Faux Vows, True Desires

Owen was ready to hurl.

Cecilia was the type who exuded an air of freshness and refinement, quite soothing to the eyes. But he had seen all types of beauties, and he wasn't particularly interested in the type that Cecilia represented. Especially when the one in his heart was Ruby. Cecilia didn't even qualify to hold Ruby's pedestal.

The Martinez family's bodyguards, following the tracker, found him quickly. They rushed over and upon seeing his disheveled state, nearly popped their eyeballs out of shock.

"Mr. Owen, are you alright?"

Owen, massaging his throbbing temples, shot Cecilia another glare before turning to leave. The bodyguards quickly followed suit. After a few steps, he stopped and turned to Cecilia, "Cecilia, I'll get back at you for today."

He particularly emphasized "get back at you".

Cecilia, pretending to be calm, retorted, "One must bear the consequences of their actions. If you have the guts, go ahead and come at me."

"Don't worry, I've got the guts!"

When Owen was confronting Stefan, he was ruthless. That was because he was extremely jealous of him. In reality, he wasn't a bad person. If Cecilia treated him like this, he would settle the score with her but wouldn't vent his anger on the other members of the Yates family.

The bodyguards' car was parked outside the alley. After getting in, Owen instructed them to take him to the Pinehurst Hotel. He wanted to take a hot shower.

The bodyguards, clueless about what happened to Owen throughout the night and why he was soaked, dared not ask.

Owen pulled out his phone and dialed his assistant. After connecting, he said, "Walter, look up a girl named Cecilia for me. She's about 23 or 24. Her name sounds familiar, but I can't place her."

They run a coffee shop together named Serendipity Cafe. You asked me to look into

sounded familiar. No wonder Cecilia had the guts to kick him and drench him in cold water after recognizing

standing

didn't do anything bad. He just acted a bit cocky. Maybe Cecilia saw his cocky attitude and pegged him as a bad

needed to teach

Global. As he entered the office building, he happened to run into his assistant Edgar.

to work today, boss?" Edgar's

wasn't bothered by Edgar's teasing. "After work, I plan to take my wife to enjoy the scenery on

you're showing

as though he, as a

glanced at him, "You already

Edgar had no comeback.

of the company, couldn't help but chuckle. Stefan and Edgar took the executive

he took them, "What

He unfolded the sketches himself and saw portraits of several

I guarantee many people would buy your artwork. How about we hold an

who these people are, where they're from, and why

asked Stefan, "Are they interested in your wife? Are they trying to compete with you for Lucinda? But there's malice in their eyes. Your wife doesn't have enemies, does she?" "Lucy doesn't have enemies.

you drew them just like real people. I'm

made a phone call. Once the call was connected, he said seriously,

Ascend Estate. All workers at the estate were under his supervision. The deployment