Chapter 144 Love Songs
Kaia gasped, her eyes wide as she looked up into his.
His smile deepened, playful and wicked. “Sweetie,” he said, voice low and teasing, “your turn to impress me.”
That was the third the'd called her sweetie.
Kaia felt her cheeks flush with warmth. “Okay,” she replied softly.
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Calvin had just finished singing when Lucien walked back into the room with Kaia at his side, his arm casually
resting around
her waist.
“Well, well,” Calvin drawled, clicking his tongue, “Lucien, where'd you take Kaia?”
Nearly an hour had passed before the two of them strolled back
Landon, sitting nearby, was more observant than Calvin. He clearly remembered the dress Kaia had been
wearing when they arrived. This one was different.
He stared for a moment.
No way. They didn’t... in the restroom, did they?
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He exchanged a look with Wiley, and both of them reached for their phones at the stime.
Landon: [Look at this fool, still mouthing off. Wait till Lucien snaps on him.]
Wiley: [An hour total, minus changing clothes... so at most, Lucien had about half an hour.]
Landon: [Fifteen minutes.]
Wiley: [Fair. First tand all.]
Lucien ignored Calvin entirely. What was the point of talking to someone who didn’t even have a girlfriend?
Instead, he leaned in and scanned the playlist.
Kaia raised an eyebrow. She didn’t expect Lucien to actually know how to use the karaoke machine.
She was just starting to think maybe she’d misjudged him, but then he stepped back without touching a single
button.
“Landon,” Lucien called lazily, “you don’t have a girlfriend, so stop texting and make yourself useful.”
Landon jumped like he'd been electrocuted and flipped his phone face-down on the couch.
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Lucien’s gaze narrowed slightly, his tone even more unbothered.
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“Pick a song for me.”
Kaia blinked. Landon froze.
“You... want to sing?” Landon asked, clearly confused.
No one had ever heard Lucien sing before. Usually, he shut everyone down with a cold look and a sharper
remark, claiming their voices gave him a headache.
Lucien raised a brow. “Endless Love.”
Calvin nearly choked. “Wait, Endless Love? Lucien, | just got dumped. You think that’s appropriate? That's a
duet!”
His expression said it all, “Do you even know what you're asking for?”
Lucien handed a mic to Kaia. “You're singing with me.”
Could she say no?
“Sweetie, your turn to impress me.”
His earlier words echoed in her mind.
So this is what he meant by “impressing.”
Fine.
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She took the mic. She'd actually sung Endless Love back in college during a campus singing competition and
placed third.
What surprised her was how Lucien seemed to just know she could sing that song.
When the song ended, Kaia smiled, “You sing well.”
She was mostly referring to the fact that he hadn't gone off key.
Lucien, naturally, took it as a compliment to his vocal talent.
“I know,” he said with a hint of pride and then jabbed, “Still nowhere near as good as you. But definitely better
than the guy
with a broken heart over there.”
Kaia glanced over and saw Calvin's face darken.
Well, serves him right for what he did to Kayla.
With that thought, her sympathy for him vanished.
Calvin sat in silence as the crowd applauded their duet and then quickly pushed his own song-All By Myself—to
the top of the
queue.
Lucien, now fully into the spirit of things, started queuing up one duet after another.
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After Lucky, he went right into A Whole New World. Not to be outdone, Calvin jumped in with Somebody That |
Used to Know.
But it was Lucien’s brazen pick-Marry You-that finally broke Calvin's resolve.
“That's it. I'm done. I'm out.”
Lucien looked genuinely puzzled. “Why? We're giving you guys a free concert. Don’t you want more?”
Even Kaia was starting to feel embarrassed.
She tugged gently on Lucien’s sleeve. “Can we go home? I'm tired.”
Lucien stood immediately, grabbed his jacket from the couch, and nodded. “We're heading out. You guys keep
singing.”
Wiley and Landon exchanged looks of pure exasperation.
Then both turned to glare at Calvin, the look in their eyes clearly saying, “You're the one who invited him. What
did you expect?”
As soon as Lucien left, Calvin felt like he could finally breathe without choking on sugar.
He dropped his gaze, swirling the
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Wiley gave him a look. “Seriously? You planning to drink
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yourself into stragic ballad? If you like her, go get her back. What's the point of moping?”
Kayla wasn't like the other girls. She wasn’t spampered accessory or an easy fling.
Calvin had tried explaining everything to her, but she refused to listen.
“Kaia and Kayla are tight, right? You could've had her smooth things over with Kayla.”
Calvin let out a dry laugh. “Did you not see the look Kaia gave me?”
He was lucky she didn’t start listing every sin he'd ever committed.
Wiley shrugged. “Whatever. Stay if you want.”
Before walking out, he gave Calvin a
solid pat on the shoulder. “Look,
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weren't planning to marry her
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Calvin stared into his glass, his thoughts a tangled mess.
For the right family name, huh?
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Out of all of them, Lucien was probably the only one who could afford to marry purely for love.
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“We're staying here tonight?” she asked.
Lucien shook his head. “No, but the restroom incident isn't over
yet.”
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