Wedding My Ex’s Uncle

Chapter 73 Reasonable

Kaia stared at him, eyes cold—like he’d just told the world’s dumbest joke.

“Alden,” she said, voice laced with frost, “what exactly did I do to target her? Before you come picking a fight, maybe get your head screwed on straight.”

Alden’s face flushed, his jaw tightening at her harsh words.

“I know you and Kimberly don’t get along, but wasn’t kicking them out a bit much? They had nowhere else to go!”

He pressed on, trying to justify himself.

“Yeah, maybe Kimberly crossed a line-but she’s the one who spread the rumors, and now Luna’s the one getting scolded for it. Don’t you think… maybe you owe her an apology?”

So it really was Kimberly and Luna.

Kaia’s stomach twisting-not with hurt, but with disgust.

No wonder everything had unraveled the way it had.

She let out a sharp, bitter scoff.

“Apologize?” she repeated, eyes narrowing. “I wouldn’t forgive

them even if they grovel at my feet. And you think I should say sorry?”

Her voice dropped, ice-cold.

tell right from wrong, then do everyone a favor and zip

like he was a

to think she’d

shook her head-more at

—I’ll

you keep showing up to bother me— walk straight into your uncle’s office and let

the snitch, she might as well play the part to the

stalked off, leaving Alden rooted to the

seriously just threaten to run to

was Lucien, anyway? There was no chance in

Kimberly had stuck their noses into the company’s affairs and pissed Lucien

really think Lucien was

stick his

red with rage to pale as a sheet. He climbed back into his car and slammed his fist against the

her a little ribbing, and she’d come back at him like

didn’t she come to him first? Instead,

really got under Alden’s

to figure out why he was so riled up.

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car, Kaia suddenly realized that Lucien must have been

he scold Luna

felt that she was increasingly in

finally sent