Wedding My Ex’s Uncle

Chapter 239

Chapter 239 Life Really Isn’t Fair

This really was his dad–always the first to doubt him.

“She won’t,” Lucien said, confident. “She couldn’t let go.”

A man like him? She wouldn’t walk away.

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Allen didn’t even dignify that narcissism with a reply. He just waved him off, done listening to his cocky son.

When Alyssa heard the news, she was stunned.

“You’re seriously going abroad for a whole year?” she asked.

Kaia nodded. “Yeah. It’ll fly by. I probably won’t be back during that time, so you’ll have to miss me for a bit.”

Alyssa threw her arms around her, eyes brimming with reluctant tears. “You’re just going to leave me like this? Wait- Uncle Lucien actually agreed to this?”

“He did.”

Alyssa pulled back, wide–eyed, “He agreed? He’s so clingy–1 figured he’d be right behind you the moment you boarded the plane.”

She wasn’t exaggerating. She’d been paying attention, and it was obvious to her–Lucien was the one more emotionally invested

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in this marriage.

Kaia gave a wry smile. “He won’t follow. His condition was that he wouldn’t call, wouldn’t visit, and wouldn’t interfere for the entire year. He said he’d wait until I came back.”

Alyssa blinked in disbelief. “What? Did Uncle Lucien hit his head or something?”

After Kaia explained the situation, Alyssa finally seemed to understand.

“No wonder. Kaia, you’re something else. You’re the first person I know who’s actually dared to lie to Uncle Lucien.”

Kaia managed a faint smile. She had made a mistake–and she knew it.

worry,” Alyssa said,

chase your dreams! I’ll hold down the fort. I’ll be your undercover agent–I swear, I won’t let a single woman get within ten

“There’s no need. Men don’t need to

more you monitor, the more they

faith in

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even if she came home one day and found that she no

stay.

announced her decision to the

couple across the table, trying to find a crack in their

along the back of Kaia’s chair, returning Alden’s probing stare with

of his own.

didn’t talk. Still, the tension between them was

an eyebrow, clearly caught off guard by the news. It had been a privilege to be loved. And it had once given Kaia

year, just like that—some people really lived without fear.

solve. With a dry smile, she said, “Wow, Kaia, must be nice. You say you want to

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smile. “Well, Joanne, maybe you should study abroad too. Then you can see her every day. Or better yet, tell her

flushed red with embarrassment, completely

frowned. “Alright, Joanne, that’s enough

sharp words, Joanne had started it, after

assign a few people to keep an eye

you, but that won’t be necessary. No

international students go abroad every year—if

manage, so can I.”

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night before leaving, Lucien had his

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