BPOV
"Me, on another solo date!"
I chuckled as I received a pic with a pouting face from Edward. He was away for a business trip for three days and I was at my parents' place for Dad's birthday.
"So... who's this special guy?" My Mom asked.
"Hmmm?" I said, "No... No one!"
"Sure," she smiled, "You're blushing, sweetie."
"No, it's... It's nothing serious yet," I smiled.
"Sure," she smiled.
Maybe I was thinking too ahead, but I wondered how my parents would react if they knew I was 'seeing' Edward! They would judge us so hard!
I mean, they liked him, but that didn't mean they wouldn't mind us betraying his wife!
Everyone was going to judge us so hard!
I wished we had begun our relationship differently... Things would have been much simpler!
"Oh, we've got a lad here, my friend's son... He just got into Harvard," My Dad told my uncle, "Very sharp kid!"
"Yeah, he's very smart," I said to Angela, my cousin.
"Oh is it?" she asked.
"Yes," I said, "You know what? He didn't believe he was getting in there, but I just knew it! He's so smart! He can achieve whatever he wants!" I smiled.
I didn't know what was wrong with me, but I was feeling and acting like a proud girlfriend for the last few days!
And the funny thing was, Edward didn't have the slightest idea about my happiness and the pride I felt for him!
I shook my head as I remembered that. Such an idiot I was!
"I doubt we're going to get this deal. I'm really getting nervous now." I received a text from him after some time.
"No, you're going to get it. I just know it!" I smiled as I hit 'send'.
It felt good to be able to convey the confidence I always had in him!
I was having a super hectic day today. I had been in meetings since morning and there were still a few more to go!
"I'm super tired," I said to Irina when we were waiting for the next meeting to start.
"Yeah, it's been a hectic day," she replied while yawning.
"Edward can't join," Tyler said, "He had an emergency. We can start I guess."
"Emergency?" I said.
"I don't know the details yet, but I heard his wife is back from Coma," he said.
Ummm... what?
Like, what?
Why was I not aware of that?
How come Tyler knew it before me?
What was this going to mean for us?
I felt something changing inside me, but I couldn't recognize my own feelings.
I checked my phone frantically and there was a message from Edward.
"There's an update on Tanya - She's awake! I need to rush to the hospital. Talk to you later."
I felt relieved for some unknown reason to see a text from him. I mean, it was a good thing that he hadn't forgotten about me even in such an emergency!
I shook my head with disbelief.
What kind of person had I become?
Shouldn't I be happy for Tanya?
Why was I worried about how this was going to impact us?
Since when had I become so selfish?
Where was my humanity?
But... The question still remained - How was this going to impact us?
I had a feeling that everything was going to change.
For better, right?
I wasn't sure about that part!
Everything did change in the next few days.
Until a few days ago, Tanya didn't seem like a real person! She was just someone Edward and I kept mentioning in our conversation, but we never really cared about her feelings!
We were extremely stupid to start the affair!
We were horrible people!
We stopped spending time together because it just felt... wrong!
Tanya looked so weak and fragile.
She needed everyone's support, especially Edward's. And Edward did realize that! He was spending all his time supporting her. Life had been extremely unfair to her, and she deserved her husband's support. I guess that was the least he could do for her!
"I need to talk to you," he called me one evening, "Can we meet?"
"I'm home." I said.
"Umm... okay... Okay, I'll come there." He said hesitantly.
I had a feeling where this was headed.
"Bella... I'm sorry for... everything," he said.
My heart broke as I heard that. I knew this was inevitable, but I didn't want to face that.
"I know I've been extremely unfair to you, and I won't be able to forgive myself, but..." he looked completely heartbroken as he said, "Let's end whatever we have."
"Hmmm..." was all I could say.
"I'm sorry..." he said, "Please forgive me if you can."