บท 57: Warped Reality

In any case, the Jennifer Connelly that got inside the house was a character birthed from threat.

Alexander made fun of actors who got lost in the characters they are playing but he wasn't laughing now.

The crying Jennifer, this time around, was the real her. If the Jennifer he had sex with enjoyed the encounter, the real her was anything else but amused. In fact, she might have been reluctant at the start.

They both hugged. As she wept, she slowly sunk her teeth into his shoulder. When she felt that he is nearly bleeding, she stopped herself.

"Why'd you stop? I deserve it. This pain isn't anywhere near what I've given you."

Alexander bravely said while he was internally screaming from the pain. If he was cruel enough, he would have slapped her and called her a bitch for doing that. Unfortunately, he still had some conscience in him.

Jennifer didn't answer him and just blew her snot and tears into his shirt. She did this unladylike behavior for about a minute or so until the tears stopped flowing.

Before Alexander could react, she undressed him off the tear-stained shirt. She rubbed the obvious bite mark on his shoulder and said. "You aren't that much of a devil as I thought you were."

"Is that a compliment?" He smiled as he hid the internal sting from her caressing of the bite.

"No, because you are still a devil who did those unspeakable things to me." Jennifer said as she licked the bite without shying away.

"Shouldn't you be running away from here now and reporting devil me?" Alexander's brows were twitching from her actions. She must already know that he is keeping a tough guy act since she focused all her attention on that bruised spot.

"Stockholm Syndrome, maybe." Jennifer remembered that sickness she read about and found a parallel with that to her current situation.

Alexander could only joke around. "Want me to pay for the therapy and the psychiatrist?"

"No. Just want you to be responsible." Jennifer stopped on the shoulder bite and focused on his more attractive parts. He was still a 12-year-old but the vestige of his abs from his constant exercise seems to be attractive to her.

"Sure." Alexander agreed while he swooped in her lips for a kiss. Girlfriend Jennifer and real Jennifer eventually found their piece and became one.

She became more grounded and less of a klutzy misunderstander but she retained the attraction she had to the boy.

"You'll probably leave your life as a middle school playboy." Jennifer teasingly smiled after they broke their kiss.

"Like I said before, you are probably my first girl overall." Alexander restated while truthfully saying. "As for the playboy title, I'll probably live up to it... Ouch!"

Jennifer did not do much but take a bite at that bitemark once again. His strong facade was exposed and it made the girl smile triumphantly. "That's for planning on being a playboy when you have a hot girlfriend in front of you."

Alexander was grinning through these conversations. It is much more frank and real than all the fakeness before.

"If you are going to be a playboy, then you'll have to be the one to break it to the media." She offered her neck so that her overbearing young lover has a place to vent from the biting pain.

Alexander hickeyed up her neck as the sting was still lingering and said. "I'm still not a playboy, so the media will have to wait."

"What about the fact that you seduced an older girl and not the other way around?" Jennifer reproached her for the hickeys but still offered the other side of her neck. "When we go out together, even if we keep the relationship on the wraps, I'll probably be scolded as the old girl who likes young meat."

"Haha! Didn't I tell you that we are already too late on that?" Alexander really liked this vampire-esque romancing. He took out the paper he carried along and showed her the articles. "Take a look at that."

Jennifer was surprised to see the titles that read:

'Kevin McAllister becomes a knight in shining armor'

'Young love blossoming due to the paparazzi.'

'Actress and young producer: Date of convenience.'

'Immoral Hollywood at its finest.'

'Is a 6-year gap too much or too little?'

All catered among the articles is the picture of her running towards Alexander who opened the car door when he yelled at her.

It was a photo of the premiere incident that was made to look like a heroic rescue story by a skilled photographer.

Jennifer, who had been sucked into a warped affection towards him, was out of the stupor and blushed at their news somewhat dominating the entertainment section.

Of course, many know that it is just the gossip reporters making up stories but Jennifer, who knew that it was all real, can't help herself but heat up as her face turned red from embarrassment.

"I blame you." She threw the paper aside and grabbed his head inwards as he acquired a taste for her neck.

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After their light passion, Alexander sat on the sofa while Jennifer's head rested on his lap.

"It isn't that bad a thing, you know. At least, 'It Follows' and the upcoming Home Alone movie would gain traction. I've pretty much done my part for all the propaganda nonsense." He muttered as he patted her hair.

"Mmm." Jennifer hummed in agreement. She was used to all the topics raised just so audiences would be pulled into cinemas by movies. For all she knows, what's done is done and all that she worries about is her agent and parents.

Convincing them shouldn't be too much of a problem if she says that they are too close friends that happen to sleep in the same room. If that didn't work, then it can all be explained in the name of love... warped love.

There are also some possible love connections she has to cut off completely. Her altered thoughts made her want to commit full-time.

Alexander didn't know what she was thinking but having a playable confidant is better for him who likes to be alone most of the time.