Wedding My Ex’s Uncle

Chapter 37 She’s Always Acting

That evening, Alden spent a good couple of hours at Luna’s apartment, soothing her frayed nerves, before finally heading home.

The moment he stepped inside, he saw his father on the sofa, his face like a thundercloud, clearly waiting for him.

“Zane? You’re still up?”

Zane snorted, “Outside. Now.”

“Where are we going?” Alden blinked. “I’m a little tired today. Can it wait till tomorrow?”

“No! Get your ass out here!” Zane snarled.

Alden’s brow furrowed. He had no idea what happened to his

dad.

They went out to the garden.

In the dead of night, Zane wasn’t worried about anyone overhearing their conversation.

“Tiring, isn’t it, juggling two women?”

Alden froze.

Zane’s eyes drilled into him. “Tell me. Was there an elevator malfunction at your company today? And were you, Luna, and Kaia all in it?”

“Yeah.” Alden was completely bewildered. “You have no idea how terrified Luna is of the dark. It took me forever to get her to stop crying.”

“Hah! Terrified, huh? Crying from noon till night? Alden, do you give a single damn about Kaia? Luna’s important, so your fiancée means nothing? Do you even know that you two are getting married soon?”

Alden frowned, “Of course, I know. But Kaia’s not afraid of the dark.”

Zane stepped forward, his eyes blázing. “And how the hell would you know? Tell me, Alden-name one woman who isn’t scared when locked in a dark, metal box for hours.”

Alden bristled. “Why are you always taking her side? Luna’s your daughter too!”

Zane’s eyes hardened. “Just remember that! And Luna will always be just a sister to you! Is that clear?”

clenched his

And I actually thought she’d changed

else is she good at, if not crying

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on the couch, peering at her best friend with narrowed

slowly, “don’t you think Uncle Lucien is… I don’t know… into

Kaia shot

sees me as, like,

chin. “You are technically

about calling this wedding off?

“Of course. He doesn’t love me. Marrying him would be a

couldn’t she just stay overseas? What’s

with you and my brother, we’re always best

smiled faintly, “Oh, have they even told Sir Graves we’re calling it quits

Just the other day, some relative was talking about rushing back for Alden’s

Only four

going to drag this out

“I see.”

finally dragging himself into the office the next morning with dark circles under his

Admin to check on Kaia, so he made a detour to

I asked

“Oh-Ms. Domont? She said she was fine and didn’t

elevator incident, every single one in the building

team was stretched thin. So was he. He barely had time to breathe, let alone babysit a lawyer

firm.

his fingers on the desk, lost in thought. “She… She seemed okay,

his brain. “A little freaked out, yeah. But I mean-who wouldn’t be, right? That kind of thing was a total

anything else. He just turned and headed back

wrestling with whether or not to call her when he received

talk to Dad?” Her voice was soft, laced with frustration. “I don’t want to go on that blind date. The guy’s a total player. Everyone knows it. I

tell Kaia… if she doesn’t want

I promise. But please, can you

icy. “He’s forcing you on a

They gave me a number and