Breaking Free, Loving Again -The Flash Marriage with Mr. CEO novel Chapter 796

Chapter 796: Be a gentleman.

Gianna didn’t understand. Creasing her brows in confusion, she shrugged and asked, "What?"

Arwen glanced at her before tilting her head to the side and squinting her eyes for a better look. "Seems like you forgot to hide the traces of something that you haven’t shared with me yet."

Gianna still didn’t understand, but something in Arwen’s gaze made her shy. She shifted on her feet and hesitated, "Wenna, what are you saying? Has there ever been something that I wouldn’t share with you?"

"That’s something you’re gonna tell me," Arwen said, jutting her chin towards the nape of her neck.

Gianna’s hands at once shot out to touch as though realizing what she might haven’t covered rushing here. Her fair cheeks flushed red, and her eyes looked everywhere just to avoid meeting Arwen’s.

Arwen watched her, amused. "Is it what I think it is?" she asked, and Gianna swallowed awkwardly, not knowing how she should explain.

Hesitation became clear on her face. She opened her mouth to explain. However, just at that moment, a knock at the door again interrupted them. While Gianna turned to look, Arwen also tilted her face a little to the side to see who was there.

"Can I come in?" Jacob asked, his voice calm and subtle.

Arwen was pretty surprised to see him there. Letting her lips curl up at the corners, she smiled and greeted, "Lawyer Thorne, please come in. I wasn’t expecting to see you here. But it’s nice."

Jacob’s eyes wandered to Gianna for a moment before returning back to Arwen. "Oh, I heard from Jason, so I thought to visit. How are you feeling now?"

Gianna quickly moved and pulled her scarf out of her bag before wrapping it around her neck to hide the mark. But paused for a second when she realized that her movement was still caught. Her expression became a little awkward, but she didn’t say anything.

Arwen didn’t notice anything. She simply replied, "Ah, I am better now. I might get discharged even later in the evening."

Jacob nodded to her. "That’s good. Aiden —"

"Arwen!" Jason’s voice halted him mid-sentence. "Let me —" But he paused when he saw the crowd in the room. His brows quirked a little as though taken by a little surprise by everyone’s presence. "Oh ... seems like you aren’t alone as I thought you would be."

Arwen smiled at him. "Weren’t you guys concerned about that? Now the problem is already solved."

Jason nodded with a smile and then turned to look at his friend with quiet curiosity. "How did you come here? Did Aiden call and tell you everything?"

Arwen paused at his question. Her brows twisted a little before she turned to look at Jacob to say. "Aiden? But Lawyer Thorne said he learned about me from you?" Her tone was slightly confused and slightly curious.

Jason blinked and quickly defended. "How can it be me? Both of my friends love to abandon me. They would only reach out when they need me; otherwise, they wouldn’t even remember my existence. And this friend of mine hasn’t called or shown up for ages already," he said and stared at Jacob, waiting for him to give his opinion.

Arwen, on the other side, became a little confused. She stared at Jacob, and something in his frame told her that things weren’t as simple as they looked. There was something more to it that he was hiding or just not letting it surface.

Before she could read or understand what it was, something caught her eye, and she instinctively turned to look at her friend, who was trying her best to make her presence as minimal as possible. Her brows furrowed, and when Gianna caught her looking her way, she awkwardly smiled, shrugging as though it was nothing.

"I came here for you today," Jacob finally spoke, looking at Jason as though explaining what he said earlier while answering his complaints. "But you were busy with some nurse, discussing the details about Arwen. That’s how I got to know about this and came to visit her first. If you consider me so heartless, why don’t you go and find a nice-hearted friend somewhere else?"

"You —" Jason pointed a finger out to refute him, but when he saw him standing there, looking unfaltered, he just couldn’t. "I am not going to argue with you. After all, who could win an argument against a lawyer?"

"Against a top-tier lawyer," Jacob corrected.

Arwen stared at Jacob, her gaze narrowing slightly. Although what he said explained well, something still didn’t match his words earlier. It felt like he was just aligning his previous words with the story that seemed believable.

But why would he do that?

She was thinking about it when she caught the subtle shift in Jacob’s gaze. His eyes turned to look straight at someone, and the emotion in them felt just right ...

Intrigued, she followed his line of sight and paused when it led her to no other but Gianna, who was standing right opposite to him.

And then, suddenly, she realized. Gianna came first. And right after her, Jacob had followed. That small awkwardness that came along was not her illusion, but rather something deeper.

Her lips tugged up in a curious smirk. And when Gianna felt it, she turned to look her way, turning awkwardly again, highlighting everything more evidently. After all, more than anyone, Arwen knew that her friend wasn’t an awkward type to begin with.

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