Faux Vows, True Desires

He put in quite a bit of effort, even though he wasn't the one who found Lucinda first, but at least he contributed. Stefan was a sensible man, so he will remember the favor Owen did for him.

Owen felt pretty smug when he thought about his longtime rival thanking him.

When Stefan came to thank him, he planned to act all high and mighty.

"Was Lucy hurt? Did they catch the criminals?"

"Lucinda wasn't injured. I asked around, and those criminals were probably too scared to hurt her. They dumped her in some remote place and ran off. I bet they won't get far after crossing Stefan. If Stefan can't help the police catch those guys, I will lose all respect for him."

If he couldn't even protect his own wife, then he had no business being Owen's rival.

"Good to know Lucy is fine." Cecilia let out a sigh of relief.

"But why didn't Lucy tell me?"

Owen didn't really want to explain for Lucinda, but seeing Cecilia look a bit disappointed, he spontaneously explained, "Lucinda's phone ran out of battery and shut off."

After hearing this, Cecilia immediately perked up. She understood that it wasn't that Lucinda didn't want to check in with her, it was just that her phone had run out of battery. "After this incident, Stefan was also shocked. He took her home and... you should understand what I mean. You're her good friend; she will call you. Just wait."

No sooner had Owen finished speaking than Cecilia's phone rang.

It was Ike calling, and Cecilia answered right away.

"Cecilia, Lucy has been rescued, and she's fine. Sorry, I forgot to tell you."

Ike's voice was filled with regret.

Cecilia laughed and said, "As long as Lucy is fine."

Ike cared a lot about Lucinda.

Ike's attention was on her, and

let Lucy

the phone to

chatted on the phone for a long time and almost drained Ike's phone battery, then Lucinda

go ahead and eat. I'll go buy you

as long as Owen helped her out, she would

be Owen's

it was for the

want to think about

want her to treat

try to win her over. If Ruby didn't

the food like at the restaurants around here? Pick the tastiest one for me and get ten takeouts, eight of them for my bodyguards. They're waiting for me outside and haven't eaten yet." Cecilia knew the

I'll go get the takeout right now. Mr. Martinez, I can only treat you to

her, "Hurry up; I'm already

her a huge favor, and now she could only

agreed to help her

that she would definitely help him if he ever

moment and wondered if he would really need

she was acting like his servant, which made Owen feel

he had already helped her, it

Stefan thank him was worth

went to buy fast

soon as she left, Owen received a call from his mother,

"Owen..."

was sobbing,

instinctively asked, "Mom, what's wrong?

him to complain, hoping that he would

your grandfather. He came back and gave me a

it. He's so old, but he still holds the power in the house. Even though he said he would let you take over, he hasn't