Chapter 36 - Filled

"Where are we going?" Jacob asked. He has been sitting on the sofa scanning the television channels.

"We?" J asked Jacob.

"Yeah. We."

J stared at Jacob. Is he going to accompany her wherever she goes? Will she still go with the flow?

She chooses to ignore him then went out of the apartment. Jacob hurriedly followed her. She was quiet from her apartment to the elevator until the main lobby.

"Wait where are you going? Aren't we going to take my car? If you keep going like this, I will continue following you and who knows who might see us together. What if Dr. Gonzales sees us or Head Nurse Jing? Will you tell them that I'm your husband?" Jacob continuously badgers her.

J suddenly stopped. She thought for a minute. He's got a point. Damn! He's seriously going to follow her around.

She didn't speak instead walk towards the basement parking. Again, Jacob conquered her.

Jacob followed her with a smile. She's getting cuter and cuter in his eyes. In Jacob's SUV, he asked her again. "So where are we going? I can't just drive without direction"

"At Joe's" J said as she rolled her eyes.

Joe's? Who the hell is Joe? First, there's Lance. Then now there's Joe? Jacob looked at her with a questioning look.

J sighed and just showed him the direction.

At Joe's. Ah… so Joe is the owner of a grocery store called Joe's. Jacob chuckled and thought to himself.

J gets off the car but before she does, she said "Stay here." to Jacob. Jacob thought for a while, maybe this time he should just listen to her. Anyway, buying groceries are a woman's thing. Hmm...what could she be doing at Joe's? Probably stocking up the fridge and kitchen cabinet. But this morning when he cooked breakfast, he noticed that the fridge and cabinet were still full of stocks.

Not long after, J return followed by two men carrying boxes.

J opened the door of the passenger's seat and said, "Open the back door."

Jacob did what she said and soon after the back of his SUV was filled with boxes of fruits, biscuits and personal care items.

Jacob looked at J now sitting in the passenger's seat. "What are you going to do with these boxes of fruits and biscuits and other stuff?" Jacob asked her.

"Mmm... let's go to Lani's." instead of answering Jacob's question J instructed him to drive over to Lani's.

Lani's is an old bookstore that accepts trade-in and donation books from all over the town.

"Hi, do we get something?" J said to Lani upon arriving. "Yes. I knew you'd be coming so I already prepared them for you." Lani said smiling then took two boxes of old books from under the counter. Then she called two boys to help J carry the boxes to the car where Jacob is still waiting inside.

"Thank you, Lani." J thanks Lani then walked towards Jacob's SUV.

Jacob was silent when J came back. J looked at the back seat of the car. She smiled unconsciously. Ah, it's a good thing that Jacob insisted on bringing his car. Afterall how is she going to carry all this stuff? Back then, she would usually rent a car or have these stuff delivered.

She looked at Jacob still smiling but she didn't expect him to be looking at her.

Jacob was stunned. He's been observing J since she got in Lani's. He has been wondering what is she going to do with this stuff. And now she is looking at him smiling.