Faking It With a Billionaire || MaAn

Chapter 39 | Anuj

"I never thought I'd say this, but I've never been more excited to see Hugo in my life," Anupama says with enthusiasm as she bounces up and down to stay warm. I look to my side at her, a growl rumbling low in my throat. "Careful sounding so excited when speaking of my driver. He's worked for me for years but make me too jealous when it comes to him and he might just lose his job."

The eye roll she gives me tells me she doesn't believe me in the slightest. She practically skips across the parking lot toward Hugo, leaping into his arms and enveloping him in a large hug.

If he didn't hover his arms over a safe spot on her back, he'd already be fired, our friendship be damned. I stop in front of them, raising my eyebrows as Hugo looks at me with an amused smile. Anupama steps from his arms, looking at the waiting car behind him. "I thought we'd be stuck here forever."

"Was it really such a terrible time?" I question, giving her a knowing look. While what happened last night was nowhere near planned, it wasn't the worst turn of events I could imagine. In fact, in my personal opinion, it turned out more than perfect.

A blush creeps to her cheeks. She looks from me to Hugo and back again. A frigid breeze picks up around us, a bite to it as it hits us all in the face. Anupama fixes the hair that blows with the wind, a gleam in her eyes as she looks between Hugo and I. "Awful. The worst." She tries hard to fight a smile, but eventually she can't any longer. She winks as a breathtaking smile overtakes her face.

"Why don't you tell your new best friend Hugo how we passed the time?" I challenge.

Her eyebrows raise to her hairline as her stained cheeks get even darker. Anupama always has such a smart mouth and no filter. I love it when I'm able to push her buttons enough to get her to blush. Especially in the presence of others.

Hugo whistles before he leaps forward and grabs the paper bags from my hand. "Now that you've mentioned it, I think I'd rather not know the details."

"The dirty details," I correct, still staring at Anupama. I'd been pissed when our car got stuck in the snow. Livid when I thought I'd be tormented by sleeping next to her all night without being able to have her. Now I'm grateful for the snowstorm, for how much things have changed between Anupama and I from yesterday to today.

"Anuj!" Anupama shrieks, hitting me in the arm.

Hugo loads our small amount of belongings into the back of the car, shaking his head at both of us as he tries his best to ignore us.

"Thank you for sorting out the car situation," I tell him. It seems that not only did he spend his morning getting the car towed for us, but he even took the time to get the rental washed. Scanning the trunk, it appears that all of our luggage stayed safe despite the car being left on the side of the road.

"Just doing my job," he responds, closing the trunk.

Anupama busies herself by typing something on her phone. If I had to guess, it's something to do with those friends of hers she's always adamant about speaking with. Walking up to her, I put an arm around her shoulder and pull her into my side. I kiss the top of her head. At first, she looks shocked by the PDA. She aims a hesitant glance at Hugo, who's already gotten into the car and isn't paying attention. Even if he was, it wouldn't matter.

Something changed between Anupama and I last night. I'm not taking a step backward. Now that I've had her, I won't let her go. I don't care who's looking, if I want to touch her, kiss her, or anything else, I'll do it.