Breaking Free, Loving Again -The Flash Marriage with Mr. CEO-Chapter 456: What did I forget?
Arwen looked down at the card and paused for a moment.
Gianna further continued, her tone slightly serious than usual. "You mentioned that you might visit a neurologist to understand your dreams better, so I thought I would share his contact. He is a friend of mine, so it wouldn't be difficult to talk to him. It's just … you will have to wait a bit. He is currently out of the country but will be returning soon."
To be honest, although Arwen had mentioned the idea of visiting the neurologist to explore the dreams she had been having lately, she hadn't really decided it seriously.
But now that Gianna had brought her the specific contact —someone who might actually —she felt a renewed sense of curiosity. She wanted to get to the bottom of it.
Nodding, she looked up at Gianna and said, "Alright, let's wait for him to return. We will go and see him."
Gianna smiled, nodded back, but her expression dimmed as the thought crossed her mind.
Of course, that subtle yet evident shift in her mood didn't go unnoticed by Arwen.
Furrowing her brows slightly, she asked, "Anna, what's wrong? What are you thinking about all of a sudden?"
Her voice snapped Gianna out of her thoughts. She gazed at Arwen and hesitated before saying, "Wenna, there is a doubt I am having."
Arwen didn't push her to tell her about it. She just waited patiently.
Gianna finally spoke, "Wenna, you know that even though I am scared of my uncle sometimes, I adore him a lot. To the point where I was willing to give him you —my most precious friend."
Arwen nodded, understanding what Gianna was trying to say. Knowing her friend well, she knew one thing about Gianna —she was fiercely possessive of people she cared about. Once you became hers, she couldn't stand to see our hurt or wronged.
And this was precisely why Ryan had endured more than a few brutal slaps and kicks over the years.
"But, Wenna, even though I love you more than anyone, I don't love my uncle any less," Gianna continued, her voice softer now. "So, when you told me about your dream, I wanted him to be the boy you have been dreaming about. I needed it to be him."
She took a breath, her voice trembling slightly. "But my wish isn't enough to make it real. And that's what is been keeping me on the edge lately."
Arwen understood where this was going, and she couldn't help the soft curve of her lips.
Gianna's next words came out with a tinge of desperation. "I am scared, Wenna. Sacred that your dream might be real … and that uncle isn't a part of it. What happens then?"
She looked directly into Arwen's eyes.
"You have already committed yourself to that boy. And knowing you, you will do everything it takes to keep your word. So if that time comes … will you leave my uncle? Your current life with him? Just to fulfill that childhood promise?"
She paused, the weight of her fears pulling her shoulders down.
"And if you do … will I ever be able to forgive myself?
Gianna looked down at her hands, her voice barely above a whisper now. "I haven't told you this before, but the version of Aiden Winslow that you see … he is different. Around you, he looks like he is alive, warm, gentle, even happy. But for years, Wenna … we have only seen him as cold, detached —even to his own life. Like a man just walking through life without living."
I don't know what exactly stirred inside him that led him to marry you so suddenly. But whatever it was —it was something good. Too good to be taken away."
She looked up, her eyes glistening.
"If you leave him one day … if you walk away and return to someone who isn't him, I might never stop blaming myself. And that thought … it scares me more often than I care to admit. It makes me feel I am doing something wrong by pushing you into finding something that might make you leave my uncle."
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This really has been on Gianna's mind for far longer than required. She was getting tortured continuously. Every day, she would think to talk about it with Arwen, but she would hesitate, thinking this was not her place to demand.
After all, life hasn't been easy for Arwen either.
Ryan was a scar of the wound that had cut her deep over the years. And on top of it, Catrin Quin had never let it be easy for her.
Arwen didn't know why, but Gianna's concerns and fears like that made her feel warm in heart. The thought should have unsettled her, but somehow it didn't faze her even the tiniest bit.
Rather, she was much at ease. It was like she knew what she would do when a situation like that crops up in the future.
She slowly reached out to grab Gianna's hands. Taking it into hers, she patted the back of it gently and said, "Anna, you have seemed to guess me very right."
Gianna didn't understand what that meant. Her brows furrowed as she stared at Arwen in confusion.
Arwen nodded and smiled, "You have guessed it right. If I give someone a word or promise, I will do everything it takes to keep my word. No matter how badly I have to suffer."
Gianna felt her heart drop. Although she had expected this possibility, she never thought that Arwen would think twice before deciding it. She thought that when the reality that she fears would surface, Arwen would be confused, and at that time, she would try to help her see that the past doesn't matter in front of the present and the future.
But now, seeing her already so decisive, Gianna didn't know what to do. Fears rose in her heart as her fingers tightened.
Arwen felt it in her and couldn't help but smile. "But Anna, you forgot something very important amid everything. If you had remembered, you would have known."
Gianna was confused. "I forgot something?" she asked. "What did I forget?"
