BPOV
"We have been having issues since ages..." Jasper said, "She was very possessive... She was manipulating me for every single thing.. I wouldn't lie... I had thought about ending that relationship plenty of times before... But she always manipulated me... She always made it seem like it was all my fault..."
I had decided to talk to Jasper. I mean, I thought Edward could be right... Alice might already had some other issues...
I decided to go to his house. Victoria was out on a business trip, which was a good thing. I wasn't ready to meet her yet! Jasper and I never really had any conversation in months apart from the heated one during Alice's funeral where everyone blamed him for what happened to Alice and kicked him out.
"When I broke up with her... She told me that she'd give her life away if I left her... I thought she was bluffing... She had bluffed like that before! I swear I had no idea she'd actually do it..." He said as he rubbed his face and I could see there were some tears beginning to form in his eyes.
"I swear I'm not lying, Bella... I didn't take her seriously and that's my fault... I'm never going to forgive myself for that... But please believe me!" He said desperately, "That relationship was suffocating me... When I met Vicky, everything changed... I got to realize that this was actually what loving someone means..."
"And what happened between Edward and you... I'm so sorry... I'm really, really sorry! I swear if I honestly had any insights about what my one selfish decision was going to bring to everyone... I wouldn't have ended my relationship with Alice..."
I didn't think this was a straightforward case where it's easy to just forgive and move on...
There were so many layers...
So many things were destroyed...
A life was lost...
But... I decided to trust him today... I knew he wasn't lying...
"I missed you..." I said as I hugged him.
"I missed you so much..." He said as he hugged me tighter.
I stayed there for about an hour. We talked about random things after that...
It just felt so good to talk to him after so long!
"So... How is your new 'boss'?" He asked.
I found an instant smile appeared on my face as I heard that.
"Ummm... He's... good... He's really good!" I smiled.
I also visited my parents' house after that. I had gone into some shell and I had been avoiding everyone for the past few months...
But I wanted to change that...
"You seem happy today?" Edward smiled at me when I went to his place that evening.
"Yeah... Thank you!" I smiled and placed a kiss on his cheek.
"What for?" He said.
For... I didn't know exactly!
I didn't know what got into me at that moment...
I was probably just overwhelmed...
I wrapped my arms around his waist and put my head on his chest...
We had kissed plenty of times before...
We have had sex plenty of times...
But it never felt so intimate as this simple hug!
I wanted to stay like this forever!
To my surprise, he hugged me tighter and placed a kiss on my head.
Actually... No!
Under the warmth of his touch, I just wanted to melt... and disappear...
