Her head jerked back and shot to him when he began to cough, nearly chocking on his drink. Her eyebrows rose in surprise and she nearly jumped out of her seat to make sure that he was okay but he seemed to recover well enough. His words triggered her to look around; heads jerked looking away from the two of them. Was, was she really drawing that much attention to herself? Could… could one of the men in the restaurant be her secret crush? Was he taking her in like the rest of the men before he approached her? Would he actually approach her while she was talking to Robert… probably, he wasn’t all that shy of getting in the way of Edward.

Marian’s attention moved back Robert as he began to talk. His words were kind, caring and extremely flattering. She felt her face turn pink in a blush as he went on and on about her. This was something amazing. She couldn’t believe he was talking like that; that was a first. Typically she’d heard about how hot she was or things along the lines of that. He’d be sarcastic and downright annoying. Yet here he was, speaking what could be considered nice things to her. Nice and flattering. 

A small laugh left her, “Keep reading those romance books.” She said with a nod as she finished up her drink. Placing down her martini glass it was replaced by another by the bartender who also replaced his drink. Crap, this bartender wasn’t giving her a chance to leave. Mentally sighing she picked up the glass and took a small drink before turning the chair completely to face Robert she gave him a small, yet honest smile. “So you seem to want my attention, and you’ve giving off the impression that you’ve changed. I’m impressed. You have my attention.” She gave him a full smile showing her bright white teeth as she picked up her martini glass. “What do you want to talk about?”