Chapter 39

Ana looked at both men with confusion on her face. How did they know each other? And why were both of them looking so tense?

"Uhm, you know each other already?" Ana asked a bit redundantly.

"No"

"Yes"

Both of them answered at the same time confusing Ana even more. She looked from one man to the other and shook her head. They weren't even paying attention to her, too busy staring at each other.

Landon, who had said no, turned to Ana and said calmly, "We have met before but we don't know each other. Not personally."

"Not personally. But professionally. Isn't that right, Geralds?" Jack asked with a daring gleam in his eyes. It was almost as if he was provoking Landon.

Landon gritted his teeth and said, "Yes that's right, Knight," he said and Jack raised a perfectly groomed eyebrow.

Before he could comment though, Ana stood between both of them and said, "Can someone explain what's going on? Can the both of you stop being so cryptic? Do you know each other? Yes or no?"

"I... I will explain everything to you later. I assume you and Jack have a lot to talk about," Landon said, not looking at Ana. It was almost like he was telling Jack something, in a language Ana could not understand.

She watched the two men and shook her head a little when Jack nodded in Landon's direction. What the hell was that?

"But-" she started objecting but her best friend stopped her.

"Don't worry. I'll come here tomorrow. When there's no disturbance, we'll talk."

Jack chuckled a little and stared at the man in front of him. It was obvious this man was in love with his best friend, Ana. And Jack, as sharp as he was, had already understood that his ploy months ago was just one to keep Jack from seeing Ana.

Yes, he would not tell Ana about the man's interference. But only for her sake. He didn't care about the man. He didn't give a rat's ass about his feelings. Actually, he wanted to pummel that smirk off his face.

He knew Landon felt the same way about him. But well, there was nothing he could do. Because he was here with Ana and he was here to stay. She was one of the only people who could bring him joy. And damned if he was going to let her go because some pussy who couldn't admit his feelings was trying to put a rift between them.

He stared at Geralds until the man looked away. Then watched as he turned to Ana, kissed her on the forehead, whispered a few words, words Jack couldn't hear (and that infuriated him to no end), gave Jack a smug smile, then simpered out of the apartment.

"That was weird," Ana remarked after a few seconds of silence.

"Tell me about it," Jack muttered, cursing under his breath.

"I- Jack are you pissed at me?" Ana asked, a bit confused. Her eyebrows were scrunched together and all Jack wanted to do was smooth out that line.

"I am not pissed at you. I'm just.. yeah I'm pissed but not at you," he concluded and he saw Ana stifle a giggle.

He smiled at her adorable nature and walked towards her. He held her by the waist and pulled her to him, "Now that that," referring to Landon, which brought a small frown on Ana's face, "is out of the way. What is it you wanted to tell me?"

Ana got a guilty and startled look on her face. Then tried to cover it up with a fake bright smile. "Don't worry about it. It's nothing," she said and Jack frowned.

He was tempted to push but he let it go and cursed that bastard, Powell, even more in his head. If the idiot hadn't interrupted, Ana would have told him whatever she wanted to. But it didn't matter. He knew Ana trusted him. And he trusted her. So it was just a matter of time before she told him whatever she had on her mind.

"So now that it's just you and me-" he started.

"And the baby," Ana interrupted with a small smile that meant she was teasing.

Jack returned it and continued, "-and the baby, why don't we continue where we left off, hmm?"

Ana placed a teasing finger on Jack's chest then looked up at him mock demurely. "And where would that be?"

"Well if I recall, you were about to proclaim I was your lord and master," he said, trailing his hand to her round derrière and giving it a firm pat. Ana was startled and her eyes widened a little, but apart from that, there was nothing else she did.

"Oh? And why would I proclaim something as absurd as that?" she asked with a glint in her eyes.

"Absurd?" Jack whispered. "Let me show you just how absurd that is."

You're going to learn, Jack thought, then kissed her softly on the lips.

Ana was a bit surprised. Not at Jack's gentleness. But at the fact that, he had basically proclaimed he was going to make her scream and all he did was place a soft kiss on her lips.

Jack chuckled and said, "Get ready to scream baby."

Ana looked at him with a wide eyed look and knew instinctively that she was going to scream. Oh yes she was going to scream.

Jack kissed her again then without even asking, Ana led him to the bedroom. Luckily enough (or unluckily, depending on whose point of view you wanted to see: the bed's point of view or Ana's point of view), the bed was made.

Jack pushed Ana gently onto the bed and started placing kisses all over, except in the places that mattered. He kissed her neck, her collarbone, her tummy, he cheeks but he never got close to her mouth, her nipples or her core.

Ana was growing frustrated. She stared at him petulantly and he chuckled. "Patience little one," he muttered.

He dragged the shorts she was wearing down, very slowly. And as he was removing them, he was peppering kisses all over her thighs and laps.

Then he did the strangest thing. Lifted her left foot and looked at it like it was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen in his life. He placed a kiss on the arch and Ana gasped. Then he placed another on her ankle. Then popped her big toe into his mouth and suckled slowly on it.

It was not that her big toe was a sensual place of her body. It was just the movements he made, the way he looked at her. It was almost like he was in her core.

Ana gasped and tried to wiggle her foot out of his hold. But he held on tight, not tight enough to hurt her, but tight enough to keep her foot in place. He wasn't done with her yet.

He repeated what he had done on her right leg and Ana was watching him with half lidded eyes. He dropped her foot gently then lay over her and claimed her lips.

There was no gentleness this time around. It was all passion. Ana, careful with her tummy, overturned Jack and lay atop him. She kissed him and when she thought she was in control, he flipped her again, then took off her top with an agility that was almost surprising

Just as quickly, he slipped out of any stitch of clothing he had on him.

He had meant to tease Ana but he was ready. And he couldn't wait to take her. He looked at her for a while then slid into her smug heat.

Both of them groaned at the same time. Jack smiled at Ana, a wicked smile, then started thrusting in earnest.

"Jack oh my God faster," Ana gasped out, meeting his deep thrusts.

There was silence for a while and all you could hear was the laboured breathing of both Ana and Jack. Then Ana let out a loud scream and stayed limp. A few seconds later, Jack grunted and planted his seed in her womb, then he lay his head on her breasts.

"So will you call me lord and master now?" he asked jokingly.

Ana let out a choked laugh then said, "Get off me first."

It was perfect for a while. Just laying in each other's arms with no care in the world for now.