Chapter 293 - Are You In Love?

"Woah, are you serious about her?" Rachel never saw Matthew so riled up for a woman before.

"I am not sure what exactly I am feeling for her but one thing is for sure. I hate that Steve and I want to keep Lisa with me" Matthew frankly shared his thoughts with Rachel.

"Hey, is she some toy for you to keep?" Rachel punched his arm, again.

"No, but she is mine" Matthew suddenly blurted out the words which surprised Rachel as well as him.

"Hey Matthew, are you in love with her?" Rachel's sudden question confused the man and he was speechless for a moment.

"Fuck, sorry, I shouldn't have said that" Rachel realized she might freak out the guy, by talking like this.

"No, I think you are right" Matthew closed his eyes and when he thought of Lisa, there was a huge smile on his face and when he opened his eyes and saw Rachel's face in front of him, he frowned.

Rachel was offended and she shouted at him, "Am I that ugly? You smiled thinking about Lisa and frowned when you saw me. Do you even know how pretty I am?" Rachel was furious.

"Sorry Rach, it was a natural reaction. It didn't mean anything" Matt tried to cover up. 

Rachel calmed down and said, "Fuck it, I forgive you as I am the first one to know about your feelings"

Then the two people decided to head back inside when Matthew suddenly asked her something, "Rach, do you think Lisa will ever accept my feelings?"

Rachel's heart wrenched in pain when she saw how sad Matthew was when he asked her this question.

Matthew was the guy who was always cheerful and fun. He was never serious or intense. But right now, she could see he was on the verge of breaking only with the thought of Lisa not loving him back.

"Matt, don't think like that" Rachel tried to console him but she was not sure what exactly to say to make him feel comfortable.

"Rachel, she never even glanced at anyone else, except for that loser Steve." Matt was frustrated even thinking about Steve, he added, "I am so jealous of that loser right now" He shouted in agitation.

"Matt, maybe this time she will move on" Rachel tried to cheer him on.

"No Rach, they even work together all the time. I have no chance" Matthew was clearly dejected which broke Rachel's heart.

"Should I ask Daniel to keep them away from each other as they anyway work under him?" Rachel excitedly suggested that this was something she could do.

Matthew laughed at her suggestion, "Daniel is a professional guy. He would never let personal sentiments affects his work life"

Matt spent enough time with Daniel, to understand him very well, he was sure Daniel would never act against his profession as he respects it way too much to cross the line.

"Don't you worry about it; I have my ways to control him" Rachel winked at Matt.

"Daniel can't be controlled by sex" Matthew rolled his eyes at Rachel only to receive another punch on his arm.

"What the fuck do you take me for?" Rachel shouted at him.

"Don't lie, sex was the first thing on your mind too when you thought of controlling Daniel" Matt caught her and she accepted, "Fine, that was what I thought."

"You can't control Dan with sex" Matthew confidently said.

"I can" Rachel argued with him to which Matt helplessly shook his head.

"Don't do anything, I'll deal with Steve my way" Matt firmly said and therefore Rachel didn't argue back with him and they joined the other five people.

When they reached, they saw Jim teasing Jessica with some new guy and Jessica was all embarrassed and shy.

For the last few minutes, since Jim joined them and saw Noah, he got to know how coincidentally Noah ended up coming to this party and scored a date with Jessica.

From that moment, Jim kept teasing the two.

Noah was enjoying it while Jessica was pissed.

"What is happening here?" Matthew didn't understand the scenario.

"Hey Matt." Jim excitedly hugged him.

"Hey star, you were awesome today" Matt praised him again.

"Thanks dude" Jim then introduced him to Noah, "Matt, meet my brother-in-law, Noah Ricci"

"Who the fuck is your brother-in-law?" Jessica questioned him, clearly annoyed.

"Don't think too highly of yourself. Whoever Noah ends up getting married to, she is my sister, that's why he is my brother-in-law" Jimmy righteously said.

Daniel: "…"

Rachel: "…"

Jessica: "…"

Noah: "…"

Matt: "…"

"Come on Jim, stop teasing her" Daniel knew Jessica was being pushed to her edge.

"No, she deserves it" Jim then informed Matt that Noah was the guy whose story Jessica shared.

"Woah, never thought I'd meet you Mr. Fake Italian Celebrity" Matt shook hands with him.

"I had no idea; I am this popular," Noah exclaimed.

"Thanks to Jess" Jimmy winked at him.

"Hey Jim, did you tell Noah about Amanda's interest in making a movie on the encounter between Jessica and Noah?" Matthew reminded him as to how Amanda was planning to build her own story out of this small encounter.

Although it was taken as a joke, Matt just wanted to tease Jessica.

"Hey, what is your problem? How can you have fun in my misery?" Jessica questioned Matt, as she was already annoyed with Jim and now Matt joined him in teasing her.

"Have you forgotten how you creeped me out when I tried to approach you?" Matt remembered how he decided to make a move on Jessica but she creeped him out, so this was his revenge against her.

"What? Creeped out? How?" Noah excitedly asked.

Jim and Matt shared the story and he too laughed hard with everyone present there, "You are very creepy" Noah commented looking at Jessica.

"Yes, I am, so cancel this date" Jessica didn't wish to go on this stupid date and was trying to get out of it.