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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