"Have you extended your stay here?" Meredith asked.
Jake nodded. "Yeah. For a week."
"Me too," Meredith replied. ’OMG! A week! So many things can happen! We were so close to kissing, but I can’t bring myself to talk about it! He also said he wanted to meet Loe Loe to thank her!
I recently used her nickname too many times! Ah, I’m so unlike myself because of him! It’s all Jake’s fault! This rogue!’
Jake stuffed his breakfast in his mouth. He wasn’t in a mood to eat, but just sitting and nothing else with Meredith would be weird. She ordered a lot since it was at his expense.
Pancakes, scrambled eggs, toasts, and more, along with lots of orange juice, were perched before ravenous Meredith.
Jake didn’t know where she had room to store all of that. "You have an abyss in your stomach?"
"All goes into breasts and thighs," Meredith replied as a matter of fact. ’OMG! Why did I say that?!’
Since her assertive self had come to terms with her complex, Meredith knew most men would fancy her chest.
For that reason, her assertive self didn’t take much offense when her chest snatched the other gender’s attention and even thought of showing more of it to Jake.
Her real self also had overcome that complex briefly before Meredith realized how indecent she had sounded.
Thankfully, she kept all to herself.
"I exercise and practice yoga," Meredith added. "I didn’t have time for that as of late because of the tournament and preparations, though."
"I do common stuff and run mostly in the mornings," Jake replied. "You could teach me yoga."
"We’ll find time for it," Meredith smiled.
"I also wanted to go to a concert here before returning home. I got more than one ticket because of Damien, but he can go somewhere else with Liza. Sounds good?" Jake asked.
"Yes," Meredith nodded. ’Yes, yes, yes! I always wanted to go to a concert but was so scared!’
The easiest way to elate Meredith was to take her to a historic square. Jake already planned to get her back to this place and see the rest of the monuments and remnants of the past.
"But you like it, don’t you?" Jake leaned closer.
Meredith threw a side glance at him and nodded. "Your other cheek would hurt you if I didn’t."
"Haha!" Jake burst out laughing.
A particular couple rained down his parade then.
It was Mary and Robert.
Their presence wasn’t so welcoming.
Jake rolled his eyes as he saw them coming toward them. Beside him, Meredith nearly choked on her food as she realized that Jake’s family was approaching them.
She gulped down the food and wiped off her lips.
She even found time to put on a glistening lipstick on her lips.
Jake bit his lips when he saw hers glittering like that.
He turned his head over to Mary and Robert.
He said, "This woman is stupid, so ignore her. Just know her name. It’s Mary. The man next to her is Robert, her boyfriend, and he’s a good guy held back by the useless sister of mine."
Mary gasped. Her countenance screamed, "You dare?!"
Robert warmly smiled.
A hint of awkwardness could be seen in him.
He introduced himself to Meredith. She also reciprocated and correctly introduced herself. Since all four hailed from countries with native English, the greetings were smooth and fluent.
Jake arched his head back and hollered, "You’d better hire a famous and known estate guy."
Mary growled, "I will."
She was... quite docile today.