Wedding My Ex’s Uncle

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.

this project anymore. The person who raised the concern

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

was about to push

got another call coming in.

picked up, the caller

head of the investment and merger project on behalf of

but there was an unmistakable edge

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

this. I was hoping you could

caught off guard. “Rumors?

furious. He gave me ten minutes to get to the

then Julian

Mr. Halston and the entire legal team working on this project. I truly didn’t

Yes, yes -Ms. Domont is a very professional and upright young lady. I never believed any of

quickly. “Ms. Domont is

who it was that brought those… lies

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

*****

watch again, barely hiding

how he looked at it, it seemed

was upset.

his phone lit up with a

D

He answered immediately. “Speak.”

It was Lucy Lane-a new hire in the finance

voice dropped cold. “Why did

hesitated for a beat, unsure how best

spoke with her. She said Ms. Thorne invited her to dinner a few days ago… and brought up Ms. Domont

conversation.”

when Julian finally

blood between Luna and Kaia—something deeper than just idle

tone

“Luna?”

confirmed. “They were high

*****

seemed to have

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thrilled about it.

been adopted as a granddaughter. Now she