EPOV

"What's going on?" Dad asked, "It was very unusual of you to bring up any issue regarding Jasper's projects in any meetings without discussing it with me before. What's going on?"

"It's complicated." I said.

"I'm sure I'd be able to understand if you explain it to me." he said.

"Dad, I know this will come as a surprise, but..."

Okay, Bella might kill me if I told him about us before discussing this with her, but I was left with no choice. There was no way to explain everything without telling this.

"Bella and I love each other." I said. Here I go!

"Which Bella?" he asked.

Like, how many Bella did he know?

"Bella." I said. "We got very close when we thought Jasper was... Dead. We didn't even realize when exactly this happened." I said.

"Oh!" he said. "I didn't see that coming."

I was suddenly nervous about how he was going to respond.

"Does Jasper know about it?" he asked.

"Yes." I said. "Rosalie also knows."

"I still don't understand what's going on here." he said. "What does Bella want?"

"Bella loves me, too." I said. Yeah, I was sure about that. She loves me.

"So why is she still with Jasper?"

"Because Jasper is manipulating her." I said with frustration, "He tells her that he's going to kill himself if she leaves him."

"He said what?" he asked.

"He's lying. He's not going to do anything. He's completely fine when he talks to me. He's crossing all the limits." I said, "He was cheating on Bella. I saw him with someone, that's why he tried to hurt himself yesterday. And now he's telling Bella that he doesn't even remember meeting me. We had a confrontation and he knows about Bella and my relationship, but he's lying to her that he doesn't know anything!"

"I can't even process what you're saying." he said.

"I told you it was complicated." I said.

"But this doesn't mean it was okay for you to play with him in today's meeting! I'm so disappointed with you, Edward. You've never acted like this even when you were a kid!" he shook his head.

"Look, I'm sorry, but he had given me no choice." I said with frustration, "He suggests me on phone that he might make a sexual move on Bella... He cheats on her. He tells her that he's going to kill himself if she leaves him. He blackmails me to step down in company and to give him more power."

"I'm not lying, you need to believe me." I said, "He's always been a bully, but he's crossing all the limits now. I'm not sure if his accident has made him more insecure about everything, but something needs to be done about that."

"Honestly, I'm so shocked and disappointed that you're my kids." he got into the 'Dad' mode, "I really can't believe my sons are fighting like this. If your Mom ever gets to know about this, she's going to be heartbroken."

"You guys need to figure out your shit." he said, "You're not kids for God's sake!"

"And yeah, I know Jasper can be immature at times, but I've better expectations from you. I'm expecting you to figure out everything before it's too late. I'm going to talk to Jasper, but you don't have to stoop to anybody else's level. Remember who you are."

"That's not fair." I said, "Why should I be understanding all the time? He's clearly at fault here."

"I can't believe you're actually acting like a kid right now." he shook his head. "I'm repeating myself. Figure out this shit."