Wedding My Ex’s Uncle

Wedding My Ex’s Uncle

Chapter 241 I’m Pregnant

Even over text, Kaia could sense his mood.

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She stifled a laugh and hit the call button. It rang several times before the line connected.

“Hello?”

That low, smooth voice–familiar and unmistakably his—made her chest tighten.

She smiled softly. “Honey, I miss you. Do you miss me?”

His tone was dry. “No. Are you sure you miss me? It’s been three weeks. Not a single call. That’s what you call missing someone?”

Kaia could hear the hurt laced beneath the sarcasm.

“I’m sorry,” she said gently. “I’ve just been so busy. And with the time difference, I didn’t want to bother you.”

She paused, then added with a touch of mischief, “Besides, you’re the one who told me not to call. Don’t tell me you’re going back on your word?”

Lucien fell quiet for a moment, clearly cornered. “No. I’m not. Everything’s fine.“/

Kaia smirked. “Alright, then. How about this–I’ll call you once a

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week from now on. Sounds good?”

“…Alright.”

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Truthfully, once a week sounded like too little. Lucien wanted more. But thinking back to his dramatic declarations before she left, he figured he’d better keep his mouth shut.

Kaia kept chatting, rambling on about everything. Mostly, it was her voice filling the line while Lucien quietly listened.

Eventually, she glanced at the time and reluctantly ended the call. Then she stayed up working until 2 a.m.

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Five months after Kaia left, Luna gave birth.

Since the baby needed to return for legal documentation, Lucien had agreed to let her deliver back home.

in Africa and

time.

as they looked at the baby sleeping in his bassinet. “He’s

had been

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months worrying the baby would come out looking too foreign.

the overall impression leaned toward “mixed–race cutie“. Whenever someone commented on how exotic the baby looked, she would just smile and say,

Luna said made sense, so they didn’t question it any

posted an X update

alone scroll through posts. She had six months left in her

weekly calls with

month.

with her laptop, and kept

had sent her, unprompted, in half a year. Lucien messaged: [Merry

realize

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smile. She replied: [Merry Christmas,

the falling snow.

he wasn’t sure he

Kaia terribly. In January, she called her

tired smile. “Happy New Year to you,

got something

notice how hesitant Alyssa sounded. “What

pregnant. Just hit the one–month mark. You’re

Then she broke into a warm smile. “Congratulations! Alyssa, you’re

smiled shyly, hand instinctively resting over her belly, still amazed it was

asked, “You told me first? You haven’t told Landon

huff. “He’s been sulking for

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hospital dorms. Fine, let him stay there! See if I

talk it out. Don’t stress. It’s not good for the

know. I just… I needed someone to tell. And I thought of you. Kaia, you’ll be back in six

worry, Alyssa. Call me whenever you

sound so

a little worn out. You get some rest, Alyssa. Talk

She hung up.

aching limbs, a spinning head, and a constant