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Jack whispered those words in my ear making me slightly chill at the huskiness in his voice and warm breath which tickled my pale sensitive skin. He wrapped his both arms around me, eating up my small body with his big arms. My body instantly relaxed in his embrace as if it was my home. I rested my head on his shoulder and kept looking at the beautiful view in front of my eyes. Like was such a small word for the surprise he has given me today. This is the place I always wanted to visit and today I can't believe I'm standing in front of it. I slightly turned my head with a big smile on my face to look into his light brown eyes.

"I love it so much," I said in my happy voice with a small tear of happiness forming in my eyes. A small tear even slipped from the corner of my eyes even before I could stop it.

"Cupcake," he said while turning me to look at him he cupped my face as more warm tears slipped from my eyes. I have never been this happy before. He wiped my tears with warm fingers making me lean more into him and hug him as I felt so overwhelmed by happiness. He wrapped his hand around him and hugged him tightly not holding anything back. He pressed a kiss in my hair as I sobbed while resting my head on his chest still looking at the view in front of me. The small yet beautiful cottage in front of the lake and surrounded by forest and a thick blanket of snow were taking my breath away.

"Now will you tell me the reason," he asked me in his curious voice. It made me lift my face and look into his light brown eyes. I still can't believe he managed to find this place just by looking at the picture. I remember the promise he made me on that day.

Me Amelia and Jack we're looking at our mom and dad's old pictures. We often found ourselves looking at our mom's picture to feel her presence in our life. At least Amelia had Mom's little memory but I never got to see her so I looked at the pictures every day when I was a kid. In all those pictures there was only one picture which I liked so much. It was of dad sitting on his knee with a ring in his hand proposing to my blushing mom in front of this beautiful cottage. This place is where my dad proposed to my mom.

Amelia promised me to take this place when we grow up and asked me to return the picture to keep back as she wanted to keep all the albums in their place but I refused to give her this particular picture as I wanted to look at it for a little longer. She didn't force me and gathered all the remaining albums to keep it back. Jack ran behind her to help her with it. I keep looking at the picture. Each time I looked at this picture and every time I found myself wishing to come here one day.

"Why do you want to go there," asked the boyish voice, making me lift my head and look at him. My big eyes met with his light brown once as he asked me this question while standing in front of me. I just kept looking at him as no one ever asked me why I wanted to visit this palace except him. I wanted to tell him but I knew if I told him he would tease me.

"I will not tell you," I said stubbornly as a little girl I was. I won't tell him he always pulls my hair.

"Why are you not telling me," he asked with a confused voice as he came and stood more near me.

"Because you are bad you always pull my hair," I said without thinking twice. Listening to my answer he looked at me with his light brown eyes which made me press the picture nearer to my chest.

"Will you not tell me if I give this to you," he asked as he brought his hand in front of me. There was a big chocolate bar in his hand. My eyes lit up looking at it but I refused to take it. "Don't you want it?" he asked while bringing the chocolate bar in front of my face. I swallowed looking at the big chocolate bar. He knows I love them. They are my weakness and he uses them every time to bribe me. He even always gives me chocolate when I start crying when he pulls my hair in return asking me not to complain to Amelia or dad.

"Take it. It's all yours" he said in his persisting voice. I bite my lower lip as my mouth watered more as he said I can have it all. The temptation of a big chocolate bar was hard to resist as a little girl who doesn't know any other big temptation than this exists in this world. Without thinking twice I took it and wasted no time start devouring it. He smiled looking at my attempts at opening the wrapper with my small hands. After two attempts I got successful in doing it. I was munching on it when he took a seat near me.

"So now will you tell me why you want to go there," he asked as he saw me eating the chocolate. I looked at him with my big eyes.

"No, you will tease me," I told him the actual reason this time while still munching on the chocolate bar. He sighs as he knows I won't tell him.

"Then can I at least look at the picture," he asked in his calm voice it caused me to hide the picture from his light brown eyes. I looked at him with second thoughts in my eyes.

"I won't tear it, will you let me see it now," he said, like reading my mind.

"Promise," I asked in my small voice.

"Promise," he said and I slowly took the picture and gave it to him. He looked at the picture with his light brown eyes as I kept on eating my chocolate.

"When will you tell me why you want to go there," he asked, still looking at the picture.

"I don't know," I said while not looking at him.

"Will you tell me the reason when I take you there?" he asked me and it sparked the excitement in me. I looked at him with curious eyes.

