Wedding My Ex’s Uncle

Chapter 157 Seething With Anger

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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?”

his knee and then let go with a

Lucien’s the heir. Dad made it clear that two-thirds of the company’s shares have to be in his name. It’s non-negotiable. And I supported

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mouth. What else could he do? It was not like Allen would

“Good,” Allen said.

in thought.

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

nothing else, go do your

even bother

look out for Kaia.

sure to take good care of her,” Alyssa replied with a smug

annoyed expressions made

you see that seaside proposal at the music festival the other day? Uncle Lucien is such a romantic. Oh, right, Luna, what kind of proposal did Alden plan

Proposal?

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To be honest, she’d practically strong-armed

was no grand proposal, no

heart ached with

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side, her bestie, Kimberly, was also

anger.

Mr. Stone tell me I don’t have to come to

had always held a cushy position in her father’s company. She’d just lounge around, soaking up the flattery from the employees and raking in a hefty salary without doing any

HR director, Ethan Stone, had

her into his office

was the daughter of the president of Domley Tech. There was no way she could

just as confused. He picked up the phone and dialed the internal line. “Get

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our major shareholders is here.

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“Which shareholder?” he asked,

next second, he heard the name he dreaded. “It’s your