EPOV
"I'm glad Isabella is starting a new project at Cullen Inc." Emmett said, "I was really worried about her since all the issues here."
"Oh... what issues?" I asked surprisingly.
"Oh she didn't tell you anything about it?" he asked, "Well, I should have known. She's not good at sharing her feelings with anyone. I thought she'd be different when it comes to you, but apparently not!"
Well, I might not have given her any reason to trust me. I should have put in more effort to get to know her. She was my wife after all!
"What happened?" I asked.
"Dad is being an ass..." He said, "Isabella had put in a lot of effort in one of the projects, but..." he sighed, "Now he wants me to lead it instead of her. Isabella has been really upset about it. She and Dad had a lot of arguments over this."
"Why does he think like that?" I asked, "She has all it takes to lead big projects."
"He can be stubborn sometimes," he said, "He thinks I'm the face of Swan Inc. and I should lead all the big projects." He rolled his eyes, "He can be very condensing at times towards Isabella and Rosalie."
"That's really bad! Anyway... Your loss is our gain I guess!" I winked, "We're lucky to have her at Cullen Inc."
And how the hell did I manage to convey exactly the opposite message to her!
And big Pa might not be wrong!
I was really, really condensing towards her in the meeting today! She had done the best possible job she could have done in such a short amount of time! Why did I have to be an ass?
Was there really any difference between Charles Swan and me? I sighed.
How could I make this right?
I tried my best, but I couldn't get her hurtful face out of my head for the next two hours.
Damn! Why was I so rude?
And I had been doing that to a lot of people!
No wonder big Pa said I was getting worse!
I didn't really want to be this kind of leader, did I?
I had really hurt her, but how could I make this right?
I tried to apologize to her twice, but she completely ignored me!
She was really mad at me, and... hurt.
This is a good chance, I think. I thought in the next meeting we had with everyone.
I mean, this poor Tyler had been at the receiving end of my ire quite a few times in the last three days, but he'd be able to handle it just one more time?
Yeah, just one more time!
And I'd try to apologize to him later!
"This is really bad! I don't think this is right," I said, "This is not at all the right way to approach this."
"Edward, this is exactly what you had asked for," he said.
"Yeah... But sometimes I can be wrong, and..." I said.
Huh! This was probably the first time I ever said out loud that I was wrong, and well, that was hard! But well... I had to do this!
"I really liked what Isabella presented in the morning's meeting. You weren't there, but you might want to get in touch with her."
Three heads shot up as I said that - Mom, Big Pa and Jasper's. Isabella didn't react at all, not even a but. She kept her eyes glued to her laptop.
Let me try harder, I thought.
"She comes with great insights and a completely fresh point of view. I'm sure we can utilize her skills and knowledge to change some of the things here. I think we can improve a lot of things and we will be benefited a lot if we take her ideas into consideration."
I saw Jasper putting his hand on his mouth to control his laughter, and big Pa shaking his head, but well, I wasn't interested in that right now.
Isabella still didn't give any reaction.
Damn it!
"Can you please work on this with Tyler, Isabella?" I asked.
She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, "Sure."
Sure? That's it? Okay!
Damn, this wasn't working!
"Anyway, let's move on to the next topic," I said.
I tried to talk to her at home, but she said she wanted to be alone.
Damn!
It's like I had spoiled everything.
How could I make this right?
I went to check our room after some time, and she was already asleep by then.
I sighed. I had messed everything up.
It all started when I overreacted a bit too much three nights ago.
I should have tried to talk to her instead of just lashing out at her!
She tried to apologize to me multiple times, but I didn't listen to her at all.
And I had been sleeping in another room like an asshole for three nights!
What was the need for all that overreaction? I shook my head!
I went there and slept beside her.
But she got up immediately. Oh wait, so she was awake?
"Isabella, I'm sorry..." I said as I saw her walking towards the door.
"I don't want to hear a word." She said as she left the room and slammed the door behind her.
I deserved that I guess? I sighed.
Maybe I just needed to give her some time.
She was really mad at me.
It might not be easy for her to forgive me!
Yeah, I should just wait!
"I want a divorce." She told me the next day as I was getting ready to leave for the work.