Wedding My Ex’s Uncle

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She turned her head away, blinking quickly as a tear slipped down and dampened her lashes. No one had ever spoken about loving her so openly and honestly.

“Don’t shed those tears, sweetheart,” Lucien murmured softly.

His dry yet cool fingertips tenderly brushed away the unshed tears glistening in Kaia’s eyes. Then, he slowly leaned in and placed a gentle kiss on her eyelids.

“Something about those tears makes me want to kiss them away,” he whispered against her skin.

Kaia rolled her eyes, though a smile tugged at her lips. Who was he kidding? He never needed an excuse to kiss her anyway.

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“Allen, you transferred 5% of your shares to Kaia?” Joanne shrieked, her voice laced with disbelief.

Allen raised his eyebrows. “What? Do I need your say-so to decide who gets my shares?”

Joanne quickly backtracked. “No, no! I didn’t mean you need my approval. It’s just…”

She stamped her foot in frustration. “It seems a bit hasty, you

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know?”

Her husband, Zane, had been slaving away for the company as the eldest son, but he only held 15% of the shares. And their son, Alden, Allen’s grandson, didn’t have a single share to his name.

Sure, Alden was running a subsidiary of the Graves Group, but a subsidiary was nothing compared to the main company.

Joanne was fuming, her face turning grim.

“Oh come on, Aunt Joanne, what’s the rush?” Alyssa chimed in with a mischievous pout. “Grandpa’s already got everything planned―Uncle Lucien’s getting married. He can’t be stingy with the wedding gift, can he?”

“Then why doesn’t he just give away his own shares?” Joanne blurted out, finally voicing what she’d been holding back.

Allen’s eyes turned frosty. He looked over at Zane, who’d been keeping quiet all this time. “Zane, do you feel the same way?”

then let

made it clear that two-thirds of

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a bitter taste in his mouth. What else could he do? It was

“Good,” Allen said.

was staring at his shoes, lost in thought. “Alden, are you not happy being the

for a moment, then shook his head. “Grandpa, I’m okay

else,

didn’t even bother

he turned to Alyssa. “Alyssa, look out for Kaia. She’s your friend and family,

to take good

Luna’s annoyed expressions

the music festival the other day?

Proposal?

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sigh. To be honest, she’d practically strong-armed Alden into this

was no grand proposal,

ached

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other side, her bestie, Kimberly, was

anger.

tell me I

the flattery from the employees and raking in a hefty salary without doing any

that clueless HR director, Ethan

into his office and

of the president of Domley Tech. There

the phone and dialed the internal line. “Get Ethan on the

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major shareholders is here. Mr. Stone is

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stomach tightened. “Which shareholder?” he asked,

the