8. JENIFER
1211 Words
Chapter 8
JENIFER
“What kind of man even does that? He is kissing me one moment and the next moment, he is asking me about some other woman and not just any woman,” I stopped pacing and turned to look at Chloe before finishing off my statement,” My co-worker Christine,”
“Well, are you sure you should be talking to me about our neighbor whose younger brother I’m totally not crushing so hard on?” Chloe questioned as she crossed her legs.
“Who else am I supposed to rant on?” I asked, slumping on the couch beside her.
“I don’t know, your friends perhaps?” She shrugged.
“Well, I would have if he had not suddenly declared being in love with me out of nowhere. I mean we were supposed to be just friends and now suddenly he has feelings for me? That’s ridiculous, right?” I threw my hands in the air, letting them fall on my laps in helplessness.
“Ben? Doesn’t sound ridiculous to me at all. Don’t tell me you are the last one to know?” she chuckled, leaning back on the couch.
“What? You knew Ben was in love with me too?” This was unbelievable.
“Please, just how more naïve can you get? The guy knows you inside out and he follows you around like a lost puppy. Heck, he even throws you birthday parties every year since eleventh grade. Have you even seen how he looks at you like you are the most interesting thing in the entire galaxy? Which is ridiculous if you ask me. I mean, look at you. You barely have a hobby. All you do is work and work for fun,” she pointed out as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
All I do is work? What the hell?
“I read novels too,” I defended.
“Fifty Shades of grey? And how long have you been reading it? Six months and you still aren’t through with the first book in the trilogy,” Well, that was the undeniable truth.
“My life sucks,” I admitted, running a hand through my hair.
“Your life doesn’t suck big siz, you make it suck. Listen, you want Damien to notice you, then do something about it,” Sometime she acted wiser than me and
“And what am I supposed to do? I’m not outgoing or vibrant like the other women at work,”
“I can’t believe I’m saying this but I have the perfect plan to change you into that woman who will make Damien notice,” she announced excitedly, while flipping her ponytail.
“Am I going to regret it?” It was pointless to ask that now because I already had a feeling it was something out of my comfort zone.
“I don’t know. It’s six, so let’s hit the gym,”
“What would I be going to the gym for? I’m fit as far as I’m concerned,”
“Not to work out, duh! Just to meet the hot and sexy guys. Don’t you know that’s where the hot guys go to show off their physically fit bodies and hunt some pretty ass? The good news is, that pretty ass today will be yours,”
“How do you even know all that?” For God’s sake, she was only sixteen even though she looked and acted like a mature woman.
“I go there every Wednesday and Saturday,” she announced.
“Why?”
“Well, because Jace trains there every Wednesday and Saturday,”
“And who is Jace again?” I would not want my sister hanging out with some drug addicted scoundrels.
“What’s with the questions? And how do you even not know Jace? He is Damien’s younger brother, dummy,”
“Oh,” I muttered.
“Okay, now come on. Go put on something sexy for the workout,” she shooed me off the chair light.
“Fine,” I walked to my room, wondering if listening to my younger sister’s advice was actually a sane thing to do.
I pushed on a pair black tights and grey camisole then walked back downstairs. Chloe gave me a disapproving look, shaking her head thoughtfully as she scanned my outlook.
“We gotta do something about your hair and that top. I like the tights. Where have you been hiding that ass anyway?” she chuckled.
She raced to her room and a minute later, came back with a Nike sports bra matching the one she was wearing.
“Now this is a sexy top,” she threw it to me.
“What? This is barely nothing. I’m not wearing this Chloe,” I stated adamantly.
‘I’m waiting outside. Better hurry up,” she smirked and proceeded to step out of the house.
I was definitely not going to wear that. I mean, sure she was right I needed to get out more and explore but this had to be ridiculous, right? I was not going to show off my skin but…maybe this once and this was not really leaving me that bare. With that last thought of console in mind, I changed into it before joining Chloe outside.
“Happy now?” I stated.
“I can’t believe you have a way bigger bust than me,” she muttered.
“I’m eight years older than you remember?” I nudged her shoulder playfully.
“Well, now wear that hair in a ponytail and we are good to go,”
I nodded, quickly doing as she instructed and soon enough we made our way to the only gym in town, about an eight-minute walk. The moment we walked in, a few eyes shifted to us and God help me not gasp out loudly. Chloe was f*****g right. This place was where all the delicious hot specimen were located. From one corner of the gym to the other, good looking men dripping with hotness, some bare chested, others in tight shirts and others in wife beaters attached to their bodies like their second skin were working out. There were a few women but that was none of my concern.
“New here, I presume?” I turned around startled, my eyes falling on a smiling hunk. Damn he was hot but not as hot as Damien. Heck, Damien was literally smoldering and most of the time I needed to pinch myself to confirm he was real.
Concentrate Jenifer. Here is your chance.
“Yes. First time,” I answered.
“I’m Will and I help around the gym. I could be your trainer if you don’t mind, that is,”
“I totally won’t mind,” I answered quickly. From the corner of my eye, I caught Chloe giving me a secret thumbs up.
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