Faux Vows, True Desires

Chapter 327

Now, even though they were hitched, Cecilia still ended up with the short end of the stick.

Truth be told, given Cecilia's personality, if they were to divorce, it'd probably take him ages to woo her back.

Man, winning back his wife was no walk in the park.

But he couldn’t just sit back and watch Becca kick Cecilia out, let alone stand Becca laying a hand on her.

Who would have thought that Becca, who usually seemed so sweet, could actually hit her own kid?

"Mr. Martinez, get up," Becca gestured for her husband to help Owen up.

"We can take our time to talk about your divorce from Cecilia. Don't worry, we won’t touch your money."

Cecilia's mom was hoping they'd split.

After reading the divorce agreement her daughter wrote and hearing her explanation, Cecilia's mom couldn't help but feel sorry for her.

Even if Owen was reluctant to divorce because he had feelings for her daughter, Becca still felt bad for her.

This marriage had to end.

After the divorce, whatever Owen wanted to do, she couldn’t control.

The bottom line was that she couldn't let her daughter suffer!

Even if it meant playing the villain, she would make Owen agree to the divorce.

An hour later, Owen left the Yates' place with a bunch of bodyguards.

He was now holding a black card that Cecilia had returned to him.

After agreeing to the divorce, Cecilia started to square accounts with him. She didn't ask for any compensation. Instead, she returned all the money he had given her.

Except for the hundred grand he paid her the first time he hired her to be his fake girlfriend, she gave all the other money back to him.

In her words, that was her fee, what she deserved.

She had accepted all the money he gave her under various pretexts, but she never spent it. She saved it all and returned it to him when they divorced.

Owen was super bummed.

He knew Cecilia wasn't really all about the money. Her pretending to love money was just to get on his nerves.

Now, aside from the money she deserved, she returned everything else to him.

She proposed a divorce before his grandfather passed away, which broke their contract, so she didn't want to accept the rewards he promised her.

As for the half a million she got from selling the ring Ruby gave him, she gave him back four hundred grand, keeping only a hundred grand, saying it was his payment to her.

Cecilia also asked him to cough up another hundred grand to make up the half a million to return to Ruby.

Because once they go through with the divorce procedures tomorrow, he wouldn't be her husband anymore, and she couldn't use him to make money.

Remembering the tone Cecilia used when she said this, Owen felt like he was about to spit blood.

Cecilia was really unreasonable!

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She was afraid he'd insist on giving her a lot of money, so she took a hundred grand out of the half a million she got from Ruby, saying this way they'd be even.

On the way home, Owen was in a foul mood, and the bodyguards didn't dare to breathe loudly.

"Where is Stefan now?" Owen suddenly asked.

"I need to check," the bodyguard replied cautiously.

"No need to check," Owen said coldly, "I'll go directly to Diamond Ridge Estates to wait for him."

"What if Stefan goes back to Ascend Estate?"

"It's not the weekend, and he won't go back to Ascend Estate, it's too far from his workplace."

The bodyguards didn't say anything more. They just changed their route and drove towards Diamond Ridge Estates.

Finally, Cecilia saw Owen off, breathing a sigh of relief.

"Mom, you really pulled it off. I finally got rid of Owen. He's been such a pain lately. I didn't know how to deal with him."

Becca slapped her arm.

"Ouch, mom, you hit too hard, it hurts!"

"You better know it hurts!"

Becca slapped her again, "You deserve it for hiding such a big thing from us. Owen agreeing to divorce you showed that he cared about you. He's fond of you."

Cecilia was silent for a moment, then said, "I know what he meant. It's just that I feel like our relationship is just a contract, and living with him like this for the rest of my life, I always feel uneasy."

"I understand. If you two going on like this, you'll never be happy."

Becca knew her daughter very well.

If she didn't let them divorce, Cecilia would always feel that their relationship was forced, a means for Owen to solve problems, and this idea would affect their feelings.

Besides, it hadn't been long since Owen and Ruby broke up. Cecilia really didn't dare to believe that Owen would fall in love with her so quickly.

She would doubt their marriage from time to time, and it would be strange if they could be happy.

"Not many people know about your secret marriage, right?"

Cecilia shook her head, "We got married in secret. Not many people know."

"That's good then. You two quietly divorcing won't do much damage to your reputation, and you'll have more options."

Becca sighed, "Owen is a good guy, but his feelings for Ruby are too deep. I don't feel secure about it. And the gap between our two families is too big, and if there are better options, you shouldn't choose him."

Kevin and Devon also agreed with this view, and they didn't want Cecilia to marry Owen.

Thinking of Owen's personality, Cecilia said softly, "I'm just afraid he'll go and make a big show of our divorce tomorrow, letting everyone know I've been divorced."

If he kept pestering her, even if she had a better choice, the other party would have to consider whether they could compete with Owen.

That guy was just unreasonable!

The Yates family.

Becca slapped her again, and Cecilia cried out in pain.

Devon has a real soft spot for his granddaughter and said to Becca, "There's no point in blowing your top at Cecilia now. What's done is done. It's the Martinez family's problem anyway. I bet Trenton was the one who pushed Owen into this."

"Dad, you spoil her rotten," Becca said. "She's so coddled she doesn't even know what she's doing anymore. She's bold enough to do anything, even something as big as getting married behind our backs. If it weren't for Owen spilling the beans at our house, she would've probably waited until the divorce papers came before telling us anything."

"It's clear that Owen wanted to stick with her. If it weren't for me, she wouldn't even dream of getting a divorce."

Becca was really ticked off, and Kevin was siding with his wife.

If Owen didn't have such a soft spot for Cecilia, even Becca's intervention wouldn't have convinced him to agree to a divorce.

Devon tried to say something, but the words just wouldn't come out.

Finally, he got up and said to his granddaughter, "Cecilia, you've really stirred up a hornet's nest. Even your grandpa can't bail you out of this one. Watch your back."

Her mom had already given her a piece of her mind. Was she going to get an earful from her dad, too?

Who could help her out? She was really up the creek without a paddle!