Chapter Three

BPOV

I wasn't home even for an hour and, I was already missing being at the office. As much as it was stressful, I enjoyed it a lot.

Two days to myself and nothing to do except wait. It'd be two torturous days. No work to go to the office for and no Edward to love, for a long time. I could get buy, if I either had one or the other, but having neither, was depressing.

Talk about depressing! Instead of preparing for a warm welcome home, for Edward, I'd waste two days thinking about all the depressing things in my life.

Usually, ironically it was always Edward, as happy as he made me, the more insecure, I felt at the same time. But, three years in a relationship was pretty solid.

My silly insecurities regarding Edward were replaced for once or at least at the moment, by a real live threat. The evil threat went by the name, Jasper Whitlock Hale C.

The man was a banker by profession. The only sole owner, of C.E.C multinational banking institutes. He was a man, worthy of nothing but respect, admiration and envy. He had started his corp. all on the capabilities of his own hard work. He had the money and at thirty-three, he had both women and men swarming towards him. He held that wildness to him, that appealed to everyone. A very handsome man, with eyes a piercing silver and his hair was a beautiful honey gold shade. Usually, his colouring would code for a gentle male, but he was anything but gentle. He was everything dark, formidable and intimidating. It was better to say, even gold gleaming hair, he was still the seductive devil, with raven black hair.

On the outside he was almost perfect, except for that one scar and yet he would no doubted be the most good looking guy, I would have seen in my entire life. Sadly, as much as I loved Edward, even Edward would be side tracked by Jasper.

He had everything on the outside. The looks, the money, prestige, anything you could think about. Everything except a heart, he was a cold emotionless, human. He felt nothing, let nothing affect him. Her death had done that to him.

Hell, I knew him mostly for my whole life. He was someone to look up to. I even had him to thank, because he was the reason, I met Edward. I had never, had anything against him that was until now.

Not until, he and my grandparents started the whole matchmaking conspiracy. And, I knew it wasn't a blind date sort of thing it was much more than that. I knew all of them expected me to be Mrs. Bella Hale.

I mean, what in the world!

I could have understood about gran and pa, under normal circumstances. They didn't know that, I already loved someone. But Jasper did, yet not a peep out of him.

But that aside, even if, I wasn't attached, they still can't expect me to marry Jasper. For Christ sake, he was my brother-in-law. Husband to my deceased, sister Maria Belle Swan. The notion was utterly unimaginable and utterly impossible to even, think about. But they had and it seemed like, it caused nobody but me to feel pain and guilt which was not my due.

I knew her death had affected him in the worst way imaginable, then why was he going along with this, I could see no purpose of this or any gain from this for him. Except, the Frontier and Swan shares, which he could always buy it out.

The man was too complex for me to understand.

But on the other hand, how did, I tell Edward about all these issues, because to start from the beginning, would make him realize, things, I had deliberately hidden from him. I just didn't…

The shrill bell ringing made me jump.

I rarely had visitors at seven in the evening on weekdays and I knew, I hadn't made any plans with anyone for today.

I concluded it'd probably be Mike, from next door, since outsiders had to be buzzed in. Annoyed with this particular disturbance, I went to see what he wanted. There was nothing wrong with the guy, he was just too persistent and couldn't take a no. But he hadn't been that pestering for a while now.

As, I opened the door, I was surprised to see my conclusion was wrong.

Speak of the devil as they say. Low and behold, stood in front of me the man all in his dark glory, who had occupied my mind for the last hour.

I could feel myself staring at him like, one of those women who see him for the first time. But while they looked at his face, I was wondering what the hell was he doing here. Just as, I was about to ask him, what he thought he was… He beat me to it.

"Have you stared at me enough, if so, may, I please step in." Not that it was a request, it was a statement of intent.

"Why?"

"Simply, because we need to discuss things." Discuss what? He knew what, I thought and I told him.

"I know that you are aware of my opinion on this whole issue, so there isn't anything worth discussing."

"Isabella, be a little more mature, if you think ignoring and running away from it will make it go away, then you are sadly mistaken."

"I am sure it can, if you just said no, there wouldn't be any talk of this."

"I do not intend on saying, no"

"What?" I hadn't heard him right.

"I intend to make you my wife, Bella."

I stood there stock still, the guy didn't mean it, he had to be playing a cruel joke on me, he must be amused, finding some sick pleasure out of this.

"You don't mean that.''

"Isabella, your door isn't the place at, to talk about this, I am going inside, sitting at your veranda, you'll be a good girl get us some wine, red if you please, and then we will go over this very calmly. There is no reason for the fuss, trust me, it will do you no good." I knew a threat one, I saw one.

I tried calming myself, as I made my way, to the kitchen, waiting for another disaster to occur.

AN- IK I said longer chapters, and I was on my way to writing three more pgs, but, I really wanted to upload.

And also the Jasper and Bells interaction flows better, if put together with the Ed and B confrontation ;) next one's gonna be big, stay tuned!

No Bella isn't and is attracted to Jasper, isn't because she's just observing literal facts about him and doesn't love him, never did or thought about him like that is because like, how as a fan I love Ian Somerholder, even if IK it's never meant to be, I still think he's sexy.

Jasper never has loved anyone, his more colder than Edward, but not an ass, cuz he's very honest when involving other people.

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