Wedding My Ex’s Uncle

Chapter 17

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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thumb brushing away the wetness under her eyes, his voice soft

were discussing the weather, yet every

moment, Kaia almost believed he really would walk

could that

Mr. Graves. I already got my revenge.“Worried

tell him, Lucien looked at her deeply but said

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

as he watched her figure gradually disappear into the

pull out a cigarette from his

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the front seat, Lucien’s driver, Chris Walker, gripped the steering wheel with both hands, holding his

to move.

was a teenager,

those years, Chris had never

was that

seemed to

was

****

checked herself in

marks on

and chose an off–shoulder knit sweater paired

orders were clear: let those

just

arrived at the law firm,

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office.

Kaia said

from

red marks still visible on her

earth did you manage to burn your

her composure with a

coffee cup, and

shook his

you’re sharp as a tack at work, but in

smiled silently, “Jude, you can’t force

of documents her way. “Ever heard of the Graves family? Does Lucien

you?”

skipped

and opened them

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