"Will, you take me there?" I asked with the same seriousness in my voice.

"Only if you promise that you will tell me the reason when I take you there," he asked while showing me his pinky finger.

"Promise," I said in my excited voice as I took his pinky finger in mine to seal our promise.

"But how will you take me there? You don't even know where this place is and we are still so small," I asked with furrowed brows.

"Don't worry cupcake I will surely take you here one day" he said with a smile on his face as he wiped the corner of my mouth then took a big bite of my chocolate making me whine. He looked at my whining face and grinned and then kissed my cheek.

"Ewe," I said as his action made me whine more. I wiped the place he kissed, making him grin more. I will never tell him why I want to go to this place. I promised myself that as I eye my half-eaten chocolate with a pout on my lips.

A smile spread on my lips as I remember that day so clearly. I was just seven years old and he was eleven years old. It amazes me that he still remembers it and I forget it in this course of time. He was looking at me with eager eyes to know the reason why I wanted to visit this place. A mischievous smile spread on my face as I looked at his face.

"Let's go inside. I want to see how it's from inside," I said with the same mischievous smile on my face as I got out of his arms. I took his big hand in mine and started to pull him towards the cottage.

"Not again I have waited for fifteen years to know that secret reason of yours" he complains as I was still trying to pull his heavy body with mine towards the cottage.

"I will tell you later now let's go in," I said as I had still not made any plans to tell him the reason.

"You promised me you will tell me once we are here" he kept complaining but he moved his big long legs with it too as he saw me struggle to pull him.

"Have some patience. I will tell you the reason soon" I said as we almost reached almost near the cottage.

"I don't have any as I have waited for fifteen years to know it and--" I didn't let him complete his sentence as I kissed just lips to make him shut. He instantly stopped talking and feverishly started responding to my kiss while wrapping both hands around me and caging me in his arms. We pecked each other's lips so many times like getting not enough of it. We only stopped kissing when we heard a throat clearing voice. It made us look in that direction. I saw a man in his late fifties was standing near the small staircase of the cottage.

"Mr. Miller," he said with a genuine smile on his face.

"Mr. Alberts how are you" Jack called out his name as he saw him while taking my hands in his.

"I'm doing great. I heard car coma ing so I knew it must be you guys have arrived," he said with the same smile on his face.

"I have prepared everything come I will show you around before it gets dark," he said and started walking in with us following him. Jack introduced me to him and Mr. Alberts showed us around as he is the caretaker of here. It looked like a small cottage from the outside but it was so big from the inside. I was already in love with this place. Mr. Albert left saying he will call when it's dinner time. Jack went with him to talk and I got busy looking out of the big windows. I could see the forest covered in snow clearly from here. Sun was at its peak and the view from here looked so great taking.

"So did you like this place," he asked as he came after saying buy to the caretaker.

"Yes I'm just loving the view it's so beautiful here. I still can't believe we are here" I said as everything seemed like a dream to me.

"I'm loving my view too it's so beautiful," he said in his husky voice as he stepped nearer to me. Breathing air was kicked out of my lungs when I heard his words did he called me beautiful. My ears could believe it. He smiled looking at my face as he knew what was going on in my mind.

"Well you can enjoy this view whenever you want we can come here at any time," he said while handing me the keys. My eyes widened in shock.

"You are kidding," I said not be living his words.

"No, I'm not Mrs. Miller it's yours now. It's my wedding gift for you," he said making me jump on him in happiness and he caught me without any difficulty. I can't believe he bought this place for me. It's the second-best surprise he has given me today. But a frown creased my forehead.

"What happened," he asked as he tucked my hair behind my ear.

"I don't have anything now to give you as a wedding gift," I said in my small voice.

"Well I can suggest to you hundreds of ways how to gift me," he said in a mischievous voice while walking towards the bedroom. I knew all the ways he was going to suggest it made me laugh aloud. And like he said he indeed showed me hundreds of ways. We only took a break to eat out dinner and he continued the whole night with his new ways.

The next morning when I opened my eyes I didn't find him anywhere in the room. I sat up while pressing the white sheet to my chest to hide my nakedness. I heard a mumbling voice outside the room. He must be out talking with Mr. Albert. I slipped into his t-shirt and walked out of the room. My breath hitched when I saw whom he was talking to. It was the same girl he was talking to in the cafeteria.

What is she doing here?

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