Wedding My Ex's Uncle (Kaia and Alden) novel Chapter 52

Chapter 52 Kaia Went Too Far Today

“Kimberly, keep your mouth shut when I’m speaking. If you can’t say anything useful, don’t blame me for stepping in where your mother clearly failed-teaching you how to behave.”

Kimberly trembled with rage, clutching her cheek. “Kaia, how dare you! You hit me again! Last time you threw hot water on me, and now this? Mom, Dad, are you just going to let her get away with this?”

As she shrieked, the elevator doors opened. The lobby was packed with people waiting for the lift.

Kaia strode out, not sparing a glance at the stunned trio behind her.

Kimberly and Sally stood frozen.

Only then did Kimberly realize she had just been slapped in the face, and Kaia had walked off as if nothing had happened.

Joanne and Zane followed Allen back to the Graves Manor.

As they left the venue, they were still being bombarded with questions from relatives and close friends, all wanting to know what on earth had just happened at the wedding.

They’d publicly announced their son’s engagement to their adopted daughter, Luna, but now, faced with the fallout, they could barely find words to explain. All they could do was swallow their frustration.

“Allen, Kaia went too far today,” Joanne muttered, her voice low but laced with resentment. “Even if she was upset with Alden, she didn’t have to make such a scene and humiliate us all in

front of everyone.”

Kaia’s actions had dragged Alden and Luna through the mud. Sure, Luna was their adopted daughter, but Joanne had raised her like her own, pampering her since she was a child.

She could criticize Luna herself, but the meddling gossip of outsiders was something she couldn’t stomach.

And the root of all this gossip, the one who’d sparked the whispers, was Kaia.

“Zane, you’re not still planning to help the Domont family’s company, are you?” Joanne asked sharply.

Zane shook his head, letting out a heavy sigh. “I’ll throw them a bone to keep things civil, but that’s it.”

With so many high-society elites at the wedding, the Gravés family was losing face, and Zane was seething.

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too.

They’d had an agreement, and yet it all fell apart.

Allen’s brow furrowed, his temples throbbing as he listened to Zane and Joanne’s exchange.

“So this is all someone else’s fault now?” he snapped.

Alyssa, ever by her grandfather’s side, chimed in softly, “I heard Kaia tell you more than once that she wanted to call off the

engagement.

“She said you brushed her off, claiming Grandpa wasn’t well enough to handle the news, telling her to hold off. And just the other day, her dad had her drugged and dragged back home to make sure she showed up for the wedding.

“If Kaia’s grandma hadn’t gotten sick, she would’ve told Grandpa herself.

“So how is it her fault when you’re the one who pushed her into a corner?”

Alyssa wasn’t about to let anyone slander her best friend, not even her family.

“Alyssa, that’s not fair,” Joanne said, rushing to defend herself. “I know you and Kaia are close, but we’re your family.”

Alyssa pursed her lips, her skeptical expression catching Allen’s

eye.

“Enough!” Allen turned to Joanne, his voice sharp. “Why didn’t

tell me

me Kaia wanted to end the engagement?

you

“Were you hiding it because you thought I was too frail to handle it?

“Or did you want to see me humiliated today, hoping it’d finish me off?”

Any lingering frustration Allen felt toward Kaia vanished.

So Kaia had tried to speak up, and Zane and Joanne had swept it under the rug, thinking they could gloss over it.

“Is marriage a game to you?” Allen demanded. “If I know Kaia was completely done with Alden, do you think I’d still force her to marry him?”

“You didn’t threaten her, did you? Tell Tobias to drag her back home?” he asked, his eyes narrowing.

Joanne waved her hands frantically. “No, of course not. We’d never do that. How could you think so poorly of us?”

Allen scoffed, “With the way your son behaves, what exactly am I supposed to think?”

The more Allen thought about it, the angrier he grew. Then he noticed Lucien was missing.

“Alyssa, where’s Lucien?” he asked.

Alyssa blinked her bright, wide eyes. “Grandpa, didn’t you send Uncle Lucien to drive Kaia to the hospital?”

Allen’s memory clicked into place, and he nodded absently.

“Tomorrow, we’re going to visit Claire,” he said, his tone firm. “She and Lydia were as close as sisters.”

Zane and Joanne murmured their agreement. “Understood.”

*****

Alden stormed out of the wedding venue with Luna in tow, his face darkening with every step. His grip on the steering wheel was so tight his knuckles whitened, veins bulging under his skin.

The car sped up, faster and faster, the dashboard beeping relentlessly to warn of speeding.

Luna clutched her seatbelt, her face pale. “Alden, please, slow

down,” she said, her voice trembling.

Her plea seemed to rile him up even more. It wasn’t until they hit a red light ten minutes later that Alden’s temper began to

cool.

He glanced at Luna’s face, his expression softening slightly. “Sorry, Luna. Did I scare you?”

Luna forced a stiff smile, her lips tight. “No, it’s okay. I know you’re upset.”

Alden’s mind wandered. If Kaia were in the passenger seat, she wouldn’t have reacted like that.

She’d probably have fixed him with that stunning, no-nonsense glare of hers, lecturing him about traffic laws and the cascade of consequences that could follow a single violation.

He used to find her lectures tedious, but now, oddly, he missed them.

His grip on the steering wheel loosened for a moment, and somewhere deep inside, a silent crack formed.

“Hungry?” he asked, his voice distant. “Want to grab something to eat?”

Luna’s nerves finally settled, a spark of relief in her eyes. “Sure,

Alden. I’m in.”

Today’s bizarre engagement to Alden had been a mess, but at least it meant an end to those exhausting blind dates.

In a strange way, she felt grateful to Kaia for pulling such a reckless stunt.

Sure, Luna might become the talk of high society for a while, but once she and Alden were married, the gossip would fade.

Kaia, meanwhile, would likely vanish from their circles. altogether.

To Luna, Kaia was just the neglected daughter of a minor family, hardly worth comparing to her.

Alden didn’t notice the smug glint in Luna’s eyes. Instead, he asked abruptly, “Did you really visit Kaia’s grandmother? She mentioned something about it earlier.”

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