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

Let him go over there for a year. Think of

Lucien, you’re finally letting him get involved in

my nephew, I won’t give him special treatment. Alden’s talented, but he overthinks things. The conditions in Africa aren’t easy. It’ll be good for him to

“You’re right. That kid…

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know what he’s doing.

for a moment.

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him,” Lucien added. “If I say it myself,

going

liked stirring the pot so much, he could go do it in

back. Let Alden sweat it out in Africa, far away from

rather not have to—he’d cut those chances off before they

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Kaia landed, she messaged Lucien: [Honey, I’ve arrived. My new roommate seems nice, so

stared at the screen. He’d promised not to respond, but his

replied: [Okay. Got

Lucien had sent. It left

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too much on her plate for her to dwell on

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from her apartment to campus, get a read on her professors‘ personalities, and settle

the time all that was done and she’d started adjusting,

in his office, Lucien kept glancing at his phone. She’d said she missed him and would call. But it had already been a week— and not a single call. Didn’t she miss

a gentle reminder. “Mr. Graves, everything’s going smoothly with Mrs. Graves overseas. According to her class schedule, today should be

nighttime over there, and even though she was supposed to be resting, she hadn’t made a single

call button–then pulling back. He went through the motion dozens of times before finally throwing the phone aside. “Call

Frank winced.

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Another bloodbath for

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Maybe it was the unfamiliar bed, or maybe just the nerves, but she couldn’t sleep

lectures during the day–she was completely

had thought about calling Lucien. But she didn’t want him to hear how bad she sounded.

forcing herself through two more weeks, she gave in and

She missed how convenient things

students were excellent at keeping their struggles

patience and found a private doctor who prescribed her something