Arrogant Man VS Unyielding Woman
Chapter 506 He’s A Little Strange

"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.

A man who would presumably be the manager got out of the truck and walked to Ron and Calvin. Soon, they were discussing something.

Zed's expression was complicated as his eyes were fixated on one particular person.

"Zed, what do you think?" Seeing Zed so tangled up, Jean had to repeat the question to draw his attention to her.

Why did Zed look so lost? What did he have on his mind?

"If you don't like it, we can skip it," She added in haste.

Though she liked the idea, she didn't want Zed to worry about her. She completely understood that since she was pregnant and needed to be careful, it was only justified for Zed to be cautious.

"It's okay. Go ahead if you want to." Zed turned to Jean and replied to her with a warm smile as he saw her watching him concerned. "I'll be by your side. If you get tired, I can carry you on my back." "Zed..." Jean didn't know what to say but she was moved by his love for her.

"Okay, silly." Zed rubbed her head in casual affection. "You need to start packing what you'll need since we'll be spending the night at the top of the mountain. We probably need to bring more clothes, the power bank and your medicines." "Sure. I'll go get packed now." Jean's eyes glimmered at hearing Zed so supportive. She turned to Moore and asked, "Moore, do you need me to bring your clothes?"

"Yeah!" Now that it was a 'yes', Moore followed Jean to pack his stuff too.

Once in the elevator, Jean gave out a heavy sigh.

"What's wrong? Aren't we going to climb the mountain and have fun? Why do you seem to have something on your mind?" Moore couldn't help but ask with a concerned look at Jean.

"It's not about me. It's Zed," Jean explained, looking at Moore. "He's a little strange since we came here. But I don't know what's the matter."

"Forget it. He probably can't adapt himself to such a setting with so many people around." Moore comforted Jean.

"Let's hope so!" Jean nodded her head and then added,"But Moore, watch out for Calvin please. I can sense that Zed doesn't like him. If Calvin does anything inappropriate, stop him at once."

"Why do you ask me to stop Calvin, instead of stopping Zed?" Moore was a little surprised with Jean's words.

"Zed has got me. And I need you to deal with Calvin," Jean replied.

"Okay. I get your point." Moore nodded his head.

They returned to their rooms respectively. Jean grabbed her backpack and put the moisturizer, the power bank and some other stuff into it. She then brought two more coats before going into Moore's room to check in on him. When they arrived at the gate, everyone was there. A few local guys were carrying the stuff that the truck brought back just now. Everyone was raring to go.

"Are we going now?" Jean asked anxiously.

She didn't replace Zed there so she got worried.

"Soon. Have you packed everything you need?" Maranda asked.

"Yeah. Maranda, did you see Zed?" Jean kept looking around but she still couldn't replace him anywhere.

"Oh, you are looking for Zed!" Maranda smiled at once when she saw Jean's anxious look. She added, "I saw him heading in that direction just now." Maranda pointed to a place on her left.

"I'll go replace him." Jean nodded and started walking towards a building.

After she took a turn just before the establishment, she found Zed talking on the phone with one hand in his pocket.☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