Breaking Free, Loving Again -The Flash Marriage with Mr. CEO novel Chapter 336

"My uncle hadn’t been single all these years," Gianna spoke carefully, keeping her words in check. "He had a girl in his heart. Not for a year or two, but for an entire decade. And that alone explains how much devoted he must have been to her. No one was able to deter his heart, not even the distance of miles they shared. He had been the only —"

"...woman he had ever loved in his entire life," Arwen finished it for her, before continuing further. "The only woman who had taught keep the promises and then live it until the end."

Gianna was dumbfounded for s second. She stared at Arwen, blinking her eyes in confusion. "How do you know?"

Arwen smiled. "I have known it since always," she said, her expression not even holding a hint of surprise. "He never hid it from me. He told me the very first day I asked him, without even hesitating as if he never had plans to keep me in the dark." _{ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com}

"He told you?" Gianna didn’t expect it. Not because she expected any less from her uncle, but because she knew that he wouldn’t share his personal talks with anyone. Yet, he shared it with Arwen.

Why does that itself feel so intimate?

Humming, Arwen nodded, "How else do you think I would have known? I knew it because he told me."

"I didn’t think he would tell you that," Gianna still couldn’t quite believe it. Again and again, she had this nagging feeling that there was something deeper here —something she wasn’t seeing. No matter how hard she tried to understand it, it remained out of reach.

Arwen’s expression softened. "It was not just his truth he gave me that day." A content smile grew on her lips as she continued. "He promised me something that would be enough to hold upon for a lifetime." Seeing Gianna’s furrowed brows deepen, she didn’t plan to keep

Gianna couldn’t bring herself to guess anything. It was When she saw Gianna’s furrowed brows deepening, she didn’t think of putting much suspense.

Simply smiling, she said, "He promised himself to me. He promised his fidelity, his sincerity, his care and his patience to me. And that’s all I need. Love is an important pillar of any relationship, but trust and respect come first." Her voice held absolute confidence. "As long as he gives those two elements to our relationship, we both can wait for the love to take the course of time. Even if we have to wait for it for the entire life."

She might have said it, but it wasn’t her words. It was Aiden’s.

Every time he assured her …

Every time he gave her his patience, his trust, his sincere care …

She felt those words in his gaze as if giving her the reason and hope to believe in what they shared.

After hearing all that Arwen had said, Gianna didn’t know how she should react. She felt she did wrong to doubt the things she hadn’t known. "Arwen, I —" Feeling guilty, she wanted to apologize.

However, Arwen didn’t let her. Placing her hand over hers, she shook her head. "You were worried for me. And being worried for your friend isn’t wrong. Especially when the friend is someone like me who has the record —"