Faux Vows, True Desires

"Boss, I've spent so much time investigating this for you, don't you think a little feedback or reward is in order?"

Stefan pulled out an invitation from a pile, tossing it to Edgar, "This Friday evening, the Howard family's daughter's 20th birthday party will be held in the Anderson Hotel. You should go, maybe you can solve your marriage problem."

Edgar frowned, clearly not happy.

He tossed the invitation back to Stefan, stood up and grabbed a file with Stefan's signature on it, "Ms. Howard invited you, not me. You should enjoy this good fortune yourself."

With that, he hurriedly left.

He was afraid if he didn't make a quick exit, the boss would actually make him go to Ms. Howard's birthday party.

Stefan watched Edgar leave, and once the office door closed, he chuckled, "You're too naive if you think you're going to get anything out of me."

Edgar rolled his eyes,

The boss was such a sly fox. It was disheartening.

Lucinda had no idea Stefan was shielding her from all kinds of trouble. She wasn't feeling great today and didn't feel like creating, so she asked her editor for a day off and made herself a cup of coffee. She sat at the cashier's desk, playing songs about coffee on her computer while sipping her own.

A young girl walked in, carrying a large bouquet of flowers.

A beautiful bouquet.

The girl came over and asked politely, "Is Ms. Lucinda here?"

Holding her coffee cup, Lucinda replied, "That's me."

The girl handed her the bouquet and smiled, "Ms. Moore, I work at the florist's. A customer ordered this bouquet for you and asked me to deliver it. Can you please sign for it?" Lucinda, thinking the flowers were from Stefan, happily signed for the bouquet.

After the delivery girl left, she looked at the note in the bouquet, it had a drawing of Cupid's arrow and the words "Lucinda, I love you."

But it didn't say who it was from.

"How mysterious."

Lucinda laughed, finding her husband to be quite romantic.

He was indeed a smooth talker.

His words always stirred her heart.

She was worried about the same things her mother was.

spending time together, she had fallen for

is so romantic, sending you flowers," Cecilia joked

"Are you jealous?"

"Of course."

find yourself a

Cecilia walked away.

Lucinda laughed.

so well, she wanted to return the

I'm stepping out for

was a woman

an idea, she acted on

set the bouquet aside, and didn't forget to finish her coffee. Without turning her head, Cecilia replied, "Go wherever you want.

in love do whatever

Cecilia showed understanding.

was scorching hot at noon, the sunlight

was some juicy gossip to be had, people would

to Ascend Global was filled with

of flowers were words made from

out, Stefan, I like

Stefan, some openly pursued him, others admired him

tried their best

years, only Ruby could get close to

a childhood

Stefan didn't even get a chance to

situation

Coleman brought a woman to Mr. Lambert's business party. The woman who is now confessing her love for Mr. Coleman with a sea of flowers at

it that Mr. Martinez, Mr. Coleman's rival, said

woman Mr. Coleman brought

Coleman was married but

hid the news so

matter how people paired him with Ruby, Ruby was just a decoy Stefan used to confuse everyone. Over the years, she shielded many rumors and endured so much envy and

Iris knocked on the door and told him,

looked up sharply, his gaze went straight toward the office

laughed, "Your wife didn't come up. She's waiting for you at the

stood up and said while circling his desk, "The sun is so hot and bright, she should have come

towards the exit, she chuckled, "Your wife wanted

sun. That's not a