Chapter 17 I’ll Handle Her Myself

Lucien stared at the top of her head for a moment.

“Let me see if there are any blisters. I’m sorry for being so harsh. Your neck is all red. If there are blisters, you’ve got to go to the hospital!”

Instead of a response, he heard soft, broken sobs, like the pained meows of a kitten.

Is she crying?

Lucien’s heart ached.

“Stop crying, Kaia. I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have raised my voice at you.“Lucien took out a clean handkerchief from his pocket and tenderly wiped away her tears.

Lucien gently tilted her face up. As he saw her tear–stained cheeks, his heart constricted painfully.

God, I’m such an idiot!

“It’s not because of you, Uncle Lucien,” Kaia said hoarsely. Her tears kept falling in silence, yet she forced a smile. “I just… suddenly felt the wound hurting again.”

Lucien’s gaze lingered on the redness at the corners of her eyes. His Adam’s apple shifted.

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“Kaia.” His voice was low, each word like a blunt knife slowly cutting through the composure she was barely holding together. “With me, you never have to endure.”

Kaia froze.

Never have to endure-

Those three words felt like a key, prying open a long–rusted lock deep inside her heart.

All her life, she had only ever heard:

“Just endure it, it’ll pass.”

“Don’t be so petty.”

“What’s it going to cost you to give a little ground?”

Even Alden, after Luna’s endless provocations and slander, would order her:

“Kaia, apologize to Luna!”

Everyone had told her to step back, to be understanding, to swallow her grievances…

But no one had ever told her-

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his thumb brushing away the wetness under her eyes, his voice soft as a sigh, “just give me a name. I’ll take

as casually as if they were discussing the weather, yet

almost believed he really would walk

could

smile. “It’s okay, Mr. Graves. I already got my revenge.“Worried he wouldn’t believe her, she

looked

her to the hospital and making sure she was fine, Lucien

watched her figure

pull out a cigarette from his pack, and soon a crimson glow sparked between

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gripped the steering wheel with both hands, holding his breath, not

to move.

been Lucien’s driver since Lucien was a teenager, and now

all those years, Chris had never

terrified him even more was that the woman in

seemed to be Alden’s

was about to

****

morning, Kaia checked herself in

angry red marks on her neck had

and chose an off–shoulder knit sweater paired with loose–fitting

orders were clear: let those burns breathe. No

just

the law firm, Jude

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office.

wanted to see me?” Kaia

from

marks still visible on her neck, his

earth did you manage to burn your

maintained her composure with a casual

knocked over my coffee cup,

his

work, but in your personal

silently, “Jude, you can’t force these things.

heard of the Graves family? Does Lucien Graves

you?”

heart skipped a

kept her expression neutral as she took the files and opened them to

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