Wedding My Ex's Uncle (Kaia and Alden) novel Chapter 172

Chapter 172 Kaia Had Secretly Married Lucien!

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Lucien pressed his lips into a firm line as he stepped into the hospital room.

His eyes scanned the space quickly, landing first on Kaia, who was curled up in the corner like a shy turtle retreating into its shell. Finally, his gaze settled on Jude.

“I saw on the news that you fainted,” Lucien said evenly. “I happened to be nearby, so I thought I’d stop by. But then I couldn’t reach my wife–she didn’t answer her phone. That really worried me, so… here I am.”

Jude blinked, trying to follow the logic. He vaguely remembered hearing that Lucien had gotten married recently, but he had no idea what that had to do with him passing out.

That is, until Lucien crossed the room and gently took Kaia’s hand, his voice soft but loaded with emotion.

“Next time, pick up when I call, okay? You don’t know how crazy I get when I can’t find you.”

Jude stared in disbelief. “Kaia… is my blood pressure hitting 200 again? Am I hallucinating?”

Kaia stared hard at the monitor and muttered, “Your blood pressure’s normal, Jude. He’s… he’s here for me.”

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Jude swallowed audibly and pointed a trembling finger at their joined hands. “You two…?”

Lucien offered a faint smile. “Yes, I’m her husband. Sorry to keep it under wraps for so long.”

Jude pressed a hand to his forehead. “I swear, I’m going to pass out again. This can’t be real.”

His prized apprentice… had secretly married Lucien? The Lucien Graves? Unbelievable.

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After a few minutes, Jude managed to collect himself.

“Kaia, could you step out for a bit? I wanna have a little chat with Mr. Graves alone,” he said.

Kaia could guess what Jude wanted to talk about. She looked at Lucien with pleading eyes, hoping he wouldn’t give Jude a hard

time.

Lucien gently squeezed her cheek. “Be a good girl and go outside. Mr. Halston’s a patient, so you should listen to him.”

Understanding his hint, Kaia left the room.

Jude, though still polite, wasn’t as overly deferential as before.

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“Mr. Graves, I gotta ask. Are you just playing around with her?”

Lucien knew Jude was an important person in Kaia’s life—a

mentor and a senior.

He respected Jude and wasn’t offended by the question.

“Of course not. I love her,” he replied.

Jude narrowed his eyes. “But she was your nephew’s ex–fiancée. Won’t your family, friends, and parents look at her funny? You sure she won’t have any problems?”

Lucien’s expression turned serious. “I’ll take care of all the obstacles. That’s not gonna be an issue.”

“What about Luna?” Jude asked.

Lucien sneered, “Her? She won’t be causing trouble for long.”

He’d make sure she backed off.

Jude could tell from their short conversation if Lucien was

sincere.

“If you think those aren’t problems, then what’s the biggest challenge for you two?”

Lucien said sincerely, “All I think about every day is how to

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make her love and rely on me more.”

He didn’t want her to push him aside when something went

wrong.

He wanna be the most important guy in her heart.

Jude grinned. “That’s great, really great.”

It seemed his apprentice had really captured Lucien’s heart.

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Kaia sat on the chair in the corridor and pulled out her phone. To her annoyance, she saw several trending topics on X.

Topics with Jude’s name, the intern Harry’s name, and even her own had made it to the hot list.

Kaia’s expression hardened as she tapped through the trending topics one by one.

[“Beckoning Offer” mentor Jude collapses after confrontation with intern!]

[Trainee Harry dissatisfied with scores–causes mentor to faint?]

[Ungrateful apprentice from Vanguard Law Firm under fire.]

Kaia could only describe the netizens‘ comments as a total mess.

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Some netizens were fired up, standing up for Jude. Others bashed Kaia for arguing with Luna, calling her rude. And a whole bunch of people directed their anger at Harry, the only ordinary guy in the situation.

The program team put out a statement, saying Jude was okay and he’d just fainted from a hypertension episode.

But Luna had stirred up so much bad stuff during her live–stream that netizens just didn’t believe the statement.

Instead, they launched a full–on attack on the program team, Kaia, and Harry.

Just then, a message from Kayla lit up Kaia’s screen.

[Kaia, how’s your mentor? Have you seen the trending topics? That Luna is seriously unhinged. Why is she so obsessed with

you?]

[I checked with my agent–turns out Luna bought those trending spots herself. She’s clearly still bitter about you shutting her down on the show.]

Kaia’s expression darkened, her fingers tightening around the phone.

Has she learned nothing?

Apparently, Luna had already forgotten the public apology she issued last time–and now she was back at it again.

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