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Chapter 21

Edward's Point of View

Five Years Later

"And…we're back with another great show for you on Tuesday night's Interview with Eve!"

I leaned back in my chair as applause and catchy introductory music erupted from inside the TV. I raised the volume before setting the remote control on the desk of my office.

"Tonight we have a real special treat for you all!" the hostess, Eve, gushed. "You wouldn't believe it even if I told you! Our guest tonight is a famous actress, someone very hard to bring onto a talk show! She's busy twenty-four/seven! Let's give it up for one of the top-paid actresses in Hollywood, someone who has captured the title of the Most Beautiful Actresses in Hollywood…Miss Isabella Swan!"

As always, when I saw her, whether on television or reality, my heart pounded with desire. She was wearing a one-piece red dress that looked beautiful on her, and her long, mahogany hair had been curled so that it swirled around her heart-shaped face.

Her walk was dignified and confident, and her greeting was pleasant and polite. She waved to her fans who were going insane with happiness, and who were mostly men. She sat gracefully next to Eve, who waited for the men to quiet down.

When they finally did, Eve said, "So! Bella! How are you?"

Bella stifled a laugh at the random question. "Perfectly fine, thank you for asking. And thanks for having me on the show."

"I think I should be thanking you, actually," Eve said, rather seriously. "You're very hard to get an interview with."

Bella laughed this time. "Oh, I don't know. I think I just have a strict manager. He manages everything and decides what interviews I accept or not."

"I see. That must be very frustrating, isn't it?"

"Sometimes, but most of the time, I find it very helpful. All I have to do is act and let everything flow."

"So…your new movie features you in a way that we've never seen you before. You've been doing a lot of romance, comedy, drama, and even horror, but wow. This time, you've transformed into an action star, eh?"

Bella smiled when someone in the crowd wolf-whistled. "I like changes. Moving on from one thing to another as an actress is, I think, a good way to escape any ruts."

"Now, we've all seen the trailer, and she's not just an action star, is it?" Eve said. "A sexy one at that, and I'm sure all your fans are going crazy. The premiere is tonight, isn't it?"

Bella made an embarrassed face. "I'm not sure if that's going to get through, actually. My character is supposed to be charismatic and 'sexy' as you put it, and she's supposed to be this mysterious ninja person. But I had a really hard time trying to relate to her, and when I have a hard time, I really go all the way with that. It took me a while to figure her out, probably longer than the time her love interest took to understand her."

"Which brings us to another topic. Your love interest is Tom Cruise, someone who's way older than you are in real life. Was that…hard for you two to process? There were a lot of intimate scenes, after all."

I grew alert as I waited for her response. I was anxious to hear her answer as her husband, but I was also worried about the press. This was a trick question. They were wondering if there had been any special relationships during the shoot, but I needn't have worried. Bella avoided the question expertly.

"No, it wasn't hard at all," she said innocently, as though she didn't know their real intent behind the question. "As he is my senior, he was a lot of help to me, you know with the martial arts. It was something I started three months ago, so I wasn't completely familiar with it yet, but by practicing constantly with someone who knew it better, it helped me to become a better actress."

Eve looked disappointed. "I see. We heard you two had great chemistry between you."

"Oh, yes, I think I'd have to agree on that one," Bella said thoughtfully. "I wasn't sure if I could act cooperatively with him. I'm still so new to Hollywood after all. But he was such an easy guy to communicate with, and once we started talking on the first day, we just kind of clicked. It's like, as soon as he says his lines and makes some kind of expression, I know how to take it from there. I think it was one of the easiest and entertaining movies I've ever filmed so far."

"And now that we've hit upon the subject of this action movie, I know that all the fans are dying to hear you answer this question: How did you manage that motorcycle stunt? I have to say, I saw the movie yesterday, and whew! I was blown away! That scene had to take more than just a few stuntwomen, besides you of course."

Bella looked amused. "Actually, no, that was all me."

Eve raised her eyebrow. "Oh, come now, you can trust us. We're experts at delivering Hollywood secrets here, you can rely on us to tell the world awesomely."

Laughter was cued, and Bella chuckled. "Oh, I'm sure you'll be better than best. But no, seriously, that was all me. If, in an action movie, you can't see the actor's face actually doing the stunt, even just for a second, then it's most likely a stuntman. But in that scene, you can actually see quite clearly that it's really me."

