EPOV

"Jane is just brilliant." I said, "The way she tackled the issue today, I was... just impressed! There's so much to learn from her. She's one of the few people I really respect."

"That's nice," Bella smiled.

I called her again the next evening. I wanted to ignore her, but then I realized that was not the fucking solution. I had to get my shit together, and handle my problem.

But I was pretty clear about one thing now. We needed some conclusion on this marriage as soon as possible. I didn't want to have any stupid thoughts again!

I couldn't get fucking attracted to her!

She was Emmett's wife, for God's sake!

"That's nice that you've got such a senior to guide you," she said.

"Yeah," I said, "I mean, she's just one year senior to me, but there's so much to learn from her."

"Oh!" she said, "She's just one year senior to you?"

"Yeah," I said.

"Oh!" she said again, "Oh I see! When you mentioned she's senior to you, for some reason I thought she's forty or something... I don't know why I thought like that..." she chuckled nervously.

"Aah no!" I laughed, "She gives me such a hard time with being just a year older. I can't imagine what she would have done to me if she was Forty!"

She smiled.

That's when I received a message from Jane.

"Think of the devil..." I said, "She just texted me if I'm ready for dinner. I'll talk to you after an hour, I guess?"

"Yeah, of course," she said, "Bye."

"Bye." I smiled.

"Dude, I hope we get the shit done tomorrow. They're getting on my nerves now." I said to Jane over dinner.

"Don't worry! I'm in charge this time. They should be the ones who should be scared." she winked.

"Confidence is a good thing, overconfidence is not!" I said.

"I'm not being overconfident. I'm just..." she stopped as she looked at her phone, "I just know my shit, alright?"

Her expressions changed suddenly as she kept staring at her phone.

"Anything wrong?" I said.

She looked up and smiled at me.

She stared at her phone, and smiled again.

"What?" I said, "Any new update? I'm not seeing any mail." I said as I checked my phone.

"See this!" she said as she showed me her phone.

There was a message from... Eric.

"I'm all alone at home, babe. She's out on a business trip. Let's meet! I can't wait to feel you... and taste you... and... you know what I mean? I can show you in detail when we meet! ;)"

What the fuck?

I was shocked when I read that.

"Motherfucker!" I said, "Jane, I'm so sorry! He's such an asshole! Just call him, and beat the shit out of his ass!"

She kept smiling and shook her head.

"I can't believe this!" She said as she smiled again.

She kept smiling and talking to herself for some time.

She was honestly scaring me!

"I feel like I should get drunk tonight," she said.

"That's not a good idea," I said.

"Why not?" she said.

"First, we've a very important meeting tomorrow, And second, he's not worth it." I said.

She shook her head again, and stayed silent throughout the dinner.

"Can we go for a walk? I need to think," she said.

"Yeah, of course," I said.

I could never imagine Eric was capable of doing something like that.

How could he cheat on her?

Maybe they say it correctly - Men are just assholes!

She didn't say anything till we reached back at our hotel.

"Are you okay?" I asked her when we reached her room.

"Yeah... Yeah I think so," she said.

I didn't think she was okay at all!

"I feel so betrayed right now," she said.

Never in my life I had thought I'd seen tears in Jane's eyes. I mean, I had seen her crying when she was a kid, but once we grew up, I had never seen her showing any kind of weakness.

"Jane... He's not worth it!" I said, "Nobody is worth wasting your tears."

"I don't know..." she said as she opened her room, "I' trying to think if I did something wrong..."

"Hey... Don't think like that," I said as I entered behind her.

"I'm just mad... and hurt," she said, "I don't know how long he has been fooling me. I thought he was the one. I was thinking about settling down with him..."

"Then just see how lucky you're!" I said, "You just dodged a bullet."

"We had begun to have issues, but I thought we could work on them..." she said.

God! I never realized hurt and betrayal could make people go so weak!

"Jane, he's so not worth it! You're stronger than this!" I said as she put my hands on her shoulders.

"You're stronger than this. You know that, right?"

She kept nodding her head for some time.

And then... She started kissing me.

What?

"Edward, please... I need you." she said, "I'm honestly going through this shit for some time. I've been lying about Eric and I having a perfect relationship. But it's not perfect. I'm tired of pretending! Let's forget everything for some time!"

"Jane... Please, stop!" I said as I tried to push her away, "You're not in the right state of mind."

"I promise this won't change anything between us. Please, Edward! Please... " She said as she kissed me again.

"Stop it! Please!" I said.

"I'm just asking for a stupid fuck!" She said, "I want to forget about everything. Please... Please... Please!"

And this time, I kissed her back!

And then I realized what the fuck was I doing!

"Stop!" I said as I pushed her away aggressively this time.

What the fuck was I doing?

What the fuck was I thinking?

Why would I kiss her back?

Was I just thinking about casually cheating on Bella? Yup, it's true! Men are just assholes!

I was fucking married, and that was the fact, irrespective of whether that marriage meant anything or not!

I was a fucking moron to kiss her back!

"Why not?" she asked him.

Why not? Really?

"Jane, you're not in the right state of mind." I said, "And... I'm married!"

"Married?" she smiled sarcastically, "It's a sham marriage. Come on Edward, you can't fool me!"

Excuse me?

"Excuse me?" I said.

"There is no way you would have married out of nowhere, and that too, to Emmett's widow, who's fucking nineteen! There's no way! I refuse to believe that someone so smart, so successful would marry a high school pass out kid out of love!"

And that made me angry like never before.

How dare she talk like that about her?

"You're talking about my wife here. How dare you?" I said, raging with anger.

"Sure, I won't say that again." she smiled before changing her expressions, "Look at the changes in you in the last few months! You've turned into a... perfect man! You deserve someone as successful as you. We're compatible in every possible way. We could be the power couple. We could make history. Just think about it! Just stop fooling around!"

I stared at her in disbelief.

She had fucking lost her mind!

I doubted if she was even realizing what the fuck she was talking about!

"You've fucking lost your mind," I said.

She laughed.

"I can't fucking believe this. First, I got cheated on. And now someone is rejecting me for a high school pass out kid! Wow! Just wow!"

"Jane, just..." I struggled to find the correct words, "You need to get some rest!"

"Of course," she smiled.

"I... I really don't know what else to tell you," I said as I left her room and slammed the door behind me.