Wedding My Ex’s Uncle

Chapter 203

Chapter 203 Shadows of Collapse

Tobias had no energy left to worry about Kimberly’s future, not

anymore.

Kaia stared at the plummeting stock charts, her heart racing with disbelief. Lucien had moved faster than she thought possible.

She grabbed her phone and fired off a text to him: [Hey honey, dinner out tonight? My treat.]

Lucien glanced at the playful message from his wife and let out a soft, amused scoff.

He replied: [Fine by me, love.]

But when he arrived at the restaurant, Kaia was nowhere to be

seen.

A waiter approached, his tone polite and deferential. “Sir, Mrs. Graves asked me to let you know she’ll be a bit late.”

Lucien raised an eyebrow, giving a faint nod in response.

He pulled out his phone and dove into work emails.

He’d planned to stay late at the office tonight, Coming here was already bending the rules a little.

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The lights in the private dining room dimmed unexpectedly.

As Lucien started to rise, candlelight illuminated the darkness, and a woman’s voice filled the air.

“Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you…”

Lucien’s lips curved into a subtle smile, his gaze locking onto Kaia’s glowing face as she carried in a cake, her eyes sparkling with mischief.

“Lucien, happy thirty–fourth birthday!” she teased, her voice bubbling with warmth. “Congrats on getting another year older!”

His eyebrow twitched.

Was that a jab?

carried a playful sting, but he let it slide, his smile

on, blow out the candles! Make

toward the cake,

for birthdays. To him, they were just another day

along, closing his eyes

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him, curious about the thoughts behind his serene expression.

them out!”

one steady breath, Lucien extinguished

cart and pulled out a pie, her grin wide. “I made

hesitate, digging in with

no time, he’d

what’d you wish for? You looked so

had looked so incredibly devout when he made his wish, she couldn’t help

glint of mischief in his

If it’s okay to share,” she said, her tone

fine.” Lucien wiped his mouth with a napkin, his voice dropping to a low, teasing drawl. “My birthday wish? To use up an entire box of condoms with

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her cheeks as his words sank in. The audacity of

of person makes such a shameless

followed him to the car. In a small, hesitant voice, she mumbled, “How about… half a

head, a wicked grin tugging at his

you told me to make a wish. I’m not

up sore, her back aching, and her

years old, and he’s still got that

and chuckled, “Someone needs to work on their stamina. The gym’s always

her voice dripping with

fine if we sleep in

he quickly

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so hard during the day, it’s no wonder you’re wiped out. How about

lips twitched, barely

man’s

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