Twins in Her Womb (Bianca and Luke Crawford novel) novel Chapter 3309

As soon as Gale finished speaking, Rainie’s expression changed. “Uncle Gale.”

“Yes, Rainie?” Gale looked at her with all the love in the world.

“I'm on a call with Ms. Rain.” Rainie held out her phone for him to see, showing that they were on a call.

“Oh no,” Gale muttered just as Rain’s voice boomed from the other end of the line.

“Gale!”

He jumped back at the shout. “Rain, let me explain!”

“You don’t need to explain. Don’t even think about eating my cooking again!” Rain snapped before hanging up.

Everyone’s eyes were now on Gale.

“Am I in deep trouble now?” asked Gale.

An hour ago, he had been enjoying the show. Now, he was the one being watched.

Tommy nodded and replied, “Uncle Gale, you’re in big trouble! Are you gonna get body-slammed when you go home?”

“Getting body-slammed is one thing, but I’m more worried she’ll come at me with a knife,” muttered Gale, shivering at the thought of it. He glanced at Luke.

“You have to own up to what you say.” Luke sat there, not planning to get involved.

“Boss, you’re so cruel…” said Gale in a whiny tone. “Are you really going to sit there and watch Rain take a swing at me?”

“Uncle Gale, you weren’t really thinking when you said that,” Lanie piped up.

Now, it was Gordan’s turn to revel in the drama. He would definitely not miss this chance to gloat, “Gale, I can offer you a place to hide for a few days, but you gotta make things right with her. If you let her simmer in her anger, it’ll just blow up worse later.”

Gale shot a glare at Gordan. “You’re talking like you’ve been through this.”

Gordan was ready to argue back that he had tons of experience.

However, when he caught sight of Vivian, he swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue.

It turned out that he did not have any real experience.

It was always Vivian who had to smooth things over for him.

Thinking about it made him feel uneasy, so he gulped down the chowder before immediately realizing it was too hot. He winced and stuck his tongue out a couple of times.

Tommy burst out laughing at his reaction.

“Sorry, Uncle Gale,” Rainie apologized. “I didn’t know you’d say that. If I had known, I wouldn’t have chatted with Ms. Rain.”

Gale looked at Rainie and felt sorry for her. How could he bring himself to be mad at her?

“It’s not your fault. It’s all good,” replied Gale. Then, he added, “Ugh, women… What’s wrong with me speaking the truth?”

“Uncle Gale, talking like that is just asking for a beating.” Tommy shook his head.

“I’m telling the truth! Rain loves to cook, but she just doesn’t have the knack for it,” said Gale.

Luca listened thoughtfully.

Luke noticed and asked in a low voice, “What’s on your mind?”

“I’m just thinking about how much Rain loves to cook,” replied Luca.

Gale chimed in, “Lately, I don’t know what’s up with Rain. She’s been obsessed with cooking whenever she has a spare moment. And guess who’s the one suffering because of it? Yes, it's me. Honestly, I’ve got a stash of stomach medicine in my medicine cabinet now.”

Luca said, “When a woman who used to hate cooking suddenly starts cooking, there’s usually one reason behind it.”

“What’s the reason?” Luke asked with curiosity.

Despite the lively conversation, Gale’s mind was elsewhere.

After dinner, the guys who had planned to play a couple more rounds of pool headed out.

Tommy followed Luca to see them off, then asked curiously, “Ms. Luca, why does Uncle Gale look so anxious?”

“He’s probably in a rush to deal with something,” answered Luca.

“What is it?” Tommy pressed.

“Who knows?” Luca took Tommy’s hand as they walked back. “Did you finish your homework?”

“Yes! All done.” Tommy smiled. “I’ve got a competition tomorrow, so I finished it all today."

Luca suddenly remembered that Tommy was participating in the Olympic Math Competition, so she asked, “Who do you want to take you to the event tomorrow?”

“Let Daddy do it! It’s super early, so you should get your rest, Ms. Luca,” Tommy answered with a smile on his face.

Luca smiled, feeling a warm rush of maternal love. She reached out and patted Tommy on the head. “Alright, we’ll let him take you.”

Luca headed back to the living room, then went upstairs to tidy up the guest room.

Vivian saw her and followed her up to help out.

Once they got into the guest room, Luca asked, “Hey, Vivian, are you doing okay?”

“I’m good,” Vivian replied with a smile. “What you said makes sense. I need to face my past instead of letting it weigh me down.”

“I’m glad you feel that way,” Luca said in a relieved tone.

“I can’t stop Gordan from popping up in front of me, but I can control how I react. I won’t run away from it because that would be just pathetic,” added Vivian.

“I don’t want to feel belittled by Gordan anymore, so I’m going to work on adapting to his presence. Luca, thank you for helping me see things this way.”