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.

everyone a favor and zip it. You just sound like a

looked at him like he was a

think she’d

shook her head-more at herself than

—I’ll

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

snitch, she might as well play the part to the

Alden rooted to the spot,

to run to

Lucien, anyway? There was no chance in hell he’d take

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

Kaia really think Lucien was in her

would he stick his neck out for his nephew’s

went from red with rage to pale as a sheet. He climbed back into his car and

ribbing, and she’d

came knocking, why didn’t

really got under

figure out why he was so riled up. Instead, he just angrily lit a

*****

Kaia suddenly realized that Lucien must have been

Luna for

felt that she was increasingly

over, Kaia finally sent