Faux Vows, True Desires

Chapter 90

Ten years ago, Ruby tried to win Stefan's heart, but he was like, "Nah, I'm not interested in you."

Ten years later, Stefan was all loved up with someone else and couldn't give a damn about Ruby. Ruby couldn't figure out why she was so hung up on Stefan.

Owen thought Ruby was acting like a complete idiot.

But then he'd think about his deep feelings for Ruby and laugh at himself for being just as foolish.

Cecilia told him he was a laughable fool, and he had to admit, she was right.

"I... I didn't defend her."

Owen was noticeably deflated.

Whenever Ruby was mentioned, Owen felt diminished in front of Stefan.

Perhaps it's the gap between being emotional and being detached.

Owen's profound affection for Ruby, and knowing her one-sided love for Stefan, made him treat her kindly. Stefan, devoid of feelings for Ruby, often disregarded her emotions. This explained Stefan's consistent arrogance towards Owen.

Owen began to see why he always felt overshadowed by Stefan. It wasn't just Stefan's competence, but also the presence of Ruby.

"I'm willing to pay for the damages, Ms. Moore. I'll cover all the losses in your store, even double."

"Name your price."

Owen pulled out his wallet, took out all the cash, and handed it to Lucinda. "If it's not enough, I'll pay you the rest."

Lucinda looked at Stefan and refused Owen's compensation.

"The person who damaged my store was Ruby, so she should be the one to pay, not Mr. Martinez."

"I'm willing to pay for Ruby."

"There's no need. Ms. Scott insulted me once. I want her to apologize publicly and pay for all the losses in my store." Owen looked to Cecilia, hoping she would say something on his behalf.

But Cecilia pretended not to get his hint and said nothing.

Were they close?

No, not at all!

discord ran deep,

"Lucy, let's go."

protection

followed

"Cecilia."

out to

do you want,

told you, stop calling me a bad guy! I'm not a

again, I'll cut your tongue out and feed it to the

threatening to cut my tongue out and feed

Owen was speechless.

"What do you want?"

"Here, take this money."

cash to Cecilia, looking

"Is this a bribe?"

worth bribing? Your hand is injured because of Ruby, indirectly. I'm willing to pay for Ruby's medical expenses." Cecilia

"I'm leaving now."

forget to jab him one

Owen looked confused.

he watched Cecilia and Stefan leave, Cecilia's words echoed

He felt somewhat lost.

the dark sky

for Ruby, from nothing

out a first-aid kit to treat Cecilia's hand, chiding her, "Why didn't you tell me immediately when something like this happened?"

missing a beat, Cecilia responded, "It was just a minor issue. We didn't want to interrupt

help but

Nevertheless, due to Ruby's antics, Serendipity Cafe would be out of commission for several days. To make matters worse, a video of Ruby's behavior had

quickly identified the owner of the cafe as Lucinda, the recently revealed wife of the CEO of Anderson

up together was also

incident was exposed, Ruby's identity was

jealous of Lucinda naturally

Ruby's

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