Chapter 28

They had reached. The house looked kind of familiar and Ana couldn't really place it. She frowned. Why had he brought her here? And what kind of surprise did he have for her? Here?

He led her into the house and Ana had to keep her mouth from dropping. Both in shock and in awe. Shock because she recognized the house and awe because it was beautiful.

Ana hadn't really stayed there much to recognize the surroundings. But she had an eye for paintings and if there was good painting, she couldn't forget it. And the one hanging in front of the fireplace especially. It was so beautiful.

Okay, she had gotten it. They were at Jack's place. But Ana still didn't understand why they were here. And why Jack had been so mysterious about it.

"Soo..." she started, turning to Jack who was standing there with a slight smile on his face.

"So?" he asked with a teasing smile on his face. Ana rolled her eyes at him and he caught her by the arm and pulled her to him. "Stop rolling your eyes at me," Jack said in a low but powerful whisper.

Ana was tempted to roll her eyes again. But she decided to hold in the urge. For now, she was going to be a good girl.. for now.

So she repeated, "Sooo..."

"You keep on saying so. I'm in your head. Come on. Ask whatever you want to," Jack said, pulling her closer to him.

Ana hit him in the chest. "Come on Jack! You're no fun," she pouted.

Jack laughed then said, "Alright alright. You remember how you told me your dream date was to spend a lazy day home watching movies and eating junk food?"

Ana nodded. She remembered this conversation. It was a night she couldn't sleep and she had called him up. It was 1 am and they had asked each other random questions till she had finally drifted asleep.

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"So tell me what's you idea of the perfect date?" Jack asked and he heard Ana laugh a little.

"Dinner on the Eiffel Tower," she said then laughed again. "Nah, I'm joking. Honestly, all I'd want us to do is stay home, binge watch old school shows and stuff myself– and him! with unhealthy food," Ana confided with a wistful tone in her voice.

Jack made a non-committal noise. Ana managed to catch it through the phone.

"Why do you ask anyways?"

"No reason" ...

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She did not realize Jack had actually remembered. It was something she had told him just like that. Of course she had meant it. But she really didn't expect him to keep it in his mind. Now she understood why he has asked her.

Ana stared up at Jack with wide eyes and a broad smile on her face. "You remembered?" she asked, a little rhetorically.

"Of course I did," Jack replied with a raised brow, "How did you expect me to forget?"

"Well, I don't know. I kind of felt it was an unimportant detail," she revealed then bit her lip. Jack removed his hand from her waist, lifted it to her face anr pulled her lip away from her teeth gently. His touch made her shiver a little.

"Nothing about you is unimportant," he whispered, then placed a slow kiss on her lips. She smiled and when they drew apart, pecked his lips.

She walked away from him and decided to explore. The first thought on her mind that day was not to explore but to get out of there quick. So today she had all the time and liberty.

Jack was watching her with a fond smile on her face. She was so precious. And she evoked feelings in him he didn't even know existed. Jack had never experienced heartbreak. Never.

He loved women that was it. But he respected them too. He had never been in a serious relationship because he didn't want to hurt whoever his significant other was with his "roaming" if he could put it that way.

He didn't know what Ana had done to him. But he actually found himself giving a serious relationship a thought. Something that had never happened before. And that was so strange.

She was special. He knew it. And he didn't care if he broke some of his principles. But he wasn't going to let her go. Not so easily.

Ana removed her heels and shot kept them next to the couch. Now she was barefoot. And she was bringing ideas into Jack's head.

"I need to change," she said, frowning a little. The gown she had worn that morning was little constricting and it was just at that moment that Jack noticed that her stomach, hips and breasts looked a bit bigger.

But he didn't say a word; he didn't want to risk offending her. All he did was walk towards her and say, "Come."

Jack stretched out his hand and pulled her with him to his bedroom. He opened his closet, pulled out a tee shirt and sweatpants and handed to her. Ana took it with a blush, and it took everything in her not to smell the clothes like a madwoman to see if his amazing scent lingered on it.

"You can change in the bathroom," he said, pointing a door. Ana walked into it and he took the opportunity to change as well. He did it quickly so that she would not get in while he was still changing and get embarrassed.

A short while after, Ana came out of the bathroom. She was in the tee shirt, no sweats under. The tee shirt was more of a long dress as it reached her on her knees. And Jack noticed that she was not wearing a bra. Her nipples were visibly erect...

Ana swallowed nervously. "The pants are too big. And my boobs hurt..." she trailed out while explaining and bit her lip.

Jack shook his head to clear the daze and walked towards her. Today was going to be a test of his patience.