Faux Vows, True Desires

Chapter 305

Over yonder, Lucinda leaned into her hubby Stefan, sitting under a palm tree with a pair of binoculars in her hand, eyeing a couple of lovebirds on a rock. She then said to Stefan, "Looks like your nemesis is now smitten by my best friend."

Stefan planted a kiss on her lips, grinning as she said, "Isn't that what you've been rooting for?"

Lucinda put down her binoculars, wrapped an arm around his neck, and landed a smooch on him.

Stefan didn't resist; he even deepened the kiss.

After the lip-lock, the woman in his arms smelled as sweet as an orchid. He wanted to get closer, but she needed to rest for a week.

After her break, they had to wait another three days to start their lovey-dovey life again.

It was all for her sake; she needed enough recovery time after her "monthly visitor." Starting their intimate life too soon could harm her.

He loved her, so he gave her body enough rest.

He had waited for so long. A few more days wouldn't hurt.

"I don't know if Owen has really lost interest in Ruby this time." Content rights belong to NôvelDrama.Org.

"Judging by his reaction last night, he's totally over Ruby. He might have started to care about your friend or realized his feelings for Cecilia during his time with her." Stefan paused, then said, "In the past, whenever Ruby was involved, Owen would be all over the place, like a lovesick puppy. I should thank Ruby; without her, I might not always come out on top in my competition with Owen. Being head over heels for someone can make you blind."

Love was the easiest thing to make you lose your mind.

"If he didn't care about Cecilia, he wouldn't care where she goes. Only when you truly care about someone, would you get mad about her actions."

Stefan lightly pinched her face and said, "If you ever follow them to those places again, I won't let you off the hook like yesterday."

Lucinda quickly laughed and said, "I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare."

"Humph!"

"I've found all the men there are not as handsome and gentlemanly as my hubby. I would be a fool to look at other men when I have such a handsome husband. I may do something stupid once, but never twice. Honey, let's just forget about it."

Lucinda sure knew how to survive.

"There are a lot of my photos in the new phone I gave you. When you want to see a handsome guy, just look at that phone. I guarantee you'll be thrilled."

Lucinda immediately took out the new phone from her pocket and retorted, "I didn't even notice there were photos in the album. Honey, do you have any pictures without clothes? Those are the ones that really excite me."

Stefan said, "You've seen them already, and I’m worried that constantly looking at those photos would get you too excited."

Lucinda burst out laughing.

Looking at the photos in the phone album, she said, "Honey, I never knew you were so fun. These photos are really good. From now on, I'll only look at you; I'll never look at other men again."

Hopefully, he wouldn't bring up last night's incident again.

"Owen also bought a brand-new phone for Cecilia. Though he only decided to do it after seeing me buy a new one." Stefan added.

Same phone, different prices.

The staff at the phone store were all the Anderson family's workers. They didn't dare to take Stefan’s money. He gave them the cost price, as he didn't want them to lose out.

But it was different for Owen. They wanted to make a few thousand bucks off him.

Business on the island wasn't usually bustling. After all, it was not open to the public, but once it opened, the income from one time was enough for them to spend for three years.

There were five open days a month, which made all the merchants here rolling in dough.

Except for those who had worked for the Anderson family for many years, nobody else could do business on the island. They were all loyal to the Anderson family; some of their fathers witnessed the rise of the Anderson family, and by their generation, it could be said that three generations have worked for the Anderson family.

Lucinda giggled and said, "It's nice that he could do these things for Cecilia and willingly let you charge his money."

"I once said that their story could be written into a novel. It would be very popular. Back then, I thought Cecilia would be the first to fall into the love trap. I was worried she would get hurt, but now it seems it's Owen who fell in love first; it's quite fun to watch him chasing after his wife."

"I need to jot these down when I have time; I'll write a new novel. I believe readers will love it."

She was an avid bookworm and read a lot of romance novels; she found the way Owen and Cecilia interacted very interesting. If she wrote a novel based on them, readers would surely like it too.

"Actually, I think our story could also be written into a novel… Honey, don't worry, I absolutely won't write you into the novel, you're mine! I won't share you with readers!"

Stefan flicked her forehead lightly and said, "You're such a cheeky monkey."

At that moment, his phone rang.

He took out his phone and glanced at the caller ID, then said to his wife, "It's Edgar."

"Pick it up, see what news he's got."

Lucinda knew Edgar was her husband's right-hand man, and he was helping to investigate who was behind her kidnapping years ago.

The incident had passed more than twenty years; many clues were thoroughly cleaned up by the mastermind, making the investigation very difficult.

Even her own brother had looked into it for a long time. Although there were suspected targets, there was no evidence, so they couldn't publicly accuse them.

What her brother could do now was to try his best to suppress Pete, not to let him hold too much weight in the company.

After talking with her brother, Lucinda also knew that if she returned to the Blue family, she would have competitors. She didn't want to fight for her grandmother's love, but to get back at them, she had to!

In Stefan's words, "The more they care about it, the more they want it, the more we gotta snatch it away from them. Make sure they can't get their hands on it. That's the kinda revenge that'll really twist the knife."

"Alright, cool your jets."

First, Stefan soothed his wife's emotions. Then, he promptly picked up Edgar's call.

"Boss, I'm on vacation."

Edgar whined over the phone.

Stefan held his tongue for a moment, then said, "After you wrap up what you're working on, I'll give you a week off."

Edgar immediately cracked a smile, "Well, thanks in advance, boss. But hey, when you do give me time off, don't let the cat out of the bag to that girl from the Howard family. She really gives me the creeps."

"I wouldn't spill the beans. But if you're not around, and she comes looking for you, someone's bound to let the cat out of the bag."

Edgar said, "Boss, let's circle back to the main point here. I dug up some dirt on that lady. She's the niece of Elisa, who took your wife away twenty-three years ago. The Avila family was driven to bankruptcy by your father-in-law back then. The folks from the Avila family left Skywatch, but they've been holding a grudge against the Blue family ever since."