Faux Vows, True Desires

Cecilia closed the video, popped her phone into her pocket, got up, and walked away from the counter, heading towards the old lady. "Lady."

Cecilia didn't call her 'mom'. Without Trenton around, no one could control her mother-in-law, and no one would back her up. She wouldn't bother calling her 'mom'.

Frankly, she didn't want a mother-in-law like Olina.

She married Owen only to repay a favor.

That wasn't what she had in mind.

With her chin lifted, Olina pretended not to see Cecilia, walked straight past her, and even purposely bumped into her.

Cecilia, who often worked out, stood firm and wasn't knocked over by the intentional bump.

Instead, it was Olina who lost her balance after bumping into Cecilia, almost tripping over a nearby table. Cecilia kindly reached out to steady her, preventing her from crashing into the table.

"Don't touch me!"

Olina didn't manage to knock Cecilia over. Instead, she made a fool of herself. Her face turned ugly, and she harshly shrugged off Cecilia's hand before even finding her balance.

Her reaction made it seem like Cecilia's hand was poisonous and that she would drop dead upon contact.

Upon hearing this, Cecilia obediently let go.

Without Cecilia's support, Olina staggered and crashed into the table. Her upper body almost sprawled over it.

"Olina."

Megan, who had been on her phone, rushed over to help Olina up.

"My stomach hurts!"

clutched her stomach where she

asking for trouble? If Olina gets hurt, can you handle the

her, but she didn't want me to touch her, so I let go to avoid hurting her. She just couldn't stop in time."

expect Cecilia to

should know Olina's status

This was her mother-in-law!

Cecilia's information from Olina, it was basic. She didn't dig deep and assumed Cecilia was a

from such families should

the respect a daughter-in-law should

filming the whole thing on

to Owen later, letting him see what kind of daughter-in-law his

Such disrespect towards elders!

would only cause trouble for the Martinez family. It would be chaos. Nobody could compare to Ruby, who was smart and polite. "What are you saying? Isn't it the truth?

fall for Owen, these people

if she did fall for Owen, they couldn't boss her around

would

that she

retort: Do you think you're money and

even handle Ruby, yet he thought he could charm Cecilia. Did he

good man like Stefan, Cecilia's standards had

chase Ruby for the rest of his

Megan was furious.

your elder. Is this how you treat elders? How did

teach me? My mom said, 'Cecilia, even if you never marry and live at home forever, mom will always love you. But you're not allowed to meddle in other people's marriages, destroying them.

made

for supporting her daughter in

knew Stefan first. They've known each other since they were kids. Lucinda was the

and everyone will bless you. Walking down the street will feel especially blissful. People who destroy others' marriages are like dirty rats in

"Shut up!"