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.

project anymore. The person who raised the concern called me personally. And I have to give her

Jude. Your position isn’t affected. So let’s not make a fuss,

was about to push back when

got another call

picked up, the caller got straight to the

This is Julian Rhodes, head of the investment and merger project on behalf of the

voice was steady, but there was an unmistakable edge to

I’ve just been informed that someone from our side may have been spreading false claims about Ms. Domont

upset about this. I was hoping you could tell me who exactly started these

guard. “Rumors?

gave me ten minutes to get to the bottom of

Julian continued, his tone diplomatic but unmistakably

deep respect for Mr. Halston and the entire legal team working on this project. I truly didn’t know this was happening behind the scenes. But rest assured, we’re

trying to pivot. “Ah, I see. Yes, yes -Ms. Domont is a very professional and

agreed quickly. “Ms. Domont is highly

who it was that brought those… lies

firmly emphasized Kaia’s significance

*****

checked his watch again,

at it, it seemed he was the

was upset.

mark, his phone lit up with a

D

He answered immediately. “Speak.”

found out. It was Lucy Lane-a new hire in the finance department. She called

dropped cold. “Why did

hesitated for a beat, unsure

Ms. Thorne invited her to dinner a few days

conversation.”

when Julian finally

and Kaia—something deeper than just idle

His tone was icy

“Luna?”

confirmed. “They were

*****

Allen seemed

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Alden and

thrilled about it.

adopted as a granddaughter. Now she was poised to marry

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