Wedding My Ex’s Uncle

Chapter 240 The Baby

Kaia looked up, and her eyes lit up.

She flung open the door and jumped into Lucien’s arms.

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Lucien held her tightly, his arms wrapping around her like he wanted to merge their bodies together.

He kissed her hair and murmured, “Take care of yourself. You hear me?” His voice was both commanding and aching.

Kaia buried her face in his neck and nodded hard. “I will. You too. And don’t even think about looking at other girls, got it?”

Lucien gave a low chuckle. “I won’t.”

Everyone knew–his eyes had room for only one person, and

that was her.

Kaia thought he was going to the airport with her, but to her surprise, he just straightened her coat, helped her into the car, and shut the door.

Her heart twisted. He really could be so cruel.

Even when the plane took off, Kaia looked back, her gaze lingering on the land she had lived in for twenty–six years. She was finally leaving,

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Chris stood at the terminal, watching the plane climb higher. He glanced at Lucien and asked, “Mr. Graves, why didn’t you Mrs. Graves know you came?”

Lucien’s deep eyes flickered. “Because I didn’t want her to feel

worse.”

And because he didn’t trust himself not to stop her. He didn’t trust himself not to drag her home and never let her go.

He sighed, “Let’s go.”

As soon as Lucien got home, he called Zane in for a discussion. He had a plan for Alden.

He offered, “Zane, didn’t you say you wanted Alden to start taking on more responsibilities at the group?

let

the Africa division needs a new regional head. Let him

finally letting him

won’t give him special treatment. Alden’s talented, but he overthinks things. The

kept nodding. “You’re right. That kid…

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doing.

coldly for a moment. “I

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you talk to him,” Lucien added. “If I say it myself, he’ll think I’m

course Lucien wasn’t going to let Alden

Alden liked stirring the pot so much, he could go do it in the middle of nowhere. Lucien would decide when

out in Africa,

with Alden. But he’d rather not have to—he’d cut those chances off before they even

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arrived. My new roommate seems nice, so don’t worry about

at the screen. He’d promised not to respond, but his fingers moved on their own, betraying

replied: [Okay.

cold, clipped text Lucien had sent.

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much on her plate for her to dwell

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her professors‘ personalities, and settle into her course schedule. Then came scouting out the best

and she’d started adjusting, a

him and would call. But it had already been a week— and not a single call. Didn’t she miss

everything’s going smoothly with

there, and even though she

stared at his phone, thumb hovering over the call button–then pulling back. He went through the motion dozens

Frank winced.

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had a rough first week overseas. Maybe it was the unfamiliar bed, or maybe just the nerves, but she

lectures during the day–she was

didn’t want him to hear how bad she sounded. So she kept

more weeks, she gave in and tried to get some sleeping

appointments were hard to book. She missed how convenient

students were excellent at keeping their struggles

patience and found a private doctor