Faux Vows, True Desires

Chapter 267

He called several times before Cecilia finally picked up.

Cecilia teased, "Decided to turn your phone on, finally?"

"Cecilia, I'm out of gas, what should I do?"

"Out of gas? Haha, even God's fed up with you. Who told you to go to such a remote place? You were asking for trouble!"

Owen retorted, "Can you save the mockery for later? Come pick me up first."

"I'm too far away, I can't come back for you. What if I run out of gas too? Your phone's still working, right? Call your bodyguards, let them come and get you. Mr. Martinez needs to maintain his image, you can't just sneak back to town, you need to do it in style - bang!"

Owen's face changed dramatically, he shouted, "Cecilia, what happened? Are you okay? Did you have a car accident? How did you get your driver's license?"

Cecilia had indeed hit a tree by the roadside.

But fortunately, she was okay.

The front of the car was a bit deformed, but it could still be driven back to town.

After checking the car, Cecilia responded to Owen on the phone, who was already starting to run forward in worry, "I got my driver's license fair and square. It's because you distracted me that I hit the tree. Owen, this car belongs to your family, and I crashed it."

"As long as you're okay, it doesn't matter if the car is damaged or not. We have many cars in our garage, you won't be asked to pay for the repairs."

"That's a relief."

Cecilia heaved a sigh of relief.

The car she was driving was a luxury car, and the repair cost for such a crash would be high. She could afford it, but it would be a bit uncomfortable even for her.

"Are you running?"

"No!"

Owen denied being scared to death by the "bang".

If something happened to Cecilia because of him.

Well, he hadn't figured out what he would do yet!

He would let everyone know when he figured it out.

"Alright, it's fine, you can go back. I'll call my bodyguards to come and get me."

Cecilia hung up the phone.

Owen moved his phone away from his ear, seeing that she had hung up, he suddenly felt a void in his heart.

He muttered to himself, "She really hung up, she doesn't care about me at all!"

Ten minutes later.

Owen sat in the passenger seat, looking at the night view outside the window, a smile never leaving his face.

He was afraid Cecilia would see, so he kept looking out the window.

Serendipity Cafe.

As soon as Stefan's car stopped, Lucinda jumped out and walked quickly into the coffee shop.

"Welcome! Lucy?"

Janice thought a customer was coming in, ready to say welcome. But then she saw it was her daughter and corrected herself.

"Mom."

Lucinda called out to Mom twice.

Both moms responded to her.

Fiona walked over to her first and asked softly, "Did everyone leave?"

"The rest of the tribesmen left in the evening, my father and the two ladies from the Blue family haven't left yet."

Lucinda then asked, "Mom, where's Cecilia?"

Fiona replied, "Owen left the company this morning, we don't know what happened. No one knows where he went, and his phone was off. His grandfather was very worried about him, so he sent people to look for him and asked Cecilia for help. Cecilia went out to help find him. I called her just now; she informed me that she found Owen and is on the way back to town."

Lucinda's eyes sparkled.

Others might not know why Owen suddenly disappeared, but she surely did.

It must be because the gift from Stefan shocked him and caused his emotional collapse.

Lucinda still didn’t know how shocking the gift Stefan gave Owen was, which made Owen turn off his phone and disappear for a day, it must be interesting.

She wonder if Owen was still so obsessed with Ruby after receiving that gift.

By the way, Owen's grandfather was a very smart man.

He sent people to find Owen, he must have been able to find him, but he asked Cecilia for help, obviously trying to create an opportunity for them to spend some lonely time.

Owen was in a state of heartbreak, and Cecilia's appearance was like a ray of light illuminating the darkness in his heart.

"That's good."

Lucinda walked towards her mother, asking, "Mom, have you eaten yet?"

This question was intended for Fiona.

Both moms answered her, "We've eaten."

Janice then asked her, "You haven't eaten yet?"

Fiona said to her new son-in-law who just came in, "If you two haven't eaten, I'll go get some food for you now."

Lucinda rented a house nearby and still owned it now. So Fiona bought some vegetables from the supermarket across the street in the evening, cooked them in the rented house, and brought them to the shop to eat with Janice.

Janice just found out that her daughter had rented a house nearby.

Fiona said that the key to the rented house was in the pen holder on the right side of the cash register.

"Mom, no need, Lucy and I have eaten. Lucy was just worried about you, so she came over to check on you."

Stefan didn't go over to disturb them, so he found a chair to sit on.

Fiona didn't go over either.

There were no customers in the shop at that time.

Lucinda was calling Cecilia while walking towards her mother. After a brief inquiry and confirming that both were okay, she hung up the phone.

"Mom."

Lucinda walked to the cashier and hugged her mother affectionately.

Janice quickly looked at Fiona, seeing that Fiona didn't show any displeasure, she was relieved. Content is property © NôvelDrama.Org.

Although Lucy was her biological daughter, she was raised by Fiona. The Moore family had done a lot for Lucy.

She had found her biological daughter, which was already very satisfying. She never thought about competing with Fiona for Lucy, Lucy was their shared daughter. Lucy was more affectionate towards her; so she was worried that Fiona would be unhappy about it.

Fortunately, Fiona was very generous and willing to share the filial piety of their daughter with her.

Janice was immensely grateful to Fiona in her heart. Although Fiona was an ordinary mother, she was also a great one.

"Lucy."

Janice lightly touched the back of Lucinda's hand, her voice steady as she said, "If you're about to make excuses for your dad, save it. I don't want to hear it. Whatever happiness I had with your father, it's history. I'll do my best to file for divorce and from then on, I'll be here for you. Sure, being the matriarch of the Blue family might seem glamorous and I've held that position for a long time. Since there are so many people longing for it, let them have it. All I want for the rest of my life is to be with you and your brother. As long as you two are happy, I'm good."

Janice had lost all hope for Nathan.

Lucinda stayed silent for a while before saying, "Mom, Dad says he's not getting a divorce."

She was at a loss for words, unsure of what to do at that point.

From her mom's perspective, her dad's actions were unforgivable. Was she supposed to continue living with a husband like that?

But he was still her dad.

She agreed to the idea of her parents getting a divorce, but her dad kept insisting that he wouldn't divorce for the world!

Her dad was the head of the Blue family. If he didn't want a divorce, even if her mom filed for one, it might not go through.

Man, she felt like she was stuck between a rock and a hard place.