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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