Anne was still standing at her window when Jack and Erick left her apartment area. After making sure that Jack really went, Anne then walked quickly to her bathroom which she hadn't touched in three days.

"Ahh why this big, Jack, you suck." Anne snorted in annoyance when she saw the kiss mark made by Jack moments ago in the car. The purplish red mark was clearly visible on the right side of Anne's neck just below her ear.

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Because of her clean fair skin, the sign of ownership made by Jack was clearly visible and would be difficult to cover because it was located a bit far above the shoulders, so suppose she wore a turtle neck shirt or a scarf, the kiss mark would still be visible. The only way to hide it was to cover it with foundation and the problem was that Anne didn't have foundation. She only had a bb cream and it wouldn't cover the kiss mark on her neck.

"It's eleven o'clock at night, there's no way a cosmetic shop is still open at this hour," said Anne quietly when she realized it was too late for her to buy foundation at the cosmetic shop.

Anne finally gave in. She was too tired to think about the red-purple mark on her neck. All she wanted to do now was sleep. Her eyes could no longer be compromised. Because her leg still hurt a little, Anne decided to sleep on the sofa. She used a hello kitty doll as a pillow. Anne deliberately said that her leg was no longer sore at all so that Jack would let her go home. Since she felt very uncomfortable living at Jack's house, she had to lie a little. She didn't want her good name to be bad if someone found out that she lived in the same house with a man without any marriage ties. She didn't want her widow status to become worse in the eyes of others. Even though Leon had deleted their marital status at the Berlin civil registry office, Anne was still worried, especially now that Leon and Steffi lived in the same city with her.

In his car, Jack was seen busy playing with his cell phone. He called Anne many times but none of the calls managed to connect with Anne. He even asked Erick to try to contact Anne, but the result was still the same. Anne's number was still busy and the incoming calls from Jack and Erick were rejected.

"Let's go back, Erick, I want to know who she is talking to at this time to not accept my call like this." Jack snorted in annoyance. He was sure that Anne was currently busy talking to another man.

Erick put his cell phone back into his pocket. "No sir, I'm sure Miss Anne must have been asleep. You saw how red Miss Anne's eyes were, so maybe she is already asleep," Erick answered quietly, trying to win over Jack.

"There's no way, Erick, there's no way she's asleep. The proof is she didn't pick up my call. She must be on the phone right now. No wonder she keeps asking me to come home," said Jack curtly, having only been separated from Anne for thirty minutes, he couldn't stay calm.

"If the tone sounds like that, usually the owner of the cell phone turns off the cell phone, Sir," The driver named Tyga joined in the conversation. He felt sorry for Anne who was accused by Jack like that.

Jack, who was looking at his cell phone screen which showed twenty outgoing calls, looked up and looked at the driver who was talking, "Are you sure that she turned off her cell phone? How do you know that, Tyga?" Jack spoke in a sarcastic tone full of ridicule. He couldn't believe the driver's words.

"Usually that tone is the tone of the cell phone being turned off, Sir, it's different from the busy tone," Tyga answered without fear.

Jack, who couldn't believe it easily, then asked for Erick's cell phone who was sitting beside Tyga. He then checked what Tyga had said. After trying twice, Jack then believed it, because when he called Erick's cell phone which was turned off, he received the exact same tone as Anne's cell phone.

Without speaking, Jack then handed Erick's cell phone back. He then seemed to be sitting quietly, in contrast to a few minutes ago when he was grumpy. After confirming that Anne had turned off her cell phone, Jack finally sat quietly.

Jack sat quietly staring at the highway that was starting to become quiet. Suddenly a smile appeared on Jack's handsome face as he remembered what he had just done to Anne. Earlier, he clearly saw the traces of his kiss on Anne's neck. Remembering that made Jack happy, "It was just a little kiss, Anne, after this I will kiss your whole body without missing anything," said Jack in his heart.

Anne had really driven him crazy. Since meeting Anne two years ago, he had forgotten about Sophia, who had an affair with a soccer player. Whereas in the past, when Sophia left herself and chose a soccer player named Esteban Shevchenko, Jack was devastated. He was pessimistic that he could fall in love again because he thought all women were the same and only liked famous young men. But since Anne entered his life by accident, Jack began to feel something different about him, especially when he found out that Anne's life story was very sad, being divorced by her husband who had an affair with her best friend. That was why Jack felt very compatible with Anne, as both of them had been betrayed by their respective partners, making him believe that Anne was his soul mate.

Actually, the relationship between Jack and Sophia Higgins was also an accident. At that time, Jack's parents, who were holding a corporate anniversary, had invited Sophia, who was a famous piano player at that time. Because they were fascinated by how she played the piano, Jack's parents finally began to bring Jack closer to Sophia, especially since at that time, Sophia's parents didn't mind either. As a result, after a meeting at the company, Jack and Sophia became close, until the two finally decided to get engaged. Jack chose to get engaged when he had only known Sophia for four months. And Jack's decision was strongly supported by his parents, until finally the relationship between Sophia and Jack began to drifted apart after the death of both of Jack's parents in a single accident. The accident was said to be a sabotage from the business enemies of the Muller Finance International company, but because at that time Jack was too young and too naive, he handed over all the cases to the police.

So that after three years, it was finally known that the car accident that befell Jack's parents was a disguised sabotage, because an incision was found in the brake cable of the car driven by Mr. and Mrs. Muller at that time, as they were going to attend a big event. Jack's parents should have received the CEO of the year award for successfully leading Muller Finance International into the top 3 largest funding companies in Europe.

The sudden loss of both parents plus Sophia who was having an affair had destroyed Jack. Fortunately, at that time, there was Erick, who was willing to take care of the company while Jack was down, so he didn't lose his position as the CEO, even when Jack chose to stay at Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. Erick replaced Jack temporarily as the CEO because he knew at that time Edmund was trying to steal the position from Jack.

"Thank you, I'm sure that if you weren't in my life, I wouldn't have been able to meet Anne," Jack muttered softly with a smile still on his face, which was filled with fine hairs on his cheeks and chin.

to be continued