Chapter 52 Kaia Went Too Far Today

“Kimberly, keep your mouth shut when I’m speaking. If you can’t say anything useful, don’t blame me for stepping in where your mother clearly failed-teaching you how to behave.”

Kimberly trembled with rage, clutching her cheek. “Kaia, how dare you! You hit me again! Last time you threw hot water on me, and now this? Mom, Dad, are you just going to let her get away with this?”

As she shrieked, the elevator doors opened. The lobby was packed with people waiting for the lift.

Kaia strode out, not sparing a glance at the stunned trio behind her.

Kimberly and Sally stood frozen.

Only then did Kimberly realize she had just been slapped in the face, and Kaia had walked off as if nothing had happened.

Joanne and Zane followed Allen back to the Graves Manor.

As they left the venue, they were still being bombarded with questions from relatives and close friends, all wanting to know what on earth had just happened at the wedding.

They’d publicly announced their son’s engagement to their adopted daughter, Luna, but now, faced with the fallout, they could barely find words to explain. All they could do was swallow their frustration.

“Allen, Kaia went too far today,” Joanne muttered, her voice low but laced with resentment. “Even if she was upset with Alden, she didn’t have to make such a scene and humiliate us all in

front of everyone.”

Kaia’s actions had dragged Alden and Luna through the mud. Sure, Luna was their adopted daughter, but Joanne had raised her like her own, pampering her since she was a child.

She could criticize Luna herself, but the meddling gossip of outsiders was something she couldn’t stomach.

And the root of all this gossip, the one who’d sparked the whispers, was Kaia.

“Zane, you’re not still planning to help the Domont family’s company, are you?” Joanne asked sharply.

Zane shook his head, letting out a heavy sigh. “I’ll throw them a bone to keep things civil, but that’s it.”

With so many high-society elites at the wedding, the Gravés family was losing face, and Zane was seething.

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agreement, and yet it all fell

furrowed, his temples throbbing as he listened to Zane and

this is all someone

her grandfather’s side, chimed in softly, “I heard Kaia tell you more than once that

engagement.

news, telling her to hold off. And just the other day, her dad had her drugged and dragged back home to make sure she showed up for

Kaia’s grandma hadn’t gotten sick,

her fault when you’re the one

about to let anyone slander her best friend, not even her

that’s not fair,” Joanne said, rushing to defend herself. “I know you and Kaia are

pursed her lips, her

eye.

to Joanne,

tell me

wanted to

you

thought I was too frail to handle

did you want to see me humiliated today,

frustration Allen felt

up, and Zane and Joanne had

game to you?” Allen demanded. “If I know Kaia was completely done with Alden, do you think I’d still force her to marry

did you? Tell Tobias to drag her back home?” he asked, his eyes

hands frantically. “No, of course not. We’d never

way your son behaves,

thought about it, the angrier he grew. Then he noticed Lucien was

where’s Lucien?”

eyes. “Grandpa, didn’t you send Uncle

clicked into place, and

to visit Claire,” he said, his tone firm. “She and

Joanne murmured their

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venue with Luna in tow, his face darkening with every step. His grip on the steering wheel was so tight his knuckles whitened,

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