Gio lowered his gaze to the tablet resting on his knee. Ever since the Conway family reached out, Arianne's attention had shifted. She reacted more slowly than usual, pausing at moments when she believed no one was observing her.
He knew acknowledging the Conways would reopen matters she had long chosen not to revisit.
"Should I accompany you to the estate?" he asked, drawing her attention away from the proposal displayed on her screen.
Arianne lifted her head. Considered.
"Would you mind?"
Gio understood how the Conways viewed him. His presence represented a fracture in the narrative they had constructed after Ysabella Conway's death.
He did not answer immediately.
"I will go," he said at last.
He would not allow Arianne to face them alone.
