Secret Wife, Real Billionaire

Chapter 237 Someone Worthy of You

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Lucien’s voice was hoarse. “Kaia, how much longer will it take for you to fully trust me? To truly see me as someone you can rely on?”

His words trembled at the end—and Kaia heard it. It pierced straight through her.

Her eyes welled up. “I’m sorry. I wasn’t planning to keep it from you much longer. I was going to tell you today,” she said quietly. “I didn’t mean to hide it. I just…”

Lucien let out a dry, bitter laugh. “You’re afraid I’d stop you from going abroad? That I’d hold you back? Sabotage your future? Become some kind of obstacle in your life?”

His tone grew sharper, his words accelerating with emotion.

Kaia’s panic rose. She shook her head fast. “No. That’s not it at all. Lucien, please let me explain.”

But the moment she met his cold, distant gaze, her heart sank like a stone.

“If you’d just told me earlier,” he said, voice flat, “there wouldn’t be anything to explain now.”

Then, without another word, he swept her up over his shoulder

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and carried her straight into the living room.

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On the couch, he paused, frowning. “I told you to wear shoes. The floor’s cold.”

Kaia could feel him slipping further away from her, emotionally even more than physically. That distance made her chest tighten with dread.

She grabbed his hand, her voice shaking. “Lucien, please don’t go. I was wrong. Sit down. Let’s talk.”

But he pulled away. “There’s nothing to talk about.”

And with that, he turned and walked upstairs.

She had ruined everything–all the effort, all the precise timing, and every plan she had carefully laid. It was all in shambles

now.

Tears streamed down her face as she sat alone on the first floor, crying so hard her knees were soaked with tears.

had noticed the untouched dinner on the table, the

cool down for a few minutes.

turned red, he cursed under his breath and

eyes

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couch, her frame hunched over, head buried between her knees.

so done

He sighed, “Stop crying.”

when she heard the deep, familiar voice above

didn’t leave,” she

pulled

the coffee table and carefully wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, pretending to scold her. “I’m not even crying. Why

couldn’t stop. The sobs came harder, her whole body trembling in his arms. “I just feel so bad. I didn’t mean to hide it from you. I swear, honey, I didn’t

either. Every time you say those words, it makes me feel like a stranger–like

love the way you whine a little, the way you smile, the

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I still love that, too. I like knowing that when you’re struggling, I’m the first person you turn to. I

want…” Lucien hesitated, voice tightening,

and swollen. “You want what?” she asked, her voice barely a

say it aloud. “Figure

minutes later, the storm had

did

to the

Lucien was

didn’t tell him,”

the firm, and Ophelia opened it by mistake. She must’ve told Alden. Their

with just enough force to make

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pot, Lucien would check the facts himself. He wouldn’t

asked, “So what’s the plan? Which uni?

going to tell you today.

tugged right at his heart. Lucien could never resist her

open my bag? It’s because I went to a bookstore to get a cookbook. I practiced for days while you were away. But