Faux Vows, True Desires

Ruby didn't stick around after her sneak shots; she hit the road right away.

Lucinda didn't get a whiff of her actions.

But Zoey and the Blue family's bodyguards were in the know.

Keith was always on his toes. His bodyguards came in two flavors: out in the open and on the down low.

The undercover bodyguards seldom showed their mugs; instead, they hovered like shadows, always a step behind him. Only when the heat was on would they show up.

As Zoey was ringing Stefan, the Blue family's bodyguards were dropping a line to Keith.

Stefan had just hung up with his wife, getting the news that his father-in-law wanted to chew the fat with him.

Even if Nathan didn't show, he had planned to grab a bite with Lucinda.

Lucinda's mom had just bounced back, so she'd definitely stick around with her mom for a bit longer. Stefan couldn't be there to keep the bed warm at night, so he had to squeeze in some time during the day, lest she missed him.

No, it was him missing her.

Not long after he wrapped up the call, Zoey buzzed in.

Hearing about Ruby snapping shots of Lucinda and Keith from a distance, Stefan had a clear picture of Ruby's game.

As he got up from his desk, he responded to Zoey, "Copy that. Keep an eye on Mrs. Coleman."

Edgar walked in as he was about to head out and asked, "Boss, are you clocking out early again?"

"Yeah, something urgent came up."

Edgar was curious: "What's so urgent? Can't someone else crack it?"

"Nobody can pinch-hit for me on this one."

him on the shoulder and said with a straight face, "Especially you; you wouldn't get

"You're a lone wolf."

"You're off to suck up to your

Whatever you need, I'm tied up right

saying, "Okay, I'll

as Stefan; he was just a bit of

family's generation were

had no choice; he was raised by his grandparents, and he

Garment go under. And dig up

Stefan turned to Edgar.

rented so that's a daily expense. Her stores may be open every day, and people go in to look, but nobody's buying. Her company going under is just a matter of time. She's been freaking out and even came to you a

job of putting the squeeze on Ruby was all Edgar's doing. Of course, this was all according to

the girl Stefan had been crushing on since he was a kid. People claimed he was nearly 30 and still single because he was waiting for Ruby to

air, but sadly, nobody bought it.

Mrs. Coleman showed up did Edgar believe that Stefan had no

Mrs. Coleman was his true

she go

the Ikella group got an email from Trenton, telling them to keep their hands off this. He even gave a special heads-up to Harry Martinez to keep a close eye on

definitely boot the overly sentimental

more level-headed and not influenced by emotions. To be honest, besides Owen and his mom, nobody in the Martinez family liked

use Owen for her own ends. Nobody would like a woman like that. Only Owen and his mom would have

let down by

what are you planning to do once Ruby's dirt is

just give people a good

What to do?

fight fire with

case, he would definitely give Ruby a taste of her

chuckled. "I can't

of them stepped into the elevator, but Edgar quickly got off to find

straight for the ground