Goodbye You Never Loved Me novel (Martha and Stefan)
Chapter 868: Did You Not Deceive Me?

Chapter 868: Did You Not Deceive Me?

Mia waited all night at the hotel, but Jimmy never showed up. She couldn't even reach Anna, which made her angry enough to check out and head straight to Anna's small apartment. Fuming, she pounded on the door with all her might, but no one answered.

"What are you doing, Anna? You ruined my plan!" Mia kicked the door hard in frustration.

After waiting for about half an hour, Anna finally returned. Mia was even more furious than before.

Completely lost in her own world until she reached the door and saw Mia's accusing eyes staring back at her, Anna was taken aback.

"What's going on, Anna? Why didn't you bring Jimmy to my room?" Maybe it was genuine anger that made Mia shout so loudly at Anna.

Seeing that her neighbor had opened the door due to the commotion outside, Anna quickly pulled Mia inside.

"Anna," said Mia as soon as they were inside. "I hope you can explain what happened last night. I waited all night and... you didn't bring him to my room."

Mia thought of how she had waited eagerly for a whole night only to be disappointed in the end; it made her face look gloomier than ever before.

Anna sighed deeply. Should she tell her that the person who she was waiting for last night was actually with her?

Anna couldn't imagine what would happen if she told Mia everything; would she storm out of here right away?

"I... I tried many ways last night," said Anna hesitantly after a while. "But Jimmy is too smart; he didn't fall for any of them. Later his assistant called him away because he had some work to do." Mia clearly did not believe this explanation; furrowing her brows tightly together in disbelief and suspicion.

"But I saw you two standing at the staircase! And he even drove his female companion away just for you! I even saw both of you go upstairs together!"

She had seen everything!

Anna gasped inwardly as fear gripped hold of her heart - her face changing color multiple times - before finally speaking up again.

"It is true we went upstairs together," admitted Anna reluctantly after taking a deep breath. "But just when we got there, his assistant called him away, so there was no way I could have brought him over." Anna couldn't meet Mia's gaze because she had lied to her.

"Did you... not deceive me?"

Mia looked at Anna incredulously.

"Of course not."

Anna gritted her teeth and continued to lie.

Mia nodded, and her anger subsided a bit.

Anna quickly poured a glass of water and placed it next to Mia's hand.

"I'll think of another way, Anna. You can't fail next time."

Taking the glass of water, Mia locked eyes with Anna.

Anna reluctantly nodded. "Okay, I'll keep helping you."

Finally satisfied with the conversation, Mia smiled. However, when she noticed the hickey on Anna's neck, a strange expression flickered in her eyes.

"After you left Jimmy last night, where did you go? And why did you come back so late wearing expensive clothes?"

Mia probed for answers as Anna relaxed after lying earlier.

"After we parted ways at the party hotel, I went straight to the hospital to take care of my dad. You know how tired my mom has been lately, so I wanted to help out a bit. As for my clothes... the hospital smells like medicine, so I changed into something new."

Mia saw through Anna's lies as she blinked nervously while speaking.

"Anna," said Mia holding onto her arm affectionately. "You're my good friend and I really need your help this time around but let's forget about what happened today okay? Next time we must succeed alright?" Anna nodded obediently saying, "I'll do everything in my power."

Mia showed a satisfied smile but deep down inside there was an evil glint in Mia's eye as if plotting something sinister against Anna.

"I'm hungry, can you help me prepare some breakfast?" Mia asked.

Anna smiled as she walked into the kitchen.

Seeing her busy in the kitchen, Mia immediately made a phone call. Through her friend who worked at the hospital, she learned that last night, Mrs. Miller was the only one taking care of Mr. Miller, and Anna had never shown up.

"Anna, you must have done it on purpose, deliberately stopping me from becoming Jimmy's woman. Let's see how this plays out; I won't let you off easily."

Mia watched Anna's busy figure in the kitchen, her eyes filled with deep malice and schemes.

After breakfast, Mia left.

Anna changed out of her expensive dress and prepared to go to the hospital to take care of her father. As she was about to leave, she received a call from Mrs. Miller.

Anna was surprised by her mother's excited voice, but what Mrs. Miller said next made Anna furrow her eyebrows.

"Anna, you're amazing! That man has arranged for your father to be in a high-end ward with two nurses taking care of him 24/7. And your brother is out too! Although he still needs to report his whereabouts regularly at the police station, as long as he's out, I'm happy. Anna, you have to thank him properly. Why don't you invite him over for dinner? I'll cook something nice for him."

Anna couldn't hear what her mother was saying anymore; all she knew was that Jimmy had arranged everything.

Jimmy, did last night mean nothing more than a transaction in your mind?

She had believed in his bullshit love at first sight story but it turned out it was just a transaction.

"Arrange a time and bring him over so I can meet him," Mrs. Miller continued on the phone.

Anna sighed deeply.

"We're just...," she paused.

"After your brother got out of jail, he investigated that man and found out that he's the CEO of the Harrison Group," Mrs. Miller went on. "You should seize this opportunity and become his wife so we can all benefit from his power and influence."

Hearing her mother's delusional words made Anna sarcastically curl up one corner of her lips, "He's just my boss; there won't be anything beyond our professional relationship between us."

"I'm going to bring breakfast over for Dad now," Anna quickly hung up before Mrs. Miller could say anything else embarrassing or ridiculous again. She sat on the edge of the bed with an expression full of helplessness.