Her Mysterious Life – In love with her secret savior

By reflex, she was about to take his luggage and accidentally their fingers touched, sending a zap of electricity into her body. Jennifer immediately retreated and gestured towards her car. 

"I booked a hotel for you." she said, feeling awkward. This is the first time they are alone in this small space after 'that incident' between them. 

"No need." Anthony said. 

"Please. It is the least I can do to disrupt your busy schedule." Jennifer urged. 

Looking at her for a few seconds he said, 'Fine.'

Jennifer gulped and tried to focus on the road.

When Kyra said that she and Oliver got into an accident because of Oliver's distracted mind, she thought Kyra was exaggerating a little. 

But now, she realised that her friend wasn't lying. 

Just like how Kyra distracted Oliver which caused the accident, Anthony's hot gaze on her is making her jittery and she must say that it is getting hard to focus on the road. 

Anthony passively looked away after a few seconds and if not for this, Jennifer would have already gotten into an accident.

"So, you want me to act as your boyfriend?" Anthony asked as they took seats in the coffee house in hotels' lobby. 

Jennifer's phone called him a couple of days back and made this weird and surprising request. As he owes her, he couldn't say no. 

He sounded desperate, so he didn't ask many details as well. 

"Yes." Jennifer answered. 

"My best friend wants me to pair up with her brother and she is super serious about this. She didn't cave in to any of my excuses so, I had no option but to lie that I have a boyfriend. However, I didn't think that she would demand to meet my boyfriend."

"I could have asked others but I blurted out that I met my boyfriend in Australia. She has the potential to check my info legit or not, so I had to ask you as you are my neighbor and we have also crossed paths in our work." Jennifer explained. 

"You should have gone on a date with her brother and said no later." Anthony commented as he elegantly sipped his coffee. 

He doesn't like people who lie. He would rather prefer to solve the situations straightforwardly. 

"Her brother treats me like a sister and he already has a girlfriend who is also my other best friend. My interference will only make things complicated, so I didn't have an option but to lie." Jennifer said. She is aware that Anthony hates lying. 

"So, this guy didn't tell his sister that he already has a girlfriend?" Anthony enquired. He doesn't want to be nosy but it is necessary to understand the situation before jumping into action. Moreover, his line of work has a lot of enquiring, interrogating and inferring. 

"He is working on that. He might need some time to introduce his girlfriend to his sister. I know that I can drag this matter till he does that but I want to be the one to step out of this. Otherwise, my best friend might misunderstand her brother's girlfriend." Jennifer said. 

Nora might think that Jennifer stepped out because of Kyra. It will make Kyra look bad in Nora's eyes and Jennifer didn't want that to happen. She can only avert this crisis if she is the one to introduce her boyfriend and confess that she doesn't have feelings for Oliver. 

Anthony sighed.

He understood that Jennifer is trying to do a good thing here. 

Like always, she is the kind one who would rather have her heart broken than seeing others heart broken. 

This selfless side of Jennifer makes him admire her and pity her at same time. 

"So, you are stepping out because he has a girlfriend? Do you still have feelings for him?" Anthony asked. There is some anger lingering in his voice and Jennifer could feel it. 

"I don't love him anymore. I moved on after I realised the meaning behind his words." Jennifer said. Anthony already knows that she moved to Australia to forget a certain person in her life. 

"Whatever." Anthony said and he stood up as he elegantly pressed tissue to his lips to remove the stains of coffee if they exist. 

"I will stay here for a week. I can act as your boyfriend only for this one week and later, I would have nothing to do with you." he said and he was about to leave but Jennifer stopped him by holding his wrist. 

As soon as he stopped and turned around, she let go of his hand and looked at him. "That's it? Any base rules I have to follow?" she asked. Anthony is a principled mind and he has rules for almost everything. 

"Rules? I don't have any for the time being. We have already done things, so there is nothing much left." he indifferently said and left. 

Jennifer blushed. They…*cough*... had one night stand before she left Australia. They both were drunk and realised only in the morning. 

They had an argument on this matter and that afternoon she left. It's been a few months since this happened. 

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Jennifer waited in the private room for Jennifer and her so-called boyfriend. 

"Ten seconds late. No time sense unlike my brother." she whispered to herself just at the moment the door opened and Jennifer entered the room with Anthony. 

"Anthony, she is my best friend Nora Miller." Jennifer introduced. 

"Nora, this is my boyfriend Anthony." she added. 

"Ms. Miller." Anthony greeted politely. Her name rang a bell in his mind and in no time he could tell that she is one of the main figures in Miller corps. 

"Only Anthony? No last name?" Nora asked Jennifer. 

"I prefer my first name, Ms. Miller." Anthony answered as everyone took their seats. 

"Fine." Nora said and after giving a pause she asked, "What do you do, Anthony?" 

"I am a lawyer." Anthony answered. 

"Lawyer. Good. But, Jenny, I have never heard his name in the law field." Nora said. What she meant is, Anthony is not famous. 

"I am a small time lawyer, Ms. Miller." Anthony said but his appearance and attitude said otherwise. 

"I am a director in Miller Corps. If you need any help I can gladly ask my brother to help you." Nora said. 

Jennifer could only pinch Nora's hand under the table, gesturing to her to stop disparaging Anthony. Even Jennifer thought that Anthony is an ordinary guy when she met him but as time passed she was proven wrong again and again. 

"I know who you are, Ms. Miller." Anthony said. 

"You must have done your research then." Nora said. 

Anthony didn't say anything. Truth to be told, he came across Nora's name just a few months back, so he remembers who she is and what she does. 

"So, how did you both meet?" Nora asked Anthony. 

"We met a few years back in the hospital where she was doing her residency. We were just acquaintances but we met again when she moved back to Australia for her fellowship a year and half."  Anthony said. And, his words are true. 

"We became neighbours the second time and that is how we started seeing each other." Jennifer added. They went on a few dinners and had a couple of drinks together once in a while. Mostly,  they would meet coincidentally and end up having dinner together. 

"Who made the first move?" Nora asked. Their story doesn't seem that suspicious but she has to dig deeper for a more accurate answer. 

"I did. I fell for her when she was trying to save her patient in the hospital." Anthony said. She was working in an ER back then and he found her kind and passionate at that moment and started to treat her as his neighbour / friend. 

After a few more questions and dinner, Jennifer finally decided to let go of them. She is not convinced yet but she will go and check if their story is legit or not before meeting them again. 

"I will drive you to your hotel. Otherwise, Nora might get suspicious." Jennifer whispered to Anthony as they walked to the parking lot. 

He could only nod his head and once they were alone in the car, he said, "Not to the hotel. I have a friend whom I am visiting tonight. Drop me there." Anthony said and pinned the location in GPS before closing his eyes. He has jet lag so he is a little lethargic. 

"Crescent Gardens. This is a very costly community. He is not a small - time lawyer!" Jennifer thought as they drove inside. 

Anthony woke up when he felt the car stopping. 

"Did we reach?" he asked as he looked at Jennifer who was fascinatingly looking at something. 

Getting no answer from her, he frowned and followed Jennifer's line of sight and it ended at a couple who were passionately kissing at the entrance of a house. 

"Can't they get a room." he grumbled. 

"They are the ones I am talking about. My best friend's brother and his girlfriend." Jennifer said and this made Anthony look at them again, this time he focussed on the faces. 

When he saw who the girl was, his eyes turned blood thirsty and he kicked the door open before storming towards them.