BPOV
"Let me be extremely clear," I snapped once I received a call from him later that night, "I shared my number with you because I didn't want to make a scene at the party. No sort of blackmailing is going to work on me! You can share that photo with everyone! I don't care!"
Oh well, I did care, but I wasn't going to allow him to blackmail me like this!
"Oh, I don't have any intention of sharing it with anybody," he said, "Initially I took that photo with the intention of making Jacob crazy some day. But well, then I changed my mind! Believe me, nobody is going to see this picture!"
"I have no idea what exactly you're trying to achieve here," I said.
"See, when I saw you begging me to let you go, I found that hilarious!" He laughed.
I wanted to die!
I had allowed this asshole to make a fool of me because of my stupidity!
No!
Why should I die?
Maybe I should just kill him!
"But I also found that amusing," he said, "I have never met anyone who had reacted this way. That got me thinking. I got your number from Emmett. I thought about..."
"So you already had my number!" I said.
"I thought you might just block me if I called you that way, so I thought it might be better to ask you for the number directly," he said.
He was crazy!
"I'm still going to block you!" I said.
"Go ahead. But remember I have got your photo and I might change my mind again and share it with the world!" he said.
Yeah, I should just kill him!
"Tell me why you are dating Jacob," he said.
"Excuse me?" I said.
"I'm asking why are you dating Jacob," he said.
"That's none of your business!" I said, "I don't know what you're trying to do here!"
"Alright... So I think you're dating Jacob because you think he is a pretty good prospect for an arranged marriage. It makes kind of sense. You guys run in the same social circle. Our families have known each other for a long time. You guys are part of the same world... So it does make sense!"
"I'm not sure what you are trying to do here. This is none of your business!" I said.
"Let me tell you something," he said, "I've got more money and power than him. I'm smarter than him. I think I'd be a better option for you."
"Excuse me?" I said.
"I'll never do something like what he was doing with Leah tonight in public! You will never have to face any humiliation because of me. We can have an open marriage, but we can keep it behind closed doors. I think we would make a perfect couple in the world's eyes!"
Open marriage?
"What the fuck are you going on about?" I said.
"Marry me, Isabella," he said.