Secret Wife, Real Billionaire

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Wedding My Ex’s Uncle

Chapter 235 Your Home Base

“I have two letters of recommendation for you,” Jude said, handing over the neatly sealed envelopes.

“One is from the firm–Mr. Miller wrote it. I asked him

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personally. He told me he fully supports your decision to pursue further study and has approved unpaid leave.”

He paused to make sure she was listening.

“Your non–equity partner position won’t be affected,” he continued.

“And I made sure he wouldn’t say a word about any of this until you make your final decision.”

Kaia looked down at the letters, her chest tightening slightly.

“The second one is from my mentor, Professor Reginald Sinclair,” Jude added.

“He’s highly respected. He taught abroad before returning to teach here, so his recommendation actually carries weight- especially with a place like Sciences Po.”

Kaia looked up at him, eyes sincere. “Thank you, Jude. You’ve always been so good to me.”

Jude offered a soft smile. “I just want to see you go far, Kaia. But

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no matter how far you fly, Vanguard Law will always be your home base.”

There was a beat of quiet before he added, voice a touch more emotional.

“You have no idea how proud I am of you. So many people spend their whole careers coasting. But you—you’re not afraid to keep pushing, to keep growing. And I admire that.”

Then, more gently, “Just promise me one thing—make room for your personal life, too. Lucien’s a great guy. I really do believe he’ll be there for you.”

Kaia nodded firmly. “Yeah. I’ll talk to him tomorrow night. He’s out of town today, but he’s coming back tomorrow.”

“Good,” Jude said simply, his voice full of quiet trust.

That day, Kaia left work a little early.

She spent the evening in the kitchen with the housekeeper, learning the dishes she planned to cook for tomorrow night.

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was that Alden happened to have dinner with Miles that very

made small talk about business

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gaze turned sharper.

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Mr. Lambert, any recent personnel changes at

wanting to make non–equity partner–something

Alden had quietly planned to pull some strings as

he’d always left the gifts to

wanted to choose it himself. It

Alden was going with the question, but the only recent

Kaia had once gotten on Alden’s bad side, so he figured the question was

one,” Miles

heard she recently took the DELF

expression shifted. “She’s

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planning to leave with

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had just finished learning a few dishes and tasted them. They

Jason looked pleased.

like Mrs. Graves really does care about

Lucien: [Mr. Graves, what time is your flight tomorrow night?

[No need. My flight might be delayed. Not sure

of a delay, Jason hesitated for

Mrs. Graves know. She was hoping to have dinner with you tomorrow night. I’ll

responded: [Got it. I’ll

happily passed on

checked with Mr.

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dinner tomorrow night.”

before responding,

&

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was suddenly nervous, afraid he might let the cat out of the

done for the day and returned to her room, she noticed a few missed calls on her phone. All of

might be from a client, Kaia didn’t hesitate to

heard the deep male voice on the other end,

give up, Alden

Kaia. I need to talk to you. Are you planning to leave the country