Wedding My Ex’s Uncle

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Luika: [Are you really never going to log into this account again?]

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[Looks like the answer is yes. If you're not coming back... can | use this place as a diary? Since you didn’t say no,

I'll take that as permission.]

[Kaia, you got engaged to Alden today. | really wanted to pull you away-just take your hand and run-but |

couldn't. You've liked him since you were sixteen. You finally got what you wanted after graduation at eighteen.]

[Kaia... if only you likedinstead.]

[It's been snowing where | am for a month straight. But every t| think of your smile, | feel warm again. Would

it be even warmer... if | were holding you?]

[I heard you'll be spending Christmas at the Graves Manor this year.]

[I’m back in the country now. | saw you today-wrapped up in that oversized down jacket, your nose red from the

cold. Were you waiting for him? Kaia... your taste in men is really awful. If it were me, I'd never make you wait.]

[I passed by you today. You didn’t recognize me. | guess... this is goodbye. | just hope he treats you well.]

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Kaia read through each message in silence, tears blurring her vision from the very first line.

Then cthe last one.

[Kaia, | heard you're getting married soon. | haven't dared to log in for a long time, but I couldn't help myself

today. Maybe this will be the last t| write to you here.]

[You're going to be someone else’s wife soon. | can’t let you get caught up in gossip because of me. From now

on, you'll be my nephew’s wife, and I'll just be your uncle.]

[Tflies. And you've beca mark I'll never be able to erase from my life.]

[Even so... | still hope he makes you happy. Truly, forever.]

Kaia clutched her chest, overwhelmed.

“Lucien... how could you be so amazing?” she whispered, her voice breaking.

From the summer of 2008 until just a year ago, there were 520

messages,

She couldn't even begin to imagine what kind of emotions had filled him each the wrote one.

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Looking back, she thought bitterly-

It wasn't his fault.

It was her own terrible taste... that she never noticed him

sooner.

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Lucien arrived hright on time. After slipping off his shoes, he bent down to wipe them clean before carefully

placing them in the shoe cabinet.

Dylan approached. “Mr. Graves, please allow me—"

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“No need,” Lucien said, already straightening up. “I'll take care of these myself from now on.”

He shrugged off his coat and glanced around. “Where's Kaia?"

“Mrs. Graves has been in the study all day, sir,” Dylan replied. “She hasn't cout once.”

Lucien’s brow furrowed.

All day? It’s already past five.

He made his way to the study, his footsteps slowing as unease crept in. He knocked gently.

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“Honey, it’s me,” he called. “I'm home.”

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When there was no answer, he turned the doorknob slowly and pushed the door open.

Kaia was curled up in the corner of the couch, hugging her knees to her chest. Her eyes were red and puffy from

crying, her face pale and streaked with dried tears.

The moment she looked up and saw him, her voice cracked.

“...Honey, you're back.”

Lucien dropped his coat without a second thought. He rushed to her, kneeling down beside her like the world had

stopped.

“What's wrong?” he asked urgently, scanning her face.

“Are you sick? Is your stomach hurting again? How long has it been hurting? I'll call the driver-we’re going to the

hospital,

now-"

Kaia reached out and clutched his hand tightly, her grip trembling. Her tear-filled eyes searched his, her nose

red from crying.

Lucien’s heart twisted.

He gently lifted her into his arms and sat down with her on his lap, wrapping his arms around her like he could

shield her from

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whatever pain she was feeling.

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He cupped her face with one hand, softly brushing away the tears on her cheeks.

“Hey... it's okay. Don’t cry,” he murmured, his voice low and soothing. “Did something happen? Did you have a

nightmare?”

If it wasn’t a stomachache, then she must've remembered something painful.

But when his eyes landed on the lit-up screen in front of her, Lucien’s body went stiff, and his throat tightened.

“You... saw everything?”

Kaia nodded slowly.

“Yeah, | saw it all.”

She looked at him, eyes shimmering.

“Honey, why didn’t you tell me? | missed so many years because of that.”

Lucien moistened his dry lips, his gaze flickering.

“Yeah... I've liked you for a long time.”

He let out a breath.

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“I was scared you'd think | was skind of creep, so | kept it to myself.”

Kaia paused, thoughts swirling.

“How long? Since | was seventeen?” she asked, voice soft,

curious.

Lucien’s lips curved into a faint smile, eyes locked on hers.

“Honey, what if | told you... it was even earlier than that?”

Her breath caught.

“Earlier?” she whispered, heart skipping.

The first tthey'd met—she had only been thirteen.

“You...” Her voice trailed off as realization hit.

“Are you scared ofnow?” he asked.

Kaia shook her head, then wrapped her arms around him tighter.

“No. Even if you are a creep, you're my creep. The one who only loves me.”

She leaned back, looking up at him with a watery smile.

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“Why didn’t you tellwhen | was seventeen?”

Lucien’s expression grew serious.

“You weren't an adult yet. It didn’t feel right.”

Kaia let out a soft laugh, shaking her head.

“Lucien, you're such an old-fashioned guy.”

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Just the thought of this

man-—affectionate yet reserved,

cunning yet endeariidly .CO

fring. loving her with

such steady, undivided devotion

made her heart ache in the best way.

Tears welled again, but Lucien was quick to brush them away.

He kissed the corner of her eye gently.

“Alright, no more crying. | didn't write

those messages to make 1X5 or

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He hadn't expected her to stumble across his buried confessions.

Nuzzling into the crook of his neck,

Kaia whispered, ey stillbe good

tome, incien? Eid after

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“Always.” His answer was immediate,

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His beloved rose had finally bloomed-and he would never let

her wither.

That night, Kaia thought Lucien would be his usual insatiable self.

But instead, he just held her. Quiet. Secure.

No words, only closeness.

And somehow, in that silence, everything was said.

For the first time, no secrets lay between them.

Lucien was entirely hers-and the peace that brought was overwhelming.

Yet beneath his calm exterior, Lucien was silently struggling.

He wanted to make this night unforgettable.

He wanted to claim her.

But he held back.

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