Breaking Free, Loving Again -The Flash Marriage with Mr. CEO novel Chapter 349

Inside the house, Arwen was sitting with Beca when a maid came to inform them.

"Madam, the dinner has been arranged at the table."

Beca nodded and dismissed her before turning back to Arwen. "It’s already time for dinner. Let’s go."

"Uncle Gareth won’t be joining us?" she asked, and at the same time, Gareth’s voice came from a distance.

"How can I not?"

Arwen turned to glance behind, finding the man descending down the stairs with ease steps. Her lips curled up in a smile in reciprocation to the one he had on his.

"Like your Aunt Beca, even I was waiting to meet you today. How can I miss it then?" he said as he walked towards her and opened his arms to give her a side hug.

"Uncle Gareth, I thought you weren’t at home," Arwen said, pulling away from the hug.

Gareth shook his head. "I was here itself," he said. "The company abroad needed my attention, so I was just handling it in the study."

Arwen nodded in understanding. To her, Gareth has always been a person to maintain a balance between family and work life. He had devoted himself to his company and work, but that never kept him away from showing his care and love to Aunt Beca and Ryan —his family. Whenever they needed him —he had been there for them.

On the day Ryan graduated from university, he attended the event to celebrate it for him.

Even when she graduated, he came along with Beca to be part of happiness. It might not seem like a moving mountain for her, but still, she couldn’t help but be grateful for it because they took out time from their busy schedule when her parents didn’t.

It was since then she started being closer to them. Because they gave her the sense of family she always craved to have.

"Is everything going fine at the company?" she asked, a tinge of concern laced in her tone which didn’t go unnoticed.

Gareth smiled before moving his hand lovingly over her hair. "There is nothing to worry about, dear. Your Uncle Gareth still hasn’t gotten old enough to not handle a few things here and there. It was some trivial matter and I have already taken care of it."

Arwen nodded with a smile, and Beca couldn’t help but feel the loss again. Since the beginning, this was the kind of daughter-in-law she wanted. A girl who would be more like a daughter to them —a blessing that not everyone has. And she even found one —but his son didn’t cherish her enough. Explore stories at freewebnovel

His loss, unfortunately …

"So," Gareth suddenly turned to Beca and asked, "Are we heading to the dinner table then?"

Just after a few minutes, the sound of the steps was heard and Beca glanced up in the direction to see Ryan entering. "You have come finally," she said, before gesturing for him to take the chair next to Gareth. "Sit and have dinner." Serve yourself," she said already lifting the bowl of rice to pass to him.

But Ryan’s eyes remained focused on Arwen. He stared at her with an intention clear in his gaze, even when she blatantly ignored his gaze.

Beca noticed it and spoke again. "Ryan, I said, sit and have the food. Why are you still standing?"

Ryan turned to look at his mother. Seeing her gesture towards the chair, he cast a glance towards the chair next to his father.

But then instead of pulling it out for himself, he walked on the other side of the table, standing right next to Arwen.

Beca frowned, seeing her son like that. But before she could say anything, Ryan pulled a chair next to Arwen and sat down as if it was the more natural thing to do.

"Ryan, you—"

Before Beca could say anything, Ryan spoke in a natural tone. "We never had seats designated to people at the dining table. I will sit here. I hope no one minds."

As he said that, his eyes stared at Arwen intently as if waiting to see a reaction. But Arwen didn’t react at all.