heart beats for you (Book 2)

Chapter 9

Caleb, Olivia, Ronny, Jennifer, Cameron, and Marissa were having dinner at an Italian restaurant. Things were going pretty smoothly, and unlike before or any other time, the atmosphere was not tense between Cameron and Marissa.

True to their words, everything was actually fine between them. They might not be the best of friends, but on their own terms, they understood each other and knew where they stood with each other.

"I love this place and its food," Jenny said, with a dreamy look in her eyes.

"Who doesn't? On top of that, it's an Italian restaurant which serves the best Italian food." Olivia agreed with Jenny.

"Can you both stop gushing about the food so that we can actually eat something?" Cameron rolled his eyes. His sisters do behave like kids.

"Who is stopping you then?" Jenny narrowed her eyes at her brother.

"Guys, cut it out. Don't start fighting here." Ronny intervened.

"Marissa, how was your date last night?" Jenny asked teasingly, which caused her to choke and Cameron to look at her in surprise. For some reason, Marissa going on a date with someone else didn't settle well with him.

"It wasn't a date." She replied back after a few moments.

"And pigs fly. Both are not possible." Jenny retorted back. "That guy has got a huge crush on you. Even a blind man can see that."

"Peter and I are just friends. Yesterday was nothing but two old friends catching up on life." She defended herself.

She was still not ready to commit herself to a relationship. Her past records have not been good in that department. It was better that she stayed single.

"Marissa, when was the last time you actually went on a date, let alone been in a relationship?" Olivia asked her.

"Why are you people so keen on knowing about my not-so-exciting, non-existing love life? I am happy being single." She whined.

"Well for started Jason is already and Cameron has given his sister a clear warning about interfering in his love life, so they have no other person than you to be their entertainment source." Caleb rolled his eyes while taking a bite of his pasta.

"That's not fair. Bother him, not me." Marissa huffed.

"No! I am not interested in being part of their entertainment package. So you are more than welcome to be their target." Cameron told Marisa, who was sitting opposite him.

"Well, I don't want to be. They are your sisters, so it's your sole right. I won't come between that." She replied back.

"You won't be coming between anything. In fact, you will be doing me a huge favour."

"I don't want to do any kind of favour for you."

"Marisa..." This caused everyone at the table to turn to the owner of the voice. But only Marisa and Ronny were the ones to stand up from the sit-in shock.

"What the fuck are you doing here?" Ronny asked him furiously.

"Same thing as you people. I just saw Marissa here, so I came to say hi."

"Well, you said hi. Now you can leave, Rob." He glared at him.

"Ronny, please. Can I talk to you, Marissa, alone?" Rob asked her. His eyes were pleading with her to say yes.

"She is going nowhere near you alone."

"Ronny," Marissa looked at her friend, silently telling him that it was okay to talk to Rob.