Wedding My Ex’s Uncle

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“Mr. Graves?” Jude stood up right away, clearly surprised. “It’s not exactly a company outing, just a casual get-together with some peers.”

He turned to the group and chuckled, “You guys are in luck tonight. This is Mr. Lucien Graves, CEO of the Graves Group.” Then, he turned back around. “These are a few of my classmates. They’re all lawyers.”

Jasper and Patrick stood up as well. They had, of course, heard of the Graves Group. Though they’d seen Lucien’s distinctive sharp features and cold demeanor in photos and from afar, this was their first time encountering the man himself.

“Mr. Graves, it’s a pleasure,” Jasper said.

Patrick chimed in, “An honor to finally meet you, Mr. Graves.”

Kaia, on the other hand, froze in her seat. What is he doing here?

Lucien’s deep-set eyes swept across the group, pausing as if by chance. He raised a brow slightly, saying, “Hello. Well, is this gentleman also a lawyer, Mr. Halston?” He was pointing straight at Gilbert.

Gilbert, though young, instantly picked up on the undercurrent of hostility. Still, he stayed composed. “Pleasure to meet you,

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Mr. Graves. I’m Gilbert Marsh. Just a humble prosecutor.”

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His tone was polite, but there was a quiet edge to his words, something faint and hard to pin down. Maybe it came from his line of work, since he never seemed to care much for trust-fund kids and corporate heirs.

Gilbert had heard of the Graves Group and just assumed this man was the same CEO who was always trending online.

Lucien gave Gilbert a lingering look. “A prosecutor? Well now… that’s impressive for someone so young.”

He was complimenting Gilbert, technically, but his voice was anything but warm.

only to meet his gaze head-on. In those deep, unreadable eyes,

off with Lucien today and jumped in to smooth things over. “He really is impressive for his age. Are you dining here too, Mr. Graves? Why

asked out of courtesy, never expecting Lucien to actually take a

her head, silently hoping he would turn down

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dashed as Lucien responded, “It would be my honor to

speechless. She turned her head away in resignation and kept praying he would at least sit farther down

about to offer Lucien the seat at the head, but Lucien didn’t seem interested in taking

and said, “No need for the fuss. I’ll just

could only

the ground swallow me up. At least that would make things more

smile. “Alright then, Mr. Graves. Hope it’s not too much of

gave a small, unreadable smile. “Not at all. I’m more than

Gilbert to

She kept her head down,

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All she wanted was to fade into the background and quietly make

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knocked out of the spotlight, was

he offered, “Want some more?” Without

up to feel the cold stare aimed at her from the side. She quickly said, “No, it’s

“It’s alright, Kaia. I told you, just call me by my name. Bert works

and gestured to the waiter. “Could we get a few more servings over here? I’m sure that’s better than passing food

out. Still, he

of beef from the newly served servings and placed it on Kaia’s

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“Didn’t expect you

the tone of his voice shifted in the next breath. “So, how old is your kid now?