Wedding My Ex’s Uncle

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.

of relying

worked hard and earned enough, she believed she and Claire could build a

the morning, a frantic call from the hospital

remembered driving to the hospital, her entire body trembling from head to

again. A bottomless pit seemed to open inside her chest,

2/7

“Ms. Domont, this is your grandmother’s

fingers shook as she scrawled her name. “How’s my grandma?” she asked, her

Domont, don’t worry. Our doctors are doing everything they can.” She tucked the form away

three in the morning until nine. Kaia

operating room doors swung open. “I’m so sorry, Ms. Domont. We did all we could.” He glanced at the chart, his tone clinical. “Patient Claire Domont,

staggered backward, saved from falling by

nurse.

“There are still many arrangements to make.

gripped the nurse’s hand tightly. “I

moved back to her room shortly,”

body, draped in a white sheet, was wheeled into the room, Kaia collapsed to her knees beside the

sheet back. She couldn’t understand how just days ago her

felt like it would rip

sobbed, crumpling against the bed. Memories flooded her mind, vivid and relentless. “Kaia, come

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

I don’t know how much they’re worth, but big or small, they’re your

long as you’re happy, I’ll back whatever

like a tidal wave,

her vision blurred,

choked out between sobs. “Please come back. Without you, no one will