Chapter 633 - Old Picture
A black Range Rover was seen stopping at a fine luxury restaurant in Luxembourg. The driver rushed out of the car to open the door for the master and madam sitting in the back seat.
"Madam..."
Anne, who was very excited to meet Linda and Paul, looked surprised when she realized where she was now.
"This is not a hospital, Jack!!" said Anne quite loudly.
Jack nodded slowly. "Indeed, we should talk for a while before going to the hospital."
"What are we going to talk about? Can't we talk in the car? Why are we in this restaurant, Jack?" asked Anne curtly.
Jack grabbed Anne's hand quickly. "It won't take long, believe me."
Anne, who was annoyed, didn't respond to Jack's words. She continued to stare intently at the two blue eyes with a killing intent.
"Come on babe, the sooner we talk, the sooner we can get to the hospital to see Linda and Paul," said Jack again.
"Okay, fine!!!" Anne said curtly as she walked away from Jack after she gave the bouquet of flowers she was holding to Nicholas, who was standing right beside her.
Jack took a deep breath seeing his wife's surprising attitude. It took extra patience to deal with a woman who was pregnant and Jack was determined to refrain from accepting all of Anne's changes in attitude for the next nine months. With quick steps, Jack walked into the empty restaurant, his smile broadened when he saw Anne was sitting in a comfortable chair enjoying the chocolate bar served by the restaurant as a welcome snack.
"Is it good?" Jack asked quietly, trying to lighten the mood.
Anne, who was biting the chocolate bar, immediately grabbed a small plate that contained the chocolate bar so that Jack wouldn't take it.
"It's mine," said Anne curtly.
"Okay, I won't take it. It's yours," said Jack softly with a smile.
Anne narrowed her eyes as Jack began to sit back on the chair. Anne was contemplating when to remove the plate of chocolate bars on the table again. After making sure that Jack sat quietly, then Anne released her grip on the small plate and set it free on the table.
"Hurry up, time is running out," said Anne curtly.
Jack pursed his lips and sat back straight in front of Anne with his hands clenched on the table. "Were you this feisty when you were pregnant Christian?"
"Feisty? Of course not. Back when Christian was still in my womb, he didn't have time to trouble me. Christian became a very good child, maybe he knew that at that time, his mother was alone," answered Anne flatly. She didn't understand why all of a sudden Jack asked about her pregnancy back then.
Jack's eyes immediately felt warm, guilt immediately welled up in his chest. "Is my son that smart?" His voice sounded hoarse from crying.
Anne pursed her lips. "Of course, you know the mother. Linda and Paul and I raised Christian very well even when he was still in my tummy, all the good things we whispered to him."
Damn! Jack's tears finally dripped unstoppable.
Within seconds, Jack immediately moved to a seat next to Anne. "Are you letting me do all that to Christian's brother this time?"
Anne chuckled. "Christian's brother? You're talking..."
Anne's words immediately stopped when she could digest the words that had just been spoken by Jack. Anne's eyes, which had previously stared hard and unfriendly at Jack, slowly turned sad and teary.
"Y-you mean... I-I'm..."
"Yeah, Christian's little brother is in here. Doctor Caitlyn estimates he's about three or four weeks old." Jack immediately cut Anne's words by placing his hand on Anne's flat stomach.
Anne looked down, staring at Jack's hand which was still on her stomach without blinking. Slowly, she lifted her face and looked at Jack's face sadly. "Y-you must be joking, right?"
Jack shook his head. "No, I'm not kidding. Aren't you aware of all this incredible change in your appetite, babe?"
Anne was silent. She tried to remember everything that had happened in the last few weeks. Starting from the change in her interest in cow's milk and all its preparations and her crazy hunger when she saw food but didn't eat them when the food came, and of course her emotional changes and her mood swings were uncontrollable.
"Last night Doctor Caitlyn came specifically to do a blood test on you to check whether you are really pregnant or not. Even though Doctor Caitlyn was absolutely sure you are pregnant from the pulse check she did on you. And apparently her guess was right. Inside your tummy, the fruit of our love grows. Christian's brother, another heir to the Clarke family," said Jack softly as he continued to touch Anne's stomach.
"B-but Christian isn't five years old yet, Jack. I don't want to get pregnant before he..."
"Hush! Don't talk nonsense, we already have our second child in your stomach, Anne. Do you want to make him feel unwanted?"
Anne shook her head quickly. "O-of course not, but I..."
"Stop it, Anne, look at me. Right now you are not alone, you have me. I will be by your side, I'll do whatever you want, taking care of you and our children. Trust me, all those bad thing back then won't happen again, I swear," said Jack quickly cutting Anne's words quickly.
Anne's tears dripped down her face. She still couldn't believe that in her womb there was already a small creature growing. She was still not ready. She was still not ready if she had to experience something similar like when she was pregnant with Christian. The trauma had not gone away, the difficult times while struggling to give birth to Christian flashed through Anne's shadow again. Instantly, her body shook violently and luckily Jack realized immediately, the man quickly hugged his wife who was scared.
"Believe me, Anne, I won't let you have any more trouble. I will be by your side, taking care of you and our baby. Trust me, give me the opportunity to be a husband for you, Anne," said Jack hoarsely holding back tears, not sad tears but tears of emotion.
Anne did not respond to Jack's words, she still closed her eyes remembering what had happened to her in the last few weeks. Anne regretted not being careful so that her pregnancy was detected quickly by Jack first.
Feeling tight, Anne then let go of Jack's arms and sat quietly while leaning on the back of the chair with her hands on her stomach.
"And there's actually one more thing you should know," said Jack quietly, breaking Anne's thoughts.
"What else?"
Jack handed his cell phone to Anne. Although initially confused, Anne finally accepted Jack's cell phone and screamed a little when she saw Jack's cell phone wallpaper.
"Th-this..."
Jack smiled. "Three years ago when you were gone, I managed to find your old cell phone in the villa and when I activated it, I was shocked that I almost fainted when I saw the photo you used as the wallpaper."
Anne's hands trembled as she looked at the photo on Jack's cell phone wallpaper. It was a photo of her and Jack who seemed to be smiling broadly after saying their vows to be together till death parted them at York Minster was clearly displayed in front of her eyes right now.
"Thank you for waiting faithfully for me to come back, Anne," said Jack softly as he touched Anne's stomach again.
Anne bit her lower lip and hit Jack hard. "It sucks sob... I hate you!!"
To be continued
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