Part VI

(Carlisle POV)She was absolutely beautiful and what amazed me the most was how I never noticed it.The way her curly hair falls around her face, the way she smiles and has tiny dimples oneach side of her face. Even the way she walks in tempting to me now. But her smell...itwas never this strong to me.Dare I say it was even more potent than Esme? No...I can’t do this.To put it in perspective, this whole night was a mistake...despite how I hate to admit it.I enjoyed every single second of it. Her body was beyond beautiful and she trusted it tome. How could I ever ask for more.But this whole ordeal is quite complicated. In one night- this night- I could possibly ruinthis whole family. But who am I to think that I could hide this from them? There was no possible way.But what I could do, however, is not speak of it until a proper occasion when I am asked.And I have to defend Bella in this too. Edward will most likely not be happy and just himleaving could destroy all my hard work in keeping us together.Then again, maybe Edward will realize how I feel. He knows me better than any other inour family and vice versa. Maybe, just maybe, he might accept what happened and leaveit at that.And then brings about Alice. She is a very smart girl, regardless of what people think of her. And I might be the only one besides Jasper to fully realize what a threat she can bewith her extraordinary psychic abilities.But, no matter what happens after this, I know that I will always have feelings for Bella.And nothing can just make these feeling disappear.I lay next to her in bed right now...just as naked as she was.I gently stroked her soft skin, relishing the beauty and smoothness of it. She was an angelin my eyes. She would always be my angel in my heart.Even though it was pitch black in the room, I could clearly see her body. I could see howher torso rose and fell underneath the sheets as she slept silently. I could see all of her clearly.I slowly bent down to kiss her forehead when the unthinkable happened.The bedroom door slowly creaked open and I felt my body freeze like a deer inheadlights. I froze like a murderer caught in the act. I froze like a burglar caught.His smell reached my nose almost instantly and I knew without a doubt who it was.Edward.What would I say? What would I do? Most importantly: what would

do?My brain screamed at me from all directions and I knew deep down that this wasn’t likeme to have such confusing thoughts and not think straight.“Carlisle...,” he whispered.My head turned to stare at the door where Edward was standing. The light flooded inaround his body and he looked like a perfect angel. An angel that belonged with the other angel- Bella. An angel that would never let himself get carried away by simple emotionslike I did this night.We locked eyes and I immediately felt a sense of grief fall over the room.“What are you doing? Is that Bella?,” Edward’s voice was slowly getting louder.