"So how did you manage such a hard sequence?"

"I have to say, it wasn't without a huge effort," Bella admitted. "It was quite complicated, and I'd been learning it since the beginning of my weight training. I've been getting it wrong over and over that the stunt director had to tweak it a couple times until I could get it perfectly. I actually got a huge bruise, making a U-turn with the motorcycle, and that's even when the thing was on a wire." She laughed. "There's no way I could've turned that monster."

Eve smiled warmly. "Well, we all look forward to seeing your newest movie in theaters starting tonight at midnight! Let's move on and turn to the topic of your other life. Bella, you're leading two busy lives, not just one. Isabella Swan is just your stage name, I know, but a lot of people were extremely surprised when the newest of Cullens entered the entertainment world."

Bella nodded. "Believe me, I think I was more surprised than anyone else."

And cue, laughter. Eve gave a tinkling laugh before going on. "A few months, you're out in Hollywood, in the arms of some man, and the next few weeks, you're home in New York, doing your duty as the mistress of Cullen Corporations. Tell me, doesn't your husband ever get jealous?"

I did get jealous, but I'd never talked about it. Would Bella still have noticed?

Bella took her time answering. "I think he might be. He never tells me."

Eve was surprised. "Never? I think most husbands would tell his wife that he's jealous if she's out playing lover with another man."

Bella nodded slowly, thoughtful. "I think I would be too." She smiled then, fondly. "But my Edward is quite the gentleman, you know. He respects my privacy and my career, and he's very supportive."

My thoughts drifted briefly. Our marriage had come very far in the past five years. Bella had gradually learned to grow fond of me and see me as more than the man who could've been a brother. We had our intimate nights when she was home from Hollywood for the past three years now, and it seemed as though she was finally loving me back.

But I knew that was not the case. Her kisses were always vague and careful. Her casual remarks felt strange. And yet, I couldn't help but love this woman still more deeply as time went by. Would she ever love me back sincerely?

"You actually have two jobs. One, you're doing right now, and the other, you have to be a supporting wife to one of the biggest businessmen of one of the biggest corporations in the world. How do you manage those overwhelming responsibilities?"

Bella inclined her head. "I really don't know."

There was a long pause, as though Eve was waiting for her to continue. But Bella was obviously done, and when the awkward moment passed, the audience and Eve burst into laughter.

But Bella was serious. "Seriously, I really don't know how I'm doing this." She laughed playfully. "I guess you can say I'm BSing this entire thing."

"Yes, but I'm sure 'BSing' is quite hard to do as well, especially with your two careers."

Bella shrugged. "I think I'm quite good at it. I've been doing this for five years now."

"And that's something else I'd like to ask. How did you get started with acting? Was it your lifelong dream to pursue Hollywood?"

She seemed to find that funny. "No, I've never even considered acting. I used to think that I couldn't act to save my life, but now, I think I can manage it pretty well."

"Oh, I think you're doing more than managing it, you're excelling at it!" Eve said lightly. "You're acknowledged as one of the best leading actresses in Hollywood!"

Bella smiled modestly. "I was just lucky."

"So how did your career start? Not a lot of people know this."

Bella seemed to be deciding on her answer carefully. Then, her face indicated that she had decided. "It was a few months after I got married. I was out having lunch with my sister-in-law, and some talent scout approached me.

"This is the first time I'm admitting this except to my family, but I needed a source of escape at this time. It had been my choice to marry my husband, but somehow, I'd felt as though it had expected of me. I felt as though people's attentions and eyes on me forced me to marry him. I wasn't ready for such a grand life of a new family, riches, reputation…and most of all, I wasn't ready for marriage itself.

"I was thinking about escaping to college. Somewhere far away from New York, away from my husband and his family. And that's when the talent scout came in and offered me Hollywood. I took it.

"Now, of course, I'm an actress because I love it. I've learned to love acting, and I act because I enjoy it. And I've grown comfortable to my new life as well, and I don't feel the way I felt before. I love my husband. I love my new family."

"Now, this…is very interesting," Eve said, her eyes sparkling with interest. She had juicy news that was bound to explode all over the Internet in less than a few seconds. "This is the first time you're admitting this on a talk show, correct?"

"It's the first time I'm admitting this ever," Bella said.

"Why did you feel that way before?" Eve asked. "I'm sure your new family and husband were very good to you."

