There was pin-drop silence in the room. Not even a whisper or a sound could be heard. Though Marissa and Dean were at an arm's length, but she was still holding his hand.
Nina eyed her hand and Marissa's gaze followed where she was looking.
But no.
Marissa didn't try to shove away Dean's hand. In fact, she gripped it more tightly and raised her chin to look straight into Nina's eyes quite boldly.
At last, Valerie came forward, "What is going on here? When all this time we were waiting for the door to be opened, you are here doing this?" She pointed to their adjoined hands and made a face while shaking her head.
Marissa managed an easy-going smile on her face, "Care to explain what did I do, miss?" she didn't even want to take her name.
Those two names always brought bitterness to her mouth. Yuk!
Their faces brought back all the bad memories, and she wanted to puke while they were standing in front of her.