BPOV

Ugh!

Why was he here?

And why was he walking towards us now?

"You okay?" Edward asked me as he found me getting unsettled.

"Ummm... That's my brother..." I said.

"Hey Bella... So good to see you!" Jasper smiled.

"Hey Jasper..." I said.

"Hey Bella..." Victoria smiled at me. She seemed uncomfortable to see me here.

"Hey..." I said coldly. I doubted if I could ever accept her as my sister-in-law.

I saw Jasper's eyes flickered to Edward.

"Ummm... Meet Edward Cullen... My... boss." I said and Jasper raised his eyebrow at me.

Yeah, he must have had questions about why I was out with my boss in this fancy restaurant with a romantic setup! But I didn't really have other means of introducing him!

"Hey..." Edward said as he shook his hand.

God! Why was he here?

"Ummm... I guess I'll see you later..." I said.

"Ummm yeah... Sure." He said.

They weren't sitting too far from us, and I couldn't help throwing glances at them. He seemed really happy with Victoria! Like... How could he be happy with her after what happened to Alice?

"You okay?" Edward asked me.

"Ummm yeah... I'm sorry..." I said. I shouldn't be ruining our evening!

"So... It's not my business, but I guess she is the one who your brother left his fiance for?" he asked.

I nodded my head.

"I don't know how he could be so happy with her after what happened to Alice..." I said, "He seems to be really in love with her!"

"Hmmm..." He said.

"Actually... Can I say something?" he said after some time.

"Hmmm..." I said.

"I will say this as a complete outsider..." he said, "I mean, I don't have the full picture, but... I mean, what if your brother had actually married... Alice?" he said, "He really seems to be in love with Victoria... Even if they had married, I feel that marriage might have been a disaster..."

Ummm... I didn't think from that perspective, but... he could be right...

"But how could he fall in love with Victoria when he was engaged to Alice?" I said.

"I don't know..." he shrugged his shoulders, "But shit happens all the time..."

"Yeah... But this 'shit' destroyed so many things..." I said.

"Hmmm..." he said as he played with his glass, "But was there any guarantee that things wouldn't have gone wrong any other way between them? Like... There could be anything... not just infidelity. Maybe the extreme step that Alice took... Maybe she already had some mental issues she might be battling on and this was just a trigger..."

"I don't know..." I said, "I haven't thought about it like that..."

"I'm not saying that Alice indeed had any other issues... But that could be a possibility..." he said, "I see it's easy for everyone to blame your brother for her death... But it might not be that straightforward... And I'm sure he's living with that burden everyday even if he looks happy on the surface..."

And that's when I noticed a complete sadness had overtaken his eyes...

Wait...

Was he thinking about his wife and... unborn child?

"Edward... Are you okay?" I said as I put my hand on his.

"Yeah, I'm sorry... I'm fine..." he said.

"Are you thinking about them?" I said, "It was not your fault."

"It was." he said, "Everything could have been avoided if I was more cautious..."

"Edward..." I said. I couldn't see him in this pain. I was sure it wasn't his fault!

"Let's not spoil the mood..." he smiled, "Let's order something nice. I'm hungry!"

A/N: It makes me so sad that not many people are reading this story... Because I'm really liking creating these characters! Lol