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

now?”

couldn’t bring himself to

wrist, he stormed out of

to 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 his

took a while for Allen to catch his breath and calm

he looked at Kaia,

I’m so

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

Graves, I need to get back to the hospital. My grandma had a stroke yesterday.

voice faltering. “A

a bitter scoff. “Who knows? Luna visited her,

landed like a bombshell, shifting the mood

room.

sharp eyes flickered

sinking feeling

swing by the hospital tomorrow

give Kaia a drive. Make

an easy smile. “Of course.

we?”

second, Kaia’s

“Okay,” she said softly.

“Grandpa, why not let

To her surprise, there was no

had just caused a

driving

the driver’s seat, his low, lazy drawl filling

Kaia’s brow furrowed.

already in his fifties? Going for a second kid at

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