Arrogant Man VS Unyielding Woman novel Chapter 506

"Zed, you don't need to worry so much. It's gonna be alright," Maranda said to allay Zed's fears.

Zed smiled a broad bright smile at Maranda who was trying to placate him. He still held Jean's hand and walked her to a seat.

"Ok, then. Everyone is here. Let's order now!" Ron passed the menu to Zed and affably said,"Zed, please go first."

Zed frowned at Ron's courtesy. But when he noticed everyone watching him, Zed reciprocated the friendliness and said,"I'm not good at ordering. Jean does this better."

So Zed passed the menu to Jean.

Jean felt that she was put on the spot since now everyone's attention was on her. So she waved her hand gesturing a big no and said,"Maranda, how about you order? We are all your friends. You should know everyone's taste better."

And so, the card was now in Maranda's hands.

"Alright. Are we going to eat or continue to pass the menu from one person to another?" Maranda happily started reading the menu and butted in,"I'll order then."

She called the waiter who had been patiently waiting on the side. She almost gave him a list of dishes, as if it were half the menu.

Since climbing the mountain was the next thing they were to do, she ordered only one bottle of wine, which was shared between more than ten people.

The dishes were carefully ordered as Maranda had carefully catered to each and everyone's taste on the table.

They had a great meal and were all pleased by the time they wrapped up.

As they headed towards the elevator, Jean asked Maranda with some tentativeness showing on her face. "Are we going to climb the mountain now?"

"In a while." Maranda smiled and added,"Ron and Calvin wrote the manager of the resort a list of things we'd need and asked him to buy them for us. So, we'll make a move once the manager has arranged for everything we've asked for."

"Buy? Buy what?" Jean was surprised by their odd request.

"The stuff we are going to need when climbing. For example, walking sticks, water, snacks, towels, medicine, tents..."

Jean frowned at once when she heard Maranda's words. "Maranda, what did you just say? Tents?"

"Yeah! We'll arrive at the top of the mountain in the evening. After watching the sunset, we'll camp there. And then we can continue to watch the sunrise tomorrow. Relax! Ron and Calvin have arranged everything well. You'll enjoy it."

"I didn't mean that." Jean's face turned pale as she added,"It's just we didn't know about it in advance. And you have done everything. I'm sorry that we didn't help."

"There's no need to be sorry. They just did what they should do. Don't overthink it." Maranda didn't notice Jean getting perturbed so she tried to soothe Jean casually.

"Okay. I feel slightly tired. I'll go get some rest then." Jean said, looking at Maranda.

"Sure." Maranda nodded her head as she didn't think too much of this and walked towards Ron.

Jean took a deep breath and then approached Zed and Moore nervously. She told them this piece of information in a deliberate breezy tone,"They plan to camp on the top of the mountain for the night. Zed, Moore, if you don't want to, I can go talk to Maranda about it."

"Camp?" Zed's face darkened at once. He looked distressed but was now looking into the distance turning the whole situation over in his head.

"I had seen this coming." Moore looked at Jean and smiled. "They surely would want to watch the sunrise tomorrow after they are done with the sunset. I'm okay. It's up to you."

"You are right." Jean still had her heart in her mouth and asked,"But Moore, are you really okay with it? We'll be sleeping on the mountain at night."

"There are tents, aren't there?" Moore looked beyond her and asked for confirmation.

Jean followed his eyes. At the gate of the resort, a truck arrived carrying quite a lot of stuff.