Wedding My Ex’s Uncle

Chapter 54

Chapter 54 Grandma’s Gone

Lucien scanned the updated articles, a satisfied smirk tugging at his lips.

He shot Frank a message: [Well done. Double your year-end bonus.]

Frank replied with a smile: [Thank you, Mr. Graves. Just doing my job.]

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That evening, Luna stared at the trending news link Kimberly had sent her, her blood boiling. In a fit of rage, she hurled her phone across the room.

She was convinced Kaia had bought the headlines to smear her

name.

Zane, too, saw the trending stories and tried to have them taken down, but they wouldn’t budge.

He furrowed his brow, puzzled.

Could Kaia be behind this?

No way she has that kind of pull. Not even her father could manage it.

Kaia had spent the entire day running errands and had no time or energy to even glance at the online chaos.

After wrapping up her errands, she went straight to the bank and applied for a mortgage loan.

The bank offered up to a million dollars at a 3.85% interest rate, which she calculated she could handle. Without hesitation, she told the manager to start the paperwork.

The approval process would take a week, but with the loan and her savings, Kaia was confident she could cover Claire’s medical bills, nursing care, and nutritional supplements for a year.

relying on

hard and earned enough, she believed she and Claire

morning, a frantic call from the hospital shattered

remembered driving to the hospital, her entire body trembling from

the emergency room once again. A

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out, her face grim. “Ms. Domont, this is your grandmother’s critical condition notice. Please sign

she scrawled her name. “How’s my grandma?”

Our doctors are doing everything they can.” She tucked the form away and dashed back to

morning until nine. Kaia sat in

sorry, Ms. Domont. We did all we could.” He glanced at the chart, his tone clinical. “Patient Claire

staggered backward, saved from falling by

nurse.

Domont,” the nurse said softly. “There are still many arrangements to make.

the nurse’s hand tightly. “I need to see

to her room shortly,”

Claire’s body, draped in a white sheet, was wheeled into the

couldn’t understand how just days ago her kind, warm grandma had been talking to her, and now she

until it felt like it would rip from her chest. The pain stole her

flooded her mind, vivid and relentless. “Kaia, come here, let me tell you a

I’ll be your rock. With me by your side, you’re as good as anyone,” she

you my 5% shares. I don’t know how much they’re worth, but big or small, they’re your safety net. A woman needs money to stand tall,” Claire had

want to marry, don’t. As long as you’re happy, I’ll back whatever choice you make,” she’d

tidal wave, engulfing Kaia, pulling

vision blurred, and her lungs gasping

out between sobs. “Please come back. Without you,

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