Wedding My Ex’s Uncle

Chapter 309 Epilogue: Landon and Alyssa I

The night before Lucien left, he felt like drowning his thoughts

in a bottle.

Drinking alone was too dreary, so he called up Landon, who seemed just as weighed down by his own troubles.

“Lucien, tell me, what’s so wrong with me? Why doesn’t she see me?” Landon grumbled, swirling his glass.

Lucien shot him a sidelong glance, a wry smirk tugging at his lips.

In his mind, he scoffed. If he couldn’t win over the woman he loved, it was no surprise Landon was striking out.

“Who’s got you all twisted up?” Lucien asked, his curiosity piqued.

Landon glanced at him, hesitating, then dodged the question.

“What about you? Got your heart in knots too?”

Lucien didn’t answer, just poured himself another drink, the amber liquid catching the light.

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Both men sat, wrapped in their private aches, glasses clinking

in a wordless toast to their shared misery.

Their only plan for the night was to drink until the world blurred.

Landon caved first, slumping over the table, mumbling Alyssa’s name as the driver helped him stumble back to his apartment.

No one was there to catch the quiet confession of his lonely heart.

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Alyssa and Landon had been at each other’s throats since they were kids.

To Alyssa, Landon was the pettiest guy she knew.

Older by years, he never let her win–not at games, not at anything.

As kids, he’d swipe her toys; as they grew, his teasing only got sharper.

From her earliest memories, Landon held the top spot on her list of people she couldn’t stand.

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Then came the day her mother returned, her face pale and

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broken.

“Alyssa, your father… there’s been a car accident. He didn’t

survive.”

Alyssa’s world collapsed.

She’d been counting on her dad to bring home that new doll she’d begged for. How could he be gone? They’d just talked yesterday, laughing over the phone.

At the funeral, for once, Landon didn’t poke fun.

a corner out

someone found

Landon said softly,

turn, her shoulders trembling with quiet cries. The sound tugged at Landon’s teenage heart, a flicker of unexpected

off you from now on,”

heal the wound

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keeping her company as she cried from sunset until the

black.

mother, Elena, finally found them, Alyssa

and ran

“Mom, I’m here!”

much as glance back at

after that, the two hardly saw

Alyssa was different. She was quieter and more withdrawn. The fearless, mischievous little princess seemed

about Elena’s remarriage and could sense Alyssa’s

Thanksgiving, Zane and the others threw

locking herself in her room, refusing to attend the

She felt small, forgotten.

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found.

family was fawning over the person she

bed, Alyssa’s

to scoff at Luna’s tears. Now, she felt she

different.

at her window startled

she saw Landon perched outside. She flung open the window,

pulling a heist?” Alyssa quipped, her voice

“Get your head out of the clouds, Alyssa. I brought you

the food, her throat tightening

panic in his eyes. “Whoa, you crying because you’re that

though the

sounded more like an attempt to hide her

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the turkey, then tilted her head. “Why the window? What’s with the

head, a sheepish grin spreading. “Thought it’d be more… epic

up, and no more waterworks, got it?” he

him clamber back out

after him.

paused on the sill, tossing her a

first time she had willingly thanked

his face a mix of amusement and confusion.

with the acrobatics?”

a grin. “Just training for the long jump. Thought I’d see how far I could go starting from the

ya!” he called,

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head and went to check on Alyssa, but she was already

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board at school,” she

outrage. “Board? And who’s gonna bake you those little treats you

just don’t like Luna. She drives me up the wall, and I don’t want to

softening, “What’s got

like her,” Alyssa mumbled, unable to pin down

said firmly. “You don’t have to hang out with