Jack stood in front of his luxury house while folding his arms across his chest. He looked at Erick who was standing next to one of Jack's cars that would take the two private detectives home. Their heads were covered with black cloth. After getting all the information from the two detectives, Jack ordered Erick to take them home.

"Come back before dinner, Erick," said Jack to Erick who was about to get into the car.

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"Okay, Sir," Erick answered politely to his master's words. After making sure the two detectives he brought were seated well, Erick got into the same car. He sat beside the driver while guiding the way so the driver could take the two detectives back to their house.

After the car that brought Erick and the detectives was out of sight, Jack entered his luxurious house again. He still had an hour before dinner. Jack, who wanted to talk a lot with Anne, couldn't do so because the girl already drank his vodka. Jack didn't understand how Anne could drink that much liquor.

To get rid of his boredom, Jack opened his laptop on his favorite sofa near the dining table, he found out what Steffi had been doing lately. It was not difficult for Jack to find Steffi Ganke's social media account, a smile blossomed on his face when he saw a photo that Steffi had uploaded on her social media account. Various limited edition luxury goods and delicious food dominated her post. There were very few of her husband's pictures there.

Jack took a deep breath. "No matter how much you try to show off your luxurious stuff, it won't be able to hide your true identity, Steffi."

Sick of seeing Steffi showing off her exaggerated lifestyle, Jack decided to do other things. He called all of his bodyguards who had just arrived from Switzerland. Jack re-checked whether they were already in their respective posts or not. Jack now had to work up his brain even harder. The reason was that he had to protect Anne, not only from the Higgins family but also from Steffi Ganke, an ex-friend who Anne helped in the past but decided to betray Anne by cheating with her ex-husband. Today's incident made Jack realize that he couldn't lose Anne, so he would do everything he could to protect her.

"I shouldn't teach her to fight all her fears and traumas in the past. You are such an idiot, Jack. You were trying so hard to be a smartass. If you didn't help her to be this independent, she would rely on you and not try to do everything by herself like this," Jack thought to himself, cursing his stupidity for teaching Anne so much.

The waiters who were preparing food at the dining table could only be silent and did not dare to disturb their master. They worked quickly and very carefully so as not to disturb the master. They thought that Jack was working after seeing him sitting in front of his laptop showing a row of writing that only Jack could understand. Jack was looking at a string of numbers from a program that he made.

Erick's footsteps could be heard clearly when he entered the house. After taking off his jacket before entering the house to meet Jack, he looked for the master right away to report that he had done his job.

"Are you sure they will obey us, Erick?" Jack asked nonchalantly to Erick who was just about to open his mouth.

"I'm sure, Sir. I already have their trump card, so they don't have any other choice other than cooperating with us. Moreover, those two detectives are good people, they only did what Steffi asked them to do because they needed money."

"Don't be fooled by them, they are the type of person who is good at talking. I'm sure they'll persuade you with sweet words, something you want to hear. Words like that are the most powerful weapon for a criminal to hide from lawsuits. They will always talk about needing money, taking care of a sick child, paying for a wife who is about to give birth… akhhh… fuck. Bastards like them will try to use excuses like this to get our sympathy," Jack cut off Erick's words. He was sick of hearing anything coming out of those detectives' mouths.

"If they need money at least they can find a better job instead of stalking a girl they don't know, kidnapping her, and then trying to defame her by giving her to seducers or bad men. If that happens, I promise I will skin them alive and hang their skinless bodies in the hills so that the wild beasts will eat them alive."

Hearing the master's words made Erick swallow his saliva slowly, he knew that Jack was still angry after knowing about Steffi's plan for Anne. A very inhuman plan designed by a woman.

"I… understand, Sir," Erick answered back obediently, his tone lower than before. "I will make sure that they will never try to do anything to Miss Anne. Her safety will be my top priority now."

"That's good," Jack was satisfied to hear Erick's words, he was happy that Erick finally understood what he wanted. "Let me know right away if you're having trouble, I'll be happy to get rid of those people using my own hands," he empathized again without feeling guilty.

"You don't need to take care of it yourself, Sir. I can handle everything by myself," Erick quickly rejected Jack's good intentions, he didn't want Jack to be dragged into a legal case in the country they had only lived in for a few months.

After finishing everything he wanted to say to his right hand, Jack then getting up from the sofa, he walked with heavy steps towards the stairs that would lead him to his room on the second floor. Jack, who was hungry, had lost his appetite after remembering Steffi's plan to destroy Anne's good name. He got angry again after the conversation with Erick. Without hesitation, Jack opened the door to his room, his smile widened when he looked at the bed. Anne was still asleep and her sleeping position had not changed. Jack was sure that Anne must be very dizzy right now because of the alcohol effect from the vodka she drank earlier. As someone who never drank vodka, it must be very torturing for Anne, especially after she had finished the whole bottle.

"You are such a naughty little cat, you are wild but deadly Anne. You better give up, stop trying so hard to fight everything by yourself, Anne. I know there is a deep wound in your heart because some people have taken advantage of your sincerity. Please, rely on me from now on. I will gladly accept you," Jack muttered in an almost inaudible voice, his hands moving gently to touch Anne's hair that covered her beautiful sleeping face. Being beside Anne, who was sleeping on the bed, a feeling of drowsiness came over. Jack slowly laid his body next to Anne. He wrapped his arms under Anne's neck and grabbed her body to get closer to him. After hugging Anne tightly, Jack began to close his eyes. He tried to hold back his urge when Anne's leg accidentally moved on top of his leg.

"As long as I'm alive I will never let anyone hurt you again, Anne. That's my promise to you. Jackson Patrick Muller will never break his promise."

To be continued