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.
might
was partly
smile froze the moment the words left her
She’s calling
shift in his face and rushed
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mean you’re old. I just meant… thirty–three
say he was old, but somehow every word still sounded like she
slightly parted lips.
for yourself whether I’m old or
second, her fingers tightening on the edge
That didn’t sound right…
the conversation
you about Alden and Luna’s wedding
to bring it up.
made a point to
Lucien
my idea. After
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it could’ve affected Graves Group’s
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said earlier, so that was what she’d meant about Lucien being the one
smile. “You’re right.
eyebrow, a little caught off guard by
pushback, maybe even a misunderstanding. But she accepted
leave room for people to twist the story behind his back. If she was going to find
from him.
the black Maybach pulled up in front of Kaia’s apartment, she unbuckled her
“Thanks. I’m home.”
“Did I leave
“Uh, yeah.”
with
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“next time” to mean this soon. She sighed,
across
he didn’t see it.
he spoke in a
“Okay.”
side
her fingertip to
the weight of his stare on her
her
the code to
she
open and the soft mechanical voice announced access granted, Kaia turned on
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