Secret Wife, Real Billionaire

Chapter 239 Life Really Isn’t Fair

This really was his dad–always the first to doubt him.

“She won’t,” Lucien said, confident. “She couldn’t let go.”

A man like him? She wouldn’t walk away.

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Allen didn’t even dignify that narcissism with a reply. He just waved him off, done listening to his cocky son.

When Alyssa heard the news, she was stunned.

“You’re seriously going abroad for a whole year?” she asked.

Kaia nodded. “Yeah. It’ll fly by. I probably won’t be back during that time, so you’ll have to miss me for a bit.”

Alyssa threw her arms around her, eyes brimming with reluctant tears. “You’re just going to leave me like this? Wait- Uncle Lucien actually agreed to this?”

“He did.”

Alyssa pulled back, wide–eyed, “He agreed? He’s so clingy–1 figured he’d be right behind you the moment you boarded the plane.”

She wasn’t exaggerating. She’d been paying attention, and it was obvious to her–Lucien was the one more emotionally invested

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in this marriage.

Kaia gave a wry smile. “He won’t follow. His condition was that he wouldn’t call, wouldn’t visit, and wouldn’t interfere for the entire year. He said he’d wait until I came back.”

Alyssa blinked in disbelief. “What? Did Uncle Lucien hit his head or something?”

After Kaia explained the situation, Alyssa finally seemed to understand.

“No wonder. Kaia, you’re something else. You’re the first person I know who’s actually dared to lie to Uncle Lucien.”

Kaia managed a faint smile. She had made a mistake–and she knew it.

said, puffing up

dreams! I’ll hold down the fort. I’ll be your undercover agent–I

Men don’t

more you monitor, the

had faith in

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to crumble and even if she came home one day and found that she no longer had a place in his world, she would leave with her head held high. She

stay.

announced her decision to the

the table, trying to find a crack in

back of Kaia’s chair, returning Alden’s

of his own.

talk. Still, the tension between them

clearly caught off guard by the news. It had been a privilege to be

fear. What if Lucien

that wasn’t Joanne’s problem to solve. With a dry smile, she said, “Wow, Kaia, must be nice. You say you want to study abroad, and off you go. Luna wants to come back to the country and can’t even get

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Then you can see her every day. Or better yet, tell her

embarrassment, completely at a

frowned. “Alright, Joanne, that’s enough from

sharp words, Joanne had started it,

Kaia. “Kaia, take care of yourself out there. Lucien, you should assign a few people to keep an eye on things over there. Security abroad isn’t as good as it is

politely, “Thank you, but that won’t be necessary. No need for special treatment.

abroad every year—if

manage, so can I.”

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her last night before leaving, Lucien had his arms