Wedding My Ex’s Uncle

Chapter 16 Who Did This to You?

“Kaia, what the heck do you think you’re doing? How could you pick on people like this?”

Kimberly stood up for her bestie in a fit of anger.

The hot coffee splashed all over Kaia’s chest. She let out a sharp gasp of pain.

Coffee soaked right through her shirt and splashed all over her neck. Her skin went bright red in seconds.

A clerk rushed over promptly. “Ma’am, are you all right?”

Luna couldn’t help but flash a quick smile, yet it vanished in a

blink.

Then she put on a look of feigned concern.

“Kaia, are you okay? Kimberly, how could you go and splash coffee on her?”

Kimberly wasn’t having any of it.

“Did you hear how she was talking to you? Luna, you’re just too soft–hearted. She was being so sarcastic, practically scolding

you!”

Kaia, despite her refined upbringing, was seething with anger at

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these two women, her chest feeling tight as if it were being squeezed.

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She politely addressed the clerk, “Could you bring me some tissues and a cup of hot water? Thanks.”

Kimberly got even more riled up by Kaia’s calm demeanor and kept on provoking her.

“Kaia, you just wait! I’m gonna tell Alden exactly what you said today. You’ll see how he’ll put you in your place!”

Luna put on an act of taking Kimberly’s hand.

“Kimberly, knock it off. It’s kinda understandable that Kaia’s ticked off.”

Kaia watched their little show, sneering to herself.

with the tissues

to tattle on me, huh?”

on the table and splashed the water right at

some real–deal evidence for you. Go run

as the skin on their

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Then she grabbed her bag and made a beeline for the

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you splashed us? Are you out

was long gone, leaving Kimberly’s

unanswered.

water hit her, while only a small patch of Luna’s skin was

said, “Kimberly, Kaia’s something else, isn’t

Kimberly fumed, her body trembling with

collarbone made her

get a

“Don’t fret, Kimberly. There won’t be any scars. I’ll go to the hospital with

couldn’t have come at a

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the coffee shop, Kaia stood under the blistering sun, desperately trying to flag down a

eternity before she could even spot an

skirt, and even her bag were marred by

ride, and the pain on her neck only grew more

a short honk of a

up to see the window of a sleek black Maybach rolling

his eyes

taken aback to run into Lucien here.

commanded sharply, “Get in the car. I’ll take you to the

pick up some burn cream at the

the car,” Lucien said, his

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in resignation. “Okay,

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out of the coffee shop, Luna caught sight of the familiar

It was Lucien’s car.

are you gawking at? Call your driver right now to take us to the hospital!” Kimberly

tore her eyes away, not thinking much of it