Wedding My Ex’s Uncle

Chapter 237

Chapter 237 Someone Worthy of You

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Lucien’s voice was hoarse. “Kaia, how much longer will it take for you to fully trust me? To truly see me as someone you can rely on?”

His words trembled at the end—and Kaia heard it. It pierced straight through her.

Her eyes welled up. “I’m sorry. I wasn’t planning to keep it from you much longer. I was going to tell you today,” she said quietly. “I didn’t mean to hide it. I just…”

Lucien let out a dry, bitter laugh. “You’re afraid I’d stop you from going abroad? That I’d hold you back? Sabotage your future? Become some kind of obstacle in your life?”

His tone grew sharper, his words accelerating with emotion.

Kaia’s panic rose. She shook her head fast. “No. That’s not it at all. Lucien, please let me explain.”

But the moment she met his cold, distant gaze, her heart sank like a stone.

“If you’d just told me earlier,” he said, voice flat, “there wouldn’t be anything to explain now.”

Then, without another word, he swept her up over his shoulder

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and carried her straight into the living room.

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On the couch, he paused, frowning. “I told you to wear shoes. The floor’s cold.”

Kaia could feel him slipping further away from her, emotionally even more than physically. That distance made her chest tighten with dread.

She grabbed his hand, her voice shaking. “Lucien, please don’t go. I was wrong. Sit down. Let’s talk.”

But he pulled away. “There’s nothing to talk about.”

And with that, he turned and walked upstairs.

She had ruined everything–all the effort, all the precise timing, and every plan she had carefully laid. It was all in shambles

now.

Tears streamed down her face as she sat alone on the first floor, crying so hard her knees were soaked with tears.

noticed the untouched dinner on the table, the flowers she had

angry. He’d only meant to go upstairs, cool down for a few minutes. Yet the moment he remembered the

cursed under his

eyes

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up on the couch, her frame hunched over, head buried between her knees. And just the

so

He sighed, “Stop crying.”

up when she heard the deep, familiar voice

didn’t leave,” she choked

gently pulled her into his

grabbed a tissue from the coffee table and carefully wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes,

trembling in his arms. “I just feel so bad. I didn’t

“I don’t like hearing you say ‘sorry‘. And I don’t like it when you thank me, either. Every time you say those words, it makes me feel like a stranger–like I’m someone

the way you whine a little, the way you smile, the way

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say my name, I still love that, too. I like knowing that when you’re struggling, I’m the first person you turn

hesitated, voice tightening, then stopped

sniffled, eyes red and swollen. “You want

to say it aloud. “Figure

minutes later, the storm

“How did you find out?” she asked

the

Lucien was furious. Alden

tell him,” she

was sent to the firm, and Ophelia opened it by mistake. She must’ve told Alden. Their team’s handling

with just enough force to make

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Alden tried to stir the pot, Lucien would

asked, “So what’s the plan? Which uni? How long are you going

tell you today.

tugged right at his heart. Lucien could never resist her when she

let you open my bag? It’s because I went to a bookstore to get a cookbook. I practiced for days while you

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