"Don't worry about the bloddsucker," Jacob suggested, and his tone was smug. "He's just jealous." "Of course I am. You don't have the faintest idea how much I wish I could do what you're doing for her, mongrel." "At least you know she wishes it was you." "True." Edward agreed. [...] "Yes, I would guess that she thinks about you often," Edward murmured in response to Jacob's thoughts. "More often than I like. She worries that you're unhappy. Not that you don't know that. Not that you don't use that." "I have to use whatever I can," Jacob muttered. 'I'm not working with your advantages - advantages like her knowing she's in love wiht you." "That helps," Edward agreed in a mild tone. Jacob was defiant. "She's in love with me, too, you know." Edward didn't answer. Jacob sighed. "But she doesn't know it." [...] "What would you do if she changed her mind?" Jacob asked. "I don't know that either." Jacob chuckled quietly. "Would you try to kill me?" Sarcastic again, as if doubting Edward's ability to do it. "No." "Why not?" Jacob's tone was still jeering. "Do you really think I would hurt her that way?" [...] "And if she were to decide that she wanted me?" Jacob challenged. "Okay, it's a long shot, I'll give you that." "I would let her go." "Just like that?" "In the sense that I'd never show her how hard it was for me, yes. But I would keep watch. You see, Jacob, you might leave her someday. Like Sam and Emily, you wouldn't have a choice. I would always be waiting in the wings, hoping for that to happen."
(Eclipse)