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Chapter 218 Echoes of a Lost Daughter

Bernard smirked inwardly.

So, it’s true. He’s way older than Kaia.

He couldn’t help but wonder if Lucien’s health could even keep

up.

Kaia, oblivious to the silent clash in the men’s glances, was solely focused on her grandfather’s condition.

“Uncle Bernard, when can we visit Grandpa in the hospital?”

she asked.

Bernard shook his head. “No rush. Let’s go back, and have a family dinner first. You can rest after, and then we’ll head over.

“Kaia, you’ll need to play the part of your mother, though.”

Kaia noticed the flicker of emotion on Bernard’s face when he mentioned her mother, stirring her curiosity. “Uncle Bernard, are you… married?”

Lucien raised a brow, thinking a man in his forties like Bernard couldn’t possibly be single.

Bernard hesitated. “Divorced.”

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Kaia nodded awkwardly. “I’m sorry to hear that.”

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“It’s fine. Just a divorce. Who hasn’t been through one?” he said lightly.

Lucien’s lips curved faintly. “Bernard, I’ve never been divorced, and I don’t plan to find out what it’s like. I’ll be with Kaia for life.”

Bernard was speechless.

He hadn’t asked Lucien anything.

Why is this guy so annoying?

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Today, the Vane family gathered in full.

there weren’t many

wife, who was still at the hospital, a few cousins showed

was the only female among the younger

warmth and care, and for the first

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hesitation, Kaia decided to share her

her mother’s belongings to Malcolm and

the diary, tears

watched, her

fault for being useless!”

our fault for being useless,” Bernard

to Malcolm. “Is that scumbag dead

lightly, mindful that Tobias was still Kaia’s

his lips shut, swallowing his

in the

Bernard still wasn’t satisfied.

clenched and unclenched before he sighed, “Fine.

school days twenty years ago. It should

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took the blue floral

“Okay.”

She missed her mom.

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eyed Lucien, impeccably dressed in

they looked at him, he

way.

up to

Bernard froze, momentarily lost in

Malcolm’s voice cracked. “Kaia, you look so much like

her mother and couldn’t say who she resembled, but at that moment, his gaze

never like anyone else. She was the most beautiful girl

Lucien. “Does it

bobbed. “You look

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Bernard blinked,

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get going,” Bernard said. “Lucien, maybe you can

took Kaia’s hand firmly. “I’m going

beside Lucien. Their striking looks were undeniable, though the age gap was still

Bernard muttered. “If you’d

suffered,” Malcolm

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