Her Mysterious Life – In love with her secret savior - Chapter 168

“Careful, Jen. Otherwise, you will hit the wall again.” he said, holding her arm.

“Can’t you forget that incident?” Jennifer asked as she moved her face too close to his.

She traced her finger on the mark he had on his eyebrow and fixed her eyes on his face.

She is intoxicated with his handsome face.

Anthony gulped and held her hand from progressing further. His ear tips started to turn pink as he tried his best to gently stop her.

“Jen, I don’t want you to regret this later. So, please stop.” he said as he stopped her hand from reaching his lips.

They both were drunk on the last day of her stay in Australia and have crossed the line without much consciousness. Her disappointed and startled self is still imprinted in his face. Did she hate it so much that she has escaped even without listening to his explanation?

“Regret? I didn’t regret it.” she purred in her drunken state.

Anthony was taken aback by her words that he had let go of her hands.

Taking that opportunity, Jennifer wrapped her hands around his neck and looked straight into his eyes.

“I don’t regret giving my first to you. It is… it is just that I was not able to recall it and when I woke up, you…you seemed to be disgusted. I… I thought you hated it…so, I… I left.” Jennifer said with tears brimming in her eyes.

She always looked up to him and had a very good impression on him. She, at one point, even felt attracted to him. He was her secret crush but it only lasted till that morning.

Looking at his sad and worried face, she felt heart broken.

She thought that he didn’t look at her like how she used to look at him. It has hit her hard.

After all, her first love was an unrequited one.

Even her crush towards Anthony ended in the same direction.

So, she has killed all her feelings towards him. But when her friend Nora said that she wanted to meet her boyfriend, Jennifer had no option but to approach Anthony.

He was the first person that came into her mind. Besides her bias towards him, he was the only one who fit perfectly in her fake story. Moreover, he owed her one and once and for all, Jennifer wanted to let go of him completely.

Anthony took time to register her words and infer the meaning behind those words.

Disgust?

Hate?

Hell no! He was more worried of how she would react and that was the reason for his worried and sad face.

“I…I was worried about you back then. I thought you would hate me for taking your first. I have never felt disgusted. I… I would not have touched you in the first place if I did not like you.” he whispered to her, suddenly realizing something.

Yes! He wouldn’t have crossed the line if he didn’t feel special towards her. Drunk or not drunk, it was and still his bottom point.

Deep down, there was some spark between them but he was not able to realize it. That’s it.

Jennifer smiled and moved her lips close to him but before she could do anything she fainted on his shoulder.

Anthony gulped one last time and carefully carried her to the sofa and deposited her there.

He was about to search for a blanket but he noticed someone at the rails of the first floor, looking at them.

When he looked up, it was Nora, Jennifer’s best friend and Oliver’s sister.

She was there for a long time, waiting for her friend Jennifer to come. So, when the door beeped open, she wheeled her chair to the rails to greet Jennifer but happened to witness everything.

As they were whispering, she couldn’t hear their conversation.

She waited without announcing her presence as she wanted to see how Anthony treated drunken Jennifen. How would he handle the girl who was drunk and pouncing on him without much consciousness left?

Would he take advantage of that situation and fulfill his desires or would he respect her and focus on taking care of her rather than taking care of his urges?

It looks like he falls under the second category.

“Blanket is in the room right to you.” Nora said as she wheeled herself to the mini elevator to bring herself downstairs.

Anthony nodded his head and left to get a blanket.

By the time he came back, Nora had already wheeled herself towards Jennifer.

“I will warm some water for her, first.” he said and walked towards the kitchen.

‘It looks like he knows how to take care of drunken Jennifer’ Nora thought. Forcing this girl to have some warm water is essential. Otherwise, she would end up with an upset stomach the next morning.

“Jen, wake up.” Nora told her best friend, patting her cheeks.

“I… I like him.” Jennifer subconsciously whispered as she smiled.

“Really?” Nora asked.

Her best friend answers even when she is asleep. Her brain is always active.

“Yes.” she answered.

“More than Oliver?” Nora asked as she nervously clenched her fists.

“Hmm. I do.” Jennifer answered with a smile again.

What she had for Oliver is not some more attraction. But what she felt with Anthony is more than what she could fathom.

She used to look forward to meeting him coincidentally in the elevator.

She used to wait for the weekend so they could meet at their favorite restaurant coincidentally too.

That excitement, that anticipation… they are not that special and people often feel the same towards the other person towards whom they are interested. But for Jennifer it is more than excitement and anticipation. His words, his smile… they used to calm her mind instantly.

Seeing him sick used to squeeze her heart.

Maybe she would have understood that she has feelings for him if they had more time and he was equally excited.

“Here.” Anthony said as he slowly made half asleep Jennifer sit. He brought the brim of the glass towards her lips and Jennifer, by reflex, sipped the water.

He patiently let her finish it before he pressed a tablet to her lips, which Jennifer gulped before having a few sips of water.

“You seem to be so experienced with handling her drunken self.” Nora commented.

“I was her neighbor for more than a year. We used to go to the same bars and restaurants very often, so I had to help her into her house.” he said. He knew her and as a gentleman, how would he leave a drunken woman to her own mercy. Moreover, he was her neighbor.

And, then his tumor got detected and she became his doctor. She used to take care of him and remind him of everything like his check up schedules, precautions, medications etc. How could he not reciprocate the effort? Without even realizing he started to care for her.

Jennifer used to hide her feelings saying that she is doing what a doctor has to do. It was because he was indifferent and passive and she didn’t want to look like a fool. Afterall, she got rejected and people in the circle used to make fun of her because her affection towards Oliver was too obvious to everyone.

“She will not wake up till the morning. If you have any other things to do, you can leave.I will take care of her.” Nora said.

“I will take my leave then. I will leave my number with you, so call me when she wakes up or even if you need any other help.” Anthony told Nora.

After taking a glance at Jennifer once again, he left.

Nora smiled.

Whenever she tells the people that she can take care of someone, they often question her if she would really be able to do it. Afterall she is handicapped and taking care of herself alone is a big task.

It is a typical ideology of the people.

However, Anthony didn’t even hesitate before leaving his girlfriend in her care.

It could be that he doesn’t care about his girlfriend or, it could be because he believes that Nora can handle the matter.

Nora hoped that it was later and went to fetch her laptop to work. She has loads of work pending because of her absence for these past few months.

While she was immersed in doing her work, a notification made her stop.

It is the secured, private message from the guy she hired.

As soon as she met Anthony, she hired a professional spy to keep an eye on him. Today is the first day of their spying on Anthony and she got a few pictures, a video and a brief report from the guy.

She went through the report her spy had added and then turned on the video. According to the report, Anthony, who was in a meeting with another law firm, left everything and went to the shopping mall. There he met Jennifer.

The video was added following this brief report.

Quickly connecting her laptop to her earpods, Nora opened the video.