Wedding My Ex’s Uncle

Chapter 107 Jealousy

Alden felt defeated, with nowhere to blow off some steam. He roughly stubbed out his cigarette and snapped, “Is that good enough for you?”

Frank flashed a small smile. “That works.”

“Wait, when will Uncle Lucien finish his meeting?” Alden was clearly annoyed about the cigarette situation, and it showed in his voice.

Frank’s tone turned slightly colder. “Mr. Alden Graves, I have no authority to interfere with the CEO’s meetings.”

Alden fell silent. He felt like he’d been humiliated enough for one day.

It wasn’t until eleven at night, when Alden was about to lose it, that Lucien finally called him into the office.

“What’s going on, Alden? My assistant said you had something urgent?” Lucien slowly put on his suit jacket and adjusted his tie as he spoke casually.

Alden pressed his lips together–he wouldn’t dare show attitude in front of Lucien.

“Uncle Lucien, there’s a smear campaign going on against Luna today. I couldn’t get those nasty trending posts taken down, so

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can you talk to your guys and see if they can help?”

Lucien looked up with a meaningful expression. “Oh? So you’re saying Luna didn’t plagiarize?”

“Of course she didn’t!” Alden met Lucien’s unreadable felt his confidence waver slightly.

gaze

and

“Uncle Lucien, you know she never faced this kind of public humiliation before. She’s been getting attacked online all evening. Do you have any idea how much this is hurting her?”

“Yeah,” Lucien nodded like it was no big deal, “it’s tough for her. But that’s how brutal the entertainment industry is. If she can’t take it, you should probably tell her to quit now, Alden.”

showed up on his face. “You can’t shield her from

Alden froze.

he calling me

reach out to the right people. If you’re done here, you should head

relieved when he heard

“No problem. We’re family.”

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but Alden couldn’t shake the

in. “Mr.

an eyebrow with casual indifference. “What’s the rush? Someone bold enough to plagiarize should be

you just promised

promise? I said I’d reach out to people.

words carefully and

ends.

*****

had just reached the parking lot when his phone buzzed with a message

Graves, we found out Ms. Domont has been spending time

narrowed

Kaia was

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when an unknown number called. She figured it was a client, so she picked up. But the moment she heard the voice on the other

me. Either you come down, or I’m coming up.” Alden’s tone left no

in annoyance. “Alden, do you even know what

shot back, “Did you think about the time when you

Kaia froze.

he’s

got three minutes. Unless you want your

went cold. “Fine. But this is

she’d

Three minutes later.

watching this woman he hadn’t

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