Wedding My Ex’s Uncle

Chapter 222 A Taste of Love

The wild joy in Lucien’s eyes dimmed slightly, but his tone stayed warm.

“Sure. We’ll have one later. For now, let’s enjoy our time together.

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“Honey, I saw another new outfit in your car’s trunk the other day.”

Kaia was speechless.

“That’s not mine. It’s for your niece.”

Lucien rubbed her flushed earlobe. “Liar, it’s your size. Try it on tonight?”

Kaia couldn’t fathom why Lucien had such quirky tastes.

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When Kaia took on the legal aid case, she hesitated.

Medical malpractice cases were tough.

She’d need medical knowledge, and they often dragged on for years with uncertain outcomes.

“If you don’t want it, you can pass,” Jude said.

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Kaia thought it over. “I’ll take it.”

“Alright, I’ll introduce you to some experts in the field.”

Kaia smiled warmly, “Thanks, Jude.”

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The client was a thirty–year–old man, represented by his elderly mother, Theresa Ford.

Their family was struggling. Theresa scraped by collecting recyclables, and her son had no savings. His illness had cut off

their income.

Theresa wiped her tears. “Ms. Domont, my son was fine, working at the construction site, just feeling a sore throat, so he went to Stonemont Medical Center.

“He walked in there healthy, and now he’s brain–dead! And those bastards want to throw us out! I’m taking those cold–hearted doctors to court!”

She broke down, recounting how the hospital had stonewalled

her.

understanding Theresa’s pain. She didn’t interrupt, just gently patted her back, offering

hour later, Theresa calmed

evidence.

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nodded, taking it, but after a

were incomplete, and Theresa hadn’t

decided to visit the hospital

medical affairs head was away, and

records machine.

what

drive you to the State Health Department. You go in and file a complaint about

“Okay,

noticed the hospital’s

had passed

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buried herself in her

far more complex than her previous civil

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that when Lucien came looking, she realized it was already

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her a playfully resentful glance that made her stifle a

looked oddly like a

save my files,

go easy on her, given

work.

pulled her into his arms,

two seconds in, her

Kaia laughed awkwardly.

“I’m hungry.

kind of hungry–actually

eaten dinner, but work had

staff were

wake them just to

her collarbone, giving it a firm kiss,

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“I’ll make you something in the

Kaia lit up. “Great!”

an apron at the kitchen island, exuding an unexpected

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chiseled abs, and alluring

half–hidden under that annoying