Wedding My Ex’s Uncle

Chapter 71

Chapter 71 Aggressive Interrogation

Lucien twirled a silver lighter between his fingers, his gaze unreadable as he typed: [Rumors?]

The tone was icy.

Julian’s heart sank.

I’m screwed!

His phone buzzed a second later, Lucien’s name flashing across

the screen.

With a resigned sigh, Julian picked up. “Hey, Mr.-”

He didn’t even get the chance to finish.

Lucien’s voice cut in, cold and razor-sharp.

Mr.

“Julian, we still have rotten apples in our group spreading rumors about others?”

The lighter in Lucien’s hand flared up, the faint flame casting his profile in a half-lit glow. “You’ve got fifteen minutes.”

Click. The call ended.

He forced a bitter smile. “Great. Just great. Who the hell had to

go poking the bear?”

*****

Jude called Alex three times in a row.

By the third call, Alex finally picked up-sounding more than a little irritated.

“Jude, seriously? Are you really going this hard to protect your rookie?”

Jude didn’t flinch. “Mr. Miller, she’s the most outstanding young lawyer our firm has seen in the past two years. Of course I’m going to look out for her.”

His tone sharpened. “I’ll vouch for her with my name and my reputation. She’s not the kind of person those rumors are making her out to be. You can’t just pull her from a project over baseless gossip.”

Alex gave a dry chuckle.

just… not the right fit for this project anymore. The person who raised the concern called me personally. And I have

the co-counsel lineup, Jude. Your position isn’t affected. So let’s

to push back

alright-I’ve got another call coming in.

as Alex picked up, the caller got straight to the

head of the investment and merger

voice was steady, but there was an unmistakable edge to

from our side may have been spreading false claims about Ms. Domont from your

was hoping you could tell me who

caught off guard. “Rumors? Wait… Mr.

me ten minutes to get to the bottom of

of silence, then Julian continued, his

on this project. I truly didn’t know this was happening behind the scenes.

chuckled awkwardly, trying to pivot. “Ah, I see. Yes, yes -Ms. Domont is a very professional and upright young lady. I never believed any of that

quickly. “Ms. Domont is

happen to remember who

Julian thanked him, then firmly emphasized Kaia’s significance to the project

*****

checked his watch again, barely

matter how he looked at it, it seemed he

was upset.

thirteen-minute mark, his phone lit up with

D

He answered immediately. “Speak.”

found out. It was Lucy Lane-a new hire in

dropped cold. “Why

a beat, unsure

She said Ms. Thorne invited her to dinner a few days ago…

conversation.”

when Julian finally pieced things

Luna and Kaia—something

darkened. His tone was icy

“Luna?”

“They were

*****

Graves Manor, Allen seemed to have reluctantly

5/8

15.12

Alden and

thrilled about it.

a granddaughter. Now

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