Wedding My Ex’s Uncle

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Wedding My Ex’s Uncle

Chapter 235 Your Home Base

“I have two letters of recommendation for you,” Jude said, handing over the neatly sealed envelopes.

“One is from the firm–Mr. Miller wrote it. I asked him

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personally. He told me he fully supports your decision to pursue further study and has approved unpaid leave.”

He paused to make sure she was listening.

“Your non–equity partner position won’t be affected,” he continued.

“And I made sure he wouldn’t say a word about any of this until you make your final decision.”

Kaia looked down at the letters, her chest tightening slightly.

“The second one is from my mentor, Professor Reginald Sinclair,” Jude added.

“He’s highly respected. He taught abroad before returning to teach here, so his recommendation actually carries weight- especially with a place like Sciences Po.”

Kaia looked up at him, eyes sincere. “Thank you, Jude. You’ve always been so good to me.”

Jude offered a soft smile. “I just want to see you go far, Kaia. But

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no matter how far you fly, Vanguard Law will always be your home base.”

There was a beat of quiet before he added, voice a touch more emotional.

“You have no idea how proud I am of you. So many people spend their whole careers coasting. But you—you’re not afraid to keep pushing, to keep growing. And I admire that.”

Then, more gently, “Just promise me one thing—make room for your personal life, too. Lucien’s a great guy. I really do believe he’ll be there for you.”

Kaia nodded firmly. “Yeah. I’ll talk to him tomorrow night. He’s out of town today, but he’s coming back tomorrow.”

“Good,” Jude said simply, his voice full of quiet trust.

That day, Kaia left work a little early.

She spent the evening in the kitchen with the housekeeper, learning the dishes she planned to cook for tomorrow night.

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didn’t know was that Alden happened to

made small talk about business

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gaze turned sharper.

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any recent personnel

mentioned wanting to make non–equity partner–something even Lucien might not

birthday just three months away, Alden had quietly planned to pull some strings

he’d always left the

he wanted to choose it himself. It would

was going with the question, but the only recent change that came to

Kaia had once gotten on Alden’s bad side, so he figured the question was more personal than

one,” Miles

Halston’s protégé. She was just promoted to non–equity partner. But I heard she recently took the DELF

shifted.

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she’s planning to leave

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and tasted them. They actually turned out

Jason looked pleased.

really does care about Mr.

then turned and sent a message to Lucien: [Mr. Graves, what time is your flight tomorrow

flight might

of a delay, Jason hesitated for a

Graves know. She was hoping to have dinner with you tomorrow night. I’ll tell her not to

it. I’ll be home

hand, Jason happily passed on the update

Graves, I just checked with Mr. Graves.

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dinner tomorrow night.”

paused before

&

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suddenly nervous, afraid he might let

finally done for the day and returned to her room, she noticed a few missed calls on her

be from a client, Kaia didn’t

moment she heard the deep male voice on the other end, she instantly hung

unwilling to give up, Alden tried

I need to talk to you. Are