Wedding My Ex’s Uncle

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.

my word

now?”

couldn’t bring himself

he stormed out of

I’m done with that grandson of mine. He can forget about calling me Grandpa and

Allen’s side, easing him into a chair as his face darkened

a while for Allen to catch his

softened as he looked at Kaia, his voice

I’m so sorry.

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

to her grandmother, still lying in a hospital bed, and her eyes darkened. “Sir Graves, I need to get back to the hospital. My grandma had a stroke yesterday. I’m sorry, but I have

faltering. “A stroke? How did

“Who knows? Luna visited

a bombshell, shifting the mood in

room.

eyes flickered with

a sinking feeling

should go,” he said gently. “I’ll swing by the hospital tomorrow to check on

Lucien. “Lucien, give Kaia a drive.

an easy smile. “Of course.

we?”

a split second, Kaia’s

“Okay,” she said softly.

“Grandpa, why not

To her surprise, there was no

if it was because she had just caused a scene at

Graves, driving

settling into the driver’s seat, his low, lazy drawl filling the car. “Driver’s

Kaia’s brow furrowed.

isn’t his driver already in his fifties? Going