Faux Vows, True Desires

Chapter 378

"After the Porters had given Hayden a good thrashing, they finally asked for the reason behind it. Dad was anything but shy, he laid out the whole story for the Porters. Then, Mr. Porter went on a rampage, almost battering his wife's face into a pulp. It was complete chaos."

"What happened next hasn't been resolved yet. Dad apparently stayed with the Porters the entire day before coming back. No idea if the plan is for Hayden to divorce and marry Madeleine or what."

Keith narrated, a smug smile on his face.

The Johnson couple listened, equally engrossed.

Stefan pondered on his own investigation. Although he didn't have much evidence, the news that Keith brought via Hayes Brooks didn't match up with his findings. However, he had a hunch that the puppet master was likely one or both of Lucinda's uncles.

Of course, there was definitely more than one person pulling the strings.

Back when Lucinda was taken away, the Porters probably didn't intervene. After all, Madeleine was only two at the time and the Porter's power and influence hadn't reached the heights it has today.

The Porter's power has grown significantly in recent years, and so too has their ambition.

"Bro, if Hayden marries Madeleine, it won't bode well for us."

Stefan warned his cousin, preparing him for the possibility of a legitimate alliance between the Porters and Hayden.

Keith paused before saying, "I trust dad's judgement."

His dad wouldn't do anything to hurt them.

Stefan thought for a moment before saying, "Regardless, we need to be on our guard."

He wasn't in Skywatch, so he didn't know much about the Porters. If his father-in-law was bold enough to make this arrangement, he must have a plan to control the situation.

This matter was a double-edged sword.

Dad marrying Madeleine could lead to a fallout between Hayden and his family, given Ashley's sense of betrayal. She wouldn't agree to her husband marrying Madeleine and would surely raise hell. Having spent decades in the Blue family and raised two sons and a daughter, she wouldn't go down without a fight.

On the flip side, if Hayden insisted on divorcing and marrying Madeleine, they'd have the backing of the Porters, which would make them a formidable force.

"I'll be careful," Keith assured.

"Lucy, tell mom that dad is fine, I need to hang up now."

Before Lucinda could say anything else, her brother ended the call.

Keith had encountered an emergency. Fearing his sister would find out, he quickly ended the call.

Someone had attempted to assassinate him.

Shots were fired at his car.

Luckily, his car was bulletproof, preventing the silent killers from taking him out.

"Drive faster."

Keith ordered his driver in a cold voice.

As the car sped up, the assassin couldn't aim at the tires, allowing Keith to escape danger.

Despite being accompanied by several loyal bodyguards and convoy cars, Keith had no intention of stopping to fight the assassins.

Seeing their target's car speeding away, the assassins revved their engines to keep up.

Suddenly, a large cargo truck appeared around the bend. The driver swerved just in time to avoid a head-on collision.

The truck driver was startled but managed to stop.

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The truck had hit someone.

Or rather, someone had run into the truck.

The truck driver was flabbergasted. Several people and motorcycles littered the ground. The motorcycles were in pieces, parts strewn all over the place. The people on the ground were motionless, presumably severely injured.

Keith and his bodyguards were unaware of the fate that had befallen their pursuers. It wasn't until they saw the news the next day that they learned of the assassins' grim fate.

The survivors were under police surveillance due to the illegal possession of firearms. Even if they survived, they would face the full force of the law once they recovered.

Becca was the first one up. As per her routine, she went to unlock the doors. As she opened the garden gate, she noticed Owen crouched in a corner. She was startled, dropping the lock and key on her foot.

"Ouch."

Becca instinctively cried out in pain.

Owen quickly stood up, bent down to pick up the lock and key, and greeted Becca with a forced smile, "Good morning, ma'am."

Becca thought to herself: her morning was anything but good.

Early in the morning, she was just opening the gate when she was hit by the lock on her foot.

Their garden gate lock was quite large, and it hurt when it fell on her foot.

"Mr. Martinez, why are you crouching here?"

Becca snapped, "Couldn't you have given me a heads-up? You scared me half to death, I thought you were a hobo."

Owen nervously replied, "Ma'am, I thought it was still early, didn’t want to disturb you folks. So, I just hung around here with the plan to ring the doorbell once the sun came up."

He had indeed spent the whole night outside the Yates' family mansion.

Of course, he didn't literally squat there the whole night. He had slept half of it in his car, and only sat by the doorstep as dawn broke.

Little did he anticipate that he was going to startle his future mother-in-law.

After pursing her lips, Becca asked him, “Why are you here this early?”

“I was waiting to give Cecilia a lift to work.”

"Cecilia can walk, she doesn't need you to drive her to work."

Owen gave an awkward smile, "Well, the sun rises quite fast these days, by the time Cecilia has to go to work, it already feels hot. It'd be more comfortable if I drove her, my car has air conditioning."

Becca huffed, "She was getting to work just fine before you came along. Is the sun going to turn her black?"

His mother-in-law hurdle was indeed a tough one to cross.

He guessed Hudson must have told everyone about the things Olina did.

That's probably why his mother-in-law was giving him the cold shoulder.