Chapter 50 Leave

Panic flickering in Luna’s chest.

She knows I visited her grandmother?

Alden didn’t catch the subtext, but he saw the venom in Kaia’s eyes. “Why are you targeting her?”

Luna shrank behind him, her voice small and pitiful. “Alden, I think Kaia’s got the wrong idea about me. I didn’t visit her grandma. You drove me straight home yesterday, and I didn’t leave after that.”

“Kaia, stop throwing shade at Luna!” Alden barked. “Maybe take a look in the mirror before you start pointing fingers!”

Normally, if Alden dared raise his voice at Kaia, Zane and Joanne would’ve jumped in to scold him. But today, Kaia had burned every bridge between them.

To them, she was nothing more than an outsider now.

Kaia let out a cold laugh, her lips parting to retort when a deep, furious voice cut through the room. “Alden, shut your mouth!”

“Allen, it’s not his fault!” Joanne protested, her voice sharp.

“Grandpa!” Alden shouted, defiant.

“Enough!” Allen roared, his face flushed with anger. “You’ve disappointed me, Alden. Instead of blaming others, why don’t

take a hard look at what you’ve done?”

you

He jabbed a finger toward the massive screen. “You and Luna are going to apologize to Kaia right now!”

This marriage had been Lydia’s dying wish, something Allen had sworn to honor. Today’s disaster was the last thing he’d wanted.

“Grandpa, why should we apologize?” Alden snapped.

blazed. “What, my

now?”

himself to

Luna’s delicate wrist, he stormed out

his chest, struggling to breathe. “Fine, Zane. Look what your kid has become. I’m done with that grandson of mine. He can forget about calling me Grandpa and stay

rushed to Allen’s side, easing him into a chair as

a while for Allen to catch his breath and

he looked at Kaia, his voice

with regret. “Kaia, I’m so

of guilt passed through Kaia’s heart. But it was

I need to get back to the hospital.

seemed momentarily lost, his voice faltering. “A stroke? How did

“Who knows? Luna visited her, and then she had

bombshell, shifting the

room.

eyes flickered with

sinking feeling Luna might

“I’ll swing by the hospital

toward Lucien. “Lucien, give Kaia a drive. Make sure she gets

an

we?”

Kaia’s heart

“Okay,” she said softly.

why not

Maybach. To her

was because she had just caused a scene at the

Graves, driving yourself

seat, his low, lazy drawl filling the car. “Driver’s off. Said

Kaia’s brow furrowed.

his fifties? Going for a

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