My last date was ruined because I did not know how to pull.

I had a nice date and at one moment we were waiting for her train back home. We kissed and I saw that she wanted the date to continue. So we went around the city for a walk. During walking I was lifting her up, kissing and flirting, everything was going wel, escalating gradually. When she asked where are we going, I told her I am taking her to a romantic place in the city. I thought that she understood what I meant without me explicitly saying “my place is the romantic place”. I did not want to trigger her anti-slut defense. But then when we came close to my place and told her, she got offended and said I lied and then ended the whole thing.

A while ago I did the same thing similarly and the girl did not mind and we hooked up. But this time it went completely downhill.

What did I do wrong? Should I be more direct next time?