Breaking Free, Loving Again -The Flash Marriage with Mr. CEO novel Chapter 274

"Gia, you are overstepping your boundaries?" Efa, Gianna’s mother chided over the call. Her tone was laced with a warning that Gianna couldn’t bring herself to ignore. "You know your Uncle doesn’t like when we try to get close to him or speak in his life or decisions. And you stand no different than us in his life."

"Mom," Gianna began. "I am not trying to get close to him this time. I am just concerned for Arwen. She is my friend. How can I not care for her?"

She had called her mother in hopes of getting at least something that would help her understand the situation that might have forced her uncle to make such a rushed decision of marriage. But she never expected that not just she wouldn’t get answers to her question, but her mother would end up scolding her instead.

"Gia, sweetheart, I understand your care and concern for your friend," Efa said again. "But you need to understand she is no longer just your friend. She has become your Aunt now, your uncle’s wife. There is nothing to be scared about. Your uncle isn’t a monster and he knows well how to take care of people well. He will take care of her better than anyone else."

Gianna was taken aback for a moment. It wasn’t her mother taking her uncle’s side that took her off-guard. She has always done that. But what she said about her uncle is what paused her in her thoughts.

"He knows how to take care of someone?" she repeated, sounding slightly skeptical. "Mom, how can you be so sure of that? I mean we never saw him taking care of anyone in these years. He has always been a lone wolf, living alone like he has no one in this world."

"Gianna Griffin!" Efa snapped, and the way she voiced out Gianna’s full name made Gianna flinch. "Since when did you start forgetting to respect your Uncle?"

"M–Mom, I didn’t mean to be disrespectful," Gianna never meant her words to sound disrespectful. I was just —"

"I know, Gia, you are concerned for your friend. But in your concern don’t forget about whom you are talking," her mother said with a soft but exhausted sigh. "Your uncle might have lived alone but he knows how to take care of the ones he holds precious. Unfortunately, we never knew how his care looked because he never considered us precious enough to protect. But your friend will be different."

She then paused and Gianna could imagine a soft smile on her mother’s lips as she said further. "If he tolerated your impudence for the sake of her, then that means he cares for her more than he cares about himself. And that’s more than anything your friend could ask for."

Gianna couldn’t say anything. Actually, she also thought the same. Earlier when she dared to threaten her Uncle, she almost was ready to embrace the death. But then she heard him let her go just like that as if she hadn’t dared something that would have caused her a death sentence.

She was stunned but the more she was stunned the more her confusion deepened.

"Mom, do you think Uncle might fallen for Arwen?" Before Gianna could realize it, she had spoken out her thoughts loud.