Chapter 35

Marissa

Antonio had some meetings and other businesses to take care of during the day but asked me out for dinner in the evening. A nice dinner at a fine restaurant, like a real date. Even if I have been here for a month and we have been engaged officially for a week we still haven’t had a date. I gladly accepted the romantic offer with a blush.

Then he forbade me to attend classes for the day and my sweet smile fell into a frown. He said he was worried about me getting sick again and wanted me to rest. There was a small feeling of warmth in my chest at his words and again I blushed. He really does care for me.

But even as I was forbidden to go to school I decided to catch up on everything I missed while I was sick. We have gotten a new group assignment, and James told the professor that I would be included in his group. There is also another girl, Cheryl, in the group. During lunch they video call me so we can set up a plan for our work.

“I was thinking that we could meet in the l