Chapter 43~ Pillar of strength

Gianna.

“Talk to him, my dear,” Grandma Ruby says while holding my hand. “If there’s anyone who can get through to him, it’s you.”

She was referring to Rex. His mother has been calling for the past week and Rex has been refusing to speak to her. This was when I saw how stubborn Rex can be.

I sigh, squeezing Grandma Ruby’s hand. “I have tried to talk to him but he refused. He even got angry.”

My heart clenches when I remember how he got pissed off when I told him to speak to his mother. I knew our love wouldn’t always be rosy but I still felt bad when he got angry. He later apologised with a box of chocolate and asked me not to talk about his mother again. She was dead to him. His words, not mine.

“Gia, if he’s still being stubborn then you haven’t tried hard enough. He’s your man. Put him in line. His mother was wrong but she wants to speak to him and apologise.”

I chuckle awkwardly. “Honestly, I don’t know how I can get through to him if even his father failed. And he loves