Wedding My Ex's Uncle (Kaia and Alden) novel Chapter 239

Chapter 239 Life Really Isn’t Fair

This really was his dad–always the first to doubt him.

“She won’t,” Lucien said, confident. “She couldn’t let go.”

A man like him? She wouldn’t walk away.

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Allen didn’t even dignify that narcissism with a reply. He just waved him off, done listening to his cocky son.

When Alyssa heard the news, she was stunned.

“You’re seriously going abroad for a whole year?” she asked.

Kaia nodded. “Yeah. It’ll fly by. I probably won’t be back during that time, so you’ll have to miss me for a bit.”

Alyssa threw her arms around her, eyes brimming with reluctant tears. “You’re just going to leave me like this? Wait- Uncle Lucien actually agreed to this?”

“He did.”

Alyssa pulled back, wide–eyed, “He agreed? He’s so clingy–1 figured he’d be right behind you the moment you boarded the plane.”

She wasn’t exaggerating. She’d been paying attention, and it was obvious to her–Lucien was the one more emotionally invested

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in this marriage.

Kaia gave a wry smile. “He won’t follow. His condition was that he wouldn’t call, wouldn’t visit, and wouldn’t interfere for the entire year. He said he’d wait until I came back.”

Alyssa blinked in disbelief. “What? Did Uncle Lucien hit his head or something?”

After Kaia explained the situation, Alyssa finally seemed to understand.

“No wonder. Kaia, you’re something else. You’re the first person I know who’s actually dared to lie to Uncle Lucien.”

Kaia managed a faint smile. She had made a mistake–and she knew it.

“Well, don’t worry,” Alyssa said, puffing up with purpose.

“Go chase your dreams! I’ll hold down the fort. I’ll be your undercover agent–I swear, I won’t let a single woman get within ten feet of Uncle Lucien!”

Kaia laughed. “There’s no need. Men don’t need to be monitored.”

The more you monitor, the more they run.

She had faith in Lucien and in herself.

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Even if that trust were to crumble and even if she came home one day and found that she no longer had a place in his world, she would leave with her head held high. She would never beg to

stay.

At dinner, Kaia announced her decision to the family.

Alden narrowed his eyes, studying the couple across the table, trying to find a crack in their facade.

But Lucien simply rested his arm lazily along the back of Kaia’s chair, returning Alden’s probing stare with an unwelcoming one

of his own.

They didn’t talk. Still, the tension between them was unmistakable.

Joanne raised an eyebrow, clearly caught off guard by the news. It had been a privilege to be loved. And it had once given Kaia a kind of confidence that nothing else ever had.

Leaving for a year, just like that—some people really lived without fear. What if Lucien had someone new by the time she got back?

But that wasn’t Joanne’s problem to solve. With a dry smile, she said, “Wow, Kaia, must be nice. You say you want to study abroad, and off you go. Luna wants to come back to the country and can’t even get the paperwork done.

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“Life really isn’t fair, is it?”

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Lucien’s lips curled into a faint, cold smile. “Well, Joanne, maybe you should study abroad too. Then you can see her every day. Or better yet, tell her to try again in her next life—maybe she’ll be lucky enough to be born smarter.”

Joanne’s face flushed red with embarrassment, completely at a loss for words.

Zane frowned. “Alright, Joanne, that’s enough from you.”

Though he wasn’t thrilled with Lucien’s sharp words, Joanne had started it, after all.

He turned toward Kaia. “Kaia, take care of yourself out there. Lucien, you should assign a few people to keep an eye on things over there. Security abroad isn’t as good as it is here.”

Kaia smiled politely, “Thank you, but that won’t be necessary. No need for special treatment. I’ll be fine on my own. So

many international students go abroad every year—if they can

manage, so can I.”

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On her last night before leaving, Lucien had his arms locked around her waist and wouldn’t let go.

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It felt like he was burning the memory of her into his skin, as if this was their last chance for madness.

Over and over again, he left no part of her unmarked. As though he was branding her, making sure she’d always remember who she belonged to.

As they lay there, on the edge of sleep, Lucien still clung to her, his voice low. “What if you meet someone taller than me, hotter than me, richer than me? Would you run?”

Kaia’s eyelids were so heavy she could barely keep them open. “I wouldn’t.”

But Lucien wasn’t satisfied. “Really wouldn’t?”

“No,” Kaia snapped, annoyed, and bit his shoulder. “There’s no one taller, hotter, or richer than you. Lucien, I only want you.”

That one sentence made his eyes redden at the corners.

He finally let her rest—just as the sky outside began to lighten.

At ten, Kaia’s alarm went off, By noon, she had eaten and was ready to go.

She stood outside Lucien’s study, reluctant to leave. “Lucien, you’re really not going to take me to the airport?”

Lucien’s voice was cool and firm. “No. I told Chris to drive you.”

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Kaia felt a sting behind her nose. She was leaving the country. He was really being so heartless.

She said bitterly, “Forget it, then!”

She stomped down the stairs, anger in her footsteps.

But once her luggage was loaded into the car, regret hit her.

She should’ve given him a hug. She wouldn’t get to hold him again for an entire year.

As she stood there, frowning and hesitating, someone knocked on her car window.

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