Chapter 228 - Commitment
Since Anne's work hour was almost over, she started to tidy up her stuff, she didn't want to stay in Leon's office even just for a minute. Moreover, Jack had been terrorizing her for the past thirty minutes, sending a message asking her to come down immediately.
As soon as it was four o'clock in the afternoon, Anne immediately rushed to grab her bag and walked out of her room to the toilet. She wanted to pee first before going home and at the same time clean her face from all the dust and makeup. When Anne was in the toilet and looking for a facial cleanser she suddenly heard a woman's voice that was very familiar to her.
"Leon is looking for trouble with me, how could he dare enough to deactivate all my credit cards," Steffi cursed Leon angrily. She was really upset with her husband who made her unable to buy a beautiful ring decorated with padparadscha.
Full of anger, Steffi grabbed her make-up kit from her bag, even though she was angry with Leon but she didn't want to look ugly in front of her husband. After making sure that she had perfect makeup on and her appearance was stunning, Steffi then sprayed some perfume on her body which smelt very pungent on the nose.
"With my appearance like this I'm sure Leon will bow to me again, he won't be able to stand my sexual appearance," Steffi muttered confidently.
Not long after, Steffi's footsteps were heard getting out of the toilet, leaving Anne who was still in the toilet cubicle. When Anne came out and walked towards the glass used by Steffi to fix her makeup, Anne could still smell the perfume of her former best friend which made her very nauseous.
"You haven't changed Steffi, your choice of perfume still makes me sick," said Anne softly as she covered her nose with a tissue as she left the place for the elevator that would take her to the underground parking where Jack had been waiting for her for almost three hours.
As soon as she got out of the elevator, Anne's smile grew when she saw Jack was already waiting for her in front of the elevator.
"Come in, I'm almost frozen here," said Jack coldly without looking at Anne, he looked a little annoyed at Anne since he thought that she was lingering around in Leon's office.
With a smile, Anne got into Jack's car when he opened the door for her. As soon as Anne sat in the car, Jack immediately drove his car at high speed leaving the Ganke Inc Production office area towards the highway. He intended to invite Anne to dinner at a place that he had previously ordered.
"You haven't eaten, have you? Let's find a place to eat first, shall we?" Anne spoke softly to break the silence in the car.
"We are already on our way to have dinner," replied Jack flatly.
"Really? We should go to a fried chicken restaurant, Jack, I want to eat..."
"I've already picked a place to eat, so you don't have the right to choose the place to eat tonight. I've reserved a place somewhere," said Jack, quickly cutting Anne's words.
Not wanting to make a fuss, Anne finally gave in. She let Jack take her to the place he had mentioned earlier. Soon, Anne tried to keep herself busy by replying to Linda's message that told her Linda had arrived home safely two hours ago. Linda also sent a photo of her parents, who were seen talking to Paul. Seeing the photo sent by Linda made Anne smile, she was happy because Linda's love relationship with Paul seemed to be going smoothly without any obstacles.
"I'm so happy for you Linda, send my regards to your family there," Anne wrote her last message with teary eyes full of emotion.
Jack, who had been concentrating on driving the car, glanced at Anne. He saw her secretly wiping her tears. Anne did that because she didn't want Jack to be angry. Because she knew very well that Jack didn't like seeing her cry.
"If you're still crying then don't blame me for forcing you to go to the civil registry office to get married," said Jack suddenly, his voice startled Anne, who was wiping her nose with a tissue.
"Don't be crazy Jack!!!" Anne shouted.
"So stop crying now. Why do you have to be such a cry baby? You're a grown woman, Anne, you should be able to keep your emotions in check," said Jack curtly.
Not wanting Jack to misunderstand her, Anne then explained why she was shedding tears. Once Anne finished talking, Jack didn't say another word. He didn't even turn his face to Anne. All he did was focus on the road which was now starting to be covered with snow and it got higher than the last time.
"I'm just happy for them, Jack. At least now Linda has got the blessing of her parents. So if anything out of bounds happens, then Linda's parents already know who should be held accountable," said Anne slowly, ending the story.
"Are you saying she got pregnant?"
Blush
Anne's face immediately turned red when Jack mentioned pregnancy, she immediately turned her gaze to the window and did not respond to Jack's words.
Seeing Anne's drastically changed attitude made Jack smile, he suddenly had an idea to tease Anne. "If Linda gets pregnant, isn't that good news? At least with Linda's pregnancy, they will get married soon so they don't need to live together without any official commitment like now, right?" He said softly with a smile.
"Hah… pregnant? What makes you think Linda is pregnant? Linda said she didn't want to get married, Jack. Her dream to be a famous clothes designer has not been achieved. So how could Linda get married now?" Anne stuttered when answering Jack.
Jack laughed out loud hearing Anne's words, he really couldn't understand Anne's mindset that couldn't keep up with the times. After he managed to master himself, Jack then began to talk at length, that the biggest consequence of a couple who decided to live together was the occurrence of pregnancy. And things like that are very natural nowadays. When Jack spoke, Anne only locked her lips tightly. So far she had never thought about it, Anne always thought positively of Linda and Paul even though she knew they were adults but Anne was sure that they would not have sex before marriage.
"But Linda wants to be a designer, there's no way she would sacrifice her dream just because of a mistake like that. I'm sure Linda can take good care of herself. I know what kind of person Linda is. Even though she's a bit vulgar but I'm sure Linda won't have sex before marriage, we've discussed this before," said Anne quietly.
"You have to use your logic, Anne. Maybe Linda could take care of herself for the first few weeks when they lived together. But when they've been living together for months I'm not sure of that, especially since they're both lovers who are in love with each other. Both of them are adults and know what the consequences of all their actions will be. So don't be so petty like that. Be open to these kinds of things. We live in the modern age, not the royal era which requires lovers to marry first if they are going to live together," said Jack quickly.
"I know… but Linda told me that she is not going to have sex before marriage, Jack..."
"Then what about you? Haven't you been married to Leon before? Are you going to stick to your commitment to no sex before marriage even though you are single now?" Jack cut Anne's words off quickly.
"I've never done that, so I'm…"
"What?! Are you saying you are a virgin, Anne?"
To be continued
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