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

new regional head. Let him go

finally letting him get involved in the

nephew, I won’t give him special treatment. Alden’s talented, but he overthinks things. The conditions in Africa aren’t

nodding. “You’re right. That kid…

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know what he’s doing. Just

flashed coldly for a moment. “I

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“If I say it myself, he’ll think I’m targeting

Lucien wasn’t going to

do it in the middle of nowhere. Lucien

Let Alden sweat it out

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

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

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

[Okay.

text Lucien had sent. It

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her plate for her

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

she’d started adjusting, a

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

with Mrs. Graves overseas.

was already nighttime over there, and even though she was

the call button–then pulling back. He went through the motion

Frank winced.

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unfamiliar bed, or

at night, lectures during

him to hear how bad she sounded. So she kept the

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

appointments were hard to book. She missed how convenient things were

were excellent at

ran out of patience and found a private doctor who prescribed