EPOV

I was planning to talk to Jasper after reaching the office and I thought recording our conversation might be a good idea!

"No, I'll only talk to you in my office," he said.

Well, I should have known that he was better than me in this type of matter!

"Can you please put your phone on the table? I can't take a chance, you know?" he winked.

What if I punched him right now? Would I have to go to jail for that? It wouldn't be worth it to go to jail for this asshole!

"What exactly is your problem?" I asked.

"You are my problem." he said it bluntly.

"Okay, and what should we do about that?" I asked.

"Such a shameless person you're!" he said, "First you convinced Bella to cheat on me and..."

"Nobody cheated on anyone." I said, "We thought you were... dead."

"Yes, and that gave you a free pass to have this illicit relationship." he said.

"Look, it was nothing like that."

"Oh really? Then why are you ashamed of it? Why did you both hide it from everyone?" he raised his eyebrow.

"Because we wanted to keep it to ourselves for some time. That's how it works." I snapped. Why the hell was I even giving him explanations!

"No, it doesn't work like that!" he said, "I loved her too. I had realized it when I was in India. I wanted to tell everyone once I was back. When you're in love, and you're not doing anything wrong, you'd want everyone to know about it."

"Jasper, please cut the crap." I said, "You were never in love with her. If you were, you wouldn't be using her right now."

"I'm not using her." he said, "She cares for me. Give her some time, may be a month or so. I'm sure she'll forget you and move on with me. She loves me. I just need to make her realize that."

"Just stop with your bullshit. Just stop! It's enough!" I said with frustration. He was really, really getting on my nerves now.

"If your relationship was actually strong, she would have been with you right now. But she chose me. Do you know why? Because she's afraid of losing me."

I didn't think this was going to be easy, did I?

"What are you going to achieve with all this?" I asked, "You're spoiling everyone's life, including your own. Why don't you try to move on. I'm sure you'll find your happiness somewhere else."

"Oh I see what you're saying." he said. "So you're suggesting that the love demands some sacrifices. It makes sense!"

Okay, so where was he headed now?

"So tell me, what can you do for your love? What can you do for her?" he raised his eyebrow.

"Come to the point." I said.

"I want to work on my own choice of projects. I need more power. Also, I think you haven't been on a vacation since ages. You should take one. Don't worry about the business. I'll take care of that."

So was he trying to blackmail me now? Great!

"Try to make me happy and you will see the results!" he winked.