Wedding My Ex’s Uncle

Chapter 9 Mr. Graves?

“Welcome home, Mr. Graves” Serena greeted him.

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Alden scanned the living room. “Where’s Kaia? Still in bed?”

Serena wouldn’t meet his eyes. “She’s… probably on a business trip.”

A business trip again? I told her yesterday I’d go to City Hall with her.

But underneath his annoyance, he felt weirdly relieved.

At least he wouldn’t catch hell for being late again…

He tossed his jacket on the couch. “Did she say when she’s coming back?”

Serena squirmed. She didn’t dare to give him a straight answer,

How could I say she’s never coming back?

“She didn’t say, Mr. Graves. Maybe call her? She seemed pretty upset when she left,” Serena said softly,

Alden thought about last night.

I even got her a gift. What’s her problem? Not even a text while she’s away?

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I should be the pissed one here!

“Alright, got it,” he shrugged.

Serena watched him brush it off, not even reaching for his phone.

under

if there’s even gonna be a wedding at this

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to take

a double–take when she walked in. “Ma’am, this necklace’s fresh out of the box. You sure about

smile. “It’s okay. Just give me whatever you can

the necklace, tapping away at his calculator. After a moment, he glanced up. “Four

info–wire it over,” Kaia said, cool

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ice.

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heat like this, I’ll hook you up

Next time?

“There won’t

some sketchy back–alley joint, Kaia managed to snag a parking space right by a

her little red ride,

your car. No

Kaia to guess that it was written

she dialed those digits. When that deep, butter–smooth voice hit her with a “Hello,” Kaia’s whole body went into shock mode like she’d just touched a live

know it anywhere. Calm,

went wide.

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a beat on

him. “Was that red

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cool, forcing a wry smile he couldn’t see. “Yeah, but it’s okay. You don’t have to pay for

to Room Celestial Dew, second floor,” Lucien

let out a nervous little laugh that hung in the air. “Well… I’d better not

she could hear her