EPOV

"Bella... I really don't know how you're going to take this... But I really have strong feelings for you," I said.

No!

I shouldn't have said that.

This wasn't the right time!

She stared at me for a few seconds, and then asked, "Why are you doing this?"

"I know... It's not the right time," I said, "I'm sorry. This is something I've been trying to tell you for a long time, but this is certainly not the right time... I'm sorry!"

She didn't say anything.

"Just forget about everything I said," I said, "We can get back to it some other time... Or we can just leave it altogether... I'm sorry!"

"Just give me some time..." She said.

Why did I say that?

Weren't there enough issues already?

"So what about Tanya?" She asked after some time.

Tanya?

Why did she bring up Tanya?

Wait, was Masen right about noticing her being jealous of... Tanya?

But like, why would she be jealous of Tanya? It made no sense!

"What about Tanya?" I asked.

"It's okay... I don't know why we're discussing this... I mean, it's just... Just ignore it!" She said.

"You need to tell me because I'm honestly not able to connect the dots," I said.

"Did you... Did you break up with her?" She asked after some time.

What?

"Tanya and I broke up two years ago. I don't know how your question is relevant," I said, "Is there by any chance you think that we are still together?"

She didn't reply, but she didn't have to.

"Why do you think so?" I asked.

She stared at me.

"We're not together!" I said, emphasizing on each word, "And she's in a steady relationship with Ben with whom she's moving back from New York. I don't know how you even got that idea?"

"So you're not together?" She said, "I'm sorry... It's just... I noticed the closeness between both of you on that day and I thought..."

"What do you mean you noticed the closeness between both of us? What was I doing there?" I asked. I honestly had no idea!

She didn't reply again.

"From what I can recall... I picked her up after work and brought her to the concert because she wanted to surprise everyone... Then I introduced you to her... And then we were in the concert... And then we all parted ways after dinner... I'm sure Ben's name must have been brought up quite a few times during the discussions... " I said as I tried to recollect everything.

"Edward, please stop!" She said embarrassingly, "It's... I had a misunderstanding."

My mind was running.

So she was actually jealous of Tanya because she thought Tanya and I were together!

Did it mean she also had feelings for me?

"And yes, I had ignored you that day," I continued, "Masen had told me that he was going to propose to you... So I was trying to avoid you, because I was honestly scared of showing my emotions... I didn't know how I was going to react around you..."

"Let me ask you something..." She said, "If you really have feelings for me as you claim,"

'As you claim'? Okay!

"Then why didn't you do anything when Masen said he was going to propose to me?" She asked.