Chapter 72: #Nickel.
Collins led her to the hospital restaurant. It was Arissa’s first day of being there and the place was notably excellent.
"The weather is beautiful," Arissa commented, as she watched Collins order his meals.
"Hmm," Collins answered passing the menu over to her. She also placed her order, and a waiter came around and took their orders.
Collins stared at Arissa’s face, "You skipped sleep last night," he stated.
"I naturally wasn’t able to. It was hard." Arissa replied truthfully. Right now, her eyes hurt like hell - she did not even sleep an hour.
Collins suddenly felt guilty as his mind thought the worst with the possibility that his confession might have burdened her.
There was a bit of silence between them and it sparked awkwardness immediately. Arissa’s mind was scattered on a lot of things and Collins’s mind was solidly on her marriage.
"Are you both in an open relationship?" Collins asked curiously and Arissa could not help but shut away all her thoughts and look at him with all interest.
"Why do you ask that?" Arissa questioned. She thought they were past this. Why was he still bothered by her marriage?
Collins rolled his eyes as he leaned back in his seat," Well, you see. I saw a young lady speaking to Nicklaus at the auction when you left and even when he saw it, he least reacted. So?"
"No." Arissa shook her, "Umm, I mean no. We haven’t spoken about being in an open relationship."