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.

do everyone a

like

she’d once

her head-more at herself than at

—I’ll

alone. And if you keep showing up to bother me— walk straight into your uncle’s office and let him tear

they wanted to make her look like the snitch, she might as

Alden rooted to the

seriously just threaten to run to Lucien

was no chance in hell

stuck their noses into the company’s

really think Lucien was in her

stick his neck

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

done was give her a little ribbing, and she’d come

trouble came knocking, why didn’t she

really got under Alden’s

out why he was so riled up. Instead, he just

*****

suddenly realized that

Luna for my

felt that she was increasingly in his

over, Kaia finally sent a message: [Thanks for