BPOV
"Hello, Ms. Swan," he smiled as he welcomed me in his car.
"Hello..." I smiled brightly.
"Congratulations! You did a great job!" He said as he drove the car.
"What for?" I asked, feeling confused.
"You've spent sixteen hours without changing your mind! That's an amazing feat! Bravo!" He smiled.
I glared at him.
"You know what? I requested the restaurant to treat tonight's reservation as a tentative one. I was like, there's a high chance I'm going to get dumped before the dinner!"
"Stop the car! I'm leaving!" I said.
He laughed.
"You remember what I told you once? We can't really get any conversation done without fighting or arguing," he laughed.
"And I had said we can do it pretty well," I said, "But the condition is, you must behave!"
"Oh really? What did I do yesterday? Who initiated the fight yesterday?" he said, "Who said, I want to end this now!" He mocked me.
"Edward, stop the car!" I said.
"Okay, I'll stop now." He laughed, "Sorry, I know you were hurt last night. I was disturbed too. But c'mon... You can't expect me not to tease you about your erratic behavior!"
"I'm not going to talk to you until you stop bullying me," I said.
"Okay, I'm sorry," he said as he grabbed my hand and kissed it.
I wished he wasn't driving the car. I wanted to kiss him!
"Now being serious," he said, "Did Mom call you after that?"
"No, why?" I asked.
"Good." He said, "Don't talk to any of those people. Ignore their calls."
"What do you mean by any of those people?"
"My family." he said, "They have lost their minds right now. Don't answer their calls."
I looked at him with disbelief.
"Look, I don't want to repeat yesterday's drama, but how is this going to work?" I said.
"I mean, ignore them till we're stable, till we've enough confidence in each other that no external factor can break us could affect us." he said, "I'm sorry if I'm scaring you, but I'm extremely serious about this, and I don't want anything else to come between us. If this doesn't work out, it should be based only on mine or your wish, not based on any external bullshit!"
"What you're trying to suggest makes sense, but I'm not sure how I could ignore Esme's calls? Especially when I'm trying to get into a serious relationship with you? And I've known her all my life, and I've never ignored her calls! She'll judge me!"
"She's not going to judge you," he said, "But if you allow her to interfere, she's going to make it worse. Because she is not aware of half of the details right now, and she doesn't need to know the full details yet. On top of it, I'm sure Masen is polluting her mind right now. I'm dealing with her, but I don't want you to get involved, and believe me it's for the best!"
"Okay, I'll try," I sighed.
"Okay, now let's try to distract you before you overthink about it," he winked and reached out his hand towards the back seat.
"What are you doing?" I smiled.
"Pretty flowers for the pretty lady!" He smiled as he gave me the flowers.
"Wow! You flatter me, Mr. Cullen," I smiled.
"I'm just getting started!" He winked.