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.

interrupt, just gently patted her back,

Theresa calmed down and handed

evidence.

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it, but after a few pages,

incomplete, and Theresa

decided to visit the hospital

away, and the hospital, with its limited

records machine.

Domont, what now?” Theresa

drive you to the State Health Department.

nodded eagerly. “Okay,

noticed the hospital’s

had passed a month

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Kaia buried herself in her

case was far more complex

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so engrossed that when Lucien came

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said, shooting her a playfully resentful glance that

oddly like a sulky

me save my files, and I’ll

would go easy on

work.

her into his arms, kissing

two seconds in,

Kaia laughed awkwardly.

“I’m hungry.

kind

dinner, but work had

house staff

wrong to wake

collarbone, giving it a firm kiss, his

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“I’ll make you something in

Kaia lit up. “Great!”

an apron at the kitchen island, exuding

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toned muscles, chiseled

half–hidden under that annoying