Gianna''s brows furrowed. Her thoughts reeled back to what Arwen had said last night.

    It was her uncle, who saved her that night ...

    But how could that be possible?

    Shouldn''t he be in New York instead, handling Winslow Globals? Her mother''s logic was correct. That''s actually where he should be —settling and managing things in the company.

    If he wasn''t there and had truly appeared to save Arwen, it only meant that he had rushed to get here.

    And if that''s true, then the question appears —why would he do that?

    Why he would rush here? Cralens must not be so important to him that he had to rush, leaving back all he had worked for.

    But if not Cralens, what else was so ... so important to him?

    "Gia," Efa''s voice broke her trance. "What did you start thinking? Can you tell me why do you want to ask this?"

    "Mom, by any chance, do you think Uncle will leave the company behind and rush here ... to Cralens?" Gianna asked, trying to make every possible sense.

    Efa seemed to pause over that before speaking. "Gia, we all know that Aiden doesn''t care about anyone after his mother left. It''s just company that keeps him human and connected to the world. There is no way he would rush anywhere leaving it behind."@@@@

    Gianna knew this as well, but she just wanted to confirm. After all, Arwen wouldn''t lie about it. If she said that it was her uncle who saved her that night, that has to be true.

    His uncle would lie and take the credit for something he hadn''t done ...

    "Oh, Mr. Carwyn is one of the board members your father knows. They are close acquaintance," Efa explained. Then molding her tone a little, she added, "Gia, I know there is something that''s making you curious. But you should know that curiosity gets one''s best. If Aiden has done something, he must have his own reasons."

    "Reasons?" Gianna repeated. "Exactly! Even I know there must be some reason, Mom. But what reasons did he have to return to Cralens like that? And, not only did he return, but he also got married here —to someone he didn''t know..."

    She paused suddenly as the furrow between her brows deepened. "Or wait, maybe someone he had known."

    Could it be ...

    Before Gianna could get to process that thought, her mother''s voice interrupted her. "Gia, there should be no need for you to look into his reasons. That''s not your jo," she chided, this time a bit stricter than before. "I have said this to you before, and I am saying this to you again —don''t do anything that you shouldn''t. Don''t look into anything that you shouldn''t."

    "Mom, I have gotten that already. And I am not doing anything that I shouldn''t. And now that I have already promised you that, I will hang up first," she said, not letting the matter get pursued for longer.

    Even though she had promised that, Efa didn''t feel at ease. Hence, she thought to repeat it for her daughter again. "Gia, listen to me. I —"

    "I still have to do a few things, Mom," Gianna interrupted her hastily. "How about I give you a call back when I am done."

    "Gia —"

    "Okay, mom. I will give you a call back soon. Bye! Love you!"

    After that Gianna didn''t wait for another second and hung up the call. Once done, she heaved a sigh of relief. If she had heard her mother say that all again, she might have to truly rethink everything. And after concluding such a beautiful possibility, she couldn''t bear to do that. Can she?

    Her eyes sparkled as she glanced out the window, wondering if truly what she was thinking could be true ...

    If her uncle has truly rushed all the way here for Arwen ...

    If Arwen was not just any stranger, but someone he had known since ever ...