"They were."

"But?"

Bella shrugged. "What can I say? I was seventeen. I was naïve. I didn't know. And now, I do."

"You know at twenty-two? That's still quite young."

She smiled. "I learn quickly."

Eve smiled too. "Very well. I'm glad to hear that you don't feel that way any longer. Now, your husband, Edward Cullen, is just as famous as you are, even when it doesn't involve the title 'husband of Isabella Swan'. He's very popular amongst young women, as well as famous actresses of Hollywood as well. Tell us, what's he really like?"

Bella's lips twitched, then spread into an angelic smile, as though she couldn't help it. I couldn't help but feel slightly amused as well. What did she think of me?

"You mean, is it like a dream, living with him?" she teased the hostess, causing everyone in the studio to laugh.

Eve giggled. "Oh, just tell us everything about him."

"If I didn't know better, I'd say you're quite a fan of his as well, Eve," Bella noted lightly.

"Sorry," Eve said automatically, blushing. The studio laughed again.

Bella laughed as she said, "Don't be. It's nice to know that my husband has fans as well because it reminds me to never let go of him. I don't want to be mobbed by his fans. Their nails are quite sharp."

I laughed slightly at her exaggeration. So did the studio.

"Don't stall anymore, Bella," Eve chided, pouting.

"Like I said, he's very supportive," Bella said. "He's very reasonable. He thinks everything through before making a decision. I think he would've done very well as a lawyer, actually. A waste to be using those talents as a businessman, if you ask me.

"He's very considerate of others, and he's quite the gentlemen. I don't think you can find a man like him these days. They existed back in the nineteenth century, I think."

The audience laughed. Eve chuckled. "You're saying he's ancient?"

Bella looked playful. "No, just old-fashioned."

"Anything bad about him?" Eve wondered. "He sounds so perfect."

Bella's eyes looked distant, as though she was seeing me in her memory. "He is perfect. There's nothing wrong with him."

"Nothing?" Eve looked hopeful. "He doesn't snore? Any annoying habits? Does he flirt with other women? Anything?"

Bella laughed, sounding startled. "Is that what other husbands do? Quite the foreign subject to me."

"Seriously?" Eve asked, dubious. "I'm sure he must have something."

"He's an angel in bed, he doesn't smoke or drink or bite his nails off, and he doesn't even notice other women besides his mother and his sisters. And, me, I suppose," she added, laughing slightly. "Satisfied?"

I was satisfied. It was nice to know that she was at least paying attention to me.

"Very," Eve said pleasantly. "And I take it you're not regretting marrying him?"

"Why, so you can take him away from me?" Bella teased back. "No, I'm perfectly happy with my marriage, thank you."

The audience laughed again, but I could tell that some of her fans were disappointed. Several men looked pouty.

"And that concludes out interview with Isabella Swan, ladies and gentlemen," Eve announced. "Bella, thank you for chatting with us tonight, and I wish you luck at your premiere tonight, and with your marriage as well."

"Thank you very much," Bella answered.

"And now, here's a clip from her new movie, Revenge, which is premiering tonight at midnight; go see it! And with that, Interview with Eve will be back next week with none other than Tom Cruise! Good night, ladies and gentlemen!"

I watched Bella smiling and waving until commercial break started. Then, I shut off the TV and rose from my seat. I'd been waiting all day to watch the interview and had stayed late in my office to finish up some work. It had gotten so late that I'd had to watch from my workplace.

I'd never missed an interview or show where Bella had starred in. I always went to the theaters with one of my family members, usually Alice, to watch her movies. And tomorrow, I had a date with Rosalie, my brother's long-time girlfriend and recently, fiancée, to see Revenge.

Alice had tried to join our date to make it a threesome, but Emmett hadn't let her. He'd told everyone that Rosalie had been waiting forever to watch this movie in peace, as he had emphasized.

At first, I'd refused to go on this date, until Emmett blackmailed me and told me that he would inform Bella all about an ex-girlfriend of mine whom she knew nothing about.

Rosalie seemed quite pleased to be going with me, as Emmett had a court trial to attend to. He had become quite successful as a lawyer, and had himself a good reputation here in New York.

As I descended the building in the elevator, my thoughts drifted back to my beautiful wife. I missed her daily. It had been three months since her last visit. When will she be back again?

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