between his, an arm wrapped around him, and a face pressed against his neck.As he blinked and took stock of his bedroom he realized they must have fallen asleep watching television because it was actually still on.He remembered the butterflies in his stomach when Vanessa had curled up closer to him the night before, but the cuddling must have just happened when they fell asleep.Really he was helpless to bring his fingers up through Vanessa’s hair, enjoying the sleepy groan that
It was a weird phenom to always want to shower after going to the beach. Between the sand, sunscreen, and sweat it was impossible not to feel gross after a day by the water.Since they were in a house full of people Vanessa was mindful only to take a quick shower so they didn’t run out of hot water. She did take the time to blow dry her hair out though.Eric had made it clear that they were on their own for the night since he was dragging Emma out into town for a quiet dinner together.Vanessa didn't blame him but she also had no idea what the others were thinking about doing.After throwing on new clothes, she went downstairs to find that Jacob was already in the living room.“Everyone else still showering?&rdquo
It’s been 2 months since Edward and Vanessa had separated their ways for good. It’s been 2 months since they last talked. It’s been 2 months since Edward asked Vanessa to wait for him. It’s been 2 months since they’ve both been holding up their hearts for each other but they’ve been apart.It’s already been 2 months and lots of things have changed around them.In these two months, Edward was trying to get a single chance to catch his uncle red-handed to throw him out of his company and behind the bars.He had gathered enough proof against his uncle for all his wrongdoing. He had planned to get his uncle’s most loyal people on his side and he was getting so close to the truth.All he needed to do was