So, Jack insisted on walking Eve to her apartment door. They argued about each step, apparently, and now here they are. Is anyone surprised when they end up on the couch with their shirts off? It's a good thing Eve doesn't have an apartment-mate anymore. He offered to pay her college expenses before this, but they got off track. They stop their canoodling when Jack re-remembers that they want different things. He can't give her love, which is what she has every right to expect, so they can't be together. He wants her so badly, but he's trying to give her up so she can have what she wants! Why is this guy so dumb? Eve tells Jack that she thinks he could figure out how to love, with some time. Jack leaves, apparently without another word.
Eve's ready to wait for him to figure this out on his own. There's no logic here, so he'll have to admit that he loves her. Right? Jack calls on Sunday asking for Eve to come to his office. He's got a crisis and he'll have to head to Rome soon, but he needs to talk to her now. He's sending a car that'll be there in fifteen minutes. Eve thinks that he's taking a lot for granted (oh, she's noticing these things now), but it's all okay because he's going to tell her he loves her. Maybe he'll even take her to Rome. It was at this point that I knew Eve was totally wrong. She's gotta be wrong. Also, there's still another chapter left.
The limo pulls up and Eve goes to Sinclair Enterprises. There's all kinds of people there and they're terribly busy. Yet Jack found time for her anyway. This just proves he's had a change of heart. Eve walks into his office and Jack says he's found a solution to their problem. They could agree not to see each other but that wouldn't please him and would be dumb. So, he says, “I think we should marry.” Huh. I was pretty much right. Eve asks why and Jack starts up the power point presentation. They're compatible, they interest each other, lots of physical attraction, Jack wants a family, and Eve can go back to school to learn what she wants and stop modeling. Everybody wins!
Eve says no. I mean, c'mon, he even expects you to nag him to include you in his life! Kidding. I mean, he does, but that's not a good basis for a relationship. Jack flat out says he won't love her and that's Eve's one requirement. Eve says that what Jack described sounds like love and he says it totally isn't. “Love is something very different; it's irrational and unpredictable and far too uncontrollable for my taste.” So, there's this operetta Patience by Gilbert and Sullivan. In it, Patience asks what love is. She's never been in love, so she doesn't understand. She's told that love burns and scorches; that it stings, and other such unpleasantries. Patience decides that, if love is so terrible, then she totally does love this one guy. Because, you know, she hates him. This is the same idea.
Eve accuses Jack of going on about the three generations of terrible people in his family so he has something to hide behind. All the things he says he doesn't like about love, he doesn't like about himself. Then she accuses him of being afraid to be himself and doing anything to avoid it. They yell at each other, and Eve starts leaving the office. She says she won't take this business deal and wishes Jack well on his other crisis. He doesn't leave it at that. He follows her through the office, the two of them arguing at the tops of their voices the whole way, and into the limo.
In the limo, Jack seems to decide yelling at her isn't the best way to get her to see his side. He says they have something more reliable than love. He means lust, but he's totally in love with this girl. Anyway, she says no and he starts kissing her. Then he tells her to kiss him and she narrates that she has no choice. They make out for awhile and Jack says that she wants him as much as he wants her. He tells her that what they have is enough, and she'll realize that when she has time to think things through. Eve says that there isn't anything to think through. It won't change how she feels. Jack says she'll change her mind. It's interesting characterization that she goes for emotions and he goes for logic.
Jack says there are other ways to convince her and he puts his hand on her thigh under her skirt. Well hot damn, kid. Slow down there. Eve says no, and Jack says yes and tells her not to fight him. Don't worry, he doesn't rape her...here. I'm a little worried about what happens in the last chapter. Jack says that he'll be back in four or five days and they'll settle this as Eve gets out at her apartment. Eve decides to run away because she can't fight him off.
Wow. That's...that's a little worrisome.
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