Wedding My Ex's Uncle (Kaia and Alden) novel Chapter 72

Chapter 72 In His Debt

Luna’s mouth opened, but no words came out.

She nervously glanced at Allen and Alden, then explained in a panic, “Uncle Lucien, it’s not like that. You’ve got the wrong idea.”

Lucien said, taking a step closer, “Yeah, right. Then tell me, how did I get it wrong?”

Luna bit her lip pitifully. She had no idea how Lucien found out about this, and even less why Lucy had betrayed her!

In a fit of desperation, Luna blurted out, “Uncle Lucien, that day Kimberly heard from Lucy that Kaia works at Vanguard Law Firm, and Lucy mentioned the firm is working with your

company.

“Kimberly was furious that Kaia was trying to kick her and her mom out of the villa. So, in a moment of anger, she told Lucy to do it.”

Just like that-with a few carefully chosen words-Luna shifted the blame squarely onto two others.

Then she added, as if softening the blow, “Yes, they made a mistake. But Uncle Lucien, Kaia wasn’t right either. She started it by kicking Kimberly and her mom out. So… isn’t it kind of

understandable that Kimberly fought back?”

Lucien’s expression turned glacial.

“I don’t care about the reasons,” he said coldly. “What I care about is that someone in my company pulled a stunt like this. That’s unacceptable.”

His voice dropped, like frost settling in the air.

“I’ll have HR fire this Lucy immediately.”

He paused-then looked straight at Luna.

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“But you knew. And you said nothing. That makes you just as guilty.”

His tone sharpened further.

“Spreading rumors that someone is a homewrecker? That takes a special kind of cruelty.”

Luna stiffened.

She understood what he truly meant-he was calling her heartless.

Her lips quivered. Tears welled up and spilled down her cheeks.

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Alden’s expression twisted. Seeing Luna cry made his chest tighten with pain.

Once again-because of her-he turned against Lucien.

“Uncle Lucien, Kaia’s just an outsider. How can you not believe Luna because of her?”

Lucien raised an eyebrow. “Outsider?”

A cold silence fell.

Under Lucien’s piercing gaze, Alden faltered. “Well… isn’t she?”

Lucien didn’t answer. Instead, he slowly turned to Allen.

“Dad,” he said evenly, “what do you think?”

Allen let out a quiet sigh.

He still couldn’t understand how things had unraveled like this -how his own grandchildren and Kaia, the junior he’d always valued most, had ended up in such a tangled mess.

He looked at Lucien and said calmly, “Fire her. It’s your call.”

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Then his gaze shifted to Luna, cool but not unkind.

“And Luna, you’d best stay out of other people’s family matters from now on. That Kimberly girl is completely muddle-headed.”

Luna’s heart sank.

Even now, Allen was siding with Kaia.

She bit her lip, blinking fast as tears gathered in her eyes.

“…Got it, Grandpa,” she whispered, forcing a nod.

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Kaia never expected that a single phone call from her would make Alex fly all the way back to the law firm.

“Ha, Kaia. You didn’t tell us you knew Mr. Rhodes so well,” Alex said with a half-smile.

“Mr. Miller, Mr. Rhodes and I are just colleagues at work. We don’t know each other privately,” Kaia explained.

Alex didn’t buy it.

If there was no special relationship, Julian, that shrewd guy, would never have called personally to plead her case.

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Surely Alex couldn’t believe that she had a connection with the president of the Graves Group.

Alex said, “Alright, alright. I get it. You want to keep a low-profile. But you should make good use of the resources at hand.

“Kaia, you’re young. Don’t think I’m leading you astray. No one out there will really teach you these things. You won’t understand until you’ve experienced them yourself.”

After saying some ambiguous things, Alex let Kaia go.

Jude had no idea what Alex wanted to talk to Kaia about.

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If Alex dared to fire Kaia because of this, he’d just take his people and jump ship.

He’d even quit his shares and dissolve the partnership. That’d be just fine!

“Jude, it’s okay. They said they found the person who spread the rumors and fired them,” Kaia said.

She was surprised that things had gone so smoothly.

Could it be that Lucien had helped?

But she’d been careful not to lose her temper in the chat group

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just to avoid him seeing it, so she didn’t think it was him.

“Good. It’s over then. Go home and rest today. Come back tomorrow,” Jude said.

Kaia gave him a grateful smile. “Thanks, Jude.”

She knew that only Jude would go out of his way to help her like this.

Jude felt a bit embarrassed by her sincere thanks.

“Come on, go home and get some rest,” he urged.

As soon as Kaia left, she noticed Alden’s car parked near the law firm.

She pretended not to see it, but he got out and blocked her way.

Before Alden could even touch her, Kaia took a step back.

“Alden, stay away from me!”

Alden was stung by the disgust on her face.

“Kaia, why did you get Luna scolded by Uncle Lucien again? You said you’d given us your blessing. So why are you still targeting her?”

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It was deliberate-Alden wanted to provoke her. To stir some kind of reaction.

But all he got in return was a cold, expressionless glare.

Gone was the admiration, the softness that used to light up her eyes whenever she looked at him.

Now, there was nothing. Just cool indifference.

And that hit harder than any insult ever could.

Alden’s chest tightened. For the first time, he realized it-

She had truly… let go of him.