Chapter 92 A Bit Older

There was no room for negotiation.

Kaia had no choice but to get out and move to the passenger

side.

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They were parked right outside Graves Manor. Anyone passing by could see everything.

As soon as she settled in, the subtle scent from her skin drifted through the car. Lucien’s lips curled slightly as he pressed on the

gas.

Kaia kept her eyes fixed on the window, watching the streets blur past.

n’s voice came quietly, almost too casual,

“Next Saturday’s the one–month mark since your grandmother passed, right? Are you going to the cemetery? I could come.”

Kaia shook her head.

“We’re not going to the cemetery, We’re holding a memorial at home.”

They would visit the grave at the two–month mark. But there was no need to explain that.

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“Lucien, I’m sorry, but it’ll be another month after that before we can register the marriage.”

Lucien’s expression darkened. “Why are you apologizing?” –

There was something distant in her tone, and he didn’t like it.

They were about to get married, yet they still sounded like

strangers.

“I thought… you might be in a hurry,” Kaia mumbled.

Lucien let out a low laugh.

She glanced over, unsettled. “What’s funny?”

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in, you really think I’m that impatient?”

She realized she’d said the wrong thing.

thought Sir Graves might be

the marriage was

the moment the words left

calling me old

quickly noticed the shift in

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you’re old. I just meant… thirty–three is around the age

but somehow

dropped to her slightly parted

find out for yourself whether I’m old or

for half a second, her fingers tightening on the edge

That didn’t sound right…

conversation before she could

probably told you about Alden

him to bring it up. “Yeah, she

made a point to flaunt it to her face

see,” Lucien said

the steering wheel tightened. “It was my idea. After what happened that night, it was better to settle it

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had said earlier, so that was

smile. “You’re right. Thank

a little caught off

even a misunderstanding. But she accepted it

story behind his back. If she

from him.

When the black Maybach pulled up

“Thanks. I’m home.”

lightly against the steering wheel. “Did I leave my glasses

“Uh, yeah.”

engine and undid his own seatbelt with a

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time” to mean this soon.

the reluctance flash across her face but

he didn’t see it.

spoke in a calm, detached tone, “Let’s

“Okay.”

side to her front

her fingertip to the biometric

weight of his

eyes lingered on her hand, slender against the

the code to

will she do the

soft mechanical voice announced access granted, Kaia turned on

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