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 voice soft as a sigh,

as casually as if they were discussing the

a moment, Kaia almost believed he really would

could

I already got my revenge.“Worried

him, Lucien looked at her deeply

taking her to the hospital and making

as he watched her figure gradually disappear into the

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

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Walker, gripped the steering

to move.

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

all those years, Chris had never seen Lucien this anxious

more was that

to be

big was about to

****

Kaia checked

red marks on her neck had faded

hair up in a bun and chose an off–shoulder knit

those burns

just make

arrived at the law firm, Jude

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office.

to see me?” Kaia said as she settled into

from his

studied the faint red marks still visible on

on earth did you

her composure with a

coffee cup,

shook his

at work, but

can’t force these things. I’ll

her way. “Ever heard of

you?”

heart skipped a

opened them to

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