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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his voice soft as a
as if they were discussing the weather, yet every
moment, Kaia almost believed he really would walk through
could that
got my revenge.“Worried he wouldn’t believe her, she repeated, “I really did get
wouldn’t tell him, Lucien looked at her deeply
and making sure she was
watched her figure gradually
his
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the front seat, Lucien’s driver, Chris Walker, gripped the steering wheel with both hands, holding
to move.
been Lucien’s driver since Lucien was a teenager, and now Lucien was
had never seen Lucien this anxious
was that the woman in the
to be
was about to
****
morning, Kaia checked herself
marks on her neck had
hair up in a bun and chose
clear: let those burns breathe.
just
as Kaia arrived at the law firm, Jude called her
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office.
me?” Kaia said as she
across from
marks still visible on her
on earth did you manage to burn
maintained her composure with
knocked over my coffee cup, and it splashed on
shook his head
you’re sharp as a tack at work, but in your personal
can’t force these things. I’ll do
“Ever heard of the Graves family?
you?”
skipped a
took the files and opened them
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