Wedding My Ex’s Uncle

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Luika: [Are you really never going to log into this account again?]

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[Looks like the answer is yes. If you’re not coming back… can I use this place as a diary? Since you didn’t say no, I’ll take that as permission.]

[Kaia, you got engaged to Alden today. I really wanted to pull you away–just take your hand and run–but I couldn’t. You’ve liked him since you were sixteen. You finally got what you wanted after graduation at eighteen.]

[Kaia… if only you liked me instead.]

[It’s been snowing where I am for a month straight. But every time I think of your smile, I feel warm again. Would it be even warmer… if I were holding you?]

[I heard you’ll be spending Christmas at the Graves Manor this year.]

[I’m back in the country now. I saw you today–wrapped up in that oversized down jacket, your nose red from the cold. Were you waiting for him? Kaia… your taste in men is really awful. If it were me, I’d never make you wait.]

[I passed by you today. You didn’t recognize me. I guess… this is goodbye. I just hope he treats you well.]

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Kaia read through each message in silence, tears blurring her vision from the very first line.

Then came the last one.

[Kaia, I heard you’re getting married soon. I haven’t dared to log in for a long time, but I couldn’t help myself today. Maybe this will be the last time I write to you here.]

[You’re going to be someone else’s wife soon. I can’t let you get caught up in gossip because of me. From now on, you’ll be my nephew’s wife, and I’ll just be your uncle.]

[Time flies. And you’ve become a mark I’ll never be able to erase from my life.]

[Even so… I still hope he makes you happy. Truly, forever.]

Kaia clutched her chest, overwhelmed.

“Lucien… how could you be so amazing?” she whispered, her voice breaking.

From the summer of 2008 until just a year ago, there were 520

messages,

She couldn’t even begin to imagine what kind of emotions had filled him each time he wrote one.

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Looking back, she thought bitterly-

It wasn’t his fault.

It was her own terrible taste… that she never noticed him

sooner.

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time. After slipping off his shoes, he bent down to wipe them

Graves, please allow

already straightening up. “I’ll

shrugged off his coat

been in the study all day, sir,” Dylan replied. “She hasn’t come

Lucien’s brow furrowed.

It’s

his footsteps slowing as unease crept in.

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it’s me,” he called.

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was no answer, he turned the doorknob slowly and pushed the

was curled up in the corner of the couch, hugging her knees to her chest. Her eyes were red and puffy from crying, her

and saw him, her

“…Honey, you’re back.”

dropped his coat without a second thought. He rushed to her, kneeling down beside her like the world

wrong?” he asked urgently, scanning her

sick? Is your stomach hurting again? How long has it

now-”

trembling. Her tear–filled eyes searched his, her

Lucien’s heart twisted.

down with her on his lap, wrapping his arms around her like

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pain she

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one hand, softly brushing away the tears on

voice low and soothing. “Did

a stomachache, then she must’ve

in front of her, Lucien’s body went stiff, and his throat

“You… saw everything?”

Kaia nodded slowly.

saw

at him,

you tell me? I missed so many years

moistened his dry lips,

I’ve liked you for

out a

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you’d think I was some kind of creep, so I kept it to

Kaia paused, thoughts swirling.

Since I was

curious.

lips curved into a faint smile,

what if I told you… it was even earlier

Her breath caught.

she whispered, heart

first time they’d met—she had

voice trailed off