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Caught off guard by the sudden question, Kaia was at a loss for a

moment.

Just moments ago, she’d been laughing at Alden, but now, the tables had turned, and she couldn’t manage a smile.

Not only was Alden afraid of the man before them, but Kaia also dreaded seeing Lucien.

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At sixteen, Kaia spent a month psyching herself up to confess to Alden when the Graves adults were out.

Nervously, she stood outside Alden’s bedroom door, head bowed, her eyes fixed on the tip of her shoes. With all her might, she rapped on the door.

The door creaked open slowly, but she kept her head down, too shy to look at the boy she liked.

Her cheeks flushed pink as she finally blurted out, “Alden, I like

you.”

Then came the worst moment of her life.

A somewhat apologetic voice sounded in her ear. “Kaia, Alden’s room is downstairs.”

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She looked up. Horror hit.

It wasn’t Alden, but his uncle, Lucien!

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He had a towel slung casually over his shoulders, and a faint scent of body wash wafted from him.

His eyebrows lifted slightly, confusion written all over his face.

Kaia didn’t dare to meet his eyes. She mumbled an apology and dashed downstairs without looking back.

After that incident, she didn’t dare set foot in the Graves Manor for months.

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“What’s got you so lost in thought?”

Alden gave her a gentle tug, and Kaia snapped back to the

present.

She quickly lowered her head and murmured, “Hi, Mr. Graves.”

Alden scoffed silently to himself.

Funny how you’re all claws with me, but turn into a scared kitten around Uncle Lucien.

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Then, he turned to Lucien and said, “Uncle Lucien, we were just talking about you. Missed you.”

the chair next to Allen, shrugged off his coat, and tossed it over

casually rolled up the cuffs of his shirt and quipped, “Really? You laughed the hardest when

bit sheepish. “That

I’m late, Dad. This one is on me,” Lucien said, holding a

everyone knew,

a flight. Skip the drink,” Allen said, waving his hand

a faint smile, without uttering a word, and downed the drink in

calm gaze then swept across the table, finally resting on

flew all the

glass, and it

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apologized. “Sorry, I wasn’t

it right.”

out for the broken

she yelped

“Watch out!” Alden exclaimed.

oozing from her hand, Alden

his voice soft.

“Grandpa,

the others at the table, he put his arm around her quivering shoulders

out a scornful

you’d better hustle and get

it’ll heal up on its

Zane, and

clearly see through Alden’s little

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smile and patted Kaia’s

delicate since she was a little girl, so

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slid the

remember you loved it as a

sounding like an older relative.

uncomfortable.

it when he brought up her

head down, she

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whole banquet, Alden and Luna

polite smile. “Sir Graves, it’s getting late. I’ve got a

at his grandson in his

thing, work always

didn’t drive here, did you? How about having Lucien give

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declined right off the bat. “No thanks. He had a

don’t want him to end up in hot water

let out a soft laugh. “Don’t worry. I’ve got

back too. The driver can drop you off on

her way to Lucien’s

into the front passenger

smile, she slipped

breath carried a faint whiff of

to? Your

about to shake her head, but then remembered that the Graves family didn’t know about

she nodded instead. “Cypress Cove

turned a bit

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