Wedding My Ex’s Uncle

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.

as if they were discussing the weather, yet

Kaia almost believed he really would

how could that be

faint, relieved smile. “It’s okay, Mr. Graves. I already got my revenge.“Worried he

Lucien looked at her deeply but

her to the hospital and making sure she

downstairs as he watched her figure gradually

did he pull out a cigarette from his pack,

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the front seat, Lucien’s driver, Chris Walker, gripped the steering wheel with both hands, holding his breath, not

to move.

since Lucien was a teenager,

Chris had never seen Lucien

more was that

seemed to

was about to

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morning, Kaia checked

red marks on her neck had faded

a bun and chose an off–shoulder knit sweater paired with loose–fitting apricot–colored

orders were clear: let those burns

it’d just make things

as Kaia arrived at the law

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office.

wanted to see me?” Kaia said as she

from his

marks still visible on

did you manage

her composure with a casual

over my coffee cup, and it splashed

shook his

work, but in your personal life? You’re a complete

you can’t force

Jude tossed a stack of documents her way. “Ever heard of the Graves family?

you?”

skipped a

the files and opened them to the first